The other days I shared the field with a club member with a helicopter and a Glen's Models CAP 232 with a 45cc engine. The display with the helicopter involved tight loops, barrel rolls, grass cutting height inverted and other manoeuvres that made the model sound as though it was tearing itself apart. The flight with the CAP covered most aerobatic manoeuvres at low height. Two very competently flown flights by a modeller of my own tender age, but the G forces of both flights would probably have killed the pilots.
I later started the Cub, took off at half throttle, another fix-it for nosing over, and started a gradual climbed out, after some level eights and other very unaerobatic manoeuvres with the Saito sounding ‘right’ at quarter throttle I brought it into a nice slow, and for once, smooth landing. Although he didn’t say anything I’m sure he was impressed with the scaleness of the flight – or maybe not.
The ends of the tubes were flattened and the end fitting cut with two tabs that were epoxied into the tubes. They are only for show so no problem with strength.
I also saw the ali -weld demo at the Nats. It was very impressive but expensive for a short length of weld and I don’t have enough use to justify that expense.
I later started the Cub, took off at half throttle, another fix-it for nosing over, and started a gradual climbed out, after some level eights and other very unaerobatic manoeuvres with the Saito sounding ‘right’ at quarter throttle I brought it into a nice slow, and for once, smooth landing. Although he didn’t say anything I’m sure he was impressed with the scaleness of the flight – or maybe not.
The ends of the tubes were flattened and the end fitting cut with two tabs that were epoxied into the tubes. They are only for show so no problem with strength.
I also saw the ali -weld demo at the Nats. It was very impressive but expensive for a short length of weld and I don’t have enough use to justify that expense.
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