An electric palm sander is a wonderful thing! If only I’d had one in the 70’s I could have filled the whole bungalow with balsa dust rather than just my little bedroom. Oh and the wonderful smell of cellulose dope… those were the days. And mixing my own diesel fuel… I regularly bought Amyl Nitrite… Read More »
I don’t know about you but I always like to start with the wings. Using root and tip rib templates cut from some old aluminium I made a couple of ‘rib sandwiches’ using up bits of scrap 1/16th balsa and new ply for the root ribs. It’s a method I used ‘in the old days’,… Read More »
Hello DSSC. I thought you might be interested to see my new slope soarer design which carries on from where I left the hobby in 1980. The repeated design/build/fly/crash, design/build/fly… cycle which dominated much of my spare time in the 70’s, culminated in this rugged 2-channel model I still have 40 years later. My new… Read More »
Thanks to John for organising a ‘back to our roots’ slope soaring day at Black Hill last Sunday. There was a good turn out and we can see from the photos and video clips posted over on our Facebook group that members had a great time and demonstrated their skills of soaring without any power… Read More »
An an update on Johns 1/3 scale K7 build: Progess on the K7 has been up and down yet quite a few more hours put in. The fin is virtually complete and covered in .4 ply and built integral to the fuz so nice and strong. I have also finished the rudder which will be… Read More »
Pete has posted a couple of cracking photos of flying as the sun is setting up at Little Haldon. I have chosen one to head up our home page. Check it out. There are also some more photos of the club’s evening flying on our Gallery page
Hi everyone, actually no one saw the sunset last night as we had by then drained our batteries or gone home. Anyway a beautiful evening on the strip with a light NE breeze. The car park was full and later double parked, a successful meeting I’m sure you will agree. Our illustrious chairman Cliff treated… Read More »
To try and keep our website current, I thought it might be interesting to have a lead picture or video clip on the home page that I will change at least monthly and possibly more frequently. To kick this off the lead clip is of Roger’s FMS Pitts S2 taking off at L.H today; as… Read More »
It was a glorious morning on Thursday 21st May when we met up at Little Haldon (socially distanced and sanitised of course). A gentle breeze from the North West with thermals and buzzards following our gliders up and up. Several good flight were made, reaching a good height in the thermals although areas of sink… Read More »
Joe continues to build. This time an auto-gyro called Little Nelly that I remember being a futuristic little craft with rocket launchers in ‘You Only Live Twice’ so I have added a shot from the film to the photos Joe sent me.