I decided to try dyeing the balsa before covering with translucent film and chose pale pink to complement the ‘heather’ pink Solarfilm I’d bought for the underside. I should have known that pink and yellow makes orange. Will orange and pink really GO together?? Rather than use plastic hinges I thought stitching might be nice.… Read More »
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 »
Hi Im looking at getting back into flying.I used to fly at haldon most saturdays.Due to a heart attack about 18 months ago,all my flying has taken a back seat. Was wondering what,if anything has changed up there regarding flying,parking etc. Any info would be much appreicated.
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 »
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 »
After the excitement of finishing The Plan I rather fancied celebratory drink and a sandwich. Not any old sandwich, a rib sandwich – two thick slices of aluminium filled with 13 balsa blanks. Once this aeronautical snack was rasped into shape (and the drink consumed), I finished it off with the sanding block, then repeated… Read More »
Our Aerotow / E-Glider events this year are now published on the events page. Thanks for the data Chris. John is making an early start, preparing the strip.
I have updated our Home Page with a few pictures from today’s, first flights of 2024. I had taken a few more but unfortunately their quality was a a bit poor.
I have made a minor change to our home page to upload Martins Black Hill in the snow photos and one from the Christmas meal yesterday.