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Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 22 Feb 2019, 07:31
by Colonel Blink
GarydNB wrote: ↑15 Feb 2019, 04:59
OK so who's coming.
MEEEEEEEEE!!!!
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I've changed me mind..............
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 06 Mar 2019, 17:15
by maturepilot
hope to be there. building a 1/2 scale simplex to go with my full scale one. wing to finish and then covering
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 19 Mar 2019, 15:53
by Twitcher
I've booked my palatial room at t'Premier Inn (see - appen I'm even starting to talk like you northern lot!), so barring flood, pestilence or plague, I'm gonna be there. My mate Steve's promised to come along too, so that's at least two from dahn sarf.
Incidentally, this half-size business is challenging, innit? Practically every model I think of is already b****y minute. I think I might well be going geometrical again . . .
David
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 19 Mar 2019, 16:39
by Shaun
Good news David.
How about a 1/2 sized Ebeneezer model or variant. Dozens to choose from ...Sheet wings, build it in a few hours. Job done.... I designed a Phantom-eezer years ago.
Shaun.
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 07:58
by Colonel Blink
Sorry it's not 'to the general theme', but it is to 'my theme'.......... here's what I've built for Ponty this year. I'm showing the pics here just in case I get the chance for a test lob and it doesn't survive..........
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 11:32
by Wayne_H
Colonel Blink wrote: ↑08 Apr 2019, 07:58
Sorry it's not 'to the general theme', but it is to 'my theme'.......... here's what I've built for Ponty this year. I'm showing the pics here just in case I get the chance for a test lob and it doesn't survive..........
Very nice
& a "Specky" looking prop too
You should have just told everybody it was reduced scale (99.99%). After all, who would know
Being a canard, you would have hooked up the elevator in the correct (i.e.reverse) sense - "up" elevator has the elevator trailing edge going down
Enjoy the test flights, it looks a real winner
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 12:41
by GarydNB
Being a canard, you would have hooked up the elevator in the correct (i.e.reverse) sense - "up" elevator has the elevator trailing edge going down
Wayne, whatcha go and tell him that for?
I was looking forward to seeing the maiden...
Gary
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 12:44
by Colonel Blink
Unfortunately, it's actually 135% of the original.....
And unfortunately (for Gary) the elevator is indeed hooked up the correct way - well, the wrong way - well, the correct way for a canard!!!
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 12:47
by Colonel Blink
........probably.
Re: Ponty Retro fly-in.... NUMBER 8..... yes really
Posted: 08 Apr 2019, 19:53
by PaulJ
Don't forget he's down under....... They're downside-up there.
Paul