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.
A further update from Chris. Its looking impressive Chris, I don’t think that you would want to use my patio as a grid reference though – unless you are building a banana. I look forward to your Maiden this summer It’s been awhile since my last post, but still building but once the wings come… Read More »
Some more intriguing photo’s from Chris A bit more progress: The full size had a all flying tailplane, I was going to do the same, but with such a small bearing width 19mm, and a tailplane at 900mm, I couldn’t stop the tailplane wobbling, at the tip, well not enough for me. Not a problem,… Read More »
From John. Ailerons have now been cut out having been built in with the main wing structure. There is a clear gap to cut to and it was a simple job. Then the open structure at cut edges is covered with 0.4 ply again straight forward. The aileron horns were cut per plan from hard… Read More »
Joe emailed me a couple of his projects, the Stampe that is ready for maiden flight ( ¼ scale) power is a 38cc four stroke petrol engine.( AUW 14.5 lbs.) The racing cyclist almost ready to race but ran out of paint. AUW 20oz. 180watts of power, should be ok.( Joe’s own design ) !!!… Read More »
I guess like most other members, I am missing the trip up to Little Haldon to get some flying in and meet up. With flying and meeting up off the agenda for a while, I decided to get my MTB out and cycle up to LH to take in the views. The steepest part of… Read More »
John continues to be busy in the workshop and has provided us another interesting update with photos. Over to you John: Still working on the wings, I did not realise just how much construction was involved, I will sometime conduct a survey on exactly how many separate items were needed to complete each wing, could… Read More »
Some more intriguing photo’s from Chris A bit more progress: The full size had a all flying tailplane, I was going to do the same, but with such a small bearing width 19mm, and a tailplane at 900mm, I couldn’t stop the tailplane wobbling, at the tip, well not enough for me. Not a problem,… Read More »
First pic is the main nose skid arrangement. This is sprung by roundels of car radiator hose as seen. The skid is a strip of flexible wood screwed down at the front and held in place at the rear by a brass strip, which is a flattened curtain fitting. The skid can move under the… Read More »