Hi All. I'm Tony and I've been into building and flying model planes for a very

Hi FTB nice to see you on here.

welcome Flytilbroke have fun on here we all do

Hi and welcome ftb sure Ive seen that name somewhere else ??

Hello again FTB, nice of you to come and join us. Have a go in the chatroom, when you get chance.

Hi from me to all the newcomers, haven't been around too much, been keeping er indoors happy!

Hi. I'm a bit of an odd ball and rather an old odd ball at that.
Making models? Well yes virtually all my life even if it was playing with wood bricks as a toddler.
My only problem was my Dad. A seriously gifted engineer who could do, and did, almost everything a young lad could possibly dream of.
This of course meant almost anything I did he could do rather better.
Although interested in full size planes (we went to Farnborough every year 1955 to 1965) and with just about anything to do with engineering he was not really interested in model planes so you can see where this is going.......model planes is was going to be.
No real scholar at school (although a bit of an athlete) it was not long before I realised I could make things better than most.
As an 11 year old I won the school model competition with a 4' long balsa and tissue scale model of the R101 airship. Dad of course drew the plans.
The following year a 3' span scale Wright 1902 glider did the same and this time I had drawn the plans myself. I did try to fly it but it simply was not stable enough.
Continued making models at senior school and flew my first IC free flight and very nearly lost it when it proved to be amazingly successful.
At about this time the world model endurance record had just been broken, 11 hours I think, with a glow engine and within the then 10lb limit. My Dad had the view that a small 5cc 4 stoke petrol engine would do much better so built one to prove it - this was 1960!

At this time I concentrated on electric power, no LiPos of course, or even light NiCds, so it was RTP with short lines on the polished wood sitting room floor culminating in this Martin Baker MB5 and it flew with those scale contra-rotating props.

My career in engineering, first the motor industry, then the Nuclear industry, technical business advisor and driving instructor, along with marriage, kids and serious DIY slowed modelling down a bit but I did get a dab hand with Lego, or to be more truthful, an absolute geek!

This is a working steam (actually air) engine. 2 cylinders , double acting with piston valves.

So the advent of LiPos, brushless motors and small radio gear gave my aero modelling interest a huge boost allowing me to actually do all the things I had been dreaming of for years!

Hi,people, I am Stanley Harris,just turned 84, I have been a member of our rc club for about 2 years,but my bloody fingers won't do what I want them to when I have the radio in my hands,
so frequent crashes ,very disapointing,As my name suggests I am male Living in Tasmania, born
here,married to Elsie for 64 years, had 10 children,one girl now dead.(.the eleltric27) I only use
electric and I was born in 27, so therefor Electric27..

Hi mate
nice to meet you.

Hi there, Electric - welcome to the mad-house!

Welcome Electric27. Good to hear from you. Join the madhouse and have fun , we do

Garry

G'Day Stan,
Glad you worked out how to use the forum. See! - told you it was easy :lol: Anyway glad to see you on here they are mostly just Poms but not a bad bunch of blokes. Be careful of that Polyfilla bloke though - he tries to lead everyone astray!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

That 4st is just amazing Electric, welcome to you Stan, so glad you got it figured.

Hi Stanley glad you made it Welcome and I hope I am able to use the pc when I reach your age

why don't you go back to buddy leads you probably get more flying time in

ps your nearly the oldest Gary beats by 5 years


again welcome

Very interesting few threads especially the 4 stroke engine ,and lipos and brushless have done so much for this hobby havent they.

its not a hobby

its a disease.
no cure