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Slope Soaring / Re: Quark 2M - Back to cutting innocent trees!

« Last post by Guysie123 on February 12, 2025, 21:36:55 PM »

1590 grams, can’t wait to fly it!
Great kit Fred and everything fitted together very nicely.
Detachable tail to help with the transportation.
Might make a second nose at some point with motor as an electric conversion.
C of G is currently 79mm from LE at root, does that feel about right?
Any advice on CG position from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Electrics / Re: Multiplex Tommy Jr.

« Last post by Kevin O'Donoghue on February 11, 2025, 20:16:02 PM »

Felt like scratching the biplane itch myself Fred. Found this classic on e-bay.

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Slope Soaring / Re: Does this airplane need a rudder?

« Last post by rogallo on February 11, 2025, 05:29:13 AM »

It depends on the model, have you a drawing or maybe some more information?

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Slope Soaring / Does this airplane need a rudder?

« Last post by kellanphil on February 11, 2025, 02:36:12 AM »

Im building this foam model and using the elevons mix on my flysky. Im wondering, does this airplane need a rudder? And if so, does it need to have a servo or will the elevons will do its job?

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Electrics / Re: Multiplex Tommy Jr.

« Last post by Fred on February 10, 2025, 00:25:51 AM »

True!

No slope flying so far, weather has been rubbish! But the Lentus is always with me in the car. Plenty of flying with it for sure!

And also the finesse max. God I love this glider!

Oh, and a new toy, the Mpx funwing. Fun it is, and glide surprisingly well too! Permanent resident of the car along the Lentus

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Electrics / Re: Multiplex Tommy Jr.

« Last post by billscottni on February 09, 2025, 18:11:31 PM »

ita electric, so almost 'silent'

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Electrics / Re: Multiplex Tommy Jr.

« Last post by rogallo on February 09, 2025, 07:53:03 AM »

Fred, does Rachel know you have brought your plane into the house on the table.

Good to see you flying even if it is a power plane!!

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Electrics / Multiplex Tommy Jr.

« Last post by Fred on February 08, 2025, 23:05:09 PM »

New toy!

Could not resist. I like biplanes and the price was more that right on that one.

Not going to detail the build, this is Multiplex! Everything fits and assembled without issues.
Just some building details are a tad vague like connecting the ailerons to the servo extensions while sliding the 2 wings in place!
But other than that, all went like a breeze.

First flight was last Saturday at the SRFC after the rain and was a non event, looks great in the air and is fully aerobatic!
First landing, not sure what happened, but I left the landing gear behind after touchdown

Promptly fixed and subsequent flight was just another non event.

I like that one! Good fun.

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Sports / Re: So, I joined yet another club! RWMAC

« Last post by Fred on February 06, 2025, 00:40:42 AM »

I also wanted to fly my MaxiLift during the new year break. Could not get the engine to run properly for more than 5 minutes!
Was driving me mad, and even more after Cork as it was running great after Brendan tweaked it. Anyway, I tried and failed.
Weeks later, brought it back and Tony setup the engine in like 2 minutes from scratch and it is now purring like a kitten! No ideas how he managed that as we spent hours on the damn thing, so it is still a dark magic to me!
Thanks Tony for fixing it
Have to fly it now!…

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Sports / So, I joined yet another club! RWMAC

« Last post by Fred on February 06, 2025, 00:34:00 AM »

We’ll, when you love, you don’t count I guess

I have been invited a few times by Tony Green (thank you! ) to come and visit the club, located near Roundwood in Co. Wicklow.
I finally managed to get my arse in gear, and paid the club a visit a few months ago, and I was not disappointed!

The welcoming was just superb, and the setup is fantastic! I had the trusty Lentus with me, and was allowed to use the field as a full member for the day, and well, I joined! they know how to talk to men

More seriously, the guys are great, the ambiance is fantastic as a result, and the field is big with plenty of space for the big stuff.

Anyway, more later, but for now, enjoy a couple of photos

And if you want to know more, you can visit https://rwmac.ie