JOHN HUBBARD writes from Independence, Oregon, USA

Hi Reg
On a helicopter note, I am sure you have heard of this guy Bob Johnston. I don't know where he lives over there in jolly old England. He is the equivalent of our very own Curtis Youngblood. You need to go see him fly - I have seen videos of him, he is damn good at it. And if you have any questions about helis that you can't get answered over there, please give me a try.
cya later.

rcpilots@worldnet.att.net 

I saw Bob Johnston fly his Millenium at Sandown Park, UK, early in May - it was really awesome! He concluded a spectacular display by commencing an autorotation (engine disengaged, for those not into helis) from a tremendous height and then performing aerobatics all the way down to a perfect landing!

Thanks, John, for the offer of help and advice as well - much appreciated. Requests for help are very welcome as I'm sure that with folk like John around, we have a wealth of experience we can tap into amongst ModelFlight readers and contributors.

CRAIG TRICKETT from Newfoundland, Canada, wrote again after seeing his club featured on ModelFlight #14.

I just had a quick look at the new issue. Good job. I was surprised to see the info on our club there so soon, but very glad.

. . . Our funfly went ahead a couple of weeks ago as I said, but our guy with the digital camera was out of town so the only pics I got are still in my camera waiting for development. There are several other pics around  from a previous funfly at Harbour Grace that I will send. We will be attending a big funfly at Gander International airport next weekend. There will be lots of pics from that one.

We will be giving our website a facelift in the next few weeks. It should be a lot faster now as well . . .

craigt@roadrunner.nf.net 

Glad you liked your club feature, Craig, and thanks for the promise of some photos. There is another contribution from Craig on the air space page as well. One of the things I like about this web publishing lark is the way I can generally get contributions on the web that come to me right up to a few hours before I upload the update - a bit different than the several weeks that conventional publishing requires!

My name is Kenny. I am 14 and I live in Bude, Cornwall. I really want to get into the hobby of r/c airplanes. My friend told me that when he was younger, he was in a club where he learnt to fly, so I was wondering if there are any clubs near Bude?

kenny_loves_ya@jahoo.co.uk 

Just been reading latest Smallnet which is besotted with screaming Cox's. I have a few diesels; I checked with an AE 1.5 today - on a 10" x 5" prop it did 5,500 revs and at half throttle was very quiet (3,000 revs).

I asked Denis what it was about diesels that he liked so much. Here's his reply.

I mainly use diesels or 4-stroke glow. Diesels throttle nicely, smell nice and up to 5 cc. don't need a starter - so you go flying with r/c aircraft, transmitter and a can of fuel in your pocket! You can buy ready-made fuel or mix your own; 1/3 good paraffin, 1/3 ether, 1/3 castor oil - the latter two I buy from chemist in Tesco. PAW and Irvine make good engines. I have from ·75 cc to 8 cc, some vintage - they take bigger props, don't scream and get torque low down.

dennis'wolff@virgin.net

Thanks Denis. Any chance you can help young Kenny find a club? Keep in touch!

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sideshow.bob@virgin.net 

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