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aero-model pictures - your own, or others you've seen at the club or at
a show; they are all welcome if they're nice to look at!
If you're not into digital photography or
scanning pictures, why not send me some photos by regular mail? It's not too
pricey; a batch of five or
six photos costs $1.00 airmail postage from the USA, for example. My address is on
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I was delighted to hear from BOB NICOL again, this
time with pictures of two of DENIS RICHARDSON'S latest fine models.
Left, his Spitfire and right, a Beaufighter.
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now for something completely different, as they say! |
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This
is SCOTT THOMPSON with his flying lawnmower - must be the original Flymo, I
guess.
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northern Indiana and flies at South Bend RC club. The lawnmower
has an old OS 61 FX that has had about 30 gallons of fuel run
through it. The mower is built mostly of white foam that has
been strengthened with a 50/50 mix of wood glue and water. It's
painted with latex house paint and weighs about 7.5 lb. Scott
says it flies pretty good [for a lawnmower] and will loop, roll,
and fly inverted. He built it mainly because they have school
kids come out to the club for a field trip a few times a year
and he thought they would get a kick out of it. It turns out the
big kids [adults] get a kick out of it too! |
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three club members venturing into helicopters at our club in recent
weeks. Here's NEIL SCRATCHLEY'S Kyosho Concept 30 at hover
practice. For his very early flights, Neil also tethered his training
undercarriage so that he could not get above a height where the machine
could tip over - something I have never seen done before, but certainly
worked for Neil who also says
that flying his little Hoverfly indoor helicopter has been a real help
in getting to grips with the Concept. |
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Take a look at these beautiful gliders
from Southampton Soaring Society; pictures by Tony Baker
Becca Allen with an Ash 26 |
Chris Williams' Petrel on final turn |
Frank Oeste's
Swift, Wilga tug |
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Colin Bond and the 1/3 Wilga
ZDZ-160-B tug
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Read about Southampton Soaring
Society on club scene and meet club member
David Simmonds on personal profiles |
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Large or small, kit, scratch built or ARTF, rotary or fixed-wing,
electric, rubber or i/c, r/c or free flight, it matters not - and they
don't have to be perfect, either. If you like it, let's see it!
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