Ah this looks great! Well done on the build and a great video
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Glad you like it, Thanks.
@cadser0engco7 ай бұрын
Great to watch and informative. Just building a Gullowes spitfire. First one since I was a child😊
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Thank you Brian. The gullowes kits are lovely. Good luck with it, Darren.
@EleanorPeterson7 ай бұрын
Hello, Darren! Ah, wonderful Keil Kraft. Happy days. I remember adding banana-oil to thinned [cellulose] dope, which gave a useful amount of toughness and elasticity to the tissue covering. I look forward to seeing your test flights.🙂 I don't have anywhere local to do any indoor flying [I'm based in West Yorkshire], so I'm more of an outdoor gal. If you're tempted to venture outside with your Ajax, please watch out for rogue thermals if the model's not using a dethermaliser on every flight. I've lost more than one plane over the years, and it really hurts because it's usually your best ones that disappear vertically! I started fitting ultra-lightweight RC gear to my 'free-flight' models a couple of years ago, and it's grand being able to interrupt them occasionally and then guide them (almost) home. You still get to do all the usual free-flight fiddling and power-on, power-off trimming with shims and whatnot, but with the bonus of not losing your beloved creations. I use either rudder only, or rudder and elevator in the bigger models. Great fun, and it's a part of the hobby that the CAA hasn't destroyed yet. Yet...😞
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Hi, Thanks for your comments. No shes going to be an indoor only flyer as no intention of taking outdoors, I got my bigger r/c planes for the outdoors flying, I'm just in the middle of putting the tissue on then it's on with some thinned down dope. Should be ready by weekend.
@goforitpainting7 ай бұрын
Really cool 👍
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@CliffHarveyRCPlanes7 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing this one flying Darren, I would definately thin the dope by the way, full strength could be too much shrinkage
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Thanks Cilff, only ever put it on straight from the tin before with a brush. What would you recommend to thin it down with.
@ronmarking37767 ай бұрын
I can bring suitable thinners next Sunday!
@Darren.n.RCvids7 ай бұрын
Thanks but got some now, Thank you.
@ronmarking37767 ай бұрын
Cliff beat me to it..... thin the dope with at least 50% thinners. Pin down the wing/tail/fin whilst the dope dries and then do a second coat.