West 50 does seem like a good engine from what I have heard, but I havn't used it. Jen 56, I've seen it and stuff but again I can't comment, I'd recommend the Irvine, superb engine, first flick, and not too pricy. Then again thats my opinion, I'd have picked a YS 63 if I didn't already have an Irvine.

That kit is just smiling at me saying "you know you want to", I have some cheap board some where but no table except kitchen and I really can't use the kitchen table for something the size of the Capiche. Not that it wouldn't fit but I would be sure to damage it moving all the stuff out every time is dinner.

irvine 53

LOL

Think the new J'en 56 is the budget engine of choice now. Not that I would have either - not four stroke.

anyone tried the 56 yet?

I think Diesel is the future !

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If edible engines are the future god help us.................

i think your still young enough Luke that we can say your the future. at least thats how i'd rather see it.

( activate policeman voice from Allo Allo )

Eddy, i'm surpissed you knou the itch kickers guild to the galexy, you strike me as a non redder, or at lost someone who doesn't understund the moaning or spolling of werids.

does any body have a picture of the til wheel instalation the one that comes with the wheel kit

Good news and bad news.

Last night I started the kit, it was 12 AM and late, so I was tired but I can never get to sleep, I cut out all the fuz parts and it was alot of fun. Much more fun than an ARTF! Anyway, I cutted them all out, looked through plans and instructions etc, then sandwiched glued ALL the wing bolt plates togther, yes, I f***** it up, already.

So I can't cut them apart, the epoxy is too strong, Ive broken 3 blades trying, I can't make more, I don't have th recources.

The only option I can think of is ring up and pay them some money to send me the sheets with the WB plates, I can't buy whole fuz kit just for those plates.

I knew what I had to do! I guess cause it was 1:30 AM I was not thinking straight....

Anyway, I started on what I could of the fuz by using a bare kitchen table and apples to weigh the plan down, this is amazing! Everything clicks in just fine! As soon as I get those plates sorted I can get the fuz over and done with.

Excellent kit but I'll need some help.

If IH won't send me the plates, I will have to get someone to make 'em, anyone???

just get a sheet of 1/8th ply and knock up some more, will cost about 3 quid max.
then again i could later ( when i'm back ) check my sheet, i might have used my old plates in which case i'll have spares ones i can post

Thanks Phil. I can't make plates. I have no saw, vice, scroll saw. Preferably two liteply and two birch is best. I wonder is IH will send me the sheets if I give them some money, Archie?

i did sort of the same thing but i unglued it with debonder( much to my surprise)

Debonder for epoxy? I thought that was only for cyano, well, I won't be able to do much cause I damaged them from trying to cut them free, thanks for the tip though.

Phil if you do have those I'll send you some money, if not, I'll see what IH can do, if they can't do anything, hmmm.

Thanks anyway, Im itching to continue!

well i sandwiched them thick cyno

i'll have a look in a bit, if i do don't worry about cash. think i still have your addy somewhere.

well i had a look... and i've found two... weird cause i thought there was 4??? i've found the tip jigs also so there should be enough spare liteply there to make the other two up OR you can hack and sand till you've got one good one on the one you do have.


don't worry about tools, you can cut liteply ok with a knife.

now i gotta find your addy.

well, ive got both good news and bad, and a bit that kinda mixes them all up

good: ive almost finished my wing

bad: i totaled my flip[:@]

mixed bits: my west is going in my C50, so i only need to save about 80 quid for covering and servos! yipeeeeeeee

Ian

must be a lack of neg pitch[&:]

how did you do it?

well, youll prob say i am bull sh*ting here. but this is how it went

i took off for the first flight since the UC was ripped out, i pulled a few feet up, did a quick roll, pulled vertical. about 20-30 foot up i did a quick rolling harrier circle then tumble, still about 25 foot up, it entered a inv spin. well i tried to exit it but it hit the ground with a crack. well, i laughed, turned around to the pits said 'o dear, i didnt want it to do that', then i dawned on me. "F**K"!!!!!! well i looked over the plane then i found the rudder had about 60-70deg at on the rudder at center stick. we bent the rudder a bit and found if we pushed it hard enough the gears would jump! not strip tho, so it must have jumped on the tumble sending it into a spin. withing 25 feet i couldnt do anything much to stop it, far less workign out to add full opposite rudder and trim to make it about 10 deg of rudder. if i did do that it would have only hit the deck harder, of if i managed to exit the spin i prob wuld have just lety go off the rudd thinking it was flying ok just for it to crashagain.


o well, it happens to the best of us.

and you ian!

good point dan.

well, see the rudder? thats the sort of angle it was at at center stick, as i still had the radio on at that point. At least my canopy is OK, so..........any offers on a special edition one of only 2 carbon fiber canopies in the world?

Just need to sheet the TE, LE on the right wing and cap the ribs then a few other bits like the wing tips then ive finished my capiche, well, almost

you could give me £5 to take it away

WHAT A BORING THREAD! CLOSE IT.

No reply from IH yet, but it hasn't been 48 hours and I sent the e-mail bank holiday so I'll wait a little longer to hear what they have to say.

Whats the best way to cut the cowl? Index do some cheap tool kit like a dremel, but it doesn't cost £120, I might use that.

Btw the hole on F1 IS there, It was covered in some wood dust thats all.