Hi guys,

I guess it's my turn now to introduce myself ............... Spent all my working life in IT (why are there so many of us ? ) and the username is because I became a digital imaging specialist and consultant, working with state and federal departments, this was after working as a systems specialist on 'super minis' etc etc boring stuff. I'm now retired at 61 (yes I am that old ! [&o] ) and I look after my partner who has MS. My father got me interested in flying, mainly by building what was, to me then, a huge rc model of an old Cessna. This was in the days of diesel motors and 2 channel radio etc. Went through the Biggles / Airfix thing and kept the interest. Few years ago bought a Graupner glider and crashed that but enjoyed building it. Only recently really have I got back into it all, seriously, as I now have time to mainly, and started off with an Electrafun, which, whilst it was frustrating, did get me hooked. Met Crawf and have been firm friends since - I now look to him for encouragement and tips !

Presently have a few planes :-

Electrafun XP ........... looks real from a distance but now ratted for bits
Easystar (ex Crawf) - goes well but has stock 400 motor
MiniMag with Himark brushless - like that one a lot

"On the boil" so to speak, a Multiplex Magister - more on that in another post [8D]

I have to say, this thread is now a highlight of my day and is very aptly named right now No tinnie for me though I'm afraid, as one Aussie in a bar once said to everyone around, "The Pommie's drinking orange juice !! "

I did build an Alleycat - would have been good if I'd not included deliberate mistakes - I still have a piece of it though, and the motor !!

I'm in the process of building a pusher jet F15 from plans off the Net.

That's about it for me I guess.