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Originally Posted by mikecoul

This is a great thread, here's my contribution, the Sea Dart, OS40 FSR.
I haven't flown it yet, I bought it off of a fellow who received it in an estate inheritance.
I'm in the middle of repainting the fuse.
Should have it in the water this month.
Mike

Mike that looks like a sleek plane and its alot of work to strip planes and bring them back to life. My hats of to you and please post some finished and flying pictures. Mintie i will send some video soon if you send some of yours,I watched your scratch build and your plane turned out fantastic,cant wait for your flight. cheers . joe

[QUOTE Mintie i will send some video soon if you send some of yours,I watched your scratch build and your plane turned out fantastic,cant wait for your flight. cheers . joe


HI Joe....Yes will post some videos of the osprey....It has now done 17 flights after a very troublesome start.Ended up spending a lot of time to get it to fly nicely.

Some nice models turning up here ,but I would not expect a huge amount .In the club I belong to there are 40/50 members and as far as I know I am the only water plane flyer. cheers mintie

Adding a few more action shots of my Taylorcraft to this thread.

Loving all the pics, keep it going.

-Jay

Kawanishi H6K - blue foam scratch build.
Flies like a big kite.

Phil

1/6 scale Vans RV6 the most popular homebuilt ever .

Originally Posted by Aussie Pete

Hi guys.
Picture is my two new float planes that were first flown last weekend.
All went well............had a ball.
....Pete

FPV...I'm finding this irresistibly intriguing Pete. Got any videos?

My latest, flown for the 1st time at Colwick BWA event last weekend.

That looks great! Nice shot. I've just got my floats painted and ready but waiting for the Beaver kit which seems to be back ordered. I don't see a rudder on your floats. Why did you choose to not use one. How do you find the steering without it?

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Pete,
Absolutely Fabulous , nice plane, nice equipment too!
And I loved the Aussie accent!

Cheers,

al

Actually I love them all, excellent thread!

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Only one thing t say:
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Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

Seriously, yes...
I cannot believe such an apparently, large body of water doesn't have a ripple on it!

Dale,

I had a problem with the water rudder, the inner cable is a bit too flexible and that, combined with the 180 deg bend, meant that it wouldn't centre properly. And, as always seems to happen, I finished the model the night before and ran out of time to get it sorted.

Fortunatey the wind was light over the weekend so I managed to get away with no rudder but I did have a few 360s when taxying back to the bank!

I think I'll set it up with a closed loop system for the next event in September.