Small Flying Arts

I see that Dave Gee is making the updated Scorpion digital plan available thru Model Aviation. Will this be a "free" download and when will it be available?

"The best millennial comment was, "Doing something like that is like Chitty Chitty Bang Band old!" One teenage girl asked me how long it would take me to build the model I was working on (Irish Jumping Bean). I told her about 10 hours. She turned to her friends and said, "OMG, t...

I well remember when Mike brought out this idea. It's too bad that he can't physically see the continuation of this dream even tho we did exchange a number of comments about it and many other topics. Not sure how many others were aware of this idea, but I sure am!

Pete

Mine seems to be without issues. They are trying to increase "revenue" tho - their price for Ad Free + 10 Gigabyte has gone astronomical...

Dave has been real busy with real life lately, plus his children have been using up his bandwidth. He is also trying to connect with the old site to retrieve whatever is left. I have a link to the archive up thru 5 June 2008, but I'm not sure whether it auto-updates as Dave adds new data (generally ...

Bernard, not sure at this time whether I'll make it up for the Friday session, but I'll let you know as soon as possible. I am a US citizen, but have lived in Germany for the past 45 years :o , so you can take your pick :D . George, I had/have some issues with processes that were becoming dysfunctio...

Tho I have had a number of personal issues the past few months - with no opportunity for building - I do intend to attend. So, please ( as George said ) reserve a table and chair for me!

Pete Brecker

Ludo,
Monz says she started this "a few weeks ago" in the opening message, and another week is nearly over. Normally, the model would have been completed and flown by now...

Pilot is probably just looking for his cell phone...

Howard,
re: stance issue. The rake angle of the main gear might be a bit off (too far forward), placing the axles at, or too near the "balance point". Bending the legs back a touch will ease the problem.

Might be like telling Gran'ma how to suck eggs...