Saturday 1 st March 2025. Breezy from the East but down the runway. Full Sun, nearing double figures degrees. Recently purchased from another WMAC member Phil F, Matt's new acquistion a PC21 being test flown by Jon T our popular test pilot. When Phil F bought this this it was half the price it is now (£699 GBP) Factor in a Motor, ESC plus two decent size lipos we are pushing near a £1000 GBP model! Due to the weak original nose leg the PC21 has been modified with a Eflite nose retract and standard wire leg.
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Hawker Typhoon from CY Models China. 84 inch wingspan. Powered by a 3W 55i with a Pitts style muffler. Savox 20kg servos all round. The full size had no problem with C of G balance with the 2000 HP Napier engine but for modellers this entailed lots of lead in the nose mostly in the cowl itself and a big brass propellor lock nut. A scale aluminum spinner all helps too.
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Highlights of the Wimborne MAC annual scale fly-in. Joined by members of Jersey (Channel Islands)MFC, Salisbury MFC, Wincanton MFC & Christchurch & District MFC. Flight line length was full and the car park was too for spectators. Wind conditions made taking off and landing challenging due to a crosswind of 12 mph and sudden gusts but gradually subsided by late afternoon. All due credit to the pilots on the day and no "land outs", although a few "bunny hops".
There were many more models on display and their flights not captured on the day.
One pilot managed to win both the best Scale Model awarded by a judge and the Best Scale Flight award from the pilots choice vote.
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Captured here at WMAC Cashmoor on the 4th of May 2024, this 1/4 scale replica had it's maiden flight successfully. Great looking weathered model, amazing sound of the Moki 250. A relatively quiet plane for it's size and only using the ring exhaust. Yet another prop powered warbird to be found at our club field along with numerous P47s (SNAFU's), Mustangs, Spitfires and the occasional Hurricane. Flown scale -like by Luke Metcalf.
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This is the follow on story of the sound module project for the Hangar 9 Twin Otter and later on the slightly smaller Nexa Canadian Rescue Twin Otter although it would be quite usable for any twin turbo propped aircraft. To enhance the sound I am using cardboard tubing. The tube is 50mm in diameter and has a wall thickness of 2mm This will not only enhance the lower frequencies but amplify the sound a little bit more.
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