Remember making one for my first free flight glider , and the fuses to go with it , string soaked in salt peter
@woutersmith7616
9 күн бұрын
Good going Mark🤠👍🇿🇦🛩️
@MarkRobinson555
9 күн бұрын
Thank you very much, pleased you enjoyed it 😀
@farayidarlingtonchaparadza20
14 күн бұрын
Another great build in the works. Loving it!
@MarkRobinson555
14 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@freeflightscale
15 күн бұрын
I like how you added a flare to the end of the aluminium tube. I will certainly be using that idea! I also like how you’ve done the DT on the tail as well. It looks very neat and tidy. 👍🏻 I use talcum powder mixed in with slow acting CA to fill areas and add strength. Does the same thing as your method with the epoxy and balsa dust, but you can hit the CA with kicker to make it go off much faster.
@MarkRobinson555
13 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful, thank you very much for the comment, really pleased you enjoyed the video 😀
@MarkCroucherRC4fun
15 күн бұрын
The control of the rudder will be interesting with the DT in place.
@JamesBaker-n5x
14 күн бұрын
With pull - pull cable it will work fine.😊
@MarkRobinson555
14 күн бұрын
Yes, that is what I have used. I have seen people use flexible snakes in such situations, but I didn't feel it looked good and it could cause jamming issues I think 😀
@NormanLedoyen
15 күн бұрын
Nice way to swage that Mark. Looks perfect for small wire like you are using. Very impressive.
@MarkRobinson555
15 күн бұрын
Thanks Norm, pleased you found it interesting 😀
@alfredvink
15 күн бұрын
Looks stunning, I might have a go at it myself. Never build anything with a dethermalizer or rubber powered before.
@MarkRobinson555
15 күн бұрын
Go for it! Its a lovely iconic model and is a nice build. Pleased you liked the look of it, thanks for the comment 😀
@CliffHarveyRCPlanes
15 күн бұрын
An interesting modification Mark, I'm guessing the rudder will have pull-pull strings that will go slack when you operate the DT?
@MarkRobinson555
15 күн бұрын
@@CliffHarveyRCPlanes Hi Cliff, yes absolutely Pull, Pull will work well. I have seen people use a flexible snake, which worked ok, but really didn't look good 😀
@EleanorPeterson
14 күн бұрын
The Gypsy's a lovely model, although that name is apparently "offensive" these days.🙄 Perhaps there'll be calls for it to be renamed the 'Traveller'. [🤭] You're right about dethermalisers not always being effective. I remember losing a 3' span free-flight glider when I was about 10. (I'm based in West Yorkshire.) Attached the towline, got my dad to light the dethermaliser fuse, launched it into a summer sky on a baking hot day at around noon. There was no wind; we were flying on the edge of a freshly harvested cornfield (corn as in wheat, not maize/sweetcorn). Farmers were still allowed to burn stubble back then; nowadays it has to be ploughed back in. The ground was warm and there was a smell of smoke everywhere. It was a cracking flight. Even the local buzzard came to see what was going on. Up, up, up, circling lazily... Counting the seconds till - POP! The dethermaliser released. But the model kept rising. It wasn't flying - it was just being dragged upwards, tumbling through the air like a balloon. I watched in tears as it went, heading for the base of a monstrous grey cloud. My dad was sympathetic, but I was as much exhilarated as I was upset. I'd never seen anything like it before; it was a fantastic moment. We watched it through binoculars until it was gone. There was a lot of rain in the afternoon, rain and pea-sized hail, so I like to think that my little tissue-covered morsel was eaten by a storm cloud which chewed it to bits with icy teeth, then spat out its balsa bones over some other field several miles away.
@MarkRobinson555
13 күн бұрын
Thank you for the comment and memory, so sorry you lost your plane, it must have been well built! Very bitter sweet! Pleased you are enjoying the videos 😀
@terryblackman6217
15 күн бұрын
I'm so looking forward to see how you get over the problem of controlling the rudder at 45 degrees.
@MarkRobinson555
15 күн бұрын
@@terryblackman6217 Hi Terry. There will be no rudder control once the dethermaliser is activated, as it will not be needed and if you could control it it wouldn't be effective. At this point the model should be descending vertically- hopefully! 😜
@Arclike
14 күн бұрын
@@MarkRobinson555 Im thinking maybe pull-pull cable system?
@MarkRobinson555
13 күн бұрын
Yes absolutely, best way to go, thats how I have done it and it works well 😀
@RichardTapp1
14 күн бұрын
Maybe put two 1/8" square strips on the top of the fuselage, adjacent to the front of the fin, so that the fin is captive in the slot they form, avoiding the risk of the bottom of the fin jamming on the edges of the slot in the top of the fuselage ...
@MarkRobinson555
14 күн бұрын
Hi Richard, thanks for the suggestion, it's greatly appreciated. You will see the front underside of the fin has been extended down, so that it is always positively engaged in the slot, having the same effect as you suggest. Thanks again 😀
@Ouch.
14 күн бұрын
Surely if you're going to add another servo why not fit a rudder and elevator?
@MarkRobinson555
14 күн бұрын
There is no reason the tailplane couldn't be altered and an additional servo added, but it all adds weight and I didn't feel it was necessary. I have to have the rudder due to the restrictions where I fly
@stephenwoodmansey3333
14 күн бұрын
Why not just fit elevators rather than dethermaliser ?
@MarkRobinson555
14 күн бұрын
I have had vintage models, with reletively small elevators stuck in thermals so was thinking this would be more effective. Also, just fancied doing somthing a bit different, not somthing I have done on the channel before. Good point, thanks for the comment
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