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Kiwibob's planes
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I now had these two plus the acrowot, but I was
after "something else", the wot4 was a bit
sluggish with the 52 FS, I wanted something a
bit more racy!
Tom and I went to the 2003 Wings and wheels
at North Weald. I took a wallet full of
cash, but in spite of the many planes for
sale, nothing took my eye
Then, Mustafa had grown tired of his Home
Run and asked if I would like to buy it.
Fitted with an Irvine 53, it was just what I
wanted. For some reason, he insisted he was
just selling the engine, the plane and two
servos were "free". He had some
"glitching" with this, and I found the same,
probably due to the long leads to the
servos. I eventually sorted it out by moving
the aerial to the rudder, twisting all the
servo leads, and putting ferrite cores on
all the leads. It's a nice plane to fly, and
usually doesn't get blown about too much in
the blustery conditions we often get.
About this time I responded to an advert from a
bloke who was "selling up";
I bought the lot, including a FF8 TX and about 8
complete planes plus a few extra engines and
things. The Wot4 classic, above was one, hardly
flown, immaculate condition, with a Thunder
tiger Pro .46, as new. Although a 25 year old
design, it is a delight to fly!! I also bought a CMP 3D-GILES 202 (40) with an OS 50 from Pete Madden a little later, also shown
above. What a great plane to fly, superbly set
up by Pete, ..unfortunately, I managed to
break the fuse in half, just behind the wing
after a heavy landing in a strong wind. I have
had a couple of attempts to join up the two
halves, but haven't got it quite right yet!!
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