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Joey wrote:Simon, Paul: I might be interested in joining you guys actually, if you've no objection to enduring my presence for an evening meal

Fine by me . Will you need anything preparing/sorting on the Saturday?

Deal

Simon Windisch wrote:Great, see you at Bella Italia 9pm on Saturday

Sounds like a date - almost. We have George a 9 yr old (driver of Morgrugyn 2) with us so earlier would be better if possible.

Hi Joey? How is this going, and do you have a start time? It's 3.5 hours from Reading so I'm trying to decide if a hotel would be the best bet. We are planning to stay over so perhaps there will be a chance to share information etc. in the evening. (By share what I really mean is that I learn a lot...

Anoptimistprime wrote:Depends where the next one is you see am not driving and the events tend to be nowhere near my lovely town of Oldham in Manchester

Thats where I work! (well Chadderton actually)

are you actually going to be producing this as a kit? i know somebody who would buy one, heh heh... Thanks for the compliments. The idea wasn't really to start making kits, it was just to help get someone into the hobby, all the bits except the Polycarb pieces are just your regular stuff. If I ever...

PBX do you have a link to the hinge you used. You can get them at any decent model shop ask for nylon pin hinges for control surfaces. Here is an example... http://balsamart.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=315_309&products_id=2135 I'm concerned about their robustness for ...

(do the wheels protrude ever so slightly past the back panel? From the angle of the photos it's hard to tell) It does look like it on the photo, but in fact they don't. I had thought of doing that to make self righting easier, but then realised that they would be rather exposed! What are you using ...

OK so after remaking another base and flipper mount and getting back to where it all went pear shaped... The motors and battery box are mounted and we are ready to test it all works. http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j391/pbx2/Antweights/DSCF0485.jpg You can see the flipper mount is now actually '...

So here goes the build... First the flipper and support are fitted. http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j391/pbx2/Antweights/DSCF0479.jpg Then the flipper on its mount together with servo and loom for the power switch and flashing led. http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j391/pbx2/Antweights/DSCF048...