Hangs Ups

I know - my penchant for puns in titles has to end. The problem is puns seem like such an easy way to be witty whilst writing. Problem is that it isn't actually that funny right?

Anyway, I thought I might show a photo of my new "hangar". I made it on the weekend out of 15mm pressure pipe.

It has taken up more space than I expected, but at least now my planes aren't stacked higgildy piggeldy on top of one another (with the fragile balsa RV4 stacked at the top).

The elebee doesn't get a slot on the hanger, she is away on the left from this photo propped up against the wall.

Speaking of elebees I've switched props on her to a spare electrafun prop - not sure on what it is by spec, but my guess would be about a 6x4. On the weekend in very gusty conditions at Lyneham she was flying very well considering the wind, but I knew I was having to use to much throttle to keep her steady, and eventually the engine slipped the mount, the prop hit the body (no damage) and fell off and I had to make a dead stick landing (which was pretty easy). I haven't had a chance to look yet, but am a bit worried that I may have damaged the speed controller - not too fussed about the engine. Am still looking around for the right brushless engine for the elebee faster than a stryker C project.

Hey, and it looks like the blog has finally been indexed by google - yeah...