DUNKS Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 In 1948 my older brother built a model airplane from aeromodeller plans service "the wren" I helped a little, I was 12. His was an attempt to fly with single channel home made radio which never did work very well. 25 years ago my son and I built another WREN, this time free flight as it was designed and this model has flown many times every year at the BMFA Nationals. Fast forward to Lockdown and we decided to build a twice size three channel WREN! 250 hours and about £800 poorer she is ready to fly. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 What a cracker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 What a beauty! I would love to build and fly a model aircraft but I know in my heart I would just be building a model kamikaze 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Lovely stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffgg Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Nice one have fun flying it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 You and your son have my admiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooops Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Quite excellent. My hat's off to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 14 hours ago, Rob85 said: What a beauty! I would love to build and fly a model aircraft but I know in my heart I would just be building a model kamikaze 😐 Quite possible. Although there are excellent training videos available now. In my day you built it , chucked it in the air and hoped for the best. "We built a lot of airplanes!" That huge Wren has over 100 years of building experience in it. 70 for me and 35 for my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted September 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 She flies. Had several flight this evening. Behaves as it should. So light it will fly on tickover and takes off on half throttle. So happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) Nice. I got into airplanes at one point. But I got sucked into sailboat racing which sucked my money dry. Edited September 8, 2021 by NoBodyImportant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 07/09/2021 at 21:29, DUNKS said: She flies. Had several flight this evening. Behaves as it should. So light it will fly on tickover and takes off on half throttle. So happy. its stunning i love home projects and skills like this we need more my gast is flabbered whats next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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