Nicholls Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Jef,Have you seen this? http://www.jitom.com/pages/downloads/magazine.html ? It shows both Edited August 7, 2015 by Austin Link fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Anyone got any pics of the Xantia (or the Xantia's successor, the Xantipa)? Jeff - i know someone who has 1 for sale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Jef,Have you seen this? http://www.jitom.com/pages/downloads/magazine.html ? It shows bothThis link is not working and if I cut and paste the link into a browser, that doesn't do it either Stop teasing me Ian!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 The thing I LOVED about my Xantia (I had to get one when I saw how nicely Gary's one flew) was that I never flew it once without finding lift, and it ALWAYS made better use of that lift than anything I had flown previously.Mine had previously belonged to Uncle Sydney and came with a couple of sheets of lead for windier conditions and Brian Austin remarked positively about my one's ability to fly in a stiff breeze at the Anglia MFC field at Stow Maries. As I didn't have the confidence to fly an aileron model in those early days in my r/c flying career, it was the perfect model for me at the time.I had put a secondhand PCM receiver in this model, not understanding about lockouts, and in the harsh radio environment of a busily attended Oxford RadioGlide competition in the late nineties I had a 1 mile plus flyaway, after hitting good air and following it for a couple of minutes, I found the receiver's limit of range when another 7 transmitters were in use (good old 35MHz eh?). The model came to rest gently in a crop of corn just fifteen metres from a housing estate, no damage at all. I soon found the money for a Futaba PPM receiver and the model flew again.However, a few months later... My lack of knowledge of battery capacity caught me out and the Sub C rx pack going flat, when it was 500ft up, taught me how much damage can occur at the point of impact after a 500ft vertical dive. Even the tractor driver 70 meters away was quite impressed at how hard his earth had been hit!Some of the wreckage remains in my hangar as a stark reminder about receiver battery life.Must admit to being curious about the Xantia / Xantipa that JG's friend has for sale! Pictures Please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Austin Posted August 7, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 7, 2015 Fixed the above links for the Xantia articleshttp://www.jitom.com/pages/downloads/magazine.htmlhttp://www.jitom.com/pages/downloads/magazine/model_magazines/xantia-i-preview.htmlhttp://www.jitom.com/pages/downloads/magazine/model_magazines/xantipa-f3j.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholls Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Jef, sorry about the link error. I don't know what the error was but it was caused by my typing it out as the post wouldn't allow me to paste a copy of it. (As a test I have just succeeded in doing it now though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Austin Posted August 7, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hi AustinI don't know about anyone else that uses the freebie antivirus provided by BT (McAfee) but mine developed a severe case of panic when I tried to open ANY of these links telling me that it STRONGLY advises I don't open any of them........big red STOP screens! everything except a warning hooter.....I'm convinced that this slow, slow system (McAfee) is responsible for most of my problems when accessing and trying to use, their offering called BT Mail, via Internet Explorer.......Anyway, I have absolutely NO intention of swerving off topic to go into this nonsense and, like most pensioners with a problem relating to IT I'll just soldier on overpaying for BT's cr*p service and letting them get away with itPeteApologies for going off topic. McAfee could not catch a cold . Get rid of it Peter. Most problems today are caused by Trojans and spyware. Remove what you have, get this and your problems will be over.Please ---- no one else chime in and spoil the topic digressing about computers. Anyone needing advice can open a topic in General Discussion. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thanks for keeping this thread neatly on the topic Austin. The links are working perfectly, I have been drooling over the Xantia and Xantipa pics and 3-view, and then drooling over the Xantia pics again! Was there ever a more efficient 3 function thermal soarer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Here are pics of my Electric Calypso Contest Vee Plus, completed and awaiting maidening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholls Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Here are pics of my Electric Calypso Contest Vee Plus, completed and awaiting maidening. I see "happiness and fond memories, with the hope that more pleasure will come.Ian Edited September 15, 2015 by Nicholls It is AFU with previous replies and I don't know why... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 I see "happiness and fond memories, with the hope that more pleasure will come.IanThat's a nice sentiment Ian. Haven't been as nervous about maidening anything for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_t Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Very nice Jef. My own Evolution RG from 1991 was given a minor refurb over the last few weeks. Some tidying up of hinges and surfaces, but the main change was to change out all the wing servos from the old Futaba 133/143s with plastic gears (and intermittent operation), to a full set of Futaba 3150 digitals. I also took the opportunity to install JETI RC gear, as that is now my system. The main reason for doing this was to install a GPS and Vario which run through through the JETI telemetry, creating the third iteration of this model (F3J, Electro were the previous uses) - A practice model for GPS triangle racing.Simon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil.Taylor Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Here is a pic of a model from the nineties, that I had not heard of until recently, a Frits Donker Duyvis design called the Fletcher.Pic supplied by FDD himself! Jef - here's my Mondrian Fletcher - doing its thing off a Devon cliff - great photo by Ian MasonIts still a great plane - soars well, fast & agile. Phil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Maidened the Electric Calypso Contest Vee Plus today, in the wind and rain. Next project is a Xantia, for which I already have a few bits and pieces including 4 wing panels and a crumpled fuselage.Anyone got the carbon tip joiners used in the Xantia (I have the steel blade joiners)?Also going to need a tailplane. Dimensions of the above required parts would also be useful, as I enjoy making small things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 At the Bartletts Series Trophy Presentation Dinner, last weekend, Brian Austin very kindly presented me with the plans for his "Summer Wind" 138" RES model. A true classic, and sure to spark in the nostalgic imagination of a few on here. When I got home I realised that there were not one, but two sets of plans. So if anyone wants a set, please let me know. It's virtually winter, quick, build something! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynk Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 A couple of nostalgia shots - circa 1981 The first three were of an own design slope soarer (for light winds but howling gales didn't seem to bother it) known affectionately by everyone else as the "Dying Duck" due to the amount of flex in the joiners - made the wings appear to flap - it was quite aerobatic for a R/E model - the wings use to flatten completely when flying inverted -much to everyone's amusement - and I would get 45 degrees plus dihedral in a loop. Very simple Clark Y wing section, 144" span. Had half a church roofs worth of lead in the nose to get the CoG correct. The 3rd shot is me launching the Duck on Blackstone Edge Bowl - a superb slope soaring site near Littleborough (Lancs) for westerlies. The last shot is a Ridge Rover with plug in wingtip extensions. This model exploded mid air when I rolled it doing a very fast downwind pass. At least it had the decency for the remnants to crash - quite literally - at my feet. I think I still have the wings for the 'Duck' up in the loft somewhere, I have also just found the fuselage for a Veron Vortex as well. Both are/were incredibly tatty though. They all had a very hard life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 On 16/09/2015 at 22:55, Jef said: Next project is a Xantia, for which I already have a few bits and pieces including 4 wing panels and a crumpled fuselage. 360 days since I made the above comment, today I have finally made a very small start on the XantEa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 The Xantia will be getting a GliderDrive 1120kv motor, as one has become available (through some bad flying on my part) and the tail surface servos will be mounted in the fin. This is not a huge variation on the original layout, as the elevator servo was always mounted in the fin anyway. But I am now torn between lightweight and reliability, as tails should always be built light... but the original rudder servo would have been a "standard" servo of the period. This one will now be using a 14gram MG92B Towerpro servo on the rudder, in the fin, with a Volz ZIP servo on elevator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Ott Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Made some Nostalgia today - my Son, Gary, stirring the sticks to good effect on the XantEa in wonderfully calm but mildly thermic conditions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Minchell Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Just joined and thorougly enjoyed this thread. Used to fly with Pete's Hemsworth and Beadle on the Beacon. Restoring a Stu Blanchard Calypso 6 that I traded decades ago from Pete Beadle and also a Brian Cooper Frankinstein I think (4M polyhedral with flaps and ailerons and barn door brakes) which I rescued from Dave Jones' bin (the QFI editor) after he crashed it on the line. Jef - like you I am working on an electro Calypso Contest Plus (with the large tails) so your tune up tips on joiner dihedral and CG position are timely. John M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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