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4.4 meter MDM fox
- Cliff Evans
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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
Sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
That was not nice, but it did move well before hitting the ground!
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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
Drew, so, SO sorry to see the demise of the Fox – I don’t expect models to last forever but it is nice to get a few fights in before a ‘major’. My old model shop proprietor used to say ‘there are two sorts of modellers, those that have crashed and those that are going to crash’ – actually I think we are all in the latter category. It is easy to forget when you haven’t had a bad one for a while that nature does not give up flight easily and we are always one weak link away from a crash. Mick Reeves has written models off on the first flight so it can happen to the best. I think the wisdom of putting the broken bits away for a while is commendable – get some distance from the event and you may well feel like resurrecting it. As others have said, well done for your commendable attitude to the whole thing.
- jimbo
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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
Sorry to hear about your crash. It must be a 2018 thing, i put mine in a few weeks ago, flying in a 40mph wind, foxes dont crash lightly, mine is also bad but im going to attempt to repair it, it needs a wing box repair, a new wing tip, new joiner, fuze repairs, new canopy. Whose gonna be the third?
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I have been looking at this egg shell for a few months. I have decided to have a go and rebuild it. The fuz I think I can rebuild. The rudder and tail are OK. But the wings have to be binned. I am fixing the fuz first then I will decide if I want to carry on. It will be at the back of my build pile so may be a long time if it does fly again. I must be mad.
- Cliff Evans
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totally!




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- terry white
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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
Hi Roo, As I mentioned in our Facebook discussions, Why fly your plugs when with a little more work (at the rate that you work) you could make a mold from it then make as many as you wish. Then a disaster become just a mishap and you may also sell a few.
So my suggestion for what its worth is to repair the fox fus to a plug value only. I.E. don't worry about added weight and make it strong to help its release from the mold. Use the rest of your saved time to make a quality mold.Then applying any alterations needed having learnt from the first model make a superb second and subsequent models.
Im sure Cliff Evens will put his name down for one maybe two.

So my suggestion for what its worth is to repair the fox fus to a plug value only. I.E. don't worry about added weight and make it strong to help its release from the mold. Use the rest of your saved time to make a quality mold.Then applying any alterations needed having learnt from the first model make a superb second and subsequent models.
Im sure Cliff Evens will put his name down for one maybe two.

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Re: 4.4 meter MDM fox
Thanks terry for your suggestions. But I still do not know if I am rebuilding it yet. I am using some old epoxy up that I have. . I have outher gliders like my pt asw 20 and a 1/3 scale ash 31 to finish first. The Fox if I carry on will be done in between jobs. And when there spare time so not in a hurry to do.