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If you're threatened with your sons local nursery group doing an excursion to see the railway, what more excuse do you need for a prop driven bit of fun that will require constant vigilance against little fingers

I think I'd better fit a fan cage....
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Wheels are fitted and the scary part of drilling out the cooling ducts has been accomplished
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Thunderbirds are go!

FAB....
 
DGE-Railroad said:
If you're threatened with your sons local nursery group doing an excursion to see the railway, what more excuse do you need for a prop driven bit of fun that will require constant vigilance against little fingers

I think I'd better fit a fan cage....
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Wheels are fitted and the scary part of drilling out the cooling ducts has been accomplished
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Saw one of those running at a Garden Railway in Olney, they can be very lively going from 0-fast in less seconds than you can type it.
 
Yes, the build is planned to use a servo arm operating a silicon tube friction brake on the front wheels :)

It does also look a bit swift once it gets moving. Especially if like my 4yo, the operator is only interested in stop and flat out :D

I notice on the Swift Sixteen video, it coming off a bend at one point. I think some trimming of the throttle endpoint may be necessary before any little'uns are allowed near the controls...

I have found a step which is more daunting than drilling the cooling holes. Mounting the fan cowl and getting it centered definitely involves the most tongue-sticking-out
 
There is a picture of mine on the SwiftSixteen website. I converted mine to an open cockpit. Unfortunately I’ve blown the engine and the propeller disintegrated. It’s now on the to do shelf.
 
casey jones snr said:
There is a picture of mine on the SwiftSixteen website. I converted mine to an open cockpit. Unfortunately I’ve blown the engine and the propeller disintegrated. It’s now on the to do shelf.
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Is yours the metal plated one, or the orangey red one with the teeth C-J-S?
 
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