Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / September 2003

After remove glow plug driver, my engine works about 15 secs & stops.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks for any help!
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Yuss. I finally after three years of horrendous flying and crashing
broke a tooth on a new HS55 output gear.
Lord knows how, the impact I assume was responsible was very slight..but
maybe it went backwards into a tree or something.

I bought a used electric plane last weekend at the NEAT Fair.  The
owner called it a Cearmark Porterfield Collegiate.  Has anyone heard
of it?
Bill L

Does anyone have any CAD drawings of the standard size servo and maybe
some of the smaller ones like the mid, mini, micro, and sub micro?  I am
trying to see how well a standard servo will fit in various places in
this scale plane I am drawing up.  The only servo I have handy to

I have been out of the modelling hobby for 4 years can someone tell me where
to get good deals on bulk balsa and RC gear? also where can I get RC plane
plans on the internet and are there plans for free now over the internet.is
there a site for second-hand gear apart from e-bay. I ...

I have caught the bug and want to get a RC helicopter and learn to fly it.  I
have never flown a RC helicopter or plane, just lots of cars.  Are the sub
$250.00 kits on ebay worth getting to learn on?  Is there a different source of
beginner equipment and instruction?  Thanks for ...

How can I upgrade this radio.
thanks.

Hi,
I have a new Magnum .52 that is just barely broken in  - about 1.5
hours of run time.  I am running a 12x5 prop and only getting about
8900 RPM,  Fuel is good, idles ok, does smoke some in the transition

Ok folks,
Here is a question that has been bugging me. You should hear some of the
answers I get.
Why are the brushless model motors and speed controllers so darned

In one of my previous posts a few people mentioned the use of light
glass cloth and thinned epoxy to cover the balsa before painting,
others mentioned just brushing on the thinned epoxy and not bothering
with the glass cloth.  I would like to here more peoples experiance and

I am about to get my first electric plane - probably a slow stick type plane.  However, I can't
figger out how to arrange the batteries -
eg if the plane uses (say) 7 cells to run the motor then that gives 8.4 volts - but that seems
too high for the receiver and servos.  Or is it?  ...

I was just looking at some du-bro 2-56 rod ends and I would really like
to find something smaller like a #1 or #0 screw, I could get by with a
2-56 if the ball and the plastic housing around the ball were smaller.
More like the proportions that metal rod ends are.  Does anyone know

When I want to relax, I fly a no dihedral Hobbico trainer which has many
flights and flies well. The 40 size engine was clamped to the mount rather
than held conventionally by bolts. It flew well and all of a sudden became
difficult to fly and after two cartwheel landings, I ...

I have a 6cell 500mah Nicad pack. I'd like to make it a 7 cell pack, however
I can't seem to find any 500mah cells in that size.  All I can find are
600mah cells.  What would happen if I added the 600mah cell to the pack?
Would it damage the pack, or just only be under utilized?