Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / October 2003

Polls seem to be the new internet craze so why not have one of our own?
What is/was your favorite and your least favorite RC airplane?
My favorite was a scratch built Laser 200 from M.A.N. plans that I litteraly
flew the wings off of.

Me and my Saito 65 again....
Turning a Master Airscrew 13/6 I can't seem to get max rpm out of it.
As I add throttle the engine bogs.  Am I at the max throttle for this
prop size?  ie too much prop?  I don't seem to have this problem with

Just bumped into a site that sells computerized foam cutter in ~1000$.
Did anybody had some more info on this?
http://www.foamlinx.com/newcutter.htm
Shoreshim

any recommendations as far as a nice .46 engine
needs:
   long lifespan
   reliable

I saw a guy with what looked and behaved like a kite but was radio
controlled. It was highly manoeverable, completely silent and moved slowly.
My first reaction was that it had no motor as such and that it relied on
wind power and servo assistance to turn and soar etc.

I read that somebody buzzed David Blaine (the idiot starving in a
perspex box) with a model heli under which was suspened a McDonalds
Happy Meal.
Now I would have paid good money to see that!

I know this has been posted before but is anyone using solar panels on
their plane to keep the battery charged in flight? You can buy thin
film flexible panels
(http://store.sundancesolar.com/powulflexthi.html) but I don't know if

hi there...just starting to get into the hobby and have been to a few
hobby shops.  any ideas or suggestions for my first plane to purchase??
this is all new to me so i want a plane to learn on and one that will
keep my interest for at least a little while??  any suggestions?

It must have been 3 maybe 4 years ago I came across a link to someone that had
a web page for a ARF wing that would accept up to a .91FX OS engine.
Well!  I lost the link!  I want the ARF!
Has anyone out here ever been to this Web site & seen this nice big unusual

Hi, I have recently returned to R/C gliding after a long (20 year) absence.
I have a training glider ready to fly, but also want to build my own for
more advanced flying once the re-training period is over.
I have a SPIRIT 100 kit, but I am not sure which wing to build, the SPORT

Anybody ever fly a Mighty Barnstormer?  I have been building mine for
several months on and off, and I finally got it out to the flying field
today.  It's a huge plane, about seven foot wingspan, chord about 14
inches or so, parasol wing, from RCM plans catalog.  (I haven't measured

I wonder if anyone knows a good way to cure the vibration generated by an
OS-91FX.  Balanced wood-props have been used to minimize the problem, but
that doesn't seem to stop it completely.
Thanks in advance!

A while ago I asked what type of battery to use with 2 GWS EDF50 fans hooked
up in parallel.  There was some question as to what type of draw to expect.
I finally had a chance to hook it up to a amp meter and determined it runs
at about 5.2amps.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviation/article/0,12543,483523,00.html
FWIW,
Kev