Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / January 2004

hi there  am building a replica of Titanic, as i am customizing in my
own way, i want to have weapons on board, i watched a movie called
"problem child" in which he had a remote control helicopter and he used
it to shot little "bb-pellets" through these machine gun type of gun..

I am looking for any links, email etc for anyone that sells used RC engine
parts. I had purchased some parts from a fellow a couple of years back but
lost his name. He sent me a list of parts available and was very good to
deal with.

Pay day friday! Think I might order an xtra wot to keep me out the
pub!Anyone got any experience of these, I always fancied an acro wot years
ago, but this looks even better.I seem to remember they are really good
quality kits.

I picked up the kit on ebay for a really good price.  After doing a
complete inventory, I found that the wing jig parts were apparently
discarded with the diecut remnants.  The guy I got it from had punched
out all the d/c parts.  He had written the sheet # on the parts, but

Does anyone know if the Cox .010 Tee Dee Engine can be run without a prop?
-Jake

I just received an 8-cell 1700mAh NiCad battery from AlleRC for my Zagi
400X. The AlleRC instruction sheet that comes with the battery says that
the very first charge should be done at 170mA (1/10 of the capacity
value), but unfortunately my charger doesn't go lower than 500mA. Of

How far down should one discharge NiCd batteries? My Triton charger says not
go go below 1.1V  per cell for Tx and Rx battery packs. It doesn't seem to
be low enough to me. I've had good results for many years recycling
batteries by leaving the Rx and Tx on until the cells are ...

Anyone familiar with futaba 6EXA radio? I'm trying to set channel 6 flaps.
When i turn the knob on th etop of the transmitter the flaps go up instead of
down. I need to reverse the servos but the radio will only let you reverse
channels 1 - 4...Also, how do you use the flaps in ...

Cant access it today.  Anyone else tried and failed / succeeded
D

I've gone brain dead - I can't remember the name of the supplier of the
solartex stitched hinges.
Is it J & M Developments or something similar?? A name/phone no./web site
would be appreciated

Is there anybody who knows any adress to some RC-shops in Central London
(shopping area)?
Products especially OS.
Regards

Anyone tell me where I can find EPP foam in the UK ?
tia
Roy

Does anyone here know what the angle of incidence should be for a Flair
Swallow ? (F3A pattern model with NACA-0012T airfoil section).  I would
have expected a 0-0-0 setup (engine, wing, tp), any comments ?  As
completed, without any shimming, I have the engine set to the same

Im sure this subject has probably been beaten to death on this forum before,
so apologies. Having purchased some new Tx and Rx Ni-Cds, of 700mAh and
1400mAh respectively for my return to the hobby/sport/obsession etc, I have
noticed that the charging instructions are such that they ...

Has anyone had experience with the Hobbico aerocruiser electric airplane?