Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / January 2004

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Good flying weather tomorrow, Friday (I think it is !)

Hi!  I'm wondering if I can get some guidance as regards how to get started
with RC flight.  I've always been interested in aviation (scanning, Flight
Sim, etc) but have never toyed with RC models.  For my birthday (55...) my
wife presented me with a RTF Aerobird Challenger.  The ...

I'm using a Norvel 0.061 Start'up engine for a model hovercraft, and have
realised that the silencer (muffler to our American friends) is not suitable
for a pressurised tank system - at least I'm pretty sure it is not - here's
a link to the Norvel part:

My dad's building a Flair Cub as his first model and there's a little
confusion over placement of the engine. We're actually using a MDS 38 Heli
engine with Aero head thru the building, I've noticed that the engine does
have a shorter prop shaft to an Enya 40 i've compared it to, ...

I am building an FVK Silent Dream.  It has provision for a 4 servo wing
and I have a FF7 Tx.
I know how to set up a sailplane wing for this with flapperons but this
leaves me with a problem as to where to put the motor throttle as this

This should start something. How do I store/lay-up my flight cell packs for
the winter ? charged or discharged ? These are the ones that power the
motors, not the flight packs for the radios. Cheers, Ray

I am looking for a site that has Super Tigre parts.  Specifically looking for a
crankshaft for a .45.  Thanks for any help.

I got an R/C model sailboat for Christmas and my old Futaba radio system has
aircraft (72 MHz) crystals in it.  I need a transmitter and receiver crystal
set on any 75 MHz channel for boat use.  Anyone have a set they want to
sell?  If so, please drop me an email at ...

Howdy,
    Anybody know of a manufacturer of custom gear for a 1/4 scale
Sig Spacewalker II?
    Thanks in advance.

Tried to get on but RCU is super slow and locked up my puter.
CCR

Does anyone know what the thrust out of a Quadra 52 is?
Thanks
Jason

I seem to recall that Airtronics had a program whereby a dead
Airtronics battery could be  exchanged for a new one. Is this still in
effect? If so, how does one go about the exchange? Thanks.
 Lynn

I have RF G2 with the gameport controller. Everything works fine. But
if I want to plug in my joystick for MS Flight Simulator, I have to
unplug the RF controller and remove the driver in control panel gaming
options and add the joystick driver. Can I use the Radio Shack

I want to teach my son to fly, I have a Futaba Field force 7 super the
question is which is the cheapest Transmitter I can buddy up and still use
the mixing functions of the 7 as I want to let him fly my Zagi 480 electric
does the master transmitter do all of the mixing or do I need ...