Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2004

I have finally been able to save some money up and am looking at buying a
Radio and ARF kit. Looking at Radios on www.towerhobbies.com I see that they
have FM and PCM radios. I want to get at least a 7 channel radio. What would
be the best radio for the price in that area and which ...

Is anyone here from the Oklahoma City area and know of any fields outside of
town?
Peter

I have a newly completed Tiger 2 that was test flown this weekend. The plane
performs well except for a tendency to snap to the left when giving large up
elevator inputs at moderate to high RPM's. It simply will not do a loop
without snapping to the left. I'm not talking a minor ...

Trolling is an art.  C O Jones(or Kline or whoever) is an artist and RMRA is
the canvas and we are the paint. Kudos to his ability to "get your goat".
Never let the internet upset you.
mk

I am looking for a good 15-20 amp used power supply.  I got a Futaba 7
channel receiver brand new with TX and RX crystals to trade and about
$50 in my PayPal account to work with.

Hi all.  Thanks for all the helpful info I've been receiving so far.
Assembly of my electric powered glider is coming along nicely.
First, a few more assembly questions:
How do you guys usually fasten down the battery pack inside the

I'm new to the RC hobby, and for my first plane, I kind of wanted to
make/buy a DHC Twin Otter. Anyone know of a company making these?
FYI, I wrote a book where a Twin Otter plays a role, so I sort of have
an attachment to these, and as long as I'm putting the money out, I

Could someone please tell me the colour coding for Multiplex servo leads.
It looks as if it should be Brown for Negative, Red for Positive and Orange
for Signal. Am I correct?  Thanks in anticipation.

I am a newbie flying Zagi 480 on the standard 7 cell battery pack and prop,
it seems to need a lot of up elevator, is reluctant to gain height, and when
banked "drops" out of the turn nose down and rapidly loses height.
What is the general view, CG to far forward, elevators set ...

Well it had to happen eventually one of my faithfull gliders went
straight in today after 2 1/2 years happy flying    >:-(
Using a power pod I hand launched and throttled back a bit to steadily
gain height. All was going well until the glider started veering around

I have seen quite a few single cell li-poly mobile phone batterries for sale
on ebay at very good prices. Is it feasable to strip off the plastic and
solder them together to make a cheap Li-poly batttery pack?

I have finally been able to save some money up and am looking at buying a
Radio and ARF kit. Looking at Radios on www.towerhobbies.com I see that they
have FM and PCM radios. I want to get at least a 7 channel radio. What would
be the best radio for the price in that area and which ...

Ordered a Dubro vibration damping motor mount from Tower Hobbies on thursday
night. It arrived in my mailbox today several days before they said to look
for it.
I like it!

I like the look of this ARF (in  pictures that is) but I notice that
this ARF is the about the cost as the GP 1/4 size Extra.  Is the
Goldberg ARF that good that it's a little pricey?
Also, is an OS 91FX enough engine and what are its flying

I am just finishing up an Eagle 2 trainer and one of the last things I have
to do is connect up the engine throttle.
The plans call for a standard plastic clevis connector to the throttle, but
this strikes me as being a bit Mickey Mouse.