Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2004

As my son learns to fly the backplate and needle on my favourite OS46FX are almost becoming a 'comsumable item' and it's a pain in the tail that they're a cast item and both need to be replaced at the same time in the event of an interesting arrival back to earth.  Trawling the ...

Would some kind soul with the maths at his / her finger tips please
advise the C/G of the following wing description:
Wing tip 21 mm
Center measurement of wing 32 mm

I am going to visit UK in next week, and I want to buy motor, speed
controller, etc.. for
the electric RC plane.
So, does anyone please give the best priced shop in London?

Let me know if your interested in this heli.
Hummingbird comes with:
? CD ROM Brushless motor
? CC-10 Speed Control

I'm thinking or ordering the 8.4v (7 cell) battery upgrade for my
Fighterbird
Has anyone had any experiance of this? Does it make much difference to the
flight speed?

I am looking for a source of a light weight temperature data recorder to put
in a plane to monitor and record in-flight engine temperature, I know some
are available but I don't recall who, can some help please?
Thanks,

Quote from an Ebay seller
for item number: 5906653438
An as new Futaba PCM 9 Channel Receiver on 35 Mhz for use with aircraft and
helicopters. Pulse Code Modulation means only you fly and no one else can

Tell him what you think! (Good or Bad!!)
http://www.ursmeier.ch/referee/ref60.html

I bought 20 grams of  Pascofix glue along a bottle of Pasco-fill at
the Toledo show from a German lady. They said it would bond almost
anything to anything, glass to metal, rubber to glass, etc, etc.
I've used the combination glue and fill to make a beam mount to

Last night i brought a GP (Electrifly) Triton (NIB) from my LHS. (may by a
big mistake.....  ..)
I tried to cycle my transmitter NiHm battery (directly out of transmitter)
and after discharging>delay between disch. and charging> i received this

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I'm having a devil of a time setting the high speed needle valve on a used
Zenoah G-38 that I got from a friend.  The engine has not been smacked but the
carburetor sedttings have been messed with.  The instruction manual call for
0~1/4 turn for the high end and 1-1/4 rotation for ...

I just received this virus notice from my ISP....  This appears to have been
sent from the bogus email address of the NG troll known as "C.O. Jones"..
I've had no contact with him, to my knowledge, nor do I desire any...  It
kinda shows that in addition to not knowing much about RC, ...

After 4 attempts, I final got my Aerobird to airborne for 1 full minute,
doing 4 circle. It end up on a tree. Was able to get it back,  but I'm happy
thanks to help on this group. Next time, I'll bring good sun glasses (learn
something today)

yup iv asked before and i know they aint made anymore ....but does some body
know of any?
They are so easy to tune i cant understand why they aint available any
more!!!