Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2004

For the last several years I, and many others, have used the trickle charge
system described by Red Scholefield with great success and little effort.
Batteries seemed to last a very long time and maintained a good capacity.
However, recently several incidents in the local area have ...

I'm looking at attaching a small camera to my plane, its wireless with
around 1000ft range. Is there any legal problem using this, I seem to
remember someone telling me that it was a bit dodgy.
Cheers

After getting my Twinstar to soar in a 5mph wind on Chobham common (a
mere earth mound), I would like to find out about more sites within
fairly easy traveling distince of Surrey/London and the M25.
I will start the ball rolling:

I was charging my 3S 1500 mAh, 11.1 V Kokam battery and had to leave.
When I returned to resume charging it ended with a 13.3V  when it
should have been 12.60 V or so. It also checked out the same with a
volt meter. I should mention that it was unintentionally charged at

I saw this group through a moderated website (eZonemag) and thought I'd
look into the unmoderated forum... Not much different - filtering of the
p*rn spam is about all... I'm a converted sparky flyer... Started nitro
many years ago... Have been doing aerial photography with RC ...

A long time r/c'er in our club was injured today while holding a glow
powered glider and reaching under the spinning propeller for his radio. He
did not have the radio beside him, but leaning against his field box, with
the plane between himself and the radio. He lost a chunk of ...

Who makes the CAD program that can take scanned 3 views and convert them to
3D drawings?
I need to get a good set of factory 3views converted and into AutoCaD R14.
Thanks

Could anyone tell me if members of any model club fly just off the A259 near
the "Lamb Inn" just outside of Bexhill, on the way to Eastbourne.   I am new
to this area, and would like to join a club near this area.
       Many thanks,  Dave from Bexhill.

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/
A great effort and success for Burt Rutan.
http://gallery.colofinder.net/b52-model
Those Brits are some kind of modelers!

Here I am fresh back from holiday and thumbs all rusty and seized up.
A glider and a zagi charged up yesterday in anticipation of the promised
15mph N.W  wind today.
A couple of sarnies and a drink shoved in the flight bag and off to the

My first question: I here some "planes have a longer tail moment".
What does this mean???
  Second question: I did some calaculations using  Diversity Model
Aircraft P-Calc on there web site. I will give the highest and lowest

I have installed my Saito 40 inverted and it runs fine but is difficult to
start.
Has anyone experienced this problem.
It does seem difficult to prime , and if I use an electric starter it start

well, I ask here a few weeks ago if anyone knew if the Wal-mart paint was
fuel proof, well I have to tell you all that is it, yep, we painted the "1/4
scale Sweet&Low" with spray paint, :sun set yellow", and "fire red".
you can view the pic of the plane at alt.binaries.radio-control ...

I am an absolute beginner in the RC plane field.
I bought myself an Aerobird Challenger and started to learn flying on my
own. Of course a major crash occured, aside from lots of small ones. The
wing got broken in 2 pieces about one third from one end of the wing. The

WHAT IS A REAL SHAME IS ALL THE OFF TOPIC POSTS ON THIS MODELS NEWS
GROUP. LETS GET ON WITH IT GUYS!!!!
Jan Kolasa