Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / October 2004

Before I start asking questions, I would like to know if a faq exists
for this group.  Thanks.
Mad Scientist

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In dire need of one new can of Prefect Paint "Dead Flat Clear" spray or
brush....need to complete my winter project that I started last winter..Checked
with Tower Hobbies, and Sheldon hobbies and they are out of it...Maybe you know
someone, or some other place where I might check to ...

I'm in the enviable position of having a new Irvine .72  floating around
with no airframe to match...
Anyone got any good suggestions for what to get to put it in?

Hi Chaps,
For the first time ever I bought an aluminium spinner (JP 64 mm diameter
type).  This is the sort that has an adaptor that screws onto the prop
shaft and then the spinner is retained by a bolt that screws into the

My OS 60 FP consumes 12oz of fuel in 6 minutes.
It is delivering great perfomance and swings an APC 11x7 at 12200 with
10% Nitro.
After several threads in this newsgroup it is a quiet saving engine

O.K I have strayed badly from the only true path (gliders) and am in the
process of building my first model complete with.... wheels !
Now then try as I might I can't find any tube or rod that is a
perfect fit in the wheel hubs. Closest I can get is a brass tube that

saw these on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19164&item=5927252437&rd=1
Obviously the seller has no idea what they are, but they look like a
found wreck being sold off...

The weather having bucked up a bit I duly presented myself at the local
airfield and allowed them to drag me aloft in a glider.
My son had presented me with a gift voucher for a trial flight.
Wow ! What a great experience. Towed up to 2,000 feet and then cast

The spec on my ics-100 speed control says the max input voltage is
9.6v.  If I use my 11.1v 3-cell lipo on this speed controller will it
damage it?  Just wondering about these "max" specs as the speed 280
motor I'm running with my lipo is rated at 6v but seems to be happy.

Does anybody have a copy of these?
Micron tell me they stopped selling the transmitters because many parts went
obsolete.
TIA, K.

I'm hoping to start scratch building this winter.  My local hobby shop
doesn't carry any balsa wood that I could find, so I'm going to be having
to mail order.  Who would be the best supplier?  Balsa USA? Lone Star?
Superior?  Or the Midwest Balsa from Tower Hobbies?

Just got a HiMax brushless with a APC slo flyer collet prop adapter and
several different props.  How in the *&^%$# do you tighten the adapter on
the shaft???  What are the alternatives that'll go on a 3mm shaft?  Only
other model I've built is a World Models J-3 with stock Speed ...

What's the best way of fuelproofing (glow fuel) cellulose dope ?
Will water based acrylic varnish go on over cellulose dope ?
Just seen, in an article, mention of a guy who tissue and dope covered a
model and then covered it with nylon. The nylon was stuck on with

I need to have the valves adjusted and don't know what the clearence should be.
Any help would be welcomed.
Thanks
Donald