Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2005

All of these engines (except the last one) are New In Box:
Picco .45 R/C side exhaust, front intake
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34055&item=5958537301&rd=1
Picco .60 rear exhaust, front intake

I downloaded the following video expecting to see... well not what I did
see !
Didn't know these things existed... whole different dimension !
  www.usamt.com/videos/Jet%20Glider.wmv

I just ordered a GMS .32 and mentioned it to a well respected friend.
He said that the recent versions were having some sort of difficulty with
the metallurgy. Does anyone know anything about this? One way or another?
TAS

ok..this has probably been asked many times but since Ive just discovered
newsgroups in general..I hope that the question will be ok here..
I am returning to RC after 20 years absent and have purchased a Futaba 6EXA
and would like to know if anyone has or can point me to where I can ...

One way to delay the onset of a tip stall is to reflex the ailerons
upward slightly.  This is said to have the same effect as wing washout,
also it does not require modification of the wings.
RCFlyr sed that!!!

does anyone know if a Sanwa crystals 35.190 MHz Channel 79 RX & TX
work in a sanwa vg600 has the crystal are out of an older model sanwa
radio thanks

My first installation of a four stroke and I was wondering about the fuel
line set-up. I have an OS 70, Surpass and it has the muffler pressure line
and the carburetor connection plus a line that comes off the crank case at
the bottom. What is this third line for?

Can I charge a single 1.2v NiCad or NiMH cell with say a standard 4.8v or 6v
pack charger at about 120mA?
Would it be OK but the charge time is divided by either 4 or 5 respectively?
Thanks,

Subject line contains the general question, now for specifics.
What methods could be used to semi-accurately determine the current draw on
battery packs. Two specific scenarios apply in my case:
1. Standard RX battery pack driving approx 4 servos.

We have been updating our club website...  We have some good videos on
the site, a nice complete links section, and some information about our
club, located in Low Gap North Carolina.

For a mate whoes completing a half size Cassut racer....its the last
thing he needs to get it up n away. But hes had no luck in finding any.
He says 22kilo pull but im not sure if the info is right ...and i aint
checked.

Can Transmitter crystals be used in receivers?

I had a Thunder Tiger 40 with a rear bearing that just would not come
out.  I did a search of this newsgroup.  After looking through a lot of
threads that end at "heat in oven and the bearing should come out when
you bang the case on a piece of wood", I came across a thread in Sept

I have a new .61 evolution that prefers to run clockwise. Since my
airplane does not fly well backwards, this is a problem. nine times out
of ten, the engine starts and runs smoothly, but in the wrong
direction. What can I do to teach a new engine an old trick? Dan

I'm looking for some good R/C video sites.