Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2005

just got a Jett 50 from over the pond ..and woh £63 quid to pay when it got
here....What a rip off!!!

I am a newbie to R/C flying.  I have seen some postings, positive and
negative, about the hobbico nexstar and thought I would post my experience
for anyone that may be interested.  I will try to keep this short.  I
purchased the Hobbico from a local hobby shop on the recommendation ...

How many of you experienced a renewed interest in the hobby after
seeing the movie "Love Liza" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman?
I loved that film. I'd be interested in knowing what some of you guys

   A friend of mine mentioned to me last night that had been told about
some new futaba servos. He was told that 'they're coreless digital servos,
5kg of torque and fast and cost about £20'
   Does anybody know where the info on these is, or even just that it's

  I have a old 1700 vacuum motor can I use it for vacuum bagging or wont it
man enough to do the job
TIA
Cheers Chris

I have stripped the thread on the fuel inlet of my GP-42 engine. This
engines carb is secured by 2 screws rather than the usual method. I am
looking for a source of spares.
CM

Okay- What are your Favorite ways to do a Lomcevak?
        My never-fail method is to do the first half of a loop, a left snap at
the top, then halfway thru the snap, I reverse elevator from full up to
full down, hold it while it does the lomcevak, then recover with full

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

Had a rare moment - a thought occurred to me......
Anyway, why is it called control line and not line control? Surely the
latter sounds more logical? Compare it to R/C vs C/R.

I am trying to find narrow self-adhesive black vinyl pinstriping (width 1 to
2mm). Model Technics sell it but in fairly short length rolls containing
eight different widths, seven of which I do not need. It should be easy to
obtain but I have drawn a total blank despite trawling ...

I recently saw a website which had what used to be the Balsacraft small
electric warbirds like the Spit and Blenheim etc.  Apparently these are
now being made by someone else.  I've searched all over but for the life
of me I can't find this site anywhere did I just imagine it or ...

I am planning on my second plane, and looking at the GP Big Stik 60 ARF,
and the Hanger 9 Ultra Stick .60 ARF. I plan on flying either as a tail
dragger. If I got the Hanger 9 I would probably go with their suggested
Saito 100, and If I do the GP, I would probably go with the OS  ...

I recently acquired a plane that has novel front gear brake installed. It is
a brass shoe that makes contact with the nose wheel when you throw the brake
switch on your compouter radio TX. I have never used a Robart system but
this looks very similar to the pictures on their web ...

I have built a new plane for glider towing and need to come up with a
towline.  Some of the sites say that the Germans sell the best towlines
but so far I have not been able to find a source on the net.  There are
lots of guides to building your own lines but they are all over the ...

Could you please tell me how I can connect the R/C of the Graupner mc 16
with my PC, for practicing flying. What is the difference between Graupner
mc 16 and Graupner mc 20?
Thank you in advance for your reply.