Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / March 2005

Anyone have one of these or remember them?
I just picked one up second hand and need to know the CoG.
I'm planning on using my MDS 1.48 which turns a 16-8 APC at 9100 RPM. Is
this about right? The plane weighs around 18 lbs without fuel.

I have a geforce mx 440 sx video card new with the 69.94 or the 71.84
drivers and all i get on the screen is flashing colors and no clear
picture of the sim.
Is there an upgrade to the 255 version to solve this ?

I just mislaid a mini receiver and 2 mini hitec ball raced servos. Has
anybody got any idea where about in the house I might have left them???
TIA
Thomas

Does anyone have any suggestions about how one can go about balancing a
propellor with 3 or more blades?
Charles L

Sad to hear that he died recently-a man not liked by everyone, but his
contributions to aeromodelling should be appreciated.

A couple of years ago at some of the major shows (Cosford, Woodvale) the
famous SLEC tent was selling its wares once again-anyone know if they are
still in business now? They had fresh stocks of T180's & T240's and there
was talk of them re-issuing the FunFly (among others). I wish ...

I currently use 7.2 Volt 900mah  batteries.  Can I use 7.2 Volt
1800mah, or will that "fry" it.  Is it the voltage that is important,
and the "mah" relates to how long the battery will last?  Any advise
appreciated. Regards

Looking for Taurus web site, Need to send an engine to them for service, old
site address not working>
Thanks,
Flierbk

I have an older Quadra Q35 that seems to vibrate excessivly which I gather
was fairly common with early versions. I have heard that they can be
improved by adjusting the flywheel balance. Has anyone done this? How much
weight did you add/remove and where? I would assume that one ...

Enjoy........
www.rcreport.ws
The "ws" stands for "wingspan".............<G>
Bill

I saw on the History Channel's "Tactical to Practical" show that DraganFly
Innovations (http://www.rctoys.com/) is about to come out with something
called the Mini Predator, based on the Predator drone used by the U.S.
military. It looked like it has a 3-4 foot wingspan, and a rear

         I am going to try lipo/brushless, and as a start I want to upgrade
my Great Planes EP Piper Cub. One reason is because the plane is over weight
with the stock setup......17.5oz balanced at recomended CG.......the
suggested ready to fly weight is 14oz.

As iv known it mentioned before but as we seem to getting screwed one
way or the other for silly rules that i wasnt aware of, im interested
in whats included blah blah or excluded for what ever reason..i.e.
"yave been a member for 3 years so its a fiver cheaper". "Yave got

Just glassed and epoxied a fuselage.
I never want to use that stuff again..
It made my eyes water, it ruined everything it touched (apart from the
airframe), and even though I was wearing gloves it still managed to get on

I've started doing a lot of scratch building and
I'm running out of radio equipment. I'm a Futaba
user, always have been. I have some older AM and
newer FM TXs and RXs. I've done some reading on