Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / April 2005

I will be visiting London, England May 7 - 14 and would like to know if
there is an
RC airfield nearby that I could visit.
If there are any hobby shops in London that are worth visiting, I would like

Anyone know anything about this engine? Son just bought an 80 inch CAP
with this fitted. CAn't seem to find anything on the web about it.
TIA
cheers,

Anyone know where I can get an 18 x 8 prop in the UK?
TIA
cheers,
      Len

I have been flying on 53.4 for years and years.  Now all of a sudden I
am getting bumped all over the place.  Had to retire the old AM sets
on this frequency and sent my JR receivers and transmit modules to JR
to have changed over from 53.4 mhz of the band.  They said "can do -

Does anyone out there have a good used...or new...crankcase for the
old OS 40 FSR that I can buy, borrow, steal, receive for my birthday
or a Xmas present???  I need one really bad...
Kindly channel all the many responses to me via email at

Hi, I was wondering, I am trying to balance my Four Star 40 kit built
plane, but it is very hard to get it to balance anywhere on the wing, I
mean move just a tiny bit one way or another and the plane dips,
wondering if this is normal for a low wing plane.  When I have balanced

Somewhere I saw a web page for a r/c transmitter that used the old
ProLine case and sticks...apparantly it was a up to date circuit....I
had to put in a new hard drive in this computer and lost all my old
bookmarks and such as that...the name Johnson (not the old E.F.

Has anyone a source of a store in the US, online or not, where I can buy
a Futaba model 4YF transmitter bare, without receiver or servos? I
bought my current xmitter bare from Bruckner Hobbies but they're out of
stock there now.

I'm looking for a pair of 8 inch diameter wheels with a hub depth of no more
than 40 mm.  I've tried the Internet and the only firm with anything like
what I'm after has gone bust.  Anyone out there with any ideas?  I'm off to
Canada in July so I might be lucky over there or the ...

maybe some on this group can help.  We have now gotten many noise complaints
at our field.  The Town threatens to shut us down.  We do not fly any really
big aircraft.  Many .40 size, a good amount of .60 size and a couple of .90
size.  All are mufflered.  Some in our club want ...

Anyone out there had problems with rocker arm adjuster failure  . If so
what's the fix ?  S .Atkinson

just finished setting up my raptor 30
anychance someone can e-mail me a pic of there wiring from servos to
reciever, seem to have a lot of wire with nowhere to go
cheers

I just downloaded the latest posts and 7 of the posts were some form
of religious garbage.  This is rec.models.rc.air NOT rec.jesus.freaks.
I consider myself a believer but certainly not a religious fanatic
that insists on flooding the newsgroups with their pathetic ramblings

I mentioned that particular post to my brother in law who is a chemeist with
a PHD. He said " the nitromethane is the least to worry about.  The
chemicals in the oils and stabilizers in the fuel have "significantly
higher" quantities of carcigenics.  Use rubber gloves when ...

http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/41609491
The only damage was to the wing tip as shown in this image.
http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/image/41609568