Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / April 2005

Don't seem to be accepting logins and no posts since 2am BST that I can see?

A number of club members have started using Hitec Battery Checkers at
the field and using the readings to decide whether there is enough
pack capacity to risk another flight.The meter appears to be a
voltmeter presumably with some electronics to give an expanded display

This might be off topic but
there's a lot of experts that
visit this news group that could
help. Problem is my weed eater

I can recall references to people using 5 cells  and I'm thinking of
switching from 4 to 5 cells for Rx and servos.
However a fully charged 4 cell normally gives about 5.5 volt and I would
therefore expect a 5 cell to give almost 7 volts.

I obtained an OS 120 but the muffler can's threaded end is missing, i.e. the
end that faces the engine. What do you people suggest I do other than taking
my wallet for a stroll at the LHS?
TIA

This is the umpteenth time I have made the trek to Toledo.  More ARFs
and few if any new kits. Being a builder myeslf, I hate to see the
fewer and fewer kits on the market. However one can hardly build a kit
and do the covering and all that for what some of the very nice ARF's

Hi this comes with a 8.4Volt battery,  I have 5 some 7.4Volt ones from
my Hobbey Zone Aerobird.  Has anyone tried to fly an F27 with a 7.4
volt, and if yes did you get enough power to take off ok?  I am a bit
hesitant to try it as only just repaired and flying again after a bad

I don't know where to start. What would be fun is searching remote
regions for meteorites. I've been kicking around ideas to myself for
applications of what I guess ya'll call UAV's.
I know real planes better than RC's.  I've been told for years to do

This isn't quite radio control, but it's the closest newsgroup I could
think of. Please bear with me.
I recently heard about some people that work with museums (and the
like) and kids. They have the kids build simple airplanes from wood.

I am a complete newby, now with 2 (!!!) Hobbico Flyzone Park Pilots
that DON'T FLY.
I had bought the above RTF airplane for my son for Christmas of 2002;
the first flight attempt in spring ended in deseaster. Instead of

   I just got a Top Flite F4U-1A Corsair (early edition) and am looking for
info on good online supplies and advice on building and flying it. I plan
using retracts and flaps, a three or four blade prop and a few of the
extra's. This will be the third balsa kit I've built so I may ...

Hi Ed,
I'm getting ready to move and I found the owners manual for the Dave
Brown software I sent you.  Do you have any use for it?  If not, I'll
just dump it.  It's only a little 17 page manual.

I'm back to bug ya'll.  After reading a million web pages I'm still
kinda lost. Couldn't resist dumpster diving some big white ahhh bead
type Styrofoam. Must be square foot minimum with extensions to make
like a thick Z by 3-4 feet and 3 of them , could have got a whole

Is this supposed to be a glider with an OS sticker on it?  Why are the
ailerons inboard?  Am I missing something here?
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