Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2005

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"Let me state up front, I have always had a soft spot for S-3 Vikings
One of the very first scratch built semi-scale EDF projects I did wa
an S-3 Viking. That one was slightly larger than the subject of thi

Hi, John

From NWS forecast for Wed :-)
I went today and just taxied. Up & down, up & down, in the wind. After

I've got a pair of 400mAh Li-Po battery packs that I got last year.
They worked well then, but I've given them the winter off, and now they
do not seem to be accepting a charge -- with a Great Planes Triton
charger I can discharge them at 1A, then they'll accept about 25mAh and

I am interested in setting up my transmitter in flaperon mode, using
the flap mix mode to control both flaperon and spoileron configuration.
I wish the flap movement to go up when the 3 position switch is in the
up position, and the flap movement to down when the 3 position switch

I have heard bad things about the SuperTigre 3000 engine. Looking for
information about it. Going to buy one for a float plane project. Should I
look for a 2500 or a 3250 instead?
Thanks,

Goedendag ;-) all,
The 13th international Cumulus electric fly-in & 4th diy motor meeting wil
be held on August 28th 2005 on our field near Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
More info see:

I have a new electric park flyer. It is a Vortex Extreme from Draganfly
innovations.
I am having trouble getting airborne because when I hand launch the plane it
heads for the ground every time.

The butthead that keeps posting all the religious crap just makes people
want to move further away from it. Is anyone else as tired of it as I am?

Is there any way to calculate how much thrust an engine is putting out
in pounds?
e.g. Moki 135 turning a 16x8 APC prop at 8500 rpm?
TIA

I have some Tower Hobbies email ads, 1 for $15 off an order over $150
and one for $20 off an order over $50.  Anybody have anything better in
their mail box?

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Apologies if I'm preaching to the converted here but I'd just like to
say that I bought some Kokam lithium polymer batteries from
 http://www.aurorra.co.uk/
and was very pleased with both the product and the service I received.

Hi There All
I am making a lead to enable me to use the DSC function on my JR 8103.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance with the questions below.
What I need to know is how to wire the lead from the xmitter to the DSC

I have accidentally spilt a whole bottle on my aluminium flight case for my
transmitter is there a way of removing it or do I just need to buy a
debonding product  its been on a while as it has set rock hard

Anyone have any ideas on how to extend the needle valve stem so I can get it
out past the Cowling?
Thanks