Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2006

I have just witnessed the worst case of advice-ignoring in my life.
In the local model shop this lad walks in. Want s to fly a model so spends
about an hour and a half looking and asking and eventually is stocked up
with a 40 size ARTF trainer, radio and all the gear. A happy ...

as suggested by Funfly3
Aerobatic = Christen Eagle
Airliner = Constellation
Jet = TSR2 (awesome!)

        I am getting back into my beloved RC airplanes after having
moved from out of state.  Could anyone please give me info on flying
sites/clubs in the Atlanta area; for that matter, any resources. I am
having trouble connecting to this group directly, so I would greatly

Oke, last weekend had me a bit baffled.
I built a 200% version of Parkzone's Stryker a while ago. Originally powered
by twin speed 600 brushed motors, now by twin 2000kV brushless motors with
6x5 props (i think - could be 6x4, forgot). In addition to the scale fins

Was cleaning the garage today and found a Sig "Kwik Bilt" P51D kit..
It's got to be at least 15 years old and amazingly, all the wood and
foam are in excellent shape.  I don't see any warps or dings on
anything.  The instructions are a bit stiff and yellow, but workable.

I picked up some older, NIB Fox engines a while back; two .40BBs and a
.36BB.  None came with mufflers.
Fox sells a "tilt up" and "tilt down" muffler for the .40.   Which do you
feel is the most versatile?  I don't know which, if any, models the engines

Any ideas as to how long model fuel should store Ok for? Tried some
today which I bought Sept last year and it's been stored in a nice
cool place. Engine didn't seem to want to run very well and more
smokre than normal.

Have been doing some reading on this forum and gathered that the best
starter plane would be the Easystar or the Firebird Commander. My main
criteria for buying a starter plane is how solid and durable it is.
I experienced last summer a plane that was more of a toy than a rc

A couple of questions to which I would be most grateful for answers.
1. With multiple cell LiPo's how are they connected? For example if I had a
4S2P would it be connected as four pairs of cells that are each connected in
parallel connected in series or would it be two strings of ...

Built a custom 70 inch wingspan glider
Checked CG, side to side balance and all other pre-flight checks and
control surfaces. When I launched it from a hilltop it glided well for
4 seconds, built up airspeed, nose went up, lost air speed, Nose went

I wonder if anyone is using one of these.  Sunday I flew my Flying
King, Saito 80, and had a receiver on channel 52 and used the
new JR synthesidzed module in my JR Transmitter.  All went well until
the third flight and while in a slow roll, everything failed. Couldn't

They advertise semi-scale warbird arfs in Model Aviation but the price seems
too cheap. Thier ad shows an F4U Corsair 58 inch wing span for $129.95. Has
anyone out there ever bought one of their ARFS? Your comments are greatly
appreciated.

I was wondering if anyone has flown or heard anything about the
Predator EP 3 Channel RTF from Hobbico Flyzone?  It's in the latest TH
magazine and I thought it looked pretty sharp.  I fly and have always
flown gas but am considering the switch to electric, would this be a

The day dawned, can't put it off 'cos the weather is sunny with very
light wind, perfect.
The Ben Buckle Challenger I built a while ago has been sat patiently
waiting all winter for the right conditions to arrive. It was originally

I've just received my Reflex Xtr simulator but I am facing troubles to
have my Multiplex Pico line transmitter to communicate with the soft.
I had no problem with installing the software on computer. When I am
launching Reflex I am asked to calibrate center position of trims (very