Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2007

Got a Hangar 9 value series Cessna 40 ARF for Christmas from my loving but
highly non-model airplane oriented wife. I am not getting a warm fuzzy
feeling about the pushrod system that came with it. It utilizes ~1/4" balsa
dowels connected with metal ends glued and shrink wrapped to ...

Are the ARF's, especially the trainers, by Raidentech a good value or
are they just cheap junk?
Tom

Are there any crystal controlled receivers designed to take any
crystal between 72 Mhz and 75 Mhz?
I have a VEX Robotic 6 channel transmitter on channel 89 and I want to
receive the PWM signals on a non-VEX receiver.

I have a Futaba Skysport 6 which has a buddy lead socket on the back that I
use for connection to flight simulator. The PCB that the socket is mounted
on has cracked and I get an itnermittent connection. It looks as though it
should be very simple but there doesn't appear to be ...

I am assembling a Fliton mini edge 540 and I found that two HS-55
micro servos wont seat properly in the elevator and rudder cutouts.
The servos butt up against each other(one on each side of the body).
The body is very narrow at the mounting spot. Should I add wood

What is a good newsgroup or forum for electric RC planes.  Looking for
general info, conidering switching to all electric.
Thanks in advance.

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv
I got a link from a non-RCer, yeah, they call them toys..........
mk

Does anyone have a fix for a problem I just developed with a Saito 56.
The rocker arm pin on the exhaust valve worked loose. It ruined the
threads in the rocker arm carrier which is aluminum. I called Horizon
Hobby and they could only replace the entire cylinder at a cost of

I have not been on for some time. What I ask is related to model
airplanes but not exactly.
I would like to know if the outrunner motors could be adapted to act
as a stabilizer for digital photography. That is, if the spinning

I have a Hangar 9 Mustang PTS... Can I put the AR7000 inside the fuse to
replace the JR receiver? Antennae will all be concealed deep in the center
of the body. Do I have to expose the antennas a bit more by putting them in
the canopy area, or can you tuck these things anywhere.. ...

I recently acquired an Ace Big Bingo, which is a giant (85" wing span)
easy-flying airplane which looks much like a Four Star. I found one article
about the plane on the web, and it mentions that the engine used is a Super
Tigre 3000. I'm not familiar with Super Tigre and I'm ...

What would a good beginner non-expensive ARF be. I'm looking into the
Cessna-172 from Hobby Lobby. I would like to keep the kit itself below
$100. I also would like to keep it electric, but gas would be okay. I
know components will be extra, but it would be nice if it came with

I just acquired Reflex XTR, the latest version that just reached
suppliers this month. I find airplanes encountering an artificial
"wall" made up of alternating red-and-transparent stripes running on a
diagonal. Sometimes the airplane flies through the wall and the wall

I can find 6x3 props just fine, but anyone remember the old 5 1/4 x 3 props?
Does anyone know where I can find these?

This occurred at a local 1800' full scale grass strip, one from which
I used to fly our full-scale Cherokee 140 (now sold). You see, my most
recent flight experience is full scale, not "models", which I last
flew some 10  years ago.