Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / November 2007

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Just won one.  Now, what to do with it?
What engine.
I have a MVVS 90, I think with a pipe it'll pull it well.

I have several Super Tigres and the fellow who used to set them up for
me has passed away. He could make a ST really scream. The question I
have  concerns a ST 75(Italian made). Can anyone tell me with a
reasonable certainty, what direction the spray bar should be pointed

Can any of you guys help me,
Im looking for a motor for a microjet, around 100-150grams, main thing im
looking for is speed, high rpm on a apc 4.2x4.2 50,000rpm would be nice,
1500w 4s Lipo 100a

I downloaded the plans for the Quaker Too from
http://plans.rcmodell.hu/index.html
Now that I got them printed and I'm looking at the structure, it doesn't
exactly make sense.  The fuselage side drawing shows a truss with

Fox News Channel just ran a news story on R/C airplanes potentially being
used by terrorists. Bridgette Quinn was the host.
Skip, I forget his last name, did disclose that the FBI sent a warning to
local police departments that R/C model airplanes could be used by

So this is what happened. I bought a used Cox Cub airframe for $8 and
equipped it with two used servos I found in a swap meet (rudder and
elevator) and a 4-channel, single conversion 72MHz receiver that a friend
gave me. I had never used any of these components before. Range ...

Scorpio Palio Spice 4 channel thermal
SPECIFICATION.
Wing span : 2090mm
Length : 1150mm

I have a GP Super Skybolt that has an MVVS 91 with a Perry carb on it.  The
problem is how to tune the engine with the cowl on. As far as I know there
isn't a way to extend the high speed (needle) out of the cowl.  I drilled
out a wheel collar and made a small tool out of a golf ...

Guys,
I thought I would move the discussion to a sort of an "official" build
thread.
The reason I do this is because right out of the starting gate I'm

I have a Cox Queen Bee .074 engine. It never ran good, it has been in
storage for 6 years, now i want to make it work right. i can get short
bursts out of it but thats it. I have checked everything. i have tried
priming via exhaust, thru carb, cleaned entire engine inside and out, ...

Hi there, I am seriously considering getting into flying an RC
aircraft and have looked at a couple of "trainer" models, like the
Camato Trainer 40 for example, but having looked at the Cessna scale
models, they don't look so different - wings above fuselage for

Apologies for the rather off topic posting here. I know some people on
the Knife Edge boards will read this on usenet or R/C groups. I just
wanted people to know where I'd gone.
Given the way I've been treated (general unfriendliness, that I had

Many years ago as a boy, I occasionally borrowed from the library a
facinating old book on Radio Control.
It was a British book and contained lots of wonderful home-brew valve
transmitters and receivers as well as rubber powered actuators, bang-bang

Setting up workshop - any hints and tips?
What machine tools?
(I thought power fretsaw and pillar drill.)
Suggestions welcomed and appreciated.