Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / October 2008

I'm starting back into modeling after a 40 year break.  Things have changed
a lot since my days of Ambroid , silkspan and dope!  Is it possible to use
Monocoat covering for trim (stripes, etc.) over a surface painted with
acrylics?  Any special techniques needed?

I am interested in driving an industrial-type brushless DC motor with
a hobby-type electronic speed controller.  There are industrial speed
controllers but they are larger, heavier, and much more expensive.
Are there any issues with doing this?  What is different between the

Since LiPo's are charged at constant voltage, if you were to make a harness
with perhaps 1/2 Ohm between each pack, would it be possible to
charge/discharge multiple LiPo's in parallel?
For example, after returning home from the field, connect all discharged

It's hard to watch a plane come down without the wings, wings fluttering
down gently and fuse plunging.
A friend lost a Sig Sundancer 50 today.  Failure could have been the lower
wing main spar(wing joiner) or hardware holding upper wing to struts.  The

Greetings all
I have picked up a couple of Ace Digipace 1 cyclers as of late and am in
need of the Operation Manual.  I have a copy of the Assembly
Instructions but would like to get a copy of the Operation Manual.

Control Line Manual by R G Moulton ,VGC, 216 pages.
Really thorough book on Control Line Flying ,covers everything,
Aerobatics, Basic Flight Control,Speed, Combat,Team flying etc.
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Years ago I started working on what was supposed to be an alternative to the
Alpha 4.  The basic concept seemed simple enough but I wasn't sure how to
get components to handle reverse polarity and short circuits without smoke.
About the time other multi-chemistry chargers came on ...

Hello, how a jet can do hovering… I mean, as the thrust is at the rear
of the plane, how the elevator and the rudder can be affect by any
wind? (as the plane is not moving).  On a regular airplane, the thrust
is in front of the airplane, so there is always an air flow on rudder