Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / November 2008

Question as title :  does anyone know of a UK Source of fine bore neoprene
tubing suitable for small diesel engines like the MPJet 040, Mills .75 etc etc ?
Many thanks,

I am auctioning a pair of Saturn S54 Feather micro servos in
absolutely NIB unused condition.  The auction ID is  250327460508
<http://tinyurl.com/6fvc5m>.  The auction currently has 3 days to go
and the initial bid is only £15 for the pair which is around half the

I am trying to hook up my new Turnigy brushless speed
controller and all of the wires that go to the motor are
red, and the wiring diagram that comes with the controller
does not show which wire goes where. The unit does label the

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Red Scholefield
AMA 951 Dist. V
Leader Member/CD

I am auctioning a pair of Saturn S54 Feather micro servos in
absolutely NIB unused condition.  The auction ID is  250327460508
<http://tinyurl.com/6fvc5m>.  The auction currently has 3 days to go
and the initial bid is only £15 for the pair which is around half the

The BMFA recommends using a black peg on 2.4GHz Tx aerial.
Does anyone really know what effect this has on the efficiency of the Tx
aerial?
Given the short wavelength I would have thought the coil spring of a peg

I'm curious about what the newsgroup concensus would be for someone with a
lot of ARFs and engines to sell.
Is it better to sell now? Or will the goods appreciate in price as the
economy winds down?

After close to 400 genuine flight hours over 5 years, and numerous patches,
my Boomerang 40 trainer finally destroyed itself. Despite all the pre-flight
ground and range checks the aileron servo failed on take off. The RX is
damaged so it's hard to tell what the cause was beyond ...

I don't know if there is an already established "standard"..but.....after
having to trace the wires back a couple of times, I finally coded all of my
leads as follows
RED = Rudder (Red/Rudder..simple to remember)

Recently bought one at auction. I imagine it will be no powerhouse? Has
anyone had experience with one?

I can't stand it when there are no posts on my favorite group, so I'll just
talk to myself for a while to keep the bit count up.
I see that Tower Hobbies has a new (to me) Electrifly model, the good old
Big Stik in a traditional .40 size (52" wingspan) powered by an outrunnder

soon we will once again be subjected to the old
"How the Grinch stole Christmas"
every time I see it,  there are two questions that come to mind.
1:    If everyone in Whoville is a law-abiding citizen,,

I am putting the finishing touches on my Ultimate Bipe and was
wondering about the CG. The manual says its between 10 and 13 CM back
from the leading edge of the top wing, This places it pretty far back
from the leading edge. Has anyone built one of these and can verify

From: Jeff Nance [mailto:jeffn@modelaircraft.org]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:29 PM
To: 5 - Executive Council; 6 - AMA Executive Staff; 3 - Magazine Group
Subject: Know of AMA member w Muscular Dystrophy?

I flew my Super Skybolt(GP) today.  It has a Zenoah 20ei on it.  It ran
better today than it ever has, thanks to some one on one with one of the old
hands at gas(petrol) engines.(thanks Charles)  It's a heavy plane and I bet
it could fly scale like if I could fly scale like.  ...