Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / July 2003

On Sunday, July 27th, EAA Chapter 62 will be holding a Young
Eagles rally at the Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose, CA,
from 9:30am to 3pm.
The Young Eagles program is sponsored by the EAA to introduce

"Posting at the top because that's where the cursor happened to be
is like sh.tting in your pants because that's where your arsehole
happened to be"

spanking condition like new. boxed with charger & nicad. No rx nicad or
servos.
200 quid give or take a fiver (that means really I meant to say 195 but I
aint going any lower!)

Hi, I have an Eclispe transmitter and am considering a GV1 but that
needs a few extra channels to be able to select different rotor speeds
from the trannie. Can anyone recommend a good (but not tooooo xxx'y)
transmitter to upgrade to ?

Went out to do some flying today.
Flew 3 tanks without incident.
Everytime I fly my legs get to quivering.
Question:  How long do you have to be flying before the "jelly legs" go

Well they say a change is as good as a rest;o)
So I decided to try the above engine in me X-Cell. Now what confuses me is,
if they can produce the 'go fast' stickers in English, why the hell cant
they do the same with the instructions!

Well, I stripped my Futaba S9203 servo last week, replaced the gears, and
now the motor is also shot. So, I am in need of a replacement servo, but am
unsure of what one to get.
My specs:

Hoping you can give me some advice with my new TT Pro-39H.
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I can't find any previous
posts.
Trying to break the engine in using 5% nitro (always used this fuel, no

I finally got the 401 combo for my Shuttle ZXX but after reading the
manual I have some questions about mounting the gyro and servo.  The
flat area behind the fuel tank is where the Shuttle manual tells you to
mount the gyro but I have some concerns about mounting it there.  I

I recently looked at the newest 007-movie, Die another day.
There, they flew a helicopter without a tailrotor, but the tailboom was very
thick.
I recall seeing this type of heli in american movies as a policehelicopter

I have a OS 32sx powered concept.  What type of exhaust system is best
with CP 30% fuel?

I have 2 600mA packs that I want to wire up in parallel to a single
connector and use it as a 1200mA Rx pack.  Will this cause problems?
Will the cells discharge into eachother, or something else weird?
Anyone try this?

Hey all,
Still pretty much a newbie here. Have a little over 4 gallons run thru my
venture 30. Was up playing around last night and thought every once in a
while I could here the sound of metal squealing on metal. Not positive, but