Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / November 2003

damn!!!
what a site   I thought i was serious    but some of these heli's are
just crazy.. wish i had some spare money laying around....well maybe
for christmas..

Recently sold on some heli bits which I advertised on the bmfa. A 9Zap and
an old shuttle with engine
sevos...fuselage...
Sold it to a nice retired gentleman who in his retirement wanted to learn to

Well my Caliber 30 was running great with the OS 32. Now all of a sudden
it won't start or barely starts and then dies. The fuel is pretty new
and this whole mess just started. The bad part is I can't get the carb
off. Those two phillips screws will NOT budge. I haven't deformed ...

hi guys, i have a cp hornet with a sanwa rd 6000 suprer transmitter, my
problem i cant get the ms rx to respont to the tx correctly, all the
controlls are wrong, i have tryed playing around by swaping the servo leads
around and playing with the settings on the tx, anyone use a sanwa ...

Carbon and glass blades are hard, sharp and lethal.  So why shouldn't I use
an aluminium blade as well?  I only ask because a mate of mine who hs a
machine shop could mill me a pair of blades in no time at all.  I started
thinking - whats the difference between carbon / glass and ...

Half way through my 3rd gallon of fuel and making slow but sure progress - I
only get to fly occasionally which doesn't help.
Anyway, I have been practising doing circles around myself "tail in" and
trying to do the hovering figure 8s in front of me.

The learning never stops.
Just had a great days flying then, after some nicely aggresive aeros,
managed to lawn-dart me Sceadu 50.
The damage looked final and utter, busted this and bosted that.  Actually,

Sorry about this, another boring post about fuel mixture....
The problem being.....OS60 engine, 1/8 stick to 1/2 stick the engine runs
very rich, and causes the engine to miss a beat every now and again, but
above 1/2 stick the engine run great. The engine is still new'ish so being

I can't figure out why my heli is vibrating.  The main blades are perfectly
balanced within about 1/10 of a gram of eachother, and I've looked to make
sure they both travel in the same plane.  What else should I look at as a
cause of this vibration?  Or maybe the vibration isn't too ...

How do I tune my heli engine without chopping off my head?  I just switched
over from airplanes, and have not run my new heli yet.  How do I go from
idle to full throttle wihtout the heli getting off the ground?  What are
some good tips and tricks?

more info can be followed by the following link.
http://runryder.com/helicopter/t70830p1/
Fly safe.
Regards,

I am wanting to sell my FF8UPS (and hoverfly for that matter).
Where would be the best place?
I haven't used ebay before - anyone have any tips?
TIA

What is the best interface cable to get for my new jr 8103
to use with most sims that will support heli channel mixing