Mark R

Hi Ken, yeh have used a 4s. Turnigy 2200 mah 4s fitted quite snuggly but still allowed hatch to be closed. But to be honest with new ESC I haven't bothered and use any of my 3s up to 3000mah in it. Mark

Morning Y'All, thought i would add my two peneth to the Riot. Bought one about 2 weeks ago and put it together down at the field, reason for this? well i was out and about it was a lovely day and i had nothing in my car to fly so impulse led me to buy one. First impression, well yeh as has been said Wot 4 hmmmm! Built it in about 20 mins if that but over tightened the chocolate prop adapter, snapped in 2 oh thanks! So flying curtailed even before i took off in anger. Added new prop adapter i had in spares pot and back to field. All pre flight checks done, good 3S 2650 battery in holder, plug in took off...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...oh my what a gutless wonder! Nothing to endear it at all. 3 mins later i landed thoroughly hacked off, i wanted to keep this in the car as a hack/ooh lets fly model. Even went thru the "teaching" the ESC throttle range again but 2nd fight the same thing. What have i done its a lemon. Back home i stripped out the ESC and slammed in a 60A one as i thought lets throw 4S at it. Back to the field couple of days later. Bit more oomph in fact lots better than 1st flight. Landed after 7 mins or so with a lil grin on face. Decided to try 3S again and I can honestly say the stock ESC sucks big time. On a 3S 2200 or 2650 or even a 3000 it flies so much better. Now i have a hack i can throw around and have a giggle with and do you know what, its foam and it bounces really well especially when the weedy wheels bolts give up the ghost. So yeh its sort of a Wot 4 but not and no it probably wont set yer pants on fire, but it will, at a push, knife or should that be spoon edge and inverted is easy peasy, so if you want something different to a Wot 4 give it a whirl, but beware of :- A - Prop adapter, choccy flavoured one B - Wheel bolts (see above) C- Glue (UHU Por) the fin in dont rely on the screws D - Most importantly, ditch the ESC for a 60-80A one it changes the ball game and will allow 4S with no dramas. So that was my 2 peneth Edited By Mark R on 31/08/2013 02:57:35

As has already been said....Ammo boxes...and for added "safety" batteries in Lipo safe battery sacks.

Thats good news Stephen. Now all you need is the ermm Summer weather.....hoping to get mine out this sunday, been awhile since i hacked around like a fool )

Hi David, i got my Bixler mk 2 fro Hobbyking. Didnt take too long and to be honest weather is so pants you probably wont get to fly it anyway if you get from a UK source.

As with most have put 'other' and dumb thumbs is the usual culprit....which i think is totally different to pilot error/flying kills....its like driving a car for 30 years and never having an accident and then over steering into your own brick wall due to brain freeze....its not error just an erroneous brain moment. I think pilot error/flying skills is totally different. A new pilot flying a low wing warbird and crashing because he or she cant handle the flying characteristics is pilot error/flying skills.....dumb thumbs is just one of those things and has no bearing on your piloting skills....ask any professional if they have suffered it and i can guarantee they will say Yes, so is their skills lacking? Are they bad pilots? Ok 2 penneth over n done with.

Such a shame not to use probably the best .53 size enines you can buy. I have 5 Irvine 53s and they are amazing workhorses. Spares are still available, but you have to look for them and to be honest i dont understand why you wont use it. It was bought to be used....i am one of those people who will rip open the package and use....

Savox definitely get my vote. Put a pair on my Acro Wot for aileron use, and wow the roll rate is amazing and unlike some digitals they dont seem to spend all the time on the ground 'buzzing' or hunting for centre. But then again i have also used 3001/3003 on all my other models upto 4 stroke 90. Never had stripped gears or any crashes due to failure. Plenty of crashes due to dumb thumbs tho!! Can you get digital thumbs yet?

Looks interesting, just wish they would allow any rx/tx to be used.

Yeh used in the Falklands War....

Good post Del Good visual guide for new flyers.

Sorry wrong end of stick i misread title LOl Edited By Mark R on 10/02/2013 22:07:09

Nice looking bit of kit Ps wanna swap jobs?

Hi Gary, very cool looking model, nice colour scheme too. Do like the 'Sporty' looking type of model. Mark

UMM...other half, who does not have a great interest in this hobby, says 'That is brilliant!'...so as far i know thats the best compliment she has ever passed about this hobby. Guess your doing everything right!

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Aaarghh!!! Want one...if they all fly as good as that one, i can see them running out in the UK warehouse in double quick time.

Hi RW, i have just bought the Orange 3axis V2 flight stabiliser. hoping to fit in something when weather improves a lil bit. Just looked at the price, seems a little expensive at RRP of £79.99 and wondering how good it will be as its acting as a rx and stab system, hope programming is all sorted. And the specs seem to say you cant use it in anything over .90 IC...so its a full range rx but has limitations on it, or is the limitations just as a stab system or as a rx system or mix of mix. Sure RCME will do a full review of it (hopefully)

That is so cool!!! Good homage to an amazing cartoon series....Hope it flies...if not still an amazing looking bit of kit

Hi Shaun, I have had an order thats been despatched by HK back in early December. I used Parcelforce 48 as the i thought it would be the best way. It arrived in the UK 23 Dec and has not been processed thru customs etc yet. So i am not sure you can blame HK as its a very busy time of year and Parcelforce even state on their website that they have a backlog to clear. Checked my order today and its taken from 23 Dec til today for it to clear thru Customs, guess they had a lovely long Xmas off.....wish i did, rather than the 1 and 1/2 days.

Hi Mike, i got 4 in the end. 1 x canopy, 1 x cnc pack, 1 x wood pack and then another one for missing/lousy cnc cutting replacement parts. Bit of a shame having to hack the canopy to get it to fit, looks well made and i am pants when it comes to cutting canopies....plz plz someone tell me the best way to do it ) Mark

Hi Tim, cheers for the info.... Mark

Hi Mike, hope build is going well..not sure if you have checked the canopy but mine I think is the wrong one. It's 12 & 1/4 inches long and the one on the plan is about 10 & 1/4 inches in length or so....do we need to hack the one from the kit to pieces to get it to right size? Or is yours right size? Mark

Hi Rentman, the one i was thinking of was even older than that...name escapes me, but i was 14 y/o so it was back in 1980...arghhh i am old!!! lol

Hi W, i am sure someone will correct me on this...but i am sure its similar to when i changed the bearings on my Irvine 53.... 1) stripped engine of piston,head,back plate...so all that is left is the crankcase with the bearings. 2) Put oven on, i have gas so its gas mark 5/6 for me 3) Make a brew while oven heats up 4) Place crank in oven 5) forget to put oven mitts on and pick up crank then drop quickly....put on oven mitts after about 5-10 mins of heating engine 6) The rear bearing should! fall out straight away, it did on mine, tho the front required a lil help. If u use a stout bit of thick dowl to 'persuade' it out, from back plate hole thru crank case to front bearing and give it a bit of a tap it should fall out. 7) Crank has probably cooled a bit by now so new bearings might not fit in straight away, you can put back in oven again just to warm up and let metal expand, then i put front bearing in first, mine required a lil persuasion with block of wood over the top of bearing to stop it from being damaged, then i 'tapped' with hammer. Rear one went in really easily and both seated nice once crank had cooled. 8) check bearings are turning nice and freely on their ball bearings. 9) I out a lil 3 in 1 oil on bearings, some use other lubricants, personal taste really 10) I lightly all the piston, piston pin etc before reassembling in reverse order. 11) Manually check everything works nice and smoothly. 12) If your happy....start her up If all the above is not how you do it apologise, but its the way i do it. Mark