Don Fry

Why! A couple of quid does a small electric moter. I am a petrolhead, but how much do you want to suffer for a religion. They were childhood dreams, but when you grow up you put childhood aside. Except flying toys.

I might think about buying on E Bay, some 10 mm O rings. Slip say three on, bit of silicone. Might just last a long time. Edited By Donald Fry on 23/02/2017 17:54:13

Peter I agree, a pusher pulls it victim into the maw.. That was the second incident.

Good electric starters are heaven. I am blessed with a short SWMBO. Six inches cut off a broom has never been noticed. But the starters elbow cost the health service a lot of money. Stick to a good starter. Don't on any account risk any bit of you hitting the prop. Mind, I do not expect any understanding until that soul juddering moment, or in the case of tougher material, two soul juddering moments when the prop bites. You sit there. I got away with that. And then the blood flows. And then the pain. And then the frightening bit, can I get up, drive??? Don't underestimate the ability of a 40 to hurt. In fairness, it will, probably ,just make you one handed, for a few days. Have fun. Edited By Donald Fry on 22/02/2017 21:01:55

I am berift of exact information. Spectrum it was. 9 channel. Used 2 remote recievers, could wire a module to it to produce a 18 channel unit. At a guess, bear in mind it has been sledged, and it's 20 km away in a bin. A 9020 DSMX??? I have been doing Spectrum for three? years. No problems. Last summer I had a OD big hack, and its receiver, a AR 8000 was not up to the job, a channel short, and was swapped to a 9 channel unit. And modified to a taildragger, and stiffened rear end, and CG moved back. The result was a dream to fly. Till it died at a hundred meters up. I tested the unit. And retested. Rangechecked, and again. And then it failed again. Hence the sledgehammer. After the first fail, I thought I had switched the tranni off. But not this time, it went to failsafe. It was in a slow turn, still away from me, nothing but balsa between me and the reciever, and its satellites. And the moter went to idle, and it dropped, with much idle stick waddling to no avail. I hope this makes sense. I am quite benign on a superb malt I bought on the way home. Game of blood. If afraid to break one, do a boat.

No, the lesson has not been........... Sit in your favourite chair, wrapped in rags, wishing to die. And then you will need to remember.

Patience will get you everywhere. Keep your fingers out of the prop arc. Keep your fingers out of the prop arc. Don't be tempted to get your fingers in the prop arc. Can't go too much wrong thereafter, unless you forget to remember to keep.............. Good luck.

This is the second incident I have had with this receiver. A fellow club member has a small sledge hammer in is van. Most satisfactory. Not much in a modern receiver.

Mine was a Peter Miller Bootlace with a Laser 75 shoehorned in. First flight, way too much aileron. Second flight with most of the aileron throw removed was progressing towards nice, when she went into fail safe, and went in from hight. I could repair but I won't. Moter buried 30 cm into a ploughed field, no damage. Pilot not good.

I use a cheap starter, 4s lipo, starts bigger motors than yours without hassle.

I used to use one of these for a SP 60, standing behind the prop. I never had any problems with the system, per se, except a constant awareness that any mishaps damaged the model. Went back to conventional starting in the end. About says it all, alright engine, but a solution looking to find a problem to solve.

Ian do me a favour. Name your posts with more care. I saw this post, and my heart sank, thinking I would be reading SLEC is bankrupt.

I stopped modelling once when a a Dremel armed with a 1 mm drill slipped, and went in to a finger , sliding under the nail, still spinning. The pain was off the scale.

I burnt out a speed controller. Got a new one. Decided I wanted some wiring off the old controller, so I de wired the new controller. The feeling of horror, the fear, has senility arrived? Took forever to repair the damage. Or the time I was soldering an undercarriage on a quarter scale DR 1. Using a gas torch. Cancentrating the brain cell. Now as someone who has shot most of my life, where a stray might travel a long no way, why did I not look at what was behind the target. Penny dropped when I smelled I has set a wing seat alight. Then I set to clearing the mess a pint of tea makes.

Do a kit. Because you will get a set of instructions on how to do it. All planes have an order of build. But it is not always easy to see without experience. Take the easier route, and maximise your chance of success.

Posted by PatMc on 16/02/2017 18:35:34: Posted by Braddock, VC on 16/02/2017 18:23:05: Posted by kc on 16/02/2017 12:51:50: Also don't want the hassle of loose tea, disposal being a pita. Straight down the sink with the cold water tap running does it no problem, then rinse the teapot ready for the next cuppa. Pat Mc is a gentleman of taste, with no doubt a SWMBO of similar mettle. Mine does teabags.

I have spent some time today looking at an electric version. I need about a kilowatts or so on (potential) tap. I have been toying with electric for a time, for mid sized models. The last time I looked, a year ago, my feeling was there or thereabouts, but today I thought expensive. I assume the devaluation of the pound, post Brexit, is the cause. Perhaps another 80 is th answer. Thanks Jon, and Brian. Having another think. But a leccy motor does not stick out of the bottom.

Jon, your are far too fair.

Posted by gangster on 15/02/2017 13:33:10: Does anyone remember we flew all day on 600mah Nicads Edited By Denis Watkins on 14/02/2017 16:48:20 Yes Dennis but in my day they were only 500mA/hr. however I am not convinced that a modern 2000 mA/hr battery would give you four times the flying time That aside I agree with most of the comments saying fit a much smaller pack 500 mAr, luxury, I remmber 350 button cells. And it had 4 dirty big servos, and a 10 cc motor. This beautiful creation will fly, literally all day on these cells. Enjoy.

Yer penultimate sentence is sense. Why do you think that those vibratory things should have any chance of flying. I refer you to the depressingly regular incidents of these flying egg whisks dropping on their victims. Full size.

Posted by Jon Laughton on 15/02/2017 08:10:41: Hey no problem Don - I'm happy to hold your girly hand You would smudge my nail varnish with your rough hairy cold hands.

Ted, that is a lot, and too often.

After you then Jon.

No worry, it's very strange. Normally I can look at it, umm and arrr, and stick a moter in. But, my Laser 75, and 80 are both tied up, with their replacement airframes allocated. So a foray to electric seems logical. No rush to acquire the knowledge of how to do it.

First thought, if he sheds a blade, you won't have to worry about hitting the ground. After you, sir.