Ausferret
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I am lucky enough to have a "hobby room" for the clean work which is airconditioned (gets hot here in Aus). The other is a workshop in the garage, not airconditioned unfortunately but OK for the messy work As per the original post neither has been "prepared" for the photos.
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Posted by Gurth Scriven 2 on 14/02/2015 09:11:33: You've got the idea - Mayo-Hagar are what you need, 7" is the size, have a look at Vet Direct too, their prices are more reasonable. The block end dressing forceps on this site are the job, and cheap as chips. Nice people to deal with too. ( Both instruments are brilliant, for example, putting servo mounting screws into place in a really deep fuselage where you can't get your fingers, let alone your hand! ) I just magnetise the screwdriver to place servo screws etc ........
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Posted by Fatscoleymo on 24/12/2014 11:23:04: This is what I use: Get a banana box from Morrisons (or your supermarket of choice) notch the sides with a stanley knive and stick a bit of pipe lagging on. Costs next to nowt, done in a few minutes. Takes a fuz and the other way on wings. It's very stable. I use it in the workshop, in the car to carry a fuz, at the field to help in assembly. When it's past it, knock up anew one. Steve Man after my own heart, use something that is cheap, easy to make, effective and easily replaced when damaged (like my models )
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I use a heat gun - not the aero-modellers type for covering but a solder reflow one. This comes with various size outlets and the temperature is adjustable (accurately!) up to 450C. Not too sure how it would go on the largest of wire gauges though.
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Posted by Phil Green on 03/12/2013 00:41:46: I noticed as they craned the Glasgow heli out, the remains of the rotors were visibly at positive pitch, so unless they moved on impact, does this suggest it wasnt in autorotation??? Edited By Phil Green on 03/12/2013 00:47:51 I should have thought at the end of an autorotation the main rotors should be in positive pitch (maximum probably).
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List of equations for electric flying
Ausferret replied to Andrew Russell 2's topic in All Things Model Flying
Listen to episode 207 at allthingsthatfly.com very informative! -
Personally I don't even really notice if there are more of one power type or the other being discussed. I always enjoy the magazine for what it is, information on my hobby of choice. I fly glow and electric in both my fixed wing and helis. I have got to say it is easier to go for a quick flight with electric than glow - plane, transmitter and batteries against plane, transmitter, fuel, starter, glow stick, cloths, cleaning fluid and flight box.......
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Probably better to have asked which not to buy, as few people own a large number of different makes/models to offer an informed opinion of comparison. Usually if you own one and it performs OK it is easy to think you have the bees knees. However if you have had a bad experience your opinion is valuable, particularly of service/warranty. Having said that, MOKI for sure!
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Aileron servo glitch/failure? I think I go along with the majority, these fittings are OK if installed correctly (i.e. loctite and preferably flat on the wire) on light weight foamys. 30 or larger glow powered aircraft I am not so sure.
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Try here **LINK**
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Posted by Martyn Johnston on 27/08/2013 08:50 Somebody said to soak the bent bits with boiling water and they might come back to shape again. That certainly works a treat but don't use boiling water just hot. I repaired a mates foamy he ploughed in (HK AXN) it went from snub nosed and twisted to straight and flyable. Although the foam didn't completely return to its pre-crash state it was very close.
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Posted by Tony Nijhuis on 03/02/2013 00:23:55: The point made earlier about 'yet another P51 and taking a commercial view, is right. I did the Miles M57 Areovan a few years ago as an obscure request to design it (against my better judgement) and what a pig to design and produce....all for about 10 sales so far.......a real bomb....so not again. Firstly may I say thankyou Tony for your great work in designing some great model aircraft. Now onto the sales volume, I believe part of the problem may well be the ridiculous shipping costs associated with buying from this site. As an example I live in Australia and was very interested in the Harvard, so I placed the plan and woodpack into my cart, total was eighty seven pounds fifty, all good so far. Then I set the delivery location to Australia and up popped the delivery charge of one hundred and one pounds to make a total of one hundred and eighty eight ponds fifty. Well, not going to happen is it.
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Got to love the apocryphal internet tales! No definitive reference, the "out of control" aircraft and crash investigation done by whom and using what evidence. Not saying an incident didn't occur but please reference it correctly. Bottom line, my opinion is remove the covering and glue it in with epoxy. Worked for me over the years. Edited for language..... Edited By Pete B - Moderator on 15/08/2013 12:21:04
