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Mike T

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  1. Reading is no problem, but I have the usual (for me) problem of posts either just not happening or taking the age of a little pig to upload. Forums are useless without posts, so maybe this is something that should be looked into? PS - Sod's law - of course this post uploaded instantaneously. 'Those whom the Gods seek to destroy, they first make mad...'
  2. If you select 'Pilot Link Master' on the DX7 (I believe it appears as 'P-Link' in the menu) then the system will (or should*) work exactly as the OP describes. This is covered in the extract from the manual that MattyB posted (it's the bit he didn't highlight... 😏) (* this is Spektrum, remember...)
  3. You've got to laugh. If you go on their website and filter by 'UK warehouse' and 'in stock', you will find a grand total of: 1 plane (autogyro) 1 receiver 15 servos. Everything else is out of stock or 'backorder' (in other words - 'out of stock') If this constitutes a warehouse, then I'll bet pretty much everyone on this thread can call themselves a multi-national corporation! 😁
  4. Excellent! Thanks very much Eric. I had guessed the motors were about that size. It is, effectively the same power train as found in the ubiquitous Wot 4 Foam-e and I don't think I'm alone in having more than one set of those! I've always thought they were the ideal basis for the multis you mention, plus B-24s, Wellingtons, Hampdens, Hudsons, etc. I actually have the Whirly plans you used as a basis, but decided they were too large and was toying with the idea of getting them copied at about 90%. After seeing yours fly, I'm inclined to start with a clean sheet of paper and start skip diving for foam 🙂 !
  5. I've used boiling water and steam, used in conjunction with a dessert spoon to 'bone-down' the crocodile handbag effect. The alternatives mentioned sound excellent as well - but I'm happy to wait on giving them a try...
  6. Mike T

    LBT V2

    Speaking as another troglodyte, can someone please confirm that none of this applies to DJT module-equipped transmitters, operating V8 receivers? (You know, the stuff that just works...) In the event that such modules can/should be updated, what are the features/benefits?
  7. I've only just found this thread, as a result of seeing the video on Mark Robinson's Youtube channel. This is my ideal for warbird twins - big enough to have a bit of presence, but small enough to store/transport and hand launch (retracts being a weighty unnecessary complication). I'm hoping also, that the gear installed is modestly priced, as in larger efforts (e.g. Nijhuis Mosquito), the cost of electronics goes up exponentially! To this end, @Eric Robson, can you let us know what props/motors/ESC's you used? TIA
  8. I correctly predicted (to myself) that a counterblast would be a waste of time 😉
  9. I'll take toto's MDF strips over 2be4 battens anyday (been there, done that - they warped). I've got sundeala on my board, which is tack glued with PVA to the underside of a kitchen surface offcut. If you tack it down, it stays flat, won't shift and is easy to replace. The sundeala is usually covered by a couple of A0 cutting mats which can be got off the tool stalls at shows for about 12 quid apiece (don't buy online, prices are stupid).
  10. You'd best check the extensive thread on RC Groups. I'm sure it details pin shorts for a range of power supplies. I only have pin-outs for the HP Proliants, unfortunately, but once you know what the are, the job is easy. Just use servo sockets (removed from their 'shells') with the wire just long enough to twist & short together.
  11. Like most people (I suspect) I can see the sense in limiting speeds outside schools, hospitals, high foot traffic areas, etc., particularly where houses 'front' directly on to a main road. However, I also think that certain roads should be protected as arterial routes and that traffic should be able to travel at a reasonable pace in order that people can get from A to B. The problem in Wales is one of implementation. It's been inept in that there has not been a root and branch review of speed limits generally. The Welsh Govt. could have 'sold' 20mph a lot better if they'd conceded higher limits elsewhere. There are a couple of roads near me that for half a mile or more have no houses or any pedestrians to speak of which are limited to 20mph because they connect zones that are quite reasonably restricted to 20. That said, I've just done a little exercise on a journey that I do weekly. It's 52.2 mile round trip and as a result of having to do 20mph in some areas, the additional journey time incurred is by my calculation, about 2m 12s. I'll never get that time back...
  12. Can you pull the rotor/shaft away from the stator housing with that collet off? If not, maybe it's not needed? If the rotor does move (i.e. collet definitely needed) then it may be possible to machine a relief on the collet (it appears to have one already) which will enable it to bear on the inner race, while missing the circlip.
  13. They are indeed very versatile machines and amenable to all kinds of adaptions:
  14. I suppose you could always buy a new kit then sell it on ebay 'minus decals'...
  15. The results are already in a drawer somewhere, just waiting an appropriate time before pulling them out 😉. 1st law of consultancy - always ask the client what outcome s/he's looking for...
  16. Always nice when contributions are acknowledged, however modest.
  17. I must congratulate myself on resisting the temptation and instead just joining Matty with a laugh... @ANDY S - out of curiosity I checked my own County listing (which is correct), but there are many outdated options still available. So if you were to target a mailshot to all those who had correctly selected their up-to-date county name, then anyone who had chosen one of the 'older' options would miss out, despite having selected a supposedly 'legitimate' county from your database. Sounds like the latter could do with a good edit...
  18. I'm more inclined to suspect the 2S prop size quoted. Given the 'spread' quoted for the other winds, I suspect that the 6-turn 342W motor should be turning a 6 x 4 on 3S.
  19. Skidding turn per Werner Voss. Plenty of rudder with opposite aileron to hoof the tail around.
  20. I have a slightly different problem with an inverted Saito 125. It runs fine on the ground, but at speed in the air it seems to falter and surge. I'm assuming its because air is chuffing around inside the cowl and 'spoiling' the airflow around the carb mouth. The flat Saito carb has no means of directly mounting an intake 'trumpet' (the usual cure to manage air intake and/or reversion problems), so I machined up some al. tube with a groove for an 'O' ring at the bottom. This sits on the carb (the 'O' ring preventing metal-to-metal galling) and is screwed to the engine mount. Hopefully, being fixed on the engine mount will mean that the effects of vibration will be sympathetic. Pic attached: NB - as yet untested!
  21. Yes. It helps to have the right prototype. Take the "Spirit of St Louis". An accurate scale flight would involve a protracted take-off run, then keeping low, head east until out of sight. Guaranteed maximum points. The only flaw I can see is that it may not be possible to participate in subsequent rounds...
  22. As well as the collets that came with the tool, I also have a set of ten brass collets sized 0.5 - 3.2mm which fit it, so I assume I must have got them from Lidl as well 😕. The thread on the spindle is 7mm and has 40 tpi. It's like no thread I've ever seen. I assume Lidl copied Dremel and Minicraft in going out of their way to be awkward beggars...
  23. Cunning. It's for the NHS so automatically gets Joe Public well on-side. It's then but a small step to imposing further blanket restrictions in the interests of security, jobs, borders, etc. This is one instance where RID, if used on 'hobbyist' drones or model aircraft, would obviate the need for blanket airspace restrictions, assuming the commercial lower airspace operators employed sufficiently intelligent collision avoidance systems. I don't think that it's unreasonable that this be demanded of them. They are, after all, the interlopers into 'our' airspace.
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