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Tony, I had mine in stock from rapid online.com, but have you seen those £2 torches, with 9 superbright LEDs in

The front lens assembly can be modified, to large model u/c lights

Edited By Denis Watkins on 18/12/2018 12:29:48

These are RC Car Body spray paints for Polycarbonate body shells

The clean up solvent is Acetone and may suggest some form of Enamel Paint

As you found, these are more difficult to varnish

If covering small areas, give light coats of varnish, and time to dry between coats

Large areas would need a more stable 1st choice of paint

Chris, is this the 49" Dynham Hurricane? As I cant see landing lights in the manual

With a large model, have had some success with using the electronic switch on Aux 1 or Aux 2 receiver channel

With its own power pack, so easy on off, and room to wire up and fit 10mm superbright LEDs

If this is the 4 foot span Hurricane, there is not much room as you know, but micro modelling is possible.

Have you yet to source or make lights?

Not recently Tom, but in early electric competition

We oiled bearings, soaking plain bearings every opportunity, and later ball bearings oiled

And we did " run in " motors too, as revs increased with use

EPP, bouncy plane, a brilliant flyer

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I can beat that one Nigel, our club lost a field due to the land needed for houses in 2001

We were relocated, and the previous field remains untouched with NO house builds 2018

Highlighted in 2016 Lads

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PM some of these lads Nigel

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Edited By Denis Watkins on 12/12/2018 16:56:03

This post is made on a Fire

Do you lads get the Total Numbers of Clubs shown around the UK? As Below

Edited By Denis Watkins on 12/12/2018 09:45:44

On the Fire Peter, at the Magnification above, my Fire shows no clubs either

But if I zoom in

The Clubs in my area appear

Try Zooming in

Like yours my test stand is in the model, and goes into the air ASAP

3 in 1 oil is Acidic, so don't use it on any motor but it is good on rusty bolts

After run works as it burns away when we fly

Good synthetic motor oil is designed for Aluminium and Steel, so use a few drops of that if northing else

Your ear is quite good at tuning, but a tacho gives you the facts

Don't let the lack of a tacho hold you up though

If The right prop is 12 x 6, then 11 x 7 is ok

Thanks Nigel

With Spektrum, and Futaba, from the onset, maybe not so much these days

Neither Company liked the Rx deeply embedded in foam due to heat

I think this is long forgotten, but find early installation instructions and you will see it

From then until now, I just mount an anti vibration pad to the area, then a thin acetate surface UHU glue to the pad

Then a double sided mount tape on the Rx, leaving it in fresh air

This is just habit that I carried on doing

This comment is only my belief Geoff, with no science attached, just years and years of sitting at too long an idle

Then throttle up, to Stop

I believe, or IMAGINE, the glow crankcase gradually filling, drip drip with a puddle of fuel

That then interrupts the slow moving conrod in its cycle.

As I say, no proof, but a tuned motor, waiting at idle a long time, just move the stick regularly giving a blast to move that fuel

Pure speculation, but advice given after many many times waiting, then success at idle up to take off

What Spekrum have done Simon, is to negate installation problems

Antenna work at the tip of the wire at that wavelength

What Spektrum have done is to fix this point within the case

It will have been tested " up hill and down dale "

Always give any 2.4 gig Rx the best chance, ventilated, not double wrapped, firmly fixed, not on one sticky pad on the side of the fuz, and with good power pack, and it will do its job

You can run a single slot deeper, and straight across Geoff, with a Dremel

Do one at a time, and slot enough to fit a hefty straight blade screwdriver

Edited By Denis Watkins on 10/12/2018 16:21:18

Have flown this motor on a number of models Martin, so am offering some guidelines.

5% nitro fuel is fine, but 10% does give noticeable increase in performance.

10 x 6 is maximum prop size, but my best performer was on 9 x 5 and 9 x 6

Wingspan ideally 48" to 52"

Weight 1250grms, about 2.5lb, but it will fly 3lb marginally

This is of course affected by airframe style

Check with Cymaz, Ron

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Humbrol Balsa Cement is still available on eBay

And its fast drying properties are very useful for holding things in place, while your favourite glue is still drying in stress points

Also, for quick 3D modelling, balsa cement is ideal eg chuck gliders at events

As a Seller, and connection to a couple of Businesses, sadly,

General Email enquiries very very often lead to nothing, maybe pulling a figure from the air, 1%?

An enquiry Email can be complex and require some time, thought, and research to answer, maybe 10 minutes on a good day

So you sit for over an hour answering 10 emails, and then how many sales do you make from it?

None, very very often, the hour spent on emails results in nothing.

This is soul destroying for the Shop, and we draw straws for the resultant waste of time

This is a sad fact