Member postings for Pete Willbourn

I would second the RC factory stuff , I have a Flash,( out yesterday )

I must have similar interests , I have a high powered Zaggi , flew it yesterday, a wild wing , Gee Bee R, Funjet , but possibly the "best all rounder "for smooth anything type flying is a Formosa , if you can find one , and if the new Easy street is as good as the old one its pretty good too !

And yes I have an EFX racer , but you do need a lot of space and some good 4 cells if you want to do it justice,

cheers

Pete

Thanks Chaps

I contacted Horizon Hobbies and they said that the Taxi RX is unprogamable !

so I have my answer,

cheers Pete

Thanks John

That info opens up lots of "options "

cheers

pete

Thanks John

It is a Hyper Taxi !

Just might have to look for a defunct Sbach or something similar !

Pete

I have a very battered Eflite Taxi , airframe useless but all the radio works .

I wish to put the radio bit into a Sterling Great Lakes mini bipe which I built over last winter .

Now the Taxi RX has so many in built mixes it would be of no use , but there must be a way of re-programming it back to just a normal "plank " requirement like the little Sbach or Yak .

So does anybody know the answer or can help in any way ??

cheers

Pete W

encouraged by what I have read in the forums on this little lidl glider ,I went and got one a couple of weeks ago .

Modded it to 4 channel , aileron servos flat in the wings , rudder servo hidden in the fin , elevator servo buried in the tail plane , all to make it look smooth , with a power pack consisting of an Eflite 370 motor and a 450Ma 3s lipo and it goes like a home sick angel , surprisingly well , just need a few clicks of down to produce a very good cheap fun aircraft .

Pete

I advanced the timing by one tooth and according to the owner , club member , it is now excellent , about another 2.7k rpm , he reports .

so thanks chaps

Pete

Have not finished converting mine yet BUT

But in THE WORKS shop they are selling a bigger glider kit , not epp and probably not quite the quality but for £10 it could be fun to "muck about with " or muck up which ever is your 4tey !

cheers

pete

Thanks Jon

pete

Thanks chaps ,

and Jon the lazer man , this is what I suspected and thats why I asked if anyone actually had the timing diagram .

We have two identical air craft , Magnatillas , one has an ASP52 and the other an ASP 61 , both newish engines , but the 61 has the power of a 40 , no where near that of its little sister , hence my question on timing ,

I shall play about with a tooth plus and minus and see what happens.

cheers

Pete W

Does anyone out there know what the timing is on the above engine ?

The little dot on the cam gear does not appear to line up with anything when the engine is a TDC, ??

I have set it as 20 deg BTDC for the inlet , as a first attempt ,

cheers

Pete W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRtuXBe2Vk&feature=youtu.be

forget the colour scheme !!!

The one I flew was just based on the" Raiders" what it resembled one way or another was purely by chance ,

I believe the Raiders one was not a flying machine , just a mock up that looked good !

There is a B&V in the club which is EDF again which resembles a real plane , and it flies like one as well !!

cheers

Yours looks a bit more handleable than the one I test flew a few years ago , but it looked good , Got a vid of it somewhere ??

Hi Extra Slim ,

I recon that airframe must be in the region of 35 years old at least ! And I am sure its previous owner and builder would be very pleased to see it flying once more !

Pete

To Martin Collins ,

Very pleased to see you are getting some flying in with your recent additions to your fleet , The little Waco is/was my favourite ,pleased you like it . We miss its builder !

Pete

I was just helping the younger guy , the brother of the late builder , who passed away at Christmas sell his collection of superbly built planes ..

So thanks for purchasing it and I hope it flies as good as it looks

Pete

is it this one ??

I appear to have had quite a few !!