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If you don't want to shell out, or if you just want to cut a bit of foam, get a steel ruler, heat it up well and use that as a Flintstone age scalpel You'll need gloves to hold it, but it works!!!

Bob, Excuse my butting in but have you seen the mass of forum info on Easy Glider Pro which is on the RC Groups website? There's some very useful stuff. Look for "Foamies/Kits" go to page 2 and you see the Pro section. Well worth reading.

Thanks for all the above -- what a kind lot you are. As you say, test a bit first then wait and see. I'll certainly have a go with the Artists' acrylic. I spec the Multiplex primer might cost nearly as much as the kit. And to Chrisie... xx

I'm about to embark on a Multiplex Easy Glider PRO and I want to paint the foam wings and tail for easier spotting aloft. Other forums have various paint suggestions, but they 're invariably from foreign modellers, suggesting paints that aren't available in this country Are there any UK Rembrandts out there who've successfully used primers and spray can paints on their foamies?? And, is it really necessary to use weight adding primer?.

I needed the same advice and Moderator Chris Bott put me on to Electriflyer who sell iChargers. They offer a very wide range and from what I've heard they're among the top class of chargers - especially for output power. My 106B cost £60 with a 250 watt output....much more than the average 50watts. Chris Dorling who runs Electriflyer is very obliging, as are Junsi, the Chinese manufacturers of iChargers who have a good and prompt support service. Several of my clubmates have these chargers and they think highly of them, as I do. I have no connection with Electriflyer -- just glad i found them.

Yes, I've just ploughed thru that minefield, but with the help of several forum members - Moderator Chris Bott in particular - I settled on an iCharger 106B. It's certainly a powerful device of 250 watts and I suspect it could be used to power the batteries of an electric car. It's very well made, most comprehensive in its capabilities, which could be daunting to a real newby. Cost me £60 from Chris Dorling at Electriflyer. He's most helpful. Good luck Oh, and yes, you can use iChargers to power foam cutters !!!!

Again thanks for all the input. I've been looking at the iCharger range, particularly the 106B. The price is good for a 250 watt device but RCGroups have over 800 pages on their iCharger forum and that worries me!! If they're complaints and pleas for advice then it aint the charger for this 84 year old PhD failure !! Which of you is going to say the 106B is a piece of cake, operated by their 5 year old son............? Help guys.

What a kind lot you are. All the info's most helpful -- and I take the point about the 50 watt limit. Special thanks to Chris for the review link. And just in case I do eventually use larger batteries -- what would be a good choice charger capable of 80 or so watts? I should tell you I'm a tottering pensioner with a wallet that's very difficult to open....!! Again, thanks.

I need a new charger and have been told to buy a Logic RC Fusion Elysium LX60B Pro - strewth, what a name. I'd be grateful if any owners of said device would tell me just how good they are before I open the wallet. There are very few reviews and I always fear they've been written by the retailers' relatives. Thanks.

John - I've awarded you a Lipo Legionaire of Honour medal. That's the sort of stuff I wanted to hear, so my thanks to all of you and the lipos will spend next winter in a "fire bag" stored in a tin box parked in the garden beside the veg patch. Goodo.

Thanks Tom and Simon.....the big box idea seems best, but I'm still looking for a suitable mains thermostat. As to the fire safe/box at £47 I reckon that might prove a bomb if the lipo were to cook off therein!!! I'm still open for advice.

Are there any clever souls out there who can help a freezing lipo? I have to keep mine in a tin box in the garden, but a freezing winter could kill them. Manufacturers say lipos shelf life can be extended by keeping them in the fridge....but the wife won't co-operate. I've thought of putting a very low wattage light bulb with them in the tin, but i need a suitable mains thermostat to cut in and out when the temp drops to zero........and most such switches don't go that low. Any thoughts, advice, suggestions gratefully received

I like the look of the Air Tech Diamond 2500 - Youtube videos of this foamie glider show it in a very good light. Does anyone have have personal experience of it ? Need some encouragement before I open the wallet If you're able to reply I'd like to know what motor/batteries you use. Ta.   Edited By David Ashby on 04/04/2012 06:45:42

Anyone who suffers a breakdown and comes to a halt on a motorway - fog or no fog - runs the risk of being wiped out by following traffic. If I ever break down in such circumstances I'll put my car in third gear, turn the ignition key on, keep it turned, and let the starter motor wind me on to the hard shoulder. And believe me -- it works. Of course the coach could have suffered a major transmission fault, when nothing would have worked. Perhaps the answer then would have been to evacuate the vehicle quick time. As has been previously said, it'll all come out. But, it happens every single foggy day -- some fools always drive fast, convinced they're immortal.

Countrywide UK leaks waste millions of gallons of expensive water a day. Successive governments have thought it's a good idea to let foreigners buy our essential utilities - Wessex Water is owned by a company in Kuala Lumpur - Bristol Water's partly owned by a Spanish company. I don't imagine foreign firms want to spend much of their profits on repairs.

Thanks guys - most helpful. I'd hoped FrSky would have replied to my query, but so far they haven't. Good to know there are knowledgeable coves on the Forum.

I'd be obliged for a bit of FrSky type advice before I get my model airborne. I know the receiver aerial ends have to be set 90 degrees apart -- BUT -- will it be ok to have the ends exiting the fuz VERTICALLY rather than horizontal and laying inside???   Your thoughts most welcome.  

I fly at Woodspring Wings, a field surrounded by water (it encourages careful landings) Quite a few models end up in the drink and we had a "Dunk of the Month" award.   I knocked up a grapnel type retrieving device. Cut six inches of broom handle, drill two hole thru near one end, 90 degrees apart, cut two nine or ten inch lengths of coat hanger wire, push thru said holes and curl over the very ends.   Drill a hole at the other end. A nine foot length of bamboo with a wire eye lashed to the top. 10 yards of nylon monofilament or string with the grapnel at the end and that's all you need. Someone might have an old fishing reel to tart it up.   I reckon it would be useful at a cliff edge too..........

And googling around a bit more -- see Drayson Racing Technologies -- i read that BAE Systems are now incorporating battery elements into the composite materials used to build military vehicles, obviating the need for separate batteries. Just think, you could incorporate your receiver battery into a glass fibre fus.   Thinks -- but what would happen when the battery bits decided to give up the ghost?

Could 2012 be a memorable year for batteries? My newspaper tells of an electric racing car that can match the performance of of any conventionally powered speedster. Try Googling Mavizen. They've linked up with A123 Systems inc. to develop batteries basically for the motorsport world. Their R and D people are working on higher power and higher density cells capable of safely discharging at higher rates. I hope I'm not too old before similar suitably sized little beauties appear on our model shop shelves and we can forget about flying with batteries that are capable of turning into incendiary bombs.

We've got no money, we give billions in overseas aid where most of it is trousered by officials, and what's the betting the government gives the contract to Sarkozy Services Ltd or Merkell Mainline Co....... So traveller will get between A and B half an hour quicker, only to spend 45 minutes in a Brummy traffic jam. Roll on the revolution.  Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 10/01/2012 19:22:47

Couldn't agree more about Norton. I had endless probs with them. Then I changed to Panda and life's been great ever since. Warmly recommended -- costs about £30 a year which I suppose -- freebies apart -- is par for the anti-virus course.

Tony -- DB Sport are such obliging people....why not try them. Being true modelling folk I bet they've got the plan you're after in some well packed cupboard. Godd Luck.  

Half a century ago, after wrecking several models, I found the best way to learn was a modified Soarcerer glider with a 10 sized glow on a pod. It virtually flew itself and if I ever tweaked the wrong stick it was totally obliging and sorted itself out. This way, controlling the glider when it was flying towards me, soon ceased to be a problem. THEN I went to a high wing trainer -- the superb Kamco Kadet. Even if you've got helpful clubmates you'll still have nasties........the glider approach would help reduce the grief ration. Good luck - it's all wonderful therapy.      

Sun, high or low, can often create model sighting problems. I cut a piece of perspex 6 inches by four, got some transparent green car windscreen film from Halfords, stuck it on said perspex, then added a couple of Terry (?) spring clips top and bottom.   When the sun's likely to be a problem, clip it on to the aerial (35 of course).....but it might go on an angled 2.4. tx   It's far better than sunglasses -- you just raise the tx, cover the sun with the perspex add -on and your model remains in full view.   Or you could always try the fullsize pilots' trick............when you're about to cross the sun -- shut one eye.....re-open it when you're past.