An Engineer

Just in case it helps anyone... Mine came with 2 of the four canopy mounts broken by its previous owner. Gluing them proved to be a waste of my time, but I got impatient waiting for my new frame to arrive so I found this workaround. Get a dressmakers pin. Heat the tip until very hot. Carefully and with precision (I recommend a cold practice first) c push the hot pin into the exact centre of where the broken pin comes out of the frame. It will not penetrate very far, but should provide a good starting point. BY the second or third attempt the pin will go in about 6mm / 1/4 inch and if my experience is anything to go by, if you allow it to cool in situ it will stay there. Cut it to the right length and use a bit of servo wire insulation to cover the bare metal of the pin. I was expecting to have to resort to super glue at some point, but both of my repairs have just gone together and held without any glue being added. My frame has arrived, but so far crashing only seems to bend the top pin, which is easy to unbend, so I haven't had to use it yet...

Wee McGregors in control, of course, but he uses a variety of modules in my Pcm9x depending upon what I am flying... Mainly I fly frsky and orangerx/spektrum in my lehis although I also have 35Mhz in one aeroplane, and it's only a matter of time before the 433Mhz module gets its chance to prove itself...

  FYI you modellers, the Philiips Supertwin posted on the 13/01 was designed and built to be an amateur build twin aeroplane.   I took a strong interest in these rare birds, when I was deciding on a real aeroplane to buy, and in fact the only other amateur build twins I can find are: the cri-cri (french), Gemini Zodiac, (American) and the fisher products Mosquito (Also american).   As is often the case with british aeroplanes, the speedtwin is a thing of beauty, whereas the others have different qualities.. :c)    

Sorry, my previous posting contains a mistake.   My skylifts have a seperate receiver and 3 in 1 not a four in one as I referrred previously. So yes, you should be able to change it for a different receiver I.E. a 2.4Ghz one.   Cheers, Steve C.

  Hi, I have most of a couple of these things and I found out real quick that the electronics is, like the rest of it, rather fragile and short lived.   I found that the receiver is no great shakes to replace, pretty much any rx/ 4 channel receiver can be made to work O.K. with the "four in one" box, BUT  the four in one box can die in the most interesting ways...  Mine (when I accidentally put a connection to the receiver in the wrong way round, doh!) started doing exactly what you describe, It apparently worked on occasion but didn't most of the time. It was also very sensitive to how many, and in what order, the leads were connected.   I was lucky enough to win the core of a skylift with good electronics, so as I could mix and match,for diagnostic purposes, whilst my 4 in 1 was performing it's dance of death, and subsequently was able to verify that I could use a couple of different receivers to fly my skylift, with the new unstuffed 4 in 1.   As someone has already pointed out, a new 4 in 1 box is 30 to 40 quid, and when you get a new one you still have the same lack of quality to contend with, SO, I got seperate components and am currently building a second skylift using a couple of esky esc's a  heading hold gyro from ebay, and an "elevon servo" mixing lead.  I also will be using a 8 channel receiver (so that I can add a tiny winch and some switcheable lights later...)   Early indications are that this lash-up works as I expected, but I need to get some "balance bars" and tidy up the wiring before I can try and fly it...   Then I will be looking for some busted servo's to cannibalise for the electronics, to fabricate my winch...   Cheers, Steve C.