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  1. 8 hours ago, Steve Colman said:

    E-Flite Opterra.

    Always fancied one of these despite it being somewhat expensive for what it is, but life is short and it was my birthday a few days ago so why not I thought.

     

    8 hours ago, Steve Colman said:

    You should have a lot of fun with the Opterra Steve - also makes a fun sloper. You just have to be careful with the launches. It's not difficult, but you have to get it right every time. Saw a vid just the other day of a guy who had been flying his for a couple of years, but did a bit of a casual launch and got zapped badly on the back of his hand. Here's a mental check list I use for flying wing launches:

    1. Good strong grip - check

    2. Good footing - check

    3. Arm well extended so you don't hit your head (again) - I know!! - just sayin.

    4. Good hard throw in to wind - check

    5. Follow through so your hand drops away from the prop - check

    6. Hand to drop straight on to the TX stick ready for recovery inputs - check

    7. Make it so.

     

     

    8 hours ago, Steve Colman said:

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  2. Fantastic pics Steve - really enjoy seeing the superb building talent on show. I was also intrigued to see the B&V 215 flying and the "triple nickle" (Arado E.555-2) hiding in the pack - hope it got some airtime.

    Arado E.555-2.jpg

    Bit of a fan of PSSish flying wings.

    B&V 219 launch.jpg

  3. From an e-mail sent out to customers HK seems to be taking a somewhat flippant view of their predicament.

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    Quite where all this sale stock is coming from I am not sure. But, the clock is running and HK has only 30 days from the judgement date to front with the bucks or the heavies (Justice Dept) will be brought in to start banging heads. Tweaking the nose of your judgement creditor is not really good business practice.

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  4. I would expect that HK had the USA operation "ring fenced" to contain the damage to those companies. Anthony Hand fled USA some time ago and stated that the USA operation did not have funds to pay the fine. The USA warehouse closed yesterday and people with orders pending are scrambling to get their money back. HK USA will probably go Chapter 11 and any incoming deliveries will be seized by customs.

  5. Well, this has been gestating for a few years, but looks like it got to the top of the pile and HK have got slammed. Obviously still early days - they may appeal or have HK USA insulated from the rest of the group, but Yikes.

    “ Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 503(b) of the Act,117 and section 1.80 of the Commission’s rules,118 ABC Fulfillment Services LLC and Indubitably, Inc. d/b/a HobbyKing IS LIABLE FOR A MONETARY FORFEITURE in the amount of two million eight hundred sixty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($2,861,128) ....”

    Full ruling: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-issues-28-million-fine-against-hobbyking-0

    Edited By KiwiKid on 24/07/2020 03:36:31

  6. Yes, it's important to keep the covering out of direct sunlight as it expands over open areas and crinkles to the point where it can adversely effect flight performance. Dark colours are naturally effected more than lighter ones.The only cure is to recover the open areas. The sticky backed covering seems OK when attached to solid surfaces.

  7. Hi Joe, firstly it looks like your transmitter is mode 2. Is that what you are used to?

    Secondly, delta configurations can take a bit of fiddling with. The parameters are the positioning of the servo leads on the RX and the positioning of the servo reversers (which you appear to have on the front of your TX). This obviously gives a variety of combos. Try switching things around and you will hopefully come across the correct combo. As mentioned, you also have to have the correct wing type (delta) selected on the TX.

    Here's a link to a thread that shows some pics and a vid of your Vulcan type in operation (in the middle of the page): **LINK**

     

    Edited By KiwiKid on 18/05/2020 03:48:25

  8. Some armchair analysis: three things wrong there.

    - there is no need to run with a model like that, a good hard static throw at about 40 degrees should send her on her way. Make sure the pilot has some up elevator in place;

    - his hand was positioned behind the cg, so when the pilot powered up the pendulum effect dropped the nose and the launcher was very lucky not to have his leg sliced by the prop; and

    - for large models like that you need both hands on the model. In windy conditions have one hand on the fuse and one on the wing , in calm conditions some like to have two hands on the fuse.

  9. Maybe not so popular in Europe, but the Parkzone F-27 Stryker has had a huge uptake worldwide and helped a lot of folks get into the hobby over the years. The first model (brushed motor with seven cell Ni-Mh power) was produced around 15 years ago and it's descendant is still available (in upgraded format) from E-flite. It came in a variety of set ups from RTF package with remote to the bare airframe which retailed for 20 bucks in the States. This allowed all manner of fun stuff to be done to them - here's some of mine.

    Original with undercarriage and bomb dropper.

    bomber.jpg

    Vulcan

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    Su-27

    su 27 1.jpg

    Indoor

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    Lotsa fun laugh

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  10. On RCGroups someone coined the phrase "jet talk" which refers to some of the cat fights the jet guys get into, mainly due to the fact that they come across as arrogant prats. It's quite funny to watch actually as some threads start off all nice and civil, but then someone makes a comment which someone else takes exception to and she's all on with different factions piling in with apparently old scores to settle. It's like watching a cock fight with the odd peacock thrown in for good measure.

  11. Things at HK are a bit strained at the moment. They are basically in survival mode with some rather far ranging changes afoot, probably involving divesting some of their non core activities and concentrating on what has been successful for them - aircraft lines (with parts) and, to a lesser extent, quads and copters. They have had the cyber sale going for a couple of months to try and generate some cash and have scrapped the Australian marketing dept (no more lovely Eleanor). Here's a fb comment (I have posted before) from the horses mouth which gives an indication of some of the issues they are facing.

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  12. Things at HK are a bit fluid at the moment with some rather far ranging changes afoot, probably involving divesting some of their non core activities and concentrating on what has been successful for them - aircraft lines (with parts) and, to a lesser extent, quads and copters. Here's a fb comment from the horses mouth which gives an indication of some of the issues they are facing

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    hobbyking.jpg

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