PatMc

Fly powered models were featured in an Aeromodeller around 1956. I tried it at the time with bluebottles, flies & moths. Using diesel fuel to knock them out & balsa cement to stick them in place. I had moderate success but if the model was nose heavy & the power plant was still drowsy a nose heavy landing inevitably wrote the engine off.

Retailers are not necessarily experts in the use of their products. e.g. My barber used to sell "something for the weekend, sir ?" but he wasn't considered an expert in birth control.  The rise in temperature that operates the thermal cut out protection is the same as the one that burns out the motor &/or esc. The increase in current from a stalled motor isn't instant. It's governed by Lenz's law because the motor coils are highly inductive & the current from the esc is pulsed at a fairly high frequency. If this wasn't the case the esc would blow when the motor was powered up & before it could move.

Production started at the beginning of 1972, so probably available in UK later that year.

Simon,Cox made 74 cars, the majority had 049 engines, a few had bigger engines but a couple had the 020.There's a data base of them here .  

I've stored pre-mixed diesel literally for years in a metal can then used it without any problems, although not in the high temps you get in WA. So long as the cap is a good seal & tightly screwed on it should be OK but it would definitely be a good idea to keep it cool as possible. I think from a storage POV it should treated the same way as petrol. The beer fridge sounds good so long as there's no danger of the can rusting, especially around the seams. BTW I think there's a thriving control line community in WA, some of them will have experience of diesels & fuel storage. IIRC they are based in Perth so quite a long way from Kalgoorlie. I did a day trip from Perth to the Wave Rock at Hyden once which must be about half the distance.  

Hi Martin, the plan number is RM351 & it was featured in Radio Modeller Nov 1988.I'll have a copy somewhere in my loft but it might be some time before I can locate it. Edited By PatMc on 29/10/2011 18:53:33

 Posted by Steve W-O on 29/10/2011 07:28:37: Items you buy (not gifts) the value is below £18 for no VAT or duty, but that will be reduced to £15 next month. If it is a gift, the value is £40 for VAT and £135 for duty. I pretty sure that P&P is included in these amounts.

"All flying" is (or was) the term used by full size aviation. I first remember seeing it used in the 1950's.

Posted by Jonnor on 28/10/2011 13:54:15: The EU recently banned small children from blowing up balloons -- serious stuff.   But like so many other anti EU headlines - untrue.

Posted by Terence Lynock on 28/10/2011 12:05:20: I agree that we should not forget past history and the eventual outcomes and we should take note but to dwell on past history and then let it influence todays problems is just going back to repeat the mistake anyway. The absolute reverse surely ?History's influence on today's problems is to learn any lessons & avoid repeating mistakes.

Posted by Tony B on 28/10/2011 13:19:16: surely if you run a seperate rx battery and put a switch in that feed, the motor won't fire up until the rx is turned on. The majority (probably) don't have a separate rx battery.

I can't remember coming across unintended start up of flight motors. If the throttle is in the power on position when the flight power is connected the esc usually enters program mode.  But if you did want to use a switch on the esc signal wire I don't see how a standard Rx switch harness would be useful. Surely they always come without any signal wire  Edited By PatMc on 27/10/2011 23:20:55

Ken will want to wet the babies' heads by buying everyone a drink at the next club meeting (AGM) in 2 weeks time.

Posted by steven wood on 27/10/2011 20:05:07: The all flying term for the rear fin/rudder assume you mean that all direction comes from the rear?. The term "all flying" means that the whole fin pivots as opposed to the more conventional set up where the rudder is hinged on a fixed fin.  Here's my KK Chief for comparison.You can see in the lower photo where the rudder hinges on the rear vertical spar.

Alan, it has elevators. If the size is right I think it's been made up around a KK Chief bits & general size rather than just a modified Chief.  

The model looks like a much modified Keil Kraft Chief. The original would have been 64" wing span but this looks to have been cut down a little.

Congratulations Ken.  Best wishes to mum & Lucy.

The reason diesel fuel mustn't be stored in a plastic container is because the ether content of the fuel can evaporate through most types of plastic.There's no problem using a plastic fuel tank as it's only in the tank for a short of time but it would be good policy to always empty the tank after a session.

Inserting a fuse is bad practice for the reasons already stated. As also been said simply closing the throttle is all that's necessary in a crash situation. It's wrong to suppose that the motor &/or ESC will be damaged within a "split second". Normal reaction time would be more than enough to prevent damage. In any case most ESCs have overheat protection which should cut power to the motor but not to the BEC in the event of prolonged overcurrent occurring.

Would it be any great loss if the LMS was just left to wither & die out completely if it couldn't survive by good retail business practices ?

Is there really no "f" in Carss ?

In case anyone wonders if there's any rancour in my comment. There isn't, I enjoy a bit of banter with Ken in real life - face to face.

Posted by kc on 22/10/2011 20:03:41: PatMcThats my point! There are of course travel agents that will help you go to France etc to buy whatever you want. But they dont import the goods for you! In the same way there can be agents in Cornwall helping you buy goods from Hong Kong and they dont have to charge VAT if they dont actually sell you the goods, the sale is done abroad. It's where the money is paid that counts. The point of travelling to France on a "booze cruise" is to legitimately import a personal entitlement that it would be illegal to sell on. No monetary transaction is allowed on UK soil. Giantcod do import and sell the goods. The only way the goods could be held in UK without going through our taxation system would be by being held in bonded storage. Once they are released from that storage they become an import & liable to UK import control including any duty & tax which would be payable by the importer - i.e. Giantcod RC/M.J.F Logistics. When shipped the customer who receives the goods will be entitled to all UK trading standard protection & statutory rights.

KC, as I pointed out in a previous post if what you say was correct there would be nothing to stop French companies from opening a similar base in the UK to sell & dispatch alcohol & cigarettes from.They haven't because it would be illegal. Edited By PatMc on 22/10/2011 19:49:01