Alan Randall

Its the Rolls Royce MAC Scale and Jet weekend at the old Rolls Royce airfield at Hucknall Nottinghamshire on Sat/Sun. Everyone welcome. You need a BMFA B Cert and Insurance to fly. Admission is £5- per car. Access for the event is via R-R No.2 Gate B6009, Watnall Road. Hucknall. Nottingham. NG15 6FQ.

Hi, You could also look at what MR Foss himself recommends here http://www.chrisfoss.co.uk/#/electric-conversions/4538948936

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The guy did say in his commentary that he was having to fly faster than he would have liked to deal with a brisk wind. Hobby King have advertised for a Wharehouse Manager in the UK so maybe it will become available without buying from Hongkong or Germany

Electric. Quiet, and plenty of lightning bolts to recharge from.

I remember a time, when i was learning to fly, when a crashed model could mean up to a fortnight with no flying. Now, income allowing, you can go out and buy something that will fly well, next day. I was brought up when you had to build to fly, now I can do a bit of both building and buying AMRTF and know that I don't have to rush a plane just to go out flying.

I had the motor come loose in a Breeze in mid air. I have never seen a model do a forward roll in its own length before. It did two before the prop caught and I could close the throttle. The motor stayed connected via the wires and I glided the model back to me. I have used thread lock on the grub screws ever since.

I did hear a rumour that some folks that had returned a TX had also recieved a reciever back.Not sure how true it is, but it certainly didn't happen to me and obviously not to anyone else who has contributed to this thread. It does seem hard on early buyers as their purchase helps create further sales when other fliers in their club see and get to feel and experience the new TX

I suppose that must reflect the relationship they have with their supplier. My local shop was informed and all their stock recalled for modification. When it was re-issued the DX8s came back with extra receivers in the box, in line with the latest Horizon offer shown on their website.

I'm amazed at the number of people who appear to have only found out about this recall through modelflying. I recieved an email direct from Spektrum before anything appeared on the UK Horizon Hobbies site. I can only presume that not everybody bothers to register their DX8 through Spektrum Community where of course you get routine update downloads. As a matter of intetrest, my DX8 took 9 days out and back, and also received a new PID number

I'm with Biggles Elder Brother. At the club I belong to 'crossing runway' and 'Recovering plane from runway' are standard phrases, and you wait for a response from all pilots in the pilots box before you act. Having crossed the runway, you repeat the procedure before re-crossing.

There are benefits for living in the UK after all. HH UK has followed the US patern and done it all FOC via FedEx. The list that John Gibbs refers to is not particularly great in the UK. If you analyse it, many are not available here yet, if ever.

I see the Spekytrum knockers are coming out of the wood work !My Dx8 is one of the recall batch, but i have experienced no problems so far as I am aware. My mate despatched his Dx8 to Horizon on Monday and got it back by Thursday. Excellent service and not something difficult to fix it would appear.

Micron do some nice Stevens kits for indoor for around £25 that take Parkzone kit. It is probably possible to substitute Kyosho it instead.   Look at - http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk/model_ar6400.html   I built the Liddle Rod and it flies very nicely.   Its also worth looking at -http://www.stevensaero.com/UltraMicro-2.4-DSM2-p-1-c-336.html which is the Stevens site in the US. They often have downloadable illustrated build instructionss that you dont get with the kit.   The Kits are laser cut balsa and each stage clips together first before gluing with cyano.          Edited By Alan Randall on 28/01/2011 17:19:06

Only just picked up this thread whilst surfing. Manuals for the Horizon brands can usually be had as downloadable PDF files on their website. If its not on the Uk site then it is often on the US site. I was able to download the Spektrum DX8 manuals from the US site before the first sets landed in the UK.   here  or here     Alan - please read this thread Thanks BEB     Edited By Alan Randall on 28/01/2011 16:55:16Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 02/05/2011 11:58:12

Generally I used to like to read BB. The Mag has to be all things to all modellers. I rarely read every page unless I am on holiday and I am in desperate need of a modelling fix. Otherwise I skip some articles and read those that are of interest. Its rare that I read about gliders and helis or contest results, but I recognise that they are of interest to some people and would not dare to suggest they be banned. On the whole I think the the editorial team manages to strike a good ballance for all.

    1.  AJay Models      2. Giant Cod      3.E-Flite RV9      4. Horizon Hobbies

A legend in his own lifetime who leaves behind an enviable record of his own ability as a writer and a designer and builder of model aircraft. A talent the hobby can ill afford to lose.  

A lot of folks seem to have tried the proverbial Spitfire in the KK scale range in their youth. Who would have dreamt that, in my case nearly 50 years on, i would be flying a Mustang and a Piper Cub of about the same size, with full house RC, round the local sports hall. I seems a shame to me that no one has done a book on Keil Kraft in the same way that Airfix and Frog have been covered. 

Only just picked up on this thread. Thanks to Pete B for the facinating link to the Cox site. I well remember hanging my nose over the Cox range in 1964/65 when I was 11/12.  I remember the PT19, Spitfire and Kittyhawk in the shop window. 2 brothers at school had a Stuka and a Curtis Helldiver for Christmas 63 or 64. One dropped bombs and the other ejected a man on a parachute. My dad got a box of second hand engines from a guy he worked with for £5, so we started with a Mercury Mavin with an ED Super Fury. It got broken first time out but dad did the first of a number of re-builds. Perhaps one of the seductive Cox models would not have been so enduring. My first attempt at building was a Keil Kraft Elf rubber powered. I kept clear of the KK scale models but I had great fun with a KK Invader Glider, and later a KK Caprice which flew away on about the 10th flight, never to be seen again. I remember thinking in those days that the AM 35 diesel that came in the same box as the Super Fury seemed like a big engine !  Still got the Super Fury 45 years on 

Now 57. Started by my dad at the age of about 8. Though he built me keil kraft solid balsa gliders etc before then. Started control line at about 12 with a Mercury Marvin with a second hand ED Super Fury.(still got it) Went on to Fire Birds and Mini Bunts etc Did the tow line bit with Keil Kraft Invaders, Caprice and Mercury Swan. Age 16, started RC with a Keil Kraft Mini Super with AM15 and Radio Control Guidance System Single Channel and Elmic Conquest Escapement. Nothing then until late 80s starting with a Leicester Model Centre Gnatty with Futaba Challenger and Magnum GP40. Odd periods 'out' but I always come back. Now doing IC Sport , Electric sport, and recently electric indoor.   Wonder how many others were started by their Dad like me.   

1. mode 1 2. Nottinghamshire 3. Nottinghamshire 4. Taught. Mode 1 is what the club I joined flies 

1. AJ Models Pilsley Derbyshire 2 Giant Cod 3. Ripmax 4. Chris Foss ? Ripmax Wot 4

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