bert baker

Saito 45 would be my choice

Hi, One of my old club members built the Vamp from the RCME plan. It looked nice and flew well

Yep Transmitter. do a search for buddy box Most clubs use the buddy box system, basically two radios are used linked together, but they must be compatible with one another, so there is no point going to a club with a radio no one can buddy up to.

keep your money in your pocket, find a local club first. they may have a club trainer plane to get you in the air. Most clubs have them, although it can be hassle. There will always be second hand stuff coming up for sale in any club

No one has mentioned sun spots, are these a thing of the past

I have some receivers that as of yet have not met the hammer, Perhaps I should give HH a go and see what happens

How much does it cost to have a receiver tested / service ?????? Spektrum 700

Blah. never did like football I still have a few early FF super7's and one has a Spektrum module in it and it still works fine. Edited By bert baker on 06/01/2015 13:23:11 Stock up,Yeah thats OK until they broadcast something else on it.   Edited By bert baker on 06/01/2015 13:26:01

Why can't they just make a decision and keep to one type,design or whatever.

So what were do we go from here. Has anyone had a receiver sent back for repair or the transmitter. Has any good come from sending them back. I would still be a bit nervous of using a receiver fresh back from repair/ service.

Posted by WolstonFlyer on 04/01/2015 15:16:39: Perhaps get or borrow a Spektrum Flight Log SPM9540, it will record any signal fades, frame losses, brown outs / failsafes and also receiver voltage during a flight. Spoke to spektrums ( I think it was them ) about this a long time ago, basic answer was yes you can log problems but what then what are you going to do.   Edited By bert baker on 04/01/2015 16:10:29

Posted by Chris Bott - Moderator on 04/01/2015 14:40:59: Ben, I don't think this will answer anything, but when I used to use Spektrum, some models would deflect surfaces at the moment of Rx switch on. They would then settle at neutral when the Tx and Rx were speaking to each other properly. If you switch on your Tx, then your Rx, does the elevator blip down and then back to neutral? Once everything has been set up you need to rebind to stop the above happening Stops the retracts collapsing when switching on the model

It's a worry

Posted by Dave Hopkin on 04/01/2015 11:46:04: Were you use DSM2 or DSMX at the time? I will have to check as don't know. ooppps I thought everyone could see all the 1 and 0's traveling to the planes

It was a bit of a foolish answer. from JR You get what you pay for, some other makers use cheaper components and the reliability may not be that great. We Jr only use the best. I have quite a few Models of different types Jets to free flight. I have always mixed and matched radio gear 35 meg was great for that. 2.4 posses a problem for me I was late joining the 2,4 age. So many models crashing for unknown reasons (brown out's or what ever) I purchased a Carden Yak with 50cc petrol in it, (I was still on 35 meg at that time) I took one look at the radio installation and notice a heck of a lot of wiring in it a funny square junction box thing and a 9 channel JR receiver in it. So having got it home I decided the best way forward was to get a JR 2.4 radio and do a data transfer. this made things a lot les hassle. Then needed to update all the other models. Some have Spektrum some have Jr. Being a bit chicken all the Jets Have JR as does all the most precious to me. Others that I am not too fussed about get Spektrum. I know many pilot who use Jr tranny and Spektrum receivers with out problem. I think it has been about four years now using 2.4 in this way, I have had a couple of prangs I did once think of going back to 35 meg as it must be empty       Edited By bert baker on 04/01/2015 11:32:22

What radio was you using. I spoke to both Spektrum and Jr, Spektrum could not see an issue using Jr tranny, Jr implied something different

Yep had same thing, just completed a left turn on to finals, and then the plane went into slow roll right into the ground. No response from radio. 38cc petrol spektrum 7 Chanel receiver with 2 remotes two 2200 6v batts both tested and had on board monitors everything worked after crash. my mate filmed it and we played it back a few times. The only thing I could put it down to was a blind spot on the receiver. I did sometimes wonder if it was because I did not turn and face the model full on with the transmitter If I have glitches from receivers they get a hammer through them now and get a new one. New models get a new receiver. I was using a JR 9 mk2 Edited By bert baker on 04/01/2015 10:35:03 Edited By bert baker on 04/01/2015 10:36:13

The good old Maggie. It was one of the best and most popular trainers in my first club. I still have the smaller Attila version

Posted by Jon Harper on 02/01/2015 10:12:32 WHATEVER YOU DO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CRANK IT WITH THE STARTER WHEN HEAVILY PRIMED! If you have no joy, I am much closer than the other guys as I am in bucks so can give you hand if you like Some good advice, Take up Jon's offer to help, it would be a shame to damage the engine or the plane.

A spot of bad luck then,

Yep much better to do it over the internet

If you were there filming it why did you not ask the chap what happened.

Nice one Jez, looking good, Is the catch lever mount the right way round, looks different to the picture Bert

Hot glue guns have their uses but not for general kit building

Go for the ally cowl,