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So what is the FAA trying to do in the USA ?
leccyflyer replied to tigerman's topic in All Things Model Flying
There are huge areas here where you cannot even get a phone signal, never mind connect to the internet. -
The Gov't, CAA, BMFA & UAV legislation thread
leccyflyer replied to Nigel R's topic in All Things Model Flying
That's what the discussion has been about for the past few pages of this thread - the next stage. -
The Gov't, CAA, BMFA & UAV legislation thread
leccyflyer replied to Nigel R's topic in All Things Model Flying
Well Frsky or someone else had better come up with a tiny, inexpensive add on that you just plug into a spare port, Y lead or on a separate 1S battery. If it;s to be a requirement in the USA they might have got it sorted by the time it's implemented here. -
Link Nine grand for a 10' span glider?
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Thanks - that;s great, there are indeed some photos showing the motor installation etc. Good STUFF indeed.
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Thanks Danny - this was just about the only thread that came up mentioning the YT International Hurricane in a thread. I'd wanted one for years - and their Bf109E - but never go around to it. Picked one up at a swapmeet on Saturday - the 72" version - and your's sounds like a very successful electric conversion.
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Wonderland is on the corner of Lothian Road and Bread Street, as I mentioned earlier. If you want a plastic kit it's an excellent shop - likewise for tools, paints and glues for plastic kit modelling. For RC stuff they have a very small selection of servos, a few accessories, batteries etc, aimed at the model car side of the trade. A few small foamie electrics - Hobbyzone stuff - and multirotor drones. They do however have a small stock of balsa sheet and strip.
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Posted by Danny Fenton on 28/12/2010 12:26:39: Alan all this mentioning of the "E" word, you had better go and sit down and suck on a mince pie I love my leccy YT Hurricane (original) sure, the duration is under 10 minutes, but that suits my short attention span anyway Cheers Danny Hi Danny Do you have a thread with the details of your YT Hurricane electric set up? I'd be very interested to see how you'd done it - remember the huge success that you;d had with the Seagull Sea Fury and A123 cells some years ago.
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Posted by Erfolg on 08/02/2020 18:25:29: There was, or is a good model shop just outside Aberdeen on the road, or general direction of Inverness. I visited it some 8 years back, so may no longer exist. Aberdeen has a number of MFC, so may know more about what is actually there. There was, or again is a model shop in Edinburgh, near to the meadows, at the Bruntsfield end. A bit of a toy shop, and bit of a dodgy area. The magazine shops have some uninteresting magazines for Heterosexuals. There hasn't been a real model shop in Aberdeen since GTI Models closed more than 10 years ago. There is a small model shop in Inverurie, which was still there up to a couple of years ago - again mainly cars, railways, plastic kits with a small ARTF selection, small balsa stock, paints and glues.
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Posted by Paul Marsh on 08/02/2020 18:08:00: Posted by leccyflyer on 08/02/2020 15:58:31: Leeds Model Shop is indeed a decent shop, but it's unlikely to fit into a diversion on a trip from NE England to Dundee. Could be, if he goes up the M1 and A1(M) then A68 via A696, depends. Nope, Mike lives in Sunderland - calling into Leeds model shop on the way to Dundee via Edinburgh means heading south to go North.
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Leeds Model Shop is indeed a decent shop, but it's unlikely to fit into a diversion on a trip from NE England to Dundee.
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As John says you;re talking of Marionville Models - which was a great shop and I used to love to drop in there on passing. Haven't visited their warehouse premises in Livingston. Wonderland Models in Lothian Road is mostly plastic kits and toys, but has a few bits and pieces, a small balsa stock, drones and parkflyers, plus glues and paints. The only other RC model shops that I'm aware of round these parts are Scoonies Hobbies in Kirkaldy and Tay Models in Perth - which is mostly cars and drones.
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I agree completely - the only accurate measure of capacity is to properly cycle a pack under an appropriate load and monitor it on test to determine what it can safely deliver. In practice though, in most sports applications I've found that the excess of power available is such that it isn't anything to really worry about and I prefer to determine the longevity of a pack in the air by having a comfortable flight and landing with power in the tank. On rare occasions I'll push it a wee bit too far and land with the pack at a slightly lower indicated voltage that I'd ideally like. I use a timer with the more critical models, but tend not to use one routinely - I should probably change that. I was far more organised and religious in the old NiCd and NiMh days, regularly cycling and monitoring the capacity of my flight packs, but we didnl;t have the surfeit of power available then and needed every mah we could get. Contrary to the popular perception though we actually were able to fly electric models successfully before Lipos were ever thought of,
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My Frsky DFT module was purchased in 2010 and is fitted to a Futaba FF9 tx that I currently use for all of my gliders (11 rxs)and a small number of powered models (10 rxs), my main system for the vast majority of models is Spektrum - DX7 and DX9 (33rx). I wouldn't want to unecessarily replace a large number of receivers, even if they are relatively inexpensive.
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Thanks Mike - that's good news.
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I've never looked at or knowingly read off the % remaining on a battery, but regularly hear folks say that their battery is at 35% or whatever. All my gear displays the voltage per cell, which is what I use - if it's <3.85v/cell it needs charging and if it's >4.1v/cell it;s fine to fly. If it's in between, then I'll pop it on the charger before flying. I have enough batteries to not have to need to try to eke more than one flight per charge out of them and I only charge at the field.
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I've read the thread and have a simple question. What does this mean for users of the pre-Taranis series of Frsky modules and receivers, such as the V8-FRII, V4-FRII and D8-FRII - I have quite a few of these in operation, don;t use telemetry at all and they have been working very well for years. I assume that if I do nothing to the existing kit that they'll just keep on working and will be fully legal? Will those RXs be discontinued or will they fail to work with the old modules in the event that I buy more of them in the future?
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I mostly enjoy funfighter sized models - so 40-48*, 3lbs ish, so several will fit in the car fully rigged and they give me the best bang per buck. However I'm increasingly being drawn to slightly larger models with more in the 60*" + range planned for the coming years, due in part to flying at a new club field where the models are somewhat larger in general. I've also got a bit more workshop space than previously and am investing in getting that up to a high standard with a view to having a bot more time in the future for building and tackling the kit mountain. I can see a future of taking just one or two larger models to the field, rather than a half-a-dozen smaller ones.
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Posted by Alan Gorham_ on 03/01/2020 19:54:19: Posted by Don Fry on 03/01/2020 19:39:53: Alan, if you care to read my original post, I think you might find I said I am not a BMFA member. No point for me. When it is a point, I will rejoin, with my BFMA achievement paperwork. Now Erf is a BFMA member. He flies, legally,with his bits a paper in his box, or on his phone, legally, until the CAA tells him what his numbers are. What have I said that is inaccurate? Edited By Don Fry on 03/01/2020 19:41:44 You made an error of omission. In erfolgs case he needs to carry his BMFA membership, his A cert and the exemptions which you did not mention. I noted that you were not a BMFA member on your previous post but you could have been a member of another UK association who are also covered by the exemptions. It's not necessary for every single post to contain every single detail of the regulations. A specific question was asked about the requirement to have the Operator ID number on the model. This isn't complicated, the BMFA have given the necessary advice and provided the required documentation. Every BMFA member ought to be in possession of that information.
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You are legal to fly the model with a waiver against having to display the numbers until February 2020 when they will be issued by the CAA to those who have followed the procedure through the BMFA.
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I play the soundtrack album from The Battle of Britain on the trip to and from the flying field every trip. Now that I have a nice field five minutes away I don;t get beyond Ron Goodwin's Aces High March, but visiting my other sites allows the whole thing to be played through, at least once. It gives a warm fuzzy feeling coming away from the field to Battle in the Air and at my old club field I could time it for the last note to sound, just as I pulled up outside the Hangar
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Andy Symons PR on Countryfile
leccyflyer replied to Engine Doctor's topic in All Things Model Flying
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Posted by Scott Edwards 2 on 15/12/2019 10:30:33: Like most clubs, we have some 'senior' members. You can do the BMFA test and upload the certificate on their behalf. I've done several now. I'm sure I will get criticised, but it solves the problem and I have no guilt about treating this ridiculous legislation with the contempt it deserves. Hmmm, what was stopping you from merely helping the senior members do the test themselves and then providing their certificate on their behalf, rather than just doing it yourself? In the highly unlikely event of an incident involving any of those members you've just made a public declaration that you've deliberately circumvented the very simple and easy process to enable everyone to remain legal.
