FunnyFlyer

Okay, so now I'm being ganged up on. ;-( I'm not a teacher or a civil servant. I can also put your minds at rest and confirm I do have a life, but thanks for you concern. Now and again folks, try and hold down the shift key when you type a letter after the dotty thing you ended a sentence with. If you can co-ordinate aileron and elevator in a turn, you can manage this.

Interesting results. Deans the most popular by a long way - nearly half of respondents use them - even though many similar threads suggest they are not so popular or effective. @VA You could teach English classes.

Posted by Alan Randall on 31/07/2012 14:45:52: I prefer the forum to be inclusive, not exclusive. If that means tolerating poor spelling, punctuation and malapropisms, so what. I would hate it if people did not contribute due to worrying that picky people might take the micky if they get something wrong. The forum is about RC and modelling, and not an english lesson. Lead by example by all means, but leave the less articulate alone. Agreed - and part of being inclusive is making sure your message is being understood. jeez all im asking for is the odd full stop and a few capital letters to make shore that some posts are easier to understand than others surely that isnt to much to ask i bet youd soon moan if you red this sort of stuff in the monthly mag

@​Gaz Most of our international members shame many of our native speakers.

Posted by Barnesyboy on 31/07/2012 14:01:14: some people dont understand current watts and amps, I dont understand , " : - and spelling dose that make me a lesser person worse flier, rubbish builder, poor husband, bad business manager etc etc   BB Of course not! It just adds a little bit of finesse and polish. Edited By FunnyFlyer on 31/07/2012 14:09:57

@Barnesyboy Surely a capital letter at the start of each sentence and the odd full stop here and there is not too much to ask from people who have spent 11 years in compulsory education? It's not about being a pedant, it's about aiding understanding.

Aghh! Please see starting post....

@bbc Watt is the unit used to measure Power. In electrical terms, Power in Watts = Voltage x Current. The symbol for voltage is V and is measured in Volts. The symbol for Current is I and is measured in Amperes or A for short. So P=V x I An electric motor will draw a Current of, for example, 25A on a 10V pack - so the power in Watts being consumed by the motor is 250 Watts. It all gets very technical very quickly - as Voltage is strictly speaking the measure of electrical potential - but the basics are pretty simple.

I'm crying now....

Posted by Olly P on 31/07/2012 12:07:17: and relax i dont think i missed any punctuational bits in this post Cheeky! Go to the bottom of the class.

In no particular order... Please make your links open in a new tab or window: Easy to do - just open the Target tab on the link dialog box and choose the new window option. Makes it much easier to switch between the Forum and the external content. Punctuation Just the basic use of full stops and capital letters would make a big difference to some authors' posts. Counted a 97 word single paragraph post with no capital letters, full stops or apostrophes yesterday. Madness! Use of the apostrophe - my own personal "fingers down the blackboard". How many "My models engine cut out" or "I have two engine's for sale" must we endure? ​Use of things like "Amperage" ​Another cringe moment for me is when people talk of "Amperage" instead of Current - which is measured in Amps. You wouldn't say "What is the pound-age of your model". You'd ask what the weight is. Rant over. Edited By FunnyFlyer on 31/07/2012 12:05:23

Well, back in April I bought my Futaba 2.4GHz tranny and receiver combo from my local model shop - Evans' (The Model Shop) in Northampton. Probably cost me £10 more than an on-line plus p&p purchase. A small price to pay I'd say to support a very long standing shop that opened in 1937. Click here for a short history lesson.

OMG. Terrible news. Thoughts and condolences to his family and friends.

What a miserable bunch of old sods! Where is your sense of history and pride? Amazing!

Gary, somewhat confusingly, the check out prices are shown in US Dollars. $14 is about ?9.Edited By FunnyFlyer on 26/07/2012 14:16:06

I ordered some Turnigy 3S 2200 30C packs on Thursday - and they arrived on Tuesday this week. P&P was £9 for 24 hour parcel force. Total cost was £29. Just soldered on the Deans plugs and off to test them in the Dogfighter. A quick bench test had them producing 470 Watts - that's more than Wiggo can manage in the Tour de France. This is about a 20 - 30 Watt increase over the Overlander 20C cells

I ordered some Turnigy 3S 2200 30C packs on Thursday - and they arrived on Tuesday this week. P&P was £9 for 24 hour parcel force. Total cost was £29. Just soldered on the Deans plugs and off to test them in the Dogfighter. A quick bench test had them producing 470 Watts - that's more than Wiggo can mange in the Tour de France. This is about a 15 - 20 Watt increase over the Overlander 20C cells.

BTW, I wonder how much power Mark Cavendish produces during the final yards of his sprints? Hi Bill, if you read the article - it says that about 427 - 500 Watts is the maximum that a TdF rider produces. Chris Hoy on the track may produce a bit more - but that's about the limit.

Come out of the closet, Bob.

Posted by Simon Chaddock on 25/07/2012 09:21:38: But can your Dogfighter ride a bike at the same time! Nope - and doesn't look as good in Lycra...

Great story on BBC Online about comparing the exploits of this year's "Clean" riders against the "Dirty" riders of the past. Read it here. Our Bradley - a skinny thing at 6ft 3in and just 10st 9lb - can produce about 427 Watts at best. Quite amazing! Bradley at full speed or maximum effort during a climb just about matches my Dogfighter with a small motor full of a bunch of magnets and a small Lithium polymer battery.   Edited By FunnyFlyer on 25/07/2012 09:05:23

Outrageous attitudes and behaviour! I fly solo for the same reasons as Dickster (great handle). Flying for me has become an hour here and there, rather than an all day socialising thing. Occasionally I have company up at my local slope, and it's great to indulge in the chat and banter. But many model flying clubs have this sort of ridiculous culture to a lesser extent. It's all so unnecessary. I still can't believe that one very well known club requires you to wear a hi-vis vest and bans aerobatic flying if you are alone at the field flying. What's that all about? Electric flight has transformed the lot of the solo flyer. More sites become available and you can spend 80% of your total flying time session in the air - and not being restricted and controlled by a club's version of Mr Mainwaring! Edited By FunnyFlyer on 24/07/2012 12:46:20

To be slightly more constructive: Peter Lowe's finishing article Shahid Banglawal's reviews and article The Greenacres and Bowden Trophy reports Mr Whittaker's shed nonsense - a repeat of something similar a few issues ago?

The Man - the model is still gorgeous - I had 3! Yes, my brother was a very good time trialer and road racer. He was amazed to see Sean on the cover of one of the modelling mags in the 80s, as he knew Sean as a cyclist.

@PatMc If that was the World Champs in York - it was 1983. My goodness - some "looks" just don't stand the test of time....