Ronaldo

Hi all. Just wondered if anyone has had any dealings with 'podiumrc.co.uk' ? I'm not trying to discredit them, I'm just not getting any joy with them. I ordered a Spektrum Tx case from them a month ago 28/02/13, they said it would take a week to arrive as it was in a warehouse, also said they would not debit my card untill the item was posted ... anyway a month later ... it's still not arrived. Phoned them 3 times over the last 3 weeks, each time they told me it had been posted a week after placing my order and its on its way. Each time they could not give me a tracking number even tho' they say they sent it by Royal Mail, they asked for my phone number, said they would get back to me with tracking number .... guess what? ... I'm still waiting. Strange thing is ... even tho' they claim to have posted it to me 3 weeks ago they still have'nt debited the payment from my card. I've never dealt with them before, is there anyone out there who knows anything about them ? Usually I've had very good service from other online dealers, but it seems like I've just been totally ignored. Thanks

All through my modeling I've been a JR disciple, I loved the DSX9 .... but not anymore. When I wanted to upgrade to theJR DSX12, the ridiculous price tag of £1600 put me right off ! So then I started looking at the Spektrum DX18 ... read the reviews etc, they are not the cheap sets I once thought they were ! They are good sets at an affordable price. I went and bought the DX18 + Rx for £550 and so far does everything I would expect from the £1600 DSX12. Very user friendly programming and a decent roller button that my thumb doesn't slip on when tying to roll it. Does everything I want from it and more, and never missed a beat ! All for £1050 less than the JR. In fact the cash I've saved would fully kit me out with a new petrol jobby ready to fly in the new year

Tho' the thread is a few months old, I just thought I would add my 'tuppence' worth ... I know of fellow modelers who have had 'carbon' undercarriages from 'Carbon Copy' failing on heavy/bumpy landings. On inspection the layers of fibres were delaminating at the stress points where the bend is as it curves away from the mounting plate to the leg itself, and as mentioned in an earlier post this also was in fact a 'sandwich' of a single layer of carbon fibre top and bottom, with ordinary glass fibre sandwiched in between. This wasnt obvious to the eye untill it delaminanated, and we pulled apart the laminations. At first glance when new it appeared to be solid carbon which it obviously is not, so beware !! they were sold as 'Carbon' with a 'carbon' price tag ! Possibly they may have put this right by now, I dont know, as I refuse to have one from them, but would be worth checking out with them if they are 'solid' carbon first as it cost my mate a time consuming model repair job when his undercarriage failed. I fly 100cc + size models with 'solid' carbon undercarriages that came with the kits, and never had one fail ... yet. As someone mentioned earlier probably one would have to pile in and destroy the model before the 'solid' carbon undercarriage would break !! ( but i'm not about to test that theory in a hurry lol ) Regards.

... yep I do believe all my models are my blood brothers, they all carry some of my DNA happily up into the freedom of the blue sky with them ... (when it's not raining) ... mmm ... what a lovely thought lol

mmm ... I had to do a head count ... 11 flyable, 2 on the build, and 3 unopened kits 3 with DLE 111ccs petrol 1 with DLE 55cc petrol 1 with Mackay 30cc petrol 1 with a .52 nitro glow the rest electric gliders and slopers and yes I still have the hots for more, I just wish it would stop raining so i can actually go out and fly them before they become 'hangar queens' .... oh ... so thats why my workshop feels like it's getting smaller !!! LOL