Mart49

Bruce, I love the little HK altimeter; I only use it in the P2K. Best hight so far is just over 1500' on a lovely summers day last year. Caught a thermal and up she went. Needed full flaps and a hard dive to get her down to a reasonable level.

I use a 1300 or 1500 lipo from a flat field and on a good day can get an hour + with 4 / 5 motor runs. Never tried a 2200, always thought it would be too much

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I'm using the T6J as well.

Bruce I have 4 delta 8 rx's and (unhelpfully) not had any issues whats so ever even with my Bix 2 at 1000' Mart

I've been flying planes and gliders for a few years, and now would judge myself as an "intermediate" flyer. I don't crash too often - except when showing off (inverted through the goal post comes to mind!) I got a quad a year ago (small thing) with which i learnt to fly around the garden, then built a 450 size with a KK2 board. Being roundish, I kept loosing orientation, so a few weeks ago I built a HobbyKing H4 (470 size). Well it flies well in the garden so took it over the field yesterday. I have come to the conclusion that my brain has a blockage when an aircraft travels unnaturally sideways and towards me! I cant work out what sticks to push to correct it. I've tried and tried... Just can't do it... I think I'm sticking to wings - much easier! At least on the bright side I've 4x motors and esc's to find planes to put them into!!

Another +1 from me - always get a good service from them

I'm waiting for the 1600 to come back into stock - in the meantime, waiting for some decent weather to get out with the P2K. I thoroughly enjoyed sloping during the summer on holiday, but Essex it very flat!

Bruce, I'd have a go at calibrating the esc initially. Unplug the battery, set throttle to full, plug battery in to esc, wait for the bleep and close throttle. Unplug battery and plug back in and give it a go. Mart

So, after a couple of disappointing visits to the farmers sloping fields with not much wind, the last few days have seen a lot of fun, thanks to the end of Bertha! The slope isn't ideal, but does face west. 40mph winds gusting more was quite an initiation to this slope flying mulurky. Managed quite a few flights of 5 mins or more, but decide to call it a day when the FW Spectre spent more time behind me than in front! Hoping for a slightly calmer day tomorrow.

My main problem is the lack of slopes where I live. The biggest slope around here is the sliproad to the A406 North Circular at Ilford

I'm hoping to loose my cherry next week. Bought a flyingwings Spectre just for the holiday, and we're heading to Exmoor National park. I figure there must be a slope or hill to maiden it on! Mart

Not too helpful, but I bought one last week to take to North Devon next week! I bought the kit which included the servos and battery pack, as I'm a lipo / electric power only sort of guy! There is a review by Tim Mackey on the tube (**LINK** and seeing as this is my first non-powered plane it looks just right! In his review, Tim says it flies great, but is not suitable for combat. It took longer to assemble than I'd imagined - only due to covering it twice, but it does feel quite indestructible now. I'm really looking forward to giving it some air time next week. Being of a limited budget, I went for the Spectre

Martin, Thanks. Its new. Looking at my charger, it appears that it charges in A rather than mA. Not wanting to cause an problem, is it the same@ Either 2.3A or should it be .3A. Sorry - failed physics at school many years ago.... Edited By Mart49 on 25/07/2014 20:05:37

Help please! I'm a Lipo man, but just bought a slope soarer to take away with me this summer. It comes with 2300mah Nimh 4.8v battery, and I'd like to know the best setting to charge it with. Any help and advice appreciated. Mart

Yes, I'm in trhe waiting club as well. I have 5 planes in my wishlist all out of stock. Mart

Avon skin so soft available on the 'bay. Bought a triple pack just last week

Been out a few times during the last week. Had some great flights with the Wot4 e, but yet to have a successful fly with my new Radjet 800. The published COG appears to be at least 15mm to far forward, and to move the battery back requires open fuselage surgery, which I performed on Sunday evening, having tried 3 times to get it in the air that afternoon. Hoping for a calm evening this week to try again. Mart

I ordered a Radjet 800, a spare motor for my Wot4 e and some deans connectors on Saturday after being disappointed with the prices of stuff at WingsNWheels. All delivered this morning as well. (just as a note, I found a pack of Male / female Deans - 20 pack and WnW's for £11.99 . £2.60 for the same from HK!)

Anybody planning a visit this weekend? I've had my tickets for a month as its only 20mins up the M11 from me. Can only make the Saturday because of family commitments on the Sunday. Already got my shopping list approved by SWMBO as well Mart

The first thing I'd do is download the free version of Malwarebytes and run it. Its very good and will clear out any rubbish that's installed itself.

Just a note to you fellow Bixler 2 flyers. A few weeks back, my wings folded after a tight loop and nosed into the ground. After a bit of checking on the 'net it appears to be a common problem, with an easy fix. Many people, and now me, insert a 4mm carbon shaft inside the 6mm rod. Much more rigid, and it's now flying great. Mart

Bruce / Pete, I use a 6J and the mixing is quite straight forward. I have my flaps on ch 6, the rotary knob. This allows for a slow smooth deployment of flaps as its proportional. i used have them on a switch (ch 5) but found it pitched up too much. Mart

Bruce, I'm sure someone wiser than me will be along shortly to give some real advice, but in the meantime... You've raised the leading edge of the stab by 2-3 mm, but need 4mm to elevator to keep it level Why don't you take out the extra from the leading edge and reset the trim to 0, and remember to give a little down when using full throttle? My P2K is trimmed to glide, but still pitches up a bit when on the throttle. I don't think I've ever given it full tilt on the gas though! Mart

My Bixler2 was also the noisiest in my fleet, however it more down to the fact the bearings in the stock motor were nearly square! I changed it for an NTM 1400, put on a 7x5 and its now very smooth and a lot less noisy. I also wondered if the engine mount and the hollow area just behind it amplified the noise as well! Mart