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I have had one for a few years and use quite a lot. Not too bad. Comes in very useful for drilling with small diameter drills that very easily break when drilling without a support. The big benefit is that you get a hole that is at the correct angle to the surface, eg 90 degrees. It can be used for simple routing in soft wood like balsa or sanding/polishing. Just don't expect that you are buying a precision tool. Don't get that for just over 30 pounds. Quite a lot of play so take care. As always, use a punch to guide the drill when drilling metal. The Dremel drill is easy to fit and I have had no issues with it coming loose.

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Hi Tomas,' I really like the idea of converting small rubber powered models to RC. With todays miniature components it's rather easy. Last year I converted a 750 mm span Dumas Aeronca C3 to RC with a small (5 Grams) brushless motor. Really nice to fly even if it can't handle much of wind. More pictures and data in my album. / Per Edited By Norrland on 24/05/2016 08:37:37

Strange.It shows on my computer. Here we go again. I don't know why but this discussion reminds me about this old cartoon. / Per

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Hi Kim, What I have done in similar cases is to insert the tail plane into the slot and position it correctly. Put masking tape on the tail plane a few millimeters outside the joints. Apply some thin epoxy to the four joints and work the epoxy into the joints by moving it slightly sideways. Add more epoxy if needed. Check the tail plane for correct alignment. Wipe off the excess epoxy, remove the masking tape and, if needed, clean up with some methylated spirit. Worked for me this far. I assume you have removed the covering on the tail plane where it should be joined with the fuselage. Edited By Norrland on 18/05/2016 21:37:30

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Hi Percy, Very annoying when something that should work out of the box refuses to cooperate. Lots of good advice already. When the first obvious ones didn’t do the trick, have you tried swapping around equipment as suggested by Simon, seems to be an obvious way to go. As I understand it you have in front of you two models of the same type (equally equipped) and both controlled by Multiplex 2.4 GHz. You have also said that it looks a bit difficult to get to get to the ESC. Have you tried the following+ 1. Bind the new model to your TX. If same result probably not the fault of the Tx settings. You can also bind your model to the new Tx. If it works, supports the Tx OK. 2. Exchange the Rx’s between the models. If the new Rx works in your model, not the fault of the Rx. If the new model still doesn’t work with your Rx, supports that the Rx is OK. 3. If the new Tx and Rx seems to be OK, what remains is the ESC or motor. Is the motor connected to the ESC with bullet connectors? If that is the case, you could swap the motors between the models even if it is difficult to get the ESC out. If your motor fails to work in the new model and the new motor works in you model it looks like a faulty (or incorrectly programmed ESC). If you can’t get it to work return it to where it was bought as proposed by PatMc. The supplier should replace it - not working on delivery. Per PS If you are member of a club, why don’t you ask your local electric fly expert to have look. That is the best part of a club, you can ask for help.

Hi Robert, Have you set the ESC to "brake on". If not, that will cause the propeller to continue spinning as long as the plane is flying. How to do that depends on the ESC. You need to check the instructions for the ESC you are using. Per The above reply was posted while I was typing. Makes my reply redundant. Edited By Norrland on 05/05/2016 21:45:54

Agree with Pete. Once you get used to the pre-defined settings through specifying the wing, rudder and elevator servo configuration it simplifies setting up a new model quite a bit. The manual of the DX9 is rather brief and requires a bit of trail and error. The Flap System option is, however, explained on p33. Per

Trebor, The reason that you can only assign channels 5 (4 a typo?) and 8 is that the rest of the channels have been assigned by the serve setup you have selected. To assign a switch to flaps you will have to go to the option Flap System in the Function List. This function is inhibited to start with and you need to select a switch. The movement of the flaps can then be set corresponding to a 2 or 3 position switch. To use the full movement of the servo, flaps not deployed (position 0) would have to be set to +100% or -100% depending on the moment of the servo. Hope this can help. Per Edited By Norrland on 29/04/2016 15:49:27 Edited By Norrland on 29/04/2016 15:52:45

Hi Glyn44, I assume that you have t-nuts installed in the firewall for the IC motor mount. Can't you just use these to attach an extension for the new motor mount. That can be made in the form of a sturdy plywoodbox (interlocking joints) attached with long screws to the old t-nuts. You can then install t-nuts in the front panel of the box that fits the new electric motor. Short extensions or washers can be installed to provide the required clearance between the retaing screws and the back of the electric motor. Just using glue might be tricky in an old IC model with the risk of oil having soaked into the firewall. Per The above solution was provided while I was typing. A good simple one if you can access the back of the firewall. I thought you didn't have that. Edited By Norrland on 25/04/2016 12:44:31 Edited By Norrland on 25/04/2016 12:46:57

Hi Robert, I'm not sure I understand your problem. Do you download your pictures from within a program (application)? If that is the case, there should be somewhere within the "Settings" a way to define the default download path. Maybe you have to create the tartget folder before downloading. Personally I use Photoshop Elements and when downloading pictures I have the option to direct the files to a specific drive/folder. The other simple option is to just copy the files from the SD card and paste them into the applicable drive/folder. Sorry that can't be of any more specific assistance. Per