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Ro. Hope you had gloves on, the way things are going that might have been my new baby you were fondling

Efolg, think I'm gonna regret this but why would wood have no threshold. More on topic is it possible to look at a model and tell what layup has been used. Thinking about your previous post you may be on to something, a carbon fibre nacho may take fast food to a whole new level.

Pug ugly fish actually, but rcrcm thought it was a good name for a glider. Hopefully because it flies like its gliding through tropical waters not coz it stinks like a week old mackerel.

Then again............................ it all comes down to what you are prepared to pay and you have some knowledge of the manufacturing capabilities of the supplier to even form an opinion. Hmm I did mention I'm looking at a dorado didn't I. I'm tending to think glass would be best for me, although if I swing for the Erwin it would just have to be carbon, for that one I don't care about the science, just look at it.

So what if it does break, can it be repaired the same as glass or is it a different art altogether.

mmmm Erwin, Batmans slope toy and high up on my list. The top candidate at the moment though is to go all aerobaty with a Dorado, and that skinny, snappy looking fuse is the reason for my wondering if carbon would be worth the extra.

Hi all Decided to get a new model ready for when the sun .. um.. well, for when it stops raining. So, Carbon, stiffer and stronger in flight but is it any more or less resistant to rough landings and hangar dings. Obviously I'm asking on behalf of a friend, my landings are like the softest brush of a maidens cheek, mostly.

Thanks, perhaps they should have called it the Eflite Marmite, seems to be a case of love it or hate it. So another point to the Xenon, but only by default, just wish I could find some info on it.

Came across this thread as I'm looking for a first thermal hunter. Can't quite make my mind up on the mystique but I do like the look of the Aeronaut Xenon in the link posted by Lee. Does anyone have any experience of this, cant find any reviews or even comments despite the manufacturers claim that it is a popular choice for competitions. I guess it would be less versatile than the mystique and maybe a bit more specialised but just guessing is not a great way to decide where to spend my beer vouchers.

Thank you all for your help but of course it was down to user error, batteries have jst -xh connectors which I found would just about make a connection straight to the charger, why waste money on a balance board? Because the dodgy connection causes all sorts of error messages like "contact break" and "voltage too high" apparently. Amazing service from Electric wingman who advised which boards and leads I needed, despatched the order standard post and it was on my doorstep just over 24 hrs from my first enquiry.

The charger is a Graupner Ultra trio plus 14 (snappy name), just got it last week. I have been getting a lot of unexplained error messages, 'contact break' mid charge and 'voltage too high' when starting a charge from discharged. I have ordered a new battery in case there is a problem there. Anybody hear of problems with graupner chargers, I chose it because it seemed a quality name.

Posted by Allan Bennett on 18/02/2013 08:37:50: Storage voltage is normally recommended as 3.85v per cell, which equates to about 50% charged. But 3.80v will be fine if that's what your charger does automatically. So, why do you say the "storage" program is giving you a fully-charged battery? The charger should report "charge complete" or some similar message when it's finished charging or discharging to storage voltage, but that shouldn't mean it's fully charged. Have you measured the voltage after doing a storage charge? I fly once a week and, like GrahamC, leave my batteries discharged (around 20% capacity) until I'm ready to fly again, then fully charge them on my flying day. I only increase the charge to 3.85v if I'm going away for a long holiday, though I suspect that may not be necessary since self-discharge seems to be very slow. I haven't checked it with a meter but the battery is a 1.8 3c and the charger when it ended was showing 12. 4 volts and 1800ma. Reading the replies it looks like I dont need to do it anyway, they are kept indoors and used every couple of weeks, with all the talk about how dangerous they are I thought the storage setting was the safe way to store, if I'm only loosing a few cycles by not doing it I can live with that.

Hi to all in lipoland. I am new to lipos and trying to do the right thing by using the storage programme on my Graupner charger but I just end up with a fully charged battery. The battery type is set ok and the instructions say 3.8v per cell for all lipos, what am I doing wrong.

It seems so, but I,ve found out now the site (Westbury white horse) is english heritage not NT. Trying to find out if they have the same rules. Would like to try a few prop launches on the flat before taking prop off for the slope.

Posted by Chris Bott - Moderator on 14/11/2012 21:38:30: With the nosecone on instead of a prop and spinner then yes it's a glider. The motor is there as it's weight is needed for the C/G. I'd disconnect the speed controller completely though and put in a receiver battery and switch harness. Thanks Chris, is that just to save weight?