TigerOC

For anyone working with depron I have discovered a superglue that bonds without dissolving the foam. I get my sundry general purpose glues from a local little haberdashery. They recently switched to Green Jem superglue. It is quite thick so I thought I would give it a try on some spare depron and it works great. Excellent price too if you buy in bulk. **LINK** Rob

I have had a difference of opinion with Woucher this week. I received their specials email with an ad for a 250mm quad with camera for £60 that had an advertised range of 300m. Reduced from £170. Curious I clicked the link. It was the usual low budget low quality rubbish that is sold. I then went to the manufacturer website where their specs gave a range of "over 100m". I emailed Woucher and pointed out to them that advertising a "drone" with a range of 300m was irresponsible when the manufacturer was saying about 100m. Their reply was that it says "over" 100m so its okay. Well why not say 500 or 1000m. I suppose I really should report it to the ASA. Rob

Posted by Barnstormer 52 on 22/11/2015 19:58:49: Posted by will -0 on 22/11/2015 18:46:57: I have books that are nearly 100 years old. Display still works perfectly and the battery life is as new! Love it! (I'm a priinter) I bought my wife a Fire HD 2 years ago - it has developed the charging fault, we have yet to fix it. I am a bit disappointed, it'll be £40.00 plus postage to fix, if that is the problem. Expected more This can occur with mobiles as well. Fluff and rubbish accumulates in the usb socket preventing the usb connection from making proper contact. The usb connection does not seat fully into the socket. Before sending it off check this with a magnifier. You can clean it out with a tooth pick. Don't use anything metal. Rob

May I suggest you look at **LINK** I have a couple of these on smaller powered gliders up to 1Kg and they are great workhorses. Also fits the profile given. Rob

There is a thread over at rc groups where they have been doing some work on these; **LINK** Rob

For anyone that is interested there are now some generic receivers and sensors available that are much cheaper. Non telemetry 8ch Telemetry 8ch Lipo voltage sensor I ordered 6 of the sensors which have arrived after some weeks and they are basic but the output is comparable to the FrSky one I have so they do the job. The reviews on the receivers are good so may try some in future. Rob

Bob, I have ordered a few X series Rx's from HK international. The X8R lands here cheaper than T9's retail price. So far not paid any VAT or duty on them. Gonzo and Bob you're right of course. I was not keen on converting in the first place until I saw what the results of the change were. Now definitely not changing. Don't care what the Brussels autocrats want to implement. Surely the reduction in power is implemented via software Gonzo? My Taranis has region options in the setup which I understand control the signal strength.

Sorry but making generalisations about anything is poor. There are now thousands of Taranis Tx's out there and it is strong in the EU arena as well. If there were major technical problems with the system it would be reported all over the place. This is an open source system so many eyes are on the code all the time. I have been using mine for a year now and it is superb. Never had a signal strength warning ever. My equipment will range check at 100m. Try that with Spektrum. I have not converted to EU protocols and probably won't. We see reports of malfunctioning equipment everyday. Spektrum users report all sorts of problems because there are a large number of users. Because one person has a problem does not imply that there is global problem with the equipment. Before making accusations perhaps return the Tx to the agent to get it checked out. Rob

Welcome to the hobby and this site Tom. I am with Cuban8. Dlg's are quite delicate and pretty intolerant of hard interfaces. If you're on a tight budget then an epp foamy like a Wildthing is great starting point. They are virtually indestructable but you are limited to slope flying. There are a lot of reasonable foamy trainers around as well for field flying.

Was waiting to see if any locals posted. There are a number of slope sites in the area. Have a look at ; **LINK** I am relatively local but not flown any of the sites around Bude. Tintagel does require a W just to the West of the old Church. My favourites are in North Devon. If you fancy a great day out with some slope fun then Countisbury Common just East of Lynton is one of the best in England with beautiful scenery and a lovely little town. http://www.okehamptonmfc.org.uk/?p=1002 http://www.okehamptonmfc.org.uk/?p=1019 Rob Edited By TigerOC on 29/08/2015 10:11:46

Jablite is EPS and B& Q list it as an item. Jewsons also stock Jablite. Note that the yellow stuff with foil is cellotex and is not a "plastic foam" but is easy to work with hand tools but does not cut with a hot wire. I still use polysytrene and sheet it with balsa for wings. Rob

Video footage seems to indicate that he had an engine problem during the climb because he seemed to fall out of the loop at the top instead of powering through an arc. Rob Edited By TigerOC on 22/08/2015 19:02:14

My late Dad was an army medic in WW2. After the war he resumed his profession as a pharmacist and we lived in a rural part of Africa. He used to offer free "doctoring" services to the local people over weekends. One chap arrived with a rotten tooth and Dad did the extraction on a kitchen chair in the garden. Without any anaesthetic of course. The next Saturday afternoon there was line of people waiting for extractions. It was fine until a woman appeared and made such a fuss that Dad stopped doing it. Rob

Posted by Andy Green on 21/08/2015 09:38:50: Bob At least you recognised there was a backing, first time I used it I didn't realise. A Yup, me too until I asked here. Which shows the value of these forums. Rob

Posted by GONZO on 20/08/2015 17:24:21: My last option of Rx will require a DJT module in the Tx module slot. MattyB suggestion is a good one if you have an OrangeRx Tx module, or know of some one who has one for sale. They are only available from the international HK warehouse and are over the import limit of £15, about £20 I believe. Thus, you would have to pay VAT @ 20% on that and the shipping then add the Post Office collection fee of £8. Not economic IMHO. Perhaps I have been lucky but I have bought 2 X8R's and an X4R individually from HK International recently and not been charged VAT on them. Delivery has been quick too. Edited By TigerOC on 20/08/2015 20:07:50

You need to apply a fair amount of pressure to sticky tape or masking tape to get it to bond with the covering surface on each side. Cleaning with some meths before applying the tape may help adhesion as well.Try and get them edge to edge (parallel back and front). When you pull. make it a sharp pull not a gentle one. I think this catches most people out. My experience with this covering is to use it immediately as the adhesive seems to go off when exposed to air too long. Rob Edited By TigerOC on 20/08/2015 17:04:42

Phil you are not alone. I am a bit techy despite the fact that I am also getting on in years. I run my own private servers and offered to host our club website. For the first 5 months few members read it, let alone contributed. Things are changing as nearly all our communications are electronic now and members are actually participating and sharing for the first time in 3 years. Some members didn't have access or wanted access to the 'net. Once they realise how much they are missing out their interest seems to perk up and they do start to realise how many resources there are out there. Don't be too despondent most people fear the Internet and really believe that their lack of knowledge could break it. Rob

Bruce, I would look at the Taranis quite seriously. Admittedly I am a bit geeky but once you can follow the logic of the way it works it is very easy. The software is progressing in leaps and bounds and the new model set-up is probably the simplest system I have yet seen. After the model is set up all you really have to do is modify the surface travel and add your desired expo. There are so many howto's on the internet you can find virtually everything you need. It is a also a great piece of kit from a mechanical point of view. I was recently flying with a club mate on the slopes who uses a Speky 9. I offered him a go on one of my new soarers that uses the Taranis. He was really taken with the quality and precision of the equipment that he too is likely to convert soon. Rob   Edited By Pete B - Moderator on 04/08/2015 13:10:58

In all transactions "ownership remains with the seller until the agreed price is paid in full". It seems logical that efforts should be made to ascertain the physical address of the purchaser and the seller's agents visit the individual with a view to either collecting the money owed or repossessing the glider. Refusal to do either should result in the individual being sued in the small claims court for the amount owed. Rob

I have flown mine a lot over 18 months (my standard go to slope model) and never seen this. There are 6 in our club and never seen that behaviour in any of them either. I have replaced the wooden joiner with an aluminium one which does take stress off the wing joint in dives. Rob

Switched another model to an X8R today which had previously used DSM2. Had some problems with this model having brown outs (flashing bind light) in the past. The moment I powered up the X8R it was warning of low receiver voltage. ESC/UBEC supplying at 4.8V and dropping to 4.2V with servo use. Now I know why there were problems. Without telemetry one has to trust the hardware is doing what it says on the tin. Thank you frsky. Rob

Below is a link on using the RSSI to find a model;   **LINK** Rob Edited By TigerOC on 01/06/2015 09:16:30

Posted by john stones 1 on 06/04/2015 23:47:19: Anyone know the name of the heavy duty rubber grid stuff that gets laid for driving on. Our field suffers badly from waterlogging and we are looking for solutions John It's o.k. I found it ...ground grid bit expensive Edited By john stones 1 on 07/04/2015 00:08:24 I had a garden which had a stream running through a section during the wet season. A customer of mine was a civil engineer and I was telling (complaining to) him about it one day. His solution worked and was not costly at all. It is called a herring-bone drainage system. This consists of large pipe (sewage size 4" (100mm) diameter running through the central section on a downward slope and smaller pipes laid about a meter apart feeding into the central pipe in a herring bone from both sides. Trench to a depth of about 50cm and lay plastic "hessian" woven fabric (or a porous plastic weave cloth) which is available from garden shops. Lay a layer of of stone chips about 100mm deep in the bottom then put the pipe in and cover with 100mm of stone chips. Wrap the cloth over to form a sausage structure and then bury with the soil out of the trench and turf it again. The surface water rapidly drains into the pipes and drains away very quickly. They use the same systems on sports fields. Rob

I got 59 at 60 paces today. Rob