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Thanks Rich!
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Posted by Denis Watkins on 26 And not from any dream of mine or suggestion from myself They have to want to do it Edited By Denis Watkins on 26/06/2018 17:49:12 Agreed to certain extent, Denis. I fully agree that we should not force them to do something that they definitely don’t like, but I what I definitely do is to suggest them to try different activities. We must give them options
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Thanks Fly Boy, thanks Steve. Steve, I sort of know what you mean re the Xbox. We don’t have any of this type at home, nor PS, Wii or similar, but the kids seem to prefer spending time with the laptop or the tablet rather than helping me to build, repair or setup my models. A couple of years ago I was sorting out the garage (or pretending that I was...) and a little neighbor (4 years old at the time) came and had a look to the planes hanging of the ceiling. I asked him if he liked them, and he said that he had a planes’ games in his IPad, so I asked if he preferred the ones in the IPad or the real ones. Hi didn’t hesitate a second when responded “the IPad is much better!!”. Anyway, maiden is scheduled for tomorrow morning. I’ll try to bring some photos and maybe one video...
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Thanks Nigel, indeed the Swift looks a 3rd scale in his hands haha. The other rascal, the one at the back of the photo leaning on the table is the youngest, yet he is the most enthusiastic. And yes, a couple of years to your little one and he will be ready!
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That's good Alex. I also think that this faulty servo had a key role to play.
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Hi all. Since the first time that someone passed on to me the radio for first time some 28 years ago, to make some soft turns with my trainer, I always though that one day I'd love to do the same with someone else, i.e. to teach him to fly. And it seems that the time has come... A couple of weeks ago I took my two kids (9 and 5) to Weston Park, and I bought a 2 hand Seagull Swift 40 with an Evolution 40NT (I think it is...) on the nose. It was a bit tatty and the engine was dirty up to the point that the throttle barrel was totally blocked, but all in all it looked ok. I have replaced servos, reinforce the former B (the one that supports the wing by the l.e.) because I though that it was a bit weak, I soaked the engine in alcohol and warm it up so to release the throttle, and put it back again. Yesterday we tested the engine in the garden and it responded pretty well, so hopefully this week we will maiden it. I though I'd like to share this little story. I'm trying to ensure that the hobby won't stop with me! Below there's a photo of the Swift. I'll post comments and hopefully a little video of the maiden and the "lessons"
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Quicker build using Cyano?
AVC replied to Andy C's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Posted by kc on 21/06/2018 11:30:45: The answer is to use PVA or Aliphatic/ Superphatic and to work on several areas of the model at once, leaving one section of the fuselage to set whilst working on tailplane, wing etc. Several small building boards ( plasterboard is useful) help this process. I couldn't agree more, KC. Aliphatic is my main glue, epoxy for joining wings, landing gear rails and firewall, and cyano for little bits. Having said that, if the kit is good in terms of interlocking parts (as Great Planes use to be), you may be ok with cyano 100%. Some years ago I built an Extra 300 .60 the GP, all with cyano, and I never had a problem. On the same subject (and sorry Andy for robbing your thread) do you use Gorilla brown (the honey-type stuff) as substitute of epoxy / high stress glue? I have never tried but I think it might work? -
Posted by McG 6969 on 21/06/2018 07:50:22: @ Alejandro > nice to have you back to the forum. Cheers Chris Hi Chris, thanks! Nice to be back here. It's been a long year and half away from the forum and the models! BTW, my Ballerina is still to be finished, so I will revive my thread at some point.
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It is a sealer for balsa which also reacts slightly with the heat and helps the adhesion of the film to balsa wood. I have never used it, so I can’t comment on how good it is
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Posted by brokenenglish on 20/06/2018 15:04:41: I haven't watched TV (i.e. no TV in the house) for more than 10 years now. Important stuff I pick up on the Web. I’m impressed! I haven’t watched it at home just for the last five years...
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Posted by Bob Cotsford on 20/06/2018 13:12:04: I don't remember ever seeing Monokote on sale in the UK I used to buy it in the US (Tower Hobbies). I hardly have found it regularly in Europe
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I have used TopFloite Monokote for years, and I agree with Jim in terms of adhesion. It is also more "shiny" than Oracover in my opinion. Having said that, Oracover is great also. As for the HK stuff, I bough three rolls of different colours recently, but I still haven't tried it, although I agree that for the price, it has to be really really bad not to worth it!
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Posted by Kevin 216 on 19/06/2018 18:37:16: Posted by Ray Dunn on 19/06/2018 09:59:41: Posted by Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 17/06/2018 09:45:29: One of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind is the on/off switch on the TV receiver. The off switch doesn't seem to work, when the wife has the controller.. The off switch in our house works, SWMBO always has the controller she can't stand footbore, really enjoying the peace and quiet. Get rid of the telly! Better than the on/off switch, and you will save some money on the license!
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Agreed with Jon and BEB. My rule of thumb for NiMH has always been to charge them at 0.1C, unless you really need a quick charge, and in this case never more than 0.5C I still have some old NiMH in working order, so this must work I guess...
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Wow, this is impressive! Shame I couldn't stay overnight in Weston Park...
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I understand your concerns. I would make a simple test: discharge the battery down to 1 volt per element (assuming is NiMH), connect all servos, rx and battery, and switch it on, to see how the servos react to a low voltage. If there's no reaction, then the interference is more likely. And sorry for being a pain, but I'm quite sure that the default position when failsafe is not set, is "hold" which means that the servos will remain in the last position. Have you tested that in your case, without setting the F/S, the throttle will close? If this is the case, then you have it set.
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Posted by Don Fry on 19/06/2018 12:10:42: I struggle to see any other cause than a loss of signal issue I agree, although a loss of signal per se doesn't make the aileron servos to turn to the same position (i.e. banking) twice. The F/S would just hold the last position, unless is set. That's why I keep thinking on the fail safe setup, specially in this transmitter with "dual" F/S (signal and battery)
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Thanks Alex. I'm a great fan of Hitec servos but in my experience, when there have a electrical problem (and I have had a couple or three of them...) they tend to drain the battery very quickly, faster than other servos. Have you checked the battery F/S in the radio?
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Are the servos Hitec by any chance?
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Posted by Gary Manuel on 18/06/2018 22:31:35: Posted by alex nicol on 18/06/2018 22:27:41: Hi Martin, separate channels, no y lead. Further update, after plugging everything in on the bench, all worked fine. left it all switched on and did 5 minute interval quick stick wiggle checks, first couple went ok then the elevator servo was unresponsive, I picked the servo up and the base was absolutely roasting. hasty power off ensued servo in the bin. nothing's glitches remaining servos working fine, continuing to test That servo that got hot, was probably putting a high load onto your receiver / battery which caused the receiver to brown out or the electronics to mis-behave. I reckon you may have just found and fixed your problem. This servo is probably part of the answer, specially if you are using NiMh batteries, as the discharge rate is relatively low so that servo was probably taking all the juice of the battery. But I still think that you should double (or triple) check the F/S, because a loss or reduction of power in itself shouldn't result in full left ailerons, especially when using two separate channels. The 12z has two types of F/S, signal F/S (standard) and battery F/S. Check if the set up is different for the battery one, especially for channels 1 and 6
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If you had time to build, I'd recommend the Apache Aviation / SLEC Super or Pepsi Chipmunk, I have the Pepsi one with an MVVS 30cc, and I love how she flies. With the FF240 and a smoke punk, it would be perfect !!
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Hi G-JIMG, do you mind sharing the link to the company, please? I'm about to start building an Arado AR-96 and I'd like to use RDS controls. Thanks!
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Weston Park Modellers' Swapmeet 2018
AVC replied to Paul Marsh's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
Thanks for the advise Paul. I may have some stuff to sell.
