Colin Carpenter

Interesting ! 200 hours testing to overfly safely. Aeromodellings got over 100 year’s experience and we don’t overfly buildings etc !! Money talks !! Colin

My DX9 is 14 yrs old and the battery has been charged with the supplied charger. Zero problems. The capacity of the battery seems unchanged too. Only flown 5 times through this crap winter but voltage still ok on the meter. It gets a charge about 3/4 times a year normally. Colin

Nick. Have you seen 4Max Maxlock connectors ?? Popular I believe! Colin

As a contented owner of a faultless 14 year old DX9 I watch the couple of folks using Radiomaster Tx fiddle for ages to set up and have concluded I can’t live long enough to bother to change systems. The DX9 does everything I need for planes/choppers. It’s run for nearly 11 day’s operating time for models flying. The youngster who flys quads in my chopper club has just upgraded his Radiomaster after only a couple of years ! I don’t expect any of this helps David 😂😂😂😂! Colin

I use r/h for aileron, l/h for elevator, top right for rudder. Unusually I think , low rate is switch down because I dont use a neck strap and pinger finch (from helis ) , this helps brace tx ! Colin

Plenty of those in use in my Friday indoor 🚁club. No problems ! Colin

I expect the programming is the same !!!Colin

Loath to bring lipos into house. In a normal winter an oil rad would be on low in shed , but not this year cos ££££££😱😱! I do bring them in overnight in a lipo safe bag after charging but SWMBO gives me hell ! 😂😂😂😂😂

First time in 9 weeks at 9 this morning. Lovely frost , blue sky and no wind. Flew 2 UMX planes. Lipos on 1 would only run 50% of time. Been in cold shed since early November and they were in hot water bottle blanket but heh ho !😭😭😭Left before thaw. Colin

Used to use Stablit Express on Heim and Morley Heli fuselages. Never a problem. You could use polyester resin with a powder filler as well. Colin

I’ve got the 70mm foamie and have had to buy some high C lipos for it. I normally fly at 9 am and the grass is always wet despite warm nights. If I wait till 11am and use the whole strip I can usually just get it off ! Lovely flyer once it’s up ! Colin

I agree totally with Jon ! 3D settings are a boom killer when learning to fly. I only use about -3 deg as I’m not an aerobatic flyer and have never been able to orientate on pod and boom helis ! 😢Used to use idle up on ic helis but don’t bother on my T Rex’s. Just too old now. Spekkie AR 7200 handles everything beautifully and I just adjust curves till I get the feel I want ! Colin

I have a cherished memory of Bud Boulton (Morley Helicopters) losing a chopper on a JR tx at Sandown. He turned to the crowd and chucked the tx into the deck. BOOM ! Standing ovation !! Few months later my Heim Bell 222 on similar tx went in at the Bristol Morley fly in. I was tempted to emulate Bud !😂😂😂😂Colin

Being utterly pedantic ,it should be Angels fifteen as used in the ops room terminology of the time !! 🤓🤓🤓Great film though ! Colin

Went out at 9 on Wednesday! Everything frozen 🥶 solid. Fingertips could only manage 3 lipos despite fingerless gloves ! Couldn’t feel to pick Velcro strap apart on lipo. Used tweezers 😂😂😂😂Must be getting old (er ) 😱😱😱Colin

RIP Sqn Leader. Indeed this country will never see their like again ! Hope family will allow a 617 sendoff ! Colin

U sure that’s not James May , Nick ????😂😂😂😂Regards Colin !!😜😜

There’s a famous pic of Mossie E0234 on orthochromatic film , at Hatfield prior to maiden 11/1940 ! It looks black and at first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it was a night fighter !! 😂I’ve got a copy stamped WD somewhere but blowed if I can find it ! Anyway , I suspect the Tomtit is yellow. Colin

Several of us fly on bright windless mornings when below freezing. Luv it ! Lipos are kept in bags with hot water bottle. Then into pocket before flying. Seem to get average run times and benefit is mud is frozen! 😂😂😂😂🥶🥶Colin

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Tried Sunday with 3 UMX ✈️cos no idea of state of patch. No wind at home. Blowing 10 to 15 , gusty when got there. Mig 15 couldn’t handle it ! 🔥but only a seam split. 😁😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Just one hour in the last 3 1/2 weeks in Somerset. Constant 💨 and ☔️ 😖😖😖Colin

My Amazon tablet suddenly loaded this app the other day !👍👍👍A superb vid on Radar (RDF) that I found fascinating! I had knowledge of this subject but it’s amazing how much you forget over the decades !!😭😭EE Lightning next. Colin

Got 4 flights on the Acromaster this morning 9am. Perfect conditions and certainly not cold. The grass however is sopping wet and I can’t see it drying up at all untill April. UMX Mustang 1s lipos didn’t take a charge. Ok 2 weeks ago ????😭😭😭Colin

From memory I’ve programmed one with a standard card that has to be little jumper plugs on it !! Colin