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GrumpyGnome

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  1. Yes, I know. It was an attempt at humour aimed at your spending spree...... the major issue with having lots of planes is deciding which ones to take to the field (in my opinion), especially if they're not too diverse. I end up taking one specific plane just about every time, plus a couple of others depending on the weather conditions.
  2. https://northern.bmfa.uk/indoor-flying-leeds-trinity-university
  3. We're 52 weeks of the year here in the frozen North too. We don't need no heated clubhouse - we're real men (even the women!) 🙂 I charge my LiPos indoors in very cold temperatures, and store them in fireproof containers in the boilerhouse so they don't get too cold. The advent of balance chargers must have made charging orders of magnitude safer. Previously, I had 2 fires whilst charging with an incorrect number of cells selected - outside on a flagged area next to he garage. In those days, I rarely flew much in the winter.
  4. Toto, did I read earlier that you're down to about 84 wpp on thus now - I haven't trawled the threads but I thought it was previously higher. What else has changed? I may, of course, be mis-remembering 🙂
  5. I think there's a club in North Leeds..... try the BMFDA clubfinder page....
  6. He's gonna need a bigger shed, and car, and more LiPos, and more chargers (and more Por).....
  7. I agree. First hand experience such as "I had xxx rx, but the range was limited to 500 metres, even though it was sold as full range" is useful. "Heard negative thoughts...." does not add any value.
  8. I couldn't name a single brand of electronic equipment that hasn't had negative words said......
  9. We pretty much agreed the white smoke was not caused by overheating, a while back. Toto is just following best practice to not have it jammed in a compartment with the LiPo.
  10. Cool air will come in through the hole in the firewall. Cut a hole in the film anywhere aft of the pack.... underneath is least obvious...
  11. They're probably trimmed better, and arguably safer than the vast majority of our rc stuff..... especially given the 'cheque book' rc brethren whose pockets are deeper than their skill pool
  12. For those that still believe this is an overheating problem, despite toto explaining the circumstances, this esc is advertised as having overheat protection. Toto is looking at relocating the esc as best practice is to keep it cool. @toto for ultimate cooling, strap it to the motor standoffs - appearance is irrelevant
  13. LiPis shouldn't really get hot in normal use - warm, but not hot. Also, there was a cup of coffee consumed between flights so the esc would have cooled down. Finally, it went puff on plugging the LiPo in. Not a cooling issue and toto is looking at moving it because it's good practice.
  14. In answer to your original question, I doubt very much that cutting a small hole will impact your planes flying......
  15. The Alt DLG flies beautifully and us a nice build with some interesting techniques... https://www.hyperflight.co.uk/products.asp?code=ALT-DLG&name=alt-1m-dlg
  16. Indeed. You are now due about 5 years of modelling good luck......
  17. Sparks maybe a good shout...... never having any more than 4s LiPos 🙂
  18. Having cooling for the ESC is good practice, but as it went 'pooof' when plugging in a battery after cooling off whilst toto drank coffee then it's unlikey to he an overheating, or too high an amps issue........ Back to: a) reversed polarity - are connections the correct polarity? I mean soldered on incorrectly, not plugged in incorrectly b) manufacturing fault c) too much voltage (unlikely) In years of use, and thousand of flights, I've only had the magic escape let out twice - one when I crashed, and one that just failed in flight resulting in a total loss. If 2 ESCs have failed in totos short flying career is very unlucky if there hage been 2 manufacturing issues.
  19. If you soldered any battery connections, check the polarity. ESCs often fail because of reversed polarity, or exceeding the current rating. If you've had 2 fail where this is not the case, I think you should speak to the vendor as 2 failing seems pretty poor...
  20. Four of us braved the weather yesterday - actually at between 3 and 4° it wasn't TOO bad! Andy was having a nice quiet time with his foamy leccy planes (Viper - having undergone nose surgery, Kingfisher, and his warmliner) until Kev (Super Chipmunk, Raptor, T-Rexs) Duncan (Woy4xl) and I (Valiant, Double Trouble, Hawk, SE5, baby FW190) turned up with our infernal consumption devices, including Kevs old school Raptor heli. The field continues to be soggy, with the moss on the runway being like a large wet green sponge! Everything survived unscathed though. As I'm still recovering from the lurgy, I headed home after a couple of hours, leaving Kev and Duncan discussing how large a petrol engine will fit in Kevs Super Chipmunk. This constitutes a busy pits area for us.... Today looks calm and cold. Sitting in front of the Vesuvius that is our log burner, I'm wondering if I'm up to another outing today....
  21. Nick - you may want to ask a mod to delete your phone number, and pm Martin direct....
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