GrumpyGnome

Force in UK, Delta in Fance (maybe EU) - same engine.

They have partly done it - the mini-league shows the original, pre objection points. But your team breakdown will still be wrong.

Force engines have made decent glow engines for cars for a while, and the smaller engine is OK, so I'd expect the to be......

If it's a petrol plane, presumably clear automotive lacquer from, for example, Halfords would work ? Glow seems a different challange!

I find all your builds fascinating... keep 'em coming!

I'm with Leccyfler. I shove them on balance charge, wack 'em into their 'charged' carrier, put one picked at random into plane, fly until power drops, put in 'discharged' carrier, put one picked at random etc. etc. I rarely discharge on charger and can't remember using storage charge. Some have lasted years with no issues. Some are a tad puffed, a few have noticeably less 'oomph' so they get relegated to lower power-hungry planes until useless. Many of my chums have a far better charge/discharge/storage regime but they don't seem to have a noticeably longer life, or consistent performance. They also religiously check batteries after each flight and say, for example "5 minutes and 64% left" - but I've never received, when asked, what that actually means - is it at 64% of 4.2v left? Or some measure based on the recommended discharge voltage? Or something else. Also, the time is based on a basic timer that stops/starts at n% throttle, so that's a pretty meaningless measure as well. I do treat them a little like consumables - I'll happily spend £20 for some glow fuel that'll last 6 weeks or so, so if my £15 LiPo lasts 12 months, it feels ok. Here is my usual caveat...... I don't have anything above 4S; I only have a couple of small edfs and my prop planes aren't hugely power-hungry; I don't get to LVC on my prop' planes but regularly do with my little edfs; ALL of my packs come from the budget end of the price spectrum. YMMV 🙂

Alonso has his points back in a sensible, albeit late, stewards decision! Presumably FantasyF1 will update their data soon..... I should get more points but still be in 'mid table mediocrity' 🙂

A steady beep-beep is often an indication that the throttle was not at zero when the ESC was activated (battery plugged in / switched on).

Ditto. All other controls at neutral.

The more the merrier I reckon!

Following on from my post last week, here's a piece from a local paper. The Pitts is mine - before I landed on the roof light, and the side netting...... our Secretary is working hard to get the word out as this is the 5th piece we've had in local papers in the last 12 months. It was one of our quieter weeks; this week there were 9 fliers - doesn't sound many but it's 25% of our membership! WHMFCIndoors.pdf

Not me - puppy-siting. I did take the dogs for an early morning ball chasing session, and noticed that the worms have returned and decided our runways need worm casts!

I think failsafe for all FrSky stuff is set on the transmitter, and 'stored' on the Rx when binding. So, for all mine, it's Bind, set up controls, Set Failsafe, Bind......

Think there's an appeal by Alpine to get the points back....... don't hold your breath!

Must admit not having Vine there was a godsend.... a presenter not driven by their ego.....

Interesting! Well done to all involved

Had an hour this morning, between rain showers. Got another half dozen flights on the Riot which is close to as I like it now... thanks mainly to some mixes and curves.... hammering down now!

They don't seem available...... I may be wrong as their website is pretty poor......

Have you seen the price of Limbo Dancer now? Currently listed at over £140 - was well under £100 before they disappeared off the website for a while. Deffo looking for an alternative at that price. Balsa Cabin Touch n Go looks favourite a the mo'......

Looks like big price hike for Fun Fly kits too ☹️

Fun Fly and Limbo Dancer back on the web site - Limbo Dancer now £130+ for leccy and £140+ for ic. That's a huugggeeee price hike. I'll not buy something so simple for that price.

Bit of a mixed day yesterday. I was at the field when the sun came up - put 6 batteries through the Riot, and a couple through the Arrows Hawk. Then home by 9:15 (4 minute drive). Vets. Lunch. First indoor flying session of the season for me. Managed to get my Crack Mini Pitts stuck on the large dangly roof light - helpful staff lowered the light (eventually) so I could retrieve the undamaged plane. Then later I managed to get it caught in some netting - sadly it WAS damaged when retrieving it this time. My usually ultra-reliable little TY Flyer decided to misbehave and hit a wall head on - significant damage. On the positive side, my little AS3Xtra flew well - 12 batteries through it. And had a couple of flights on my little heli. (We also continued our recruitment drive via the visit of a local journalist who was fascinated by us flying indoors....). Tea. Pub for monthly club 'noggin and natter', discussing all sorts of random things!

There is a thread (think it's 'Bills Kits anyone") about just that... 🙂

Back to the title of the thread....... what are people's thoughts on the Balsa Cabin Touch 'n Go? I fancy a fun fly for xmas.......

Sorry to hear that earlybird - hope health improves. Can't do much about age 🙂