Dave Foster

Hi Guys, Wow, what a great repsonse so far and thank you for your time. Alan - I love the 'what's electric' quote. LOL Gaijin - Thank you for all of your suggestions, must admit that I do like E-Flite's products so I will check out the Advance 25E. Andy - I didn't move on from High Wingers the first time round and yes, I was into IC at that time. I hear all that you say though and I will give it due consideration. Dean - Nice aircraft ! Phil - That looks a bit too big for me? Gordon - Thank you Andrew - No worries, I cna check out the site, thanks.

Hi everyone, I am sure you must get asked this loads of times but here goes; I have recently got back into model flying after a few years away. I re-joined my local club and, after a few 're-fresher' sessions, was deemed capable of re-gaining my solo status. I have been flying my ST Discovery (high wing) model for a couple of months now and feel ready to progress onto my first low-winger. But here is the dilema that I am sure has faced many converts from high wing to low wing, which one to go for?? Some of my club friends have suggested that my best option would be to go back into IC and to get something like a Black Horse Travel Air or Chipmunk, or perhaps a Hangar 9 Pulse. I am not against going back into IC, although I am very happy with the Discovery there are days when the wind is just a bit too strong for a foamie. So, what would your personal recommendations for a first low winger be?? I am not looking for something to 'throw' around the sky, I am more than happy with gentle circuits and some mild aero's. What I am really after is something that is stable, predictable and forgiving a low speed (the holy grail) . Does anything electric meet that critera, or would you agree that the extra mass of an IC model would be beneficial?? Thank you in advance everyone.... Dave

Thanks Tom, I will give it a go....... it does seem a shame to have to modify a good loooking model though.....why don't the kit makers get it right first time?! Frustrated of Aylesbury!!

Hi Tom I wish it was a simple as that.........

Thanks for your response David. As I mentioned, this kit is the 'Radio Ready' version and therefore everything was pre-installed, looking at the model now I don't think I would be able to remove the ESC if I tried. It drives me nuts that the makers of the kit haven't figured that there could be a problem with the capacity of the ESC and installed a bigger one in the first place!  So can I presume that there is not a problem with the size/capacity of the Ni-Mh pack that I have then?? Thanks again Dave

Hi David It is the standard ESC supplied with the kit, which is the M-32. I have taken the following information about the M-32 from the Multiplex website; For standard 500 to 680-class motors. • BEC receiver power supply (up to 8 NiXX cells) • Power-on guard • Overload and excess voltage protection • Automatic low-voltage cut-off with NiXX batteries Specification: Cell count, NiXX, with BEC: 6 - 8 Cell count, NiXX, excl. BEC: 6 - 8 Pulse width: 1250 - 1750 μsec. Permissible continuous current: max. 32 A BEC voltage: 5 V BEC current: max. 1.5 A BEC dissipated power: max. 2.5 W Pulse frequency: 6 kHz Dimensions (L x W x H): approx. 60 x 16 x 14 mm Weight (incl. cables): approx. 30 g Motor / battery connections M6 / M6 My battery pack has the following printed on it  'constant discharge 25 - 35Amp Bursts (10 sec) discharge 35 Ap +' Thanks in advance for your help. Dave

Hi Frank Thank you for your response. I will take another look at the airflow and see if I can improve it. Thanks again Dave

Hi Guys, I wonder if anyone can help me? I have just bought a Twinstar 2 (radio ready version) and had my first couple of flights over the weekend. The aircraft is fitted with the stock motors and speed controller etc and the model shop sold me a 'Tornado TRC 4300 Nimh 9.6v Sub C Pack'. The first flight was OK, but after a re-charge of the battery pack the aircraft only flew for 2-3 mins before the engines stopped. After landing and being allowed to cool down the motors seemed to be running fine again, so I re-launched and again only managed a couple of minutes flight before the motors stopped again. I managed to make another dead stick landing and upon investigation found the battery pack and speed controller to be very hot. I am new to electric flight, but would I be right in assuming that the speed controller is over-heating and therefore shutting down?? And if so, does that mean that the battery pack is not suitable? Having looked in the instruction manual, Multiplex recommend a 7 or 8 cell pack of 3000mAh.  I can see from the user reviews on this website that others have had similar problems with the engines 'cutting out', but they do not mention how they overcame the problem. Can anyone tell me which pack I should use in this plane please?? Thank you in advance.