Kim Taylor

😀 Surely the 1st is 50kV??😉 And I raise you a 750kV and yes, your point is well made. 👍 Kim

Sorry to quote myself, but just for the purposes of experimentation, I did what I could have done in the first instance, and swapped the prop on an identical motor to the above, which I use on 6S in another plane. So, 500kV with a 14x9x3 prop pulls around 470watts on a half charged 4S. By calculation, a 600kV would show approx 800watts, or a little over. So as Paul says, 500kV would be decidedly limp, 600kV should be more than adequate. Just thought it might be useful Kim

That's exactly what I was worried about. I've seen a 4260 600kV which would probably be better then. I'll have a scout around and see if I can find one in stock somewhere- my lhs was supposed to get one in, but it was a no show on the delivery 😒 Thanks Kim Eta just seen your last post - maybe I'll get in touch with Richard 👍

Hi Paul, Have you got any figures of amps and/or watts for this setup? I've got an Overlander 4060 500kV and have just picked up a 14x9x3 prop and could do with a steer on what the likely numbers are running on 4S. The above is to be fitted in a warbirds spitfire which I'm (slowly) nearing completion of. Or of course anyone else who's able to comment, please feel free 😀 Kim

There have been issues reported with the supplied sd card, so maybe try copying the contents to a new or known good one and see how you get on. I had a similar issue on start up when I first got my TX16S- blank screen- so sent it back to the supplier and they sent me a replacement, but knowing what I do now, I think that it might have been the sd card playing up. Kim

Bearing in mind that the Honda GX160 (cc) generator type engine is rated at 5.5hp, then a 50cc equivalent would maybe be 1.8hp or thereabouts. That's not to say that the 160 can only produce the rated output, when I was modifying them for karting use, they were being dyno'd at around 15hp. Didn't last long, mind you, running them to 8500 rpm.😄 Kim

This old beast dropped in to Sandown Airport yesterday for a (very) short visit.

I think that low supply voltage to the rx would be more 'binary' than that, either working or not working. I'm not an expert though, so I'm ready to be educated on that. For myself, I've stopped using my TX16S on ACCST Frsky protocol, as during testing after an unexplained loss of control, which luckily didn't result in a crash, I noticed that the RSSI numbers when using the TX16S were lower than those when using the Taranis, even after carefully fine tuning the rf module. Not by much, but enough to make me doubt it. Mike Blandford has I think reported much the same on this and other threads. Hth Kim

Simple answer - yes and yes. In order to 'glass it, you'd need to sheet it all, fus, wing and tail feathers. I did similar to my old Gangster 63 lite, mainly to get rid of the 'starving horse' effect, but it had the added bonus of stiffening the whole thing up considerably. Kim

My only input to this is to strongly advise that if you do choose to move provider from BT make sure that you cancel your standing order, or whatever means that you have been paying by. They WILL attempt to take payments for months after you've cancelled and changed provider. If you've taken the above precaution, they'll issue invoices and thinly veiled threats for the supposedly outstanding amounts, then have to pay compensation for your inconvenience. Guess how I know?? Exactly the same thing happened to another of my acquaintance too, so not a one off. Kim

My experience is in a much more niche area, ie fighting fire in and around burning cars. For anything involving oil or fuel, then foam and powder would be used together. Nothing on this scale though, I have to admit. The exception to the above was a methanol fire, where good old water was the method used. Happily, only ever saw one of those!! Kim

The only French oil I have any experience of is Citroën green hydraulic fluid, but well o/t so we'll leave it there. 🫣

Spraying water on burning oil............ good choice 🙄

Thank goodness, I thought it was just me !!! Kim

Brian, you're not getting much response on this, I'd suggest taking the query over to either the Lemon rx, or TX16S thread on RCGroups, there are a few contributors over there who can give chapter and verse on what can be done. Did you try 'extended limits ' apparently you can get higher than max throw, daft as that sounds!! Kim