Martin McIntosh

Glad you like it Bill. Thanks, Martin.

Noe sold.

I have tried both methods and still not sure. My TN 72" Mossie had the ESCs in the nacelles, with the correct low Z caps and survived the maiden, but next time out, unbeknowingly, one motor`s revs dropped on take off. You can guess the result. It now has them in the fus. My 81" o/d Lanc has them in the fus and no overheating problems. Similarly my 64mm fan powered A10 has them in the fus. I think it depends on your choice of ESCs.

Perigee by Tom Brett, joint winner of the first F3A W/C at RAF Kenley in 1962. Upgraded with electric retracts. Includes West 36 with short pipe, all servos, 1800 mA/hr LiFe pack. £350. (Aylesbury, Bucks).

Tucano with YS 63S motor, all servos, 1100 LiFe pack and electric retracts. Winner of local scale comp. and very little used so it is pretty immaculate. Flaps fitted. £350 (Bucks).

Delta 362 by Peter Russell. Everything except Rx. Motor, ESC, all servos, electric retracts and a pair of 2700 mA/hr Lipos. Very little use so immaculate condition. £130.

No they were not, but saved doing expensive damage to the motors which were tuned to perform way over the revs which the manufacturers intended.

On my last flight at the 1977 F3A W/C the motor went very quiet just after take off. On inspection the plug element was completely missing. The OPS rear bearing picked that time for its cage to start to break up. Well worth the effort to strip down your motor and consider fitting new bearings, even if they look fine. I used to replace the bearings on HP/Webra/OPS every six weeks of intensive practice. (Four flights a day, four days a week)

Well, almost all of my stuff is JR DSM2, 3x DSX9 plus a 9X2 other than a Taranis set which I do not get on with and a TGY 6i and 10i which I no longer use. Quite a lot of RD921 Rxs plus Spekky AR 7000, 9000 and very many Orange 9 ch plus some 6 ch ones. The Orange ones are still available from HK and are DMS2 and DSMX compatible. The BMFA for sale site lists many JR/Spektrum Rxs with satellites at very reasonable prices. Nothing much to wear out on a DSX9.

Clear canopy wanted for the 64" version (original size).

Shepeiro, PM me if you would like a roll of proper 60/40 solder for future use.

Looks like a Parkzone one which I was recently after. Blew up the Rx when trying to codge it.

If you have electric retracts then these should shut down if overloaded, otherwise use a separate pack.

At one time I would have used a 4.8V NiMh pack but a 6V one gives insurance against a cell dying ( they go s/c when they die). I would avoid Lipos because you really should put them to storage level after every session; not practical for an i/c model. My `go to` now is 2s Life. Even a 700 mA/hr pack with your stated set up will last for many flights. 1100 or 1800 better still. Most servos these days are quite happy on 6.6V. Unfortunately HK have not had many of these in stock for a long time. When they did the prices were a small fraction of the cost of other types (£2.50 for a 700 for instance). They maintain their charge at full seemingly forever when not in use.

Never had an interference issue on DSM2, the only reason that it was discontinued in this country is that the EU did not like the idea of grabbing two frequencies and hogging them. I believe that the AR 600 had issues.