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There's a Sarik (ex QEFI) plan for one of these - seventeen and a bit inches wingspan. https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/pogo/ Tom
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Use of 'Self adhesive' tape hinges on control surfaces
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to Basil's topic in Beginners
Search for "taping aileron and elevator" on this forum to see this topic covered in the past. As per the topic, I use tape on top hinged surfaces - the trailing edge of the wing or tailplane is squared off in the area of the control surface, with the leading edge of the control surface having all of the angle sanded into it. Both top and bottom pieces of tape needs to stick to one another so to prevent separation in the future. I use a piece of 0.8mm ply as a spacer when doing this so that the gap isn't too great. Grabbing EflightRay's picture for illustration. Tom -
Yup, 15-20 seconds to load text on a page - go and make a cup of tea while waiting for all pictures to load... It was fine for me last evening though. Tom
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La Coupe Des Barons 2025
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to David Davis's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
Solarbo 'morphed' into Amerang, who then iirc, bought Ripmax. Tom -
I use 66% of the stated rating for my electric setups. I have yet to have an esc 'die' in service. Tom
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Super 60 Wing Spars
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to Hunter's topic in Vintage Kits, Semi-Kits and Plan Projects
Peter Russell (a long-time columnist for RCM&E) always advocated the adding of piano wire wing struts to the standard wing. My old boss had a Fully aerobatic one powered by a 60, complete with struts! Tom -
La Coupe Des Barons 2025
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to David Davis's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
David, Add webbing to both sides of the mainspars to really stiffen things up without adding undue weight. Tom -
Is this LIPO all right to use?
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to Michael Dearden 2's topic in Batteries and Chargers
I use an HTRC T240 Duo charger, which for under £60 can do all of what you need, also charges two separate batteries at the same time. Tom -
Is this LIPO all right to use?
Tom Gaskin 1 replied to Michael Dearden 2's topic in Batteries and Chargers
As Leccy says, it needs charging. Some of these simple chargers draw current from the battery once the charge cycle completes, so you could have inadvertently discharged the battery overnight! Your battery should take no more than a couple of hours to fully charge (a YT video on your charger took 50 minutes to charge a 1300mA battery) Stick it on again in the garage and find 'garage jobs' to do, so you can keep an eye on it. Seven months uncharged since purchase may be a mite long to get any recompense from HK Tom