Philip Lewis 3
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14 minutes ago, Futura57 said:
The clue is in the name 😉
Agreed but when I bought the first three two years ago it was anything but, they took months to get here so credit where credit is due.
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How's this for exceptionally good service, I bought a new charger and although I always prefer to buy from UK retailers (yes I know that they are all made in China anyway but I'm old fashioned that way) this charger (that I already have three of) is only available direct from China (or Japan), order placed Friday night on Ali Express and in my hand lunchtime today with e mailed notifications every step of the way.
Not only that but delivery by today was actually guaranteed (5 day guaranteed delivery, not sure if weekends count), with compensation paid if it wasn't.
Eat your heart out Royal Mail (who took longer than that to deliver me an Allen Key first class postage from Model Fixings in the UK.
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I personally think that this is a very good thing, in any vaguely modern car now there will now be a first aid kit somewhere, normally pristine and unused.
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53 minutes ago, Adrian Smith 1 said:
But very heavy compared to it's contemporaries, Philip. I have had a 50 cc and 100cc Rotomax 🙁electric equivalent and while they go well they are nearly twice the weight of comparable rivals. 🙁
I totally agree but in the context of the planes I had mine in that was advantageous as the 50cc IC engines they were designed for weren't exactly light either so it actually helped.
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I've had a few of these motors including a 50cc Rotomax and that had way more power than any 50cc IC engine, it was ballistic in a 60cc plane, it's as if they equated watts to horsepower and believed the IC manufacturers claims.
Never had any problems with any of them, good solid motors.
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Yes, it will still balance charge the LiPo but to the slightly lower voltage.
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Lovely day for some practice up at Hurley in Warwickshire, and a nice backdrop as well.
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These look like serious discounts, my question is why?
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Large bucket full of water to chuck an on fire lipo in is likely to be more use than an extinguisher which can't extinguish it anyway, it won't stop it burning but will prevent damage to anything else, or let them burn themselves out.
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Windows has bit defender built in, anyone who is paying for an Antivirus is simply (in my opinion) wasting their money, there are plenty of free antivirus programmes around, of which AVG and Avast are just two.
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Discharge capability of a charger is often woefully poor as the rate depends on the ability to waste away the excess charge as heat so never seen anything more that about 1 amp discharge rate on any charger I've owned.
Whilst on the subject of charging and discharging, (and I've not seen this mentioned before) but never leave batteries connected to chargers, some will trickle discharge your packs if left connected and not turned on, long term that means dead batteries!
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Probably better to discuss this if that is what you want to do in another thread rather than one principally about humour?
(although one which I believe has already been debated extensively).
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I think Petrol power will shake that air frame to pieces, it just wasn't designed for it and certainly wasn't made for it, take a careful look at just how much glue they don't use in the construction.
I would think getting the C of G right would also likely be an almost impossible problem.
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You can sometimes find it in places like Poundland. Home Bargains, B an M etc, after called draw liner but last time I wanted some I couldn't find any so E bay to the rescue it was.
I haven't used velcro on batteries for years now, I always found it wasn't strong enough to do the job on its own still needing straps to be sure which just made it a more of a pain than it was worth anyway.
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2 hours ago, Nigel Heather said:
So if I take a traditional built 40 size trainer with 60" wingspan, what would the equivalent electric power train be?
Something like this on 4 cells would be fine.
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I think my favored method would be to use carbon strip, say 1mm wide and 3 or 4mm deep, glued into the foam, most likely using foam safe cyno but definitely use carbon to add strength.
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First UK F3A competition of the season last Sunday at Hurley in Warwickshire, a great day's flying had by all, mostly in sunshine although not very warm.
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Looks like they don't care as there is only one firmware version rather than FCC and EU.
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D8 is D8, there is only one version, that RX will never bind with D8, only Access or D16, AFAIK all FrSky RX's come from the factory with D16 V2 so unless opened and flashed by T9 that's almost certainly what it has on it.
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I don't use it but it doesn't look like there is a uni version of the firmware for that RX but no doubt Mike B will provide a better answer like whether one is available or in the offing or not.
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1 hour ago, Neddy said:
The FrSky Manual for my module is on the previous post it does mention setting failsafe. But seems to lack actual information about it.
It tells you on pages 8 and 9 of the manual you uploaded, you almost certainly have the first version (ROM A):
FAILSAFE: For those instances when the model flies out of range of the transmitter for more than a brief instant, the receiver provides a settable failsafe function on all servo channels. There are two implementations of this failsafe function. The ROM A version is shipped with all modules.
• ROM A version To use the failsafe function, follow the steps below. 1- Bind the receiver first (see binding section above). 2- Move the transmitter controls for all channels to the desired position whenever failsafe occurs. 3- Press briefly the F/S button of the receiver (less than 1 second), the transmitter module will make a long “beep”, indicating the failsafe position is stored in the receiver. These settings will be stored until the receiver is bound again to the transmitter.
• ROM B version This version is provided as a user installed firmware upgrade. The firmware is available from the download section of the FrSky website. With this version you can set failsafe position on the Transmit module at any time during your flight. 1- Bind the receiver first (see binding section above). 8 DJT Manual Rev.0.12- Move the transmitter controls for all channels to the desired position whenever failsafe occurs. 3- Press briefly the F/S button of the Transmitter module (less than 1 second), the transmitter module will make a long “beep”, indicating the failsafe position is remembered by the receiver, even when flying. The same action can be achieved when the model is on the ground by pushing the F/S button on either the transmitter or the receiver. Ifyou wantto disable the failsafe function, with eitherROM version, re-bind the receiver to the transmitter. This will set the failsafe feature in the normal offstate. Note that ifyou accidentlypress the “F/S Range”button ofthe transmitter module during yourflight(with ROM B), you willupdate the failsafe positions inadvertently.
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Well I found two out of six, not a great hit rate really, as they are they will have ACCST V2 on them.
£30.00 plus postage at cost for the pair if anyone wants them.
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1 hour ago, Simon Wyatt said:
I thought the x6r and x8r are d16 compatible?
They are.
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They are all D8 receivers, you will need either D16 or Access to bind with a X18, there doesn't appear to be any D16 or Access firmwares available for these.
Article 16 Benefits & Failsafe: Cut Throttle a Legal Requirement?
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That is the voice of reason and a perfect summary of the situation.