EvilC57

+1 for the Speed Flea.

+1 for John Norris at LogicRC, who as John Lee says are the UK distributor and main service centre for Spektrum.

I agree, it’s mad! I did nearly lose track of the display a number of years ago. Fortunately that made me aware of the issue, so I’ve been careful to avoid it since. My later transmitters (DX8 and NX10) wisely don’t allow the display to blank out completely. Obviously a design issue with the earlier JR set.

Sorry about that Rob. I've reloaded it in a different format. Try it now.

I rest my case m’lud 🙂… IMG_6845.MP4

Are you sure it’s not just the screen contrast that’s been turned down? I have an old JR transmitter on which it’s possible with the scroll wheel to inadvertently turn the LCD contrast down to the extent that it appears completely blank, when it is in fact powered up - which can make life very difficult if you don’t notice you’ve done it.

The most well established hybrid system is that used by Toyota, which shares power to the wheels between a petrol engine and electric motor/generators via a planetary gearbox. Efficient, and extremely reliable as it turns out, which is why millions of Toyota Prius hybrids have been used for years all over the world as taxis.

I must admit when I wrote my original reply to FB3 I couldn't remember whether APC glow props come with spacers, as it's several years since I've bought any. I know their E props come with spacers though, as I've bought them more recently.

When you buy APC propellers they come with a a number of adapters of different sizes in the packet.

Guild fuel proof enamel paint seems OK. I used it to paint the engine bay on a glow model (including over the heat shrink covering) a couple of years ago, and it still looks OK after a good soaking in fuel and general engine gunge. Available at Leeds Model Shop for £6.79 a tin.

Yes it occurred to me after my OP that rather than saying ‘what DOES he look like’, I should have said ‘what DO they look like’. However, given the demographic of this forum I suspected this may lead (from those who know even less about this individual than BC and me) to questions regarding my use of English!

Interesting. Maybe mine rolls because of my high revving prop. Not sure which is most likely to generate more torque roll; a smaller high revving one, or a larger slower revving one. With the Mega 16/15/4 and little 6x4EP, mine’s a real screamer.

There’s a brief discussion of Temu on Page 7 of the ‘HobbyKing coming back to the UK’ thread on this very forum. Not recommended it seems.

My Pushycat has been clocked at 82mph using a Speedflea GPS maximum speed logger. One thing I would point out, is the torque roll effect that mine suffers on launch. I have to launch with my left hand while applying full left aileron with my right, otherwise the model is prone to rolling hard right and crashing before it can get enough flying speed for the flight controls to have much effect. I have established this as a result of flying it regularly (and crashing on launch several times!) since 2005. This is with a 6x4 prop. KA, do you not find this effect even more pronounced with a 9 inch prop?

The motor details are all in the link FB3. Just click on the underlined ‘Megamotor 16/15/4’ text in my earlier post 🙂.

If you’re talking about this Pushycat (I know there are others). Mine goes well on a Megamotor 16/15/4 on 3S with an APC 6x4EP prop. No time now to check the weight, but if you’re still interested I can do it tomorrow.

Talking of whom, as my grandad would have said, what DOES he look like!

I had a transmitter RF module failure with my Spektrum DX8 Tx 10 years ago when it was only a few weeks old (and under warranty). It was extremely lucky that I was using it with my DJI drone with return to home failsafe on it at the time. Having done range checks previously, I took off and flew away a few yards when the drone climbed to around 60ft, hovered and then flew back and landed at the take off point, all without any input from me. Subsequent investigations showed that the RF output from the Tx had gone extremely low power. Had I been flying anything else (i.e. one of my fixed wing planes) at the time, it would have crashed and I wouldn’t have known why. The RF module was confirmed faulty by Horizon and replaced under warranty. It just goes to show that the safety of our aircraft is dependent on every component in the chain working properly all the time.

This is my servo tester. It is quite old, and a current Google search for servo testers doesn’t find any pictures of it. It works OK most of the time, however I have found that with some servos if the battery is a bit low the servo will go wild. So it might be worth checking the battery or power supply you’re using is up to scratch.

It’s sometimes worth getting a second opinion on whether a tyre can be repaired. I had a screw in a tyre fairly near to the side of the tread a few years ago. I took the car to a local tyre dealer, where the chap said “Ooh no mate, too near the side wall. We’ll order you a new tyre, that’ll be £130 please.”. However I did some research, and it seems British Standard BS AU159 specifies how near to the edge you can go, and a chart is available to download and print. Armed with this chart in case I needed it, I went to another tyre place I know, where the chap looked at the tyre and said “Yes mate, we can repair that, that’ll be £15 please.”. £115 saved, and I drove around on the tyre for several years afterwards with no problem. (Internet photo)

Couldn’t get in at all yesterday evening. Using Chrome on an iPad.

Probably worth checking the channel monitor on the NX8 as well, to check the Tx is actually opening the throttle as far as the Tx itself is concerned too.