[First taste of the sky]

How cold is in sunny East  Yorkshire ??

 

[A Battery Of Problems]

Yes modern cars that have BMS system can be a problem, the engineers decided to save load on the engine from the Alternator they would reduce the charge on a new battery. But as the battery ages it would ramp up depending a complex set of condition. But if a new battery is fitted and you do not reset the BMS system it can overcharge a new battery, because it does not know you have fitted a new battery. Some of the German cars

have coding on new batteries and the BMS/ ECU must be told the necessary parameter. Bottom line on some cars fitting a new battery and not have the car coded to suit can damage the new battery.

 

[Who is legally responsible in a model flying club ?]

Having lived with a farmer (my father) for 25 years , the reason they can be so variable is the weather, price of produce etc. , and often working on there own a lot. Glad I went into engineering , it took the Weather element out the equation. Don't forget suicide in the farming community is high, in the circle of my fathers contacts two committed suicide.  When they want to talk, spend time listening and express sympathy, is the best policy. 

[A UK 'hotel' like the RC Hotel in Corfu]

We got snow one year on one of the MAP holidays at Primrose Valley in May, we spent a lot of time watching RC cars Carpet racing in the Ballroom. There used to be a load come from London Thames Mead club I think, we had two power sites. 

[Radiomaster TX16S Mk1 Antenna]

I fly at a busy site and I get up to 100 frame loses and sometimes low %R values, I flew same model on my own at a different site more rural only got at most 2 frame losses and better %R value throughout 5 flights. 

 

[Blade 230S V2 SAFE]

The gear channel on Spektrum is used to alter the safe modes Gear at 100% should be stability. 150% is full Safe, read the manual and look at channel monitor to see what you are doing.

[Transforming a 'Dead' 3s Lipo into a viable 2s Lipo - Don't Discard it! - Step by step fix it video]

19 minutes ago, GrumpyGnome said:

I'm afraid being a qualified electrical engineer doesn't necessarily mean everything is safe.... a club mate is a qualified electrical engineer and he often connects Lipos together via their power leads to 'give a jump start' to one exhibiting a poorly cell....

That's the guy we need there when you have a heart attack then.😇🤣

[First taste of the sky]

16 hours ago, toto said:

Hi John,

 

It won't let me select Unusable model .... the cursor simply skips over it.

 

toto

Have managed to delete the (Unusable model ) Toto ??? if not be careful about importing other models

[First taste of the sky]

15 minutes ago, toto said:

Hi John,

 

It won't let me select Unusable model  the cursor simply skips over it.

 

toto

Your firmware is well out of date, dont try wfi, down load directly to pc, it will appear in downloads folder. Make sure file is called SPMTX.SAX , if it has a number in bracket use rename it. Copy to your micro sd file with only that file on it with transmitter off. Then switch on an wait be patient it takes a while. Current firmware is 3.12A

[First taste of the sky]

6 minutes ago, toto said:

Thanks Nick ....... partial disaster averted.

 

Been online ...... here is the fix .....

 

Hold your finger on the scroll wheel ( pressing it down ) whilst booting up the transmitter ...... the big red screen is still there. Keep holding the scroll wheel down for around 10 to 20 seconds or so ....... red screen disappears and normal set up screen returns. ..... fault condition now gone.

 

However, I say partial fix as when I go into my system setup, choose select a model ...... my Domino has disappeared and in its p,ace is UNUSABLE MODEL.

 

I am assuming ( maybe incorrectly ) that my blown ESC is in some way connected to the transmitter issue as it was soon after that the TX went down. 

 

I have a new ESC back in the Domino and I am going to try rebounding the models RX to the TX and see what happens. This may be tonight ..... not sure yet.

 

Boy ....... what a larf.

 

Toto 

Delete the unusable model, then run model validate all models in Model Utilities, this is important. If any other models memory are shown as damaged delete them also.

 

[Warbird Replicas FW190 newbie build (or possibly some wellingtons)]

Ron are you going to cover your model with Brown Paper, and if so are you going to show us on a Ytube video ??

 

[Warbirds Replicas FW190 - the 2023 version]

Very impressed by your work in what looked like a very cold workshop, enjoying watching the build.

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

That new Kev makes my flying look bad.🤣 I will have to trap his fingers in van door or something when I come over.

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

I was flying indoors yesterday with lots of people, to say people hate helicopters on the outdoor sites, there were load of mini helicopters drones and FPV all flying together and getting on fine.🤣

[Direct RID/Remote RID modules.]

So the ones made in China that will be CE marked, with nobody checking that they are actually complying with European standards. (CE) = China Export 

[Enforcement of model flying regulations]

To be fair in Winter the angle of the sun has a large effect on the visibility of any model, to me its a lot harder to see the model.

[Old TX to 2.4 convertions]

4 minutes ago, Andy Stephenson said:

When I got back into flying in 1980 I checked out which radio I was going to buy. The choice was between Futaba and Sanwa. The owner let me look in the back of each Tx. There was no comparison, the Sanwa Tx looked like a 1960s far eastern tranny radio with components hanging off the PCB at all angles, the Futaba looked as if it had been assembled by a robot with all the components in neat rows. The Futaba was the obvious one to buy.

Yes my Conquest did that while I was practicing for a loop roll competition, the wire used was very poor quality and rigid, problem was it went to into full roll mode. 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Have you changed carb diaphragm,  they get hard because of the modern petrol. 

[Winter is here....who's been flying?]

Test your engine with another ignition module, I had problems engine would run but not rev up.

 

[Repairing an ARTF Trainer.]

Quicker to measure and make a new fuselage .

 

[Sign of the times - funnies * Remember this is a family friendly forum and inappropriate postings will be removed without warning.]

1 hour ago, PatMc said:

For the same reason that life-time diseases of the past aren't around anymore, infant mortality rates have dropped to a fraction of what they were & this post is being read by a much older demograph than would have ben possible  in the good old days. 😉

Yes I would have been dead at 30, Blood poisoning was a killer before antibiotics. They only came in around 1940's. The only thing old people must had a hell of a good immune system. 

[Autumn's here, who's been flying?]

I fly like most of the time, but that's Ok.

 

[Middle Phase Glider Fuselage - Laminated Ply/Balsa]

Dick Edmonds sold some of the Algebra glider kits, the fuselages were made of 1/32" good quality ply. 

[Summer 2022 is here - who's been flying?]

Yes but at least it got warmer later, and we actually saw the sun in West Yorkshire, our reservoir's look exceedingly full during my afternoon walk.

 

[200 Frame losses receiver problem ?]

I know, but on all my planes that I value,

I fit telemetry, I have no more that 10 per flight and mostly less. The worst I have had is 100 in a flight and I move antenna and or fit a extra satellite.