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LMA ELVINGTON SHOW VIDEO THREAD
Bustergrunt replied to Dom (Essential RC)'s topic in The Video Channel
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Posted by Budgie Daz on 30/07/2014 07:39:12: It may be a lot easier and quicker, especially if you have to connect and disconnect all of those leads to simply solder on a multiplug. I use 6s male and female ended extension balance plugs for this, as it gives 7 wires. I solder all reds (or oranges) together and solder those to one of the 7, then all the blacks (or browns) to another, and that then gives me 5 separate signal leads to play with, but only one plug to pull apart each time. Also, if you need to do two wing halves (i.e. not a one piece wing) I have the male end on one wing half, and the female end on the other, and vice versa from the Rx, that way you can never get the port and starboard connections mixed up, and avoids the absolute horror of you unexpectedly turning right when you aim to turn left! Simples! No soldering required with this...and the 'colour coding' is different for each extention, so mix ups aren't an issue...unless you are colour blind or REALLY cack handed...
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Posted by leccyflyer on 30/07/2014 07:11:31: Do you have to disassemble the leads -taking the pins out of the plugs- to get those on? Nope, just slip some long nosed pliers into them and squeeze them over the plugs...although I do put them over the 'male' end and slide them up to the 'female' end.
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...and if I could figure out how to post oics from my iPad, I'd show you what I did...
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Whilst putting together another airframe, which meccessitates the use of an abundance of extension cables...Aileron leads, flap leads, y-leads etc....I realised it was going to be a nightmare to label them all.... So I came up with an idea using a different colours of fuel tubing to identify the various male/female connections...easy and simple, plus very tidy too
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What about the french programme "The Aeronauts"...dashing around the sky in Mirages....top stuff
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I have had great success with light glass cloth and Poly-C or also by using, pva and brown paper (preferred method)
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Forum members' new models: Let's see them.
Bustergrunt replied to Paul Marsh's topic in All Things Model Flying
I've recently got my hands on a Hanger 9 Taylorcraft...lovely... ...but cqn't get the pic to load... Edited By Bustergrunt on 05/07/2013 22:27:08 Edited By Bustergrunt on 05/07/2013 22:28:08 -
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Flair Puppeteer
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WW1 anniversary 2014...Who is doing what?
Bustergrunt replied to Bustergrunt's topic in All Things Model Flying
Ooooohhh....very narce! ...well I'm deffo gonna be getting mulitple wing sets in the air...no point repeating the mistakes of the past Mr Sharp Edited By Bustergrunt on 01/04/2013 23:08:24 -
Next year I hope to have both my Flair SE5A and Baronette (yet to be built) in the air as much as poss and especially on those ...All Quiet on a Sunday Morning...sort of days...is amyone else going to be making an effort to commemorate this 100 year anniversary? probs do the same in 2018...and as many points inbetween as possible. Maybe a themed club fly-in or two....
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Loved it, but as a Jock I would say that...
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Tracer Vitesse nears take off
Bustergrunt replied to FWAL's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
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Hello matey....I'm in Chester le Street if you want a chat and your nearby...
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Just fly more..
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James May's Toy Stories: Flight Club
Bustergrunt replied to Garbo's topic in Gliders and Gliding - General Discussion
Posted by KingKade on 24/12/2012 16:24:50: Posted by Simon B on 23/12/2012 23:32:41: Until the poor sods go into Slough and get ignored Edited By Simon B on 23/12/2012 23:33:16 Made me laugh when the store guy said 'have you tried the internet?' exactly what slouh model centre wants you to do, as aposed to walking in and picking up models, and heaven forbid ask some questions!!! Good god, do you think it was an uneditied recording, and that he just walked in and that was it?...It will have been scripted etc....stop knocking the LMS... -
Posted by Tony K on 17/12/2012 22:06:16: Posted by Steve Hargreaves - Moderator on 17/12/2012 11:27:05: ... but with loonies intent on blowing us out of the sky I'm very happy to have people checking everything taken on board.....they are there to keep me safe..... I hesitate to write this because it is probably not the right forum for this kind of comment but how many people still believe this? From October 2001 to November 2002 I was commuting weekly between Duesseldorf and "London" Stanstead, about one hundred flights altogether. After the first few times I was rooting through my briefcase and found a six inch steel rule which I had forgotten about. Anyway, being the mischievous person that I am, I left it to see how long it would take security to discover it. It was never questioned. Now a piece of steel six inches long can be a very effective weapon, especially if sharpened. In 2004 I made fourteen flights between Cologne and Manchester, again with my briefcase containing my weapon. I did have a small pair of scissors taken away before one of the flights but again the potentially lethal piece of steel was always at my side. In 2008/9 I made twenty eight flights between Cologne and Stanstead, again with my minature sabre at my side. Guess what, I still have that sword. It has now been retired to my modelling toolkit. I used to watch the "self loading freight" proudly displaying their bottles of aftershave in transparent plastic bags or dumping their shower gel because a "uniform" told them the bottle contained more than X millilitres, smug in the fact that Excaliber was always within reach. Aircraft security is necessary but the ridiculous, nonsensical measures which are taken these days do nothing "to keep you safe". They are to induce fear. There are no loonies intent on blowing us out of the sky. that has to be one of the most smug and self indulgent posts I have ever had the misfortune to read
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V shaped control horns
Bustergrunt replied to John Hickson's topic in Model Engineering and Accessories
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Hello matey...I'm in Chester le Street, I fly power and gliders.
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My puppeteer fitted (just) in my old focus estate fully rigged
