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  1. Colin Bernard
    Hey thats useful!!
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    Ooh yes please
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    I'm in
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    Me too
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    Just worked fine for me, although I note that the website says it is up and running from 9am 2nd December
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    I'm in!
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    Count me in!
  8. Colin Bernard
    Hi Erolg, When you do the search and windows brings up the app icon, rather than left click on it, do a right click. This will bring up a menu where there is an option 'Pin to Start' and you will get the app appearing in the Start menu. In addition the same menu has an option 'Open file location'. If you click that then Explorer will open with the actual program file highlighted. Right click the file and you will find an option 'Send To ... >'. Clicking that gives a further menu with an option 'Desktop (Create shortcut)'. Selecting this option will put an icon on your desktop for that app. Hope that helps
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    <groan>
  10. Colin Bernard
    Our club is in the fortunate position of having three flying fields but of course that means 3 lots of mowing is required. What we are finding is that despite a membership of 36, at the moment the mowing is being done by the same 4 or 5 people all the time which is obviously unfair and we are looking for ways to 'encourage' other members to take their share of the work. So far suggestions have been to raise subs, but then offer a discount to members who mow; change the constitution to say that members are expected to mow; have formal mowing rotas. How do other clubs handle this?
  11. Colin Bernard
    You only need a 6S if you want to run a high wattage. I run mine off an old laptop power supply at home, and tested with a 3S for use at the field. So far both have been fine for normal electronic type soldering - components, cables etc. The voltage affects the maximum wattage achieved. According to the manual the potential wattages are... 12V - 17W 16V - 30W 19V - 40W 24V - 65W
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    Whilst I use a 60W for heavy duty work, for general use I have now swapped to a TS100 soldering iron. Very small and can be LiPo powered so great for the field. Heats up to full temperature from cold in just a few seconds. Is programmed to switch to cool if not touched for a few minutes, but gets back to full temperature as soon as you pick it up. Not cheap at around £50 but consider it money well spent. Got mine here
  13. Colin Bernard
    I agree with Cliff - it is for VM to sort out and if they can only get metric tubing, then they should provide equivalent metric wire! Not for you to have to mess about to find a solution to their problem.
  14. Colin Bernard
    It sounds as if it's simply a case of plugging the ESC and servos into the correct sockets on the receiver. Is the throttle control on the left hand side of the transmitter? (i.e. the stick that is not sprung to the centre) If so, then simply try plugging a servo into each socket in turn on the receiver until you find a socket that responds to the throttle stick. You can then plug your ESC into this socket. Repeat for the other controls. (Take the prop off while you are doing all this!) If you do not have the manual for the transmitter there is one here . Hope this helps! Edited By Colin Bernard on 01/07/2020 22:29:12
  15. Colin Bernard
    Taking George's comments on board I have had an interesting morning in testing the various suggestions. The tests were done on my Provost using a freshly charged 3S 75C Graphene LiPo. The outlet diameter matched the plan so no further testing on that. Looking at the other points, my default timing was 'medium', I had omitted to fit the inlet ring and the cheat hole was standard, so I looked at each of these in turn. For the cheat hole I initially simply took off the top hatch to see if it made any difference. The results are summarised below... So a 45% increase primarily due to adding the inlet ring and increasing the size of the cheat hole. I was surprised at the difference the inlet ring made but thinking about it I guess the original abrupt entry would create a lot of turbulence which the ring eliminates. So a fairly happy bunny now. (Will be happier once shielding relaxes and I can get to the field!) Hope this helps you guys.
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  17. Colin Bernard
    Well done Alex - there are certainly a couple of points there I'd like to check.
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    Both mine were from Banggood so that may be where the problem lies, although they did look to be genuine FMS units. Not giving up though as I intend to build either the Gnat or Phantom and this time will buy from 4-Max. And who knows, once we are released from shielding, I may find that the Provost flies fine!
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    As per Dick's suggestion I have tested my Sabre and Provost with various LiPo's. All LiPo's were > 85% charged and showing >11v. EDF units are FMS 50mm. The Provost and Sabre both have the standard cheat holes. Edited By Colin Bernard on 16/06/2020 14:08:20
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    Results of power tests
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    Dick - good idea. I'll do that in the morning and report the results.
  22. Colin Bernard
    Further to this my Sabre has a Hobbyking ESC and the Provost a Ripmax ESC. And yes, both have had the throttle calibration done. Open to any ideas that don't mean breaking into the model to change the EDF!
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    I am also only getting about 300g thrust from my FMS fan in my Provost. I had the same with the fan in the Sabre which I posted about in that topic. I was hoping it may have been a case of a bad fan, but the Provost is exactly the same. I have tried various batteries including a 40C graphene, but 310g was the best that I got. No idea how anyone is getting these 600g figures!
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    I am also only getting about 300g thrust from my FMS fan in my Provost. I had the same with the fan in the Sabre which I posted about in that topic. I was hoping it may have been a case of a bad fan, but the Provost is exactly the same. I have tried various batteries including a 40C graphene, but 310g was the best that I got. No idea how anyone is getting these 600g figures!
  25. Colin Bernard
    Hi Martin, I am in the same boat. Placed an order 3rd April and tracking just says 'Expired'. Spoke to HK 2 weeks ago and they gave me the 39 day rule and asked me to contact them tomorrow so they could raise an investigation request. If it's any consolation, I ordered some batteries from Banggood on 15th March, and they were delivered today!
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