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Except for the strobing effect that manifests itself when filming under LED lighting or the blessed power company squirting data over the mains feed propelling my overhead LED lamp into frantic spasms. 🤪

I wouldn't if I were you, I have had a couple of orders from Temu - impulse buys really... everything turned out to be total TAT. Check out the various youtube videos on Temu.... ultrasonic cleaner, going for a song..... trouble is the 'transducer' turned out to be a tiny DC brushed motor with an off centre counterbalance weight pushed onto the motor shaft 🤣

Have you considered a pull-pull arrangement using 2 lengths of flexible steel wire connected to either side of the rudder servo? It makes a (arguably) more secure and accurate connection between the servo and the rudder.

You could always use something like this hinge drilling jig to make a hole, then slot it with a slotting jig. that way the glue will have an easier job penetrating all the way down to the bottom of the spar.

There is an on-line 'Parkside' shop here in France but that option does not appear to be Europewide - or available in the UK as far as I can see.

It doesn't look like much is holding those cabanes in place... 🤷‍♂️

just uploaded a bigish video file to the sandbox in about 5 seconds so whatever the problem is it isn't happening right now. (at least for me!)

Nice big video file uploaded in about 5 seconds so no problem there.... VID_20240225_121949.zip

Seems ok now for me at the moment too 15:24 CET 25/2. Win 11 PC & VPN Manchester Opera

Slow for me too 10:30 CET 24/2

I only printed the link, I didn't have anything to do with the content creation!

I believe the average time spent on social media by a teenager is somewhere around 5 hours a day, how much time does the average model builder spend in his/her shed building models I wonder. Probably not 5 hours EVERY DAY. Is it any surprise to discover there are no teenagers joining the modelling community.

There is no way any telemetry is going to pick up all transient spikes, the uP however will and it *could* only take one for the uP to enter reset. A larger capacity battery or even a largish capacitor on the power feed will help reduce the chances of a brownout but a separate battery removes it entirely. As others have mentioned, the problems occur when an adverse condition materialises, not during normal operations and I dare say you have not conducted sufficient testing to confidently make your assertation. I suggest you re-try your retracts operating while watching the telemetry but this time jam both the legs and subject the airframe to some serious vibrations in a noisy RF environment. Everything you do to reduce liability increases the reliability.

Turns out it is an unban myth...... "China Export"[edit] See also: Backronym and China Compulsory Certificate In 2008, a logo very similar to CE marking was alleged to exist and to stand for China Export because some Chinese manufacturers apply it to their products.[22] However, the European Commission says that this is a misconception.[20] The matter was raised at the European Parliament in 2008.[23] The Commission responded that it was unaware of the existence of any "Chinese Export" mark and that, in its view, the misunderstanding had arisen because a producer had failed to respect the precise dimensions and proportions of the mark as prescribed in the legislation.[20] The Commission was also aware of fraudulent misuse of the mark on products that did not comply with the standards, but that this is a separate issue.[20] It had initiated the procedure to register CE marking as a Community collective trademark, and was in discussion with Chinese authorities to ensure compliance with EU legislation.[20] Chinese (and other non-EU) manufacturers are permitted to use the mark provided that the goods have been manufactured in accordance with the relevant EU directives and regulations.[20] Nevertheless, and despite the Commission's assurance that it is without foundation, this urban myth continues to propagate on many websites.[24]

I can vouch for this statement. For a while I used to help a mate of mine selling R/C electronics at R/C meetings, towards the end of the day while we were packing up, we still had a couple of items that we really didn't want to take home so we put a label on it 'free - help yourself', some 'bargain hunters' came and had a look but no one decided to take the items away so eventually we threw them in the skip. As we were driving away we saw some of the 'bargain hunters' climbing into the skip and coming out with one of our discarded items in their hand and a smile on their face..... Happy days and fond memories!

You really don't want to be downwind of that! 'During a battery fire, gases are released which can pose both an explosion risk and the threat of death if inhaled. But these appear as black smoke, meaning that first responders might be unaware they are breathing toxic chemicals. These include carbon monoxide, methane, hydrogen cyanide – infamously, the main component of Zyklon B – as well as hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen chloride.' Zyklon B - think gas chambers and 'nasty' people. https://theloadstar.com/toxic-smoke-from-battery-fires-a-hidden-but-major-risk-says-tt-club/ 😡Indeed.

It is worse than that, are you SURE the CE actually is the correct European certificate mark? https://www.kimuagroup.com/news/differences-between-ce-and-china-export-markings/

Make your own? https://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/topic/3682-diy-blister-clear-servo-covers/

It might be interesting to see if you get reimbursed for this as it appears to be so widespread. The banks can hardly argue it is a genuine transaction! "The scam appears to be spreading across Australia, although similar social media posts about Jet Frog in Europe and the US stretch back to 2021." It makes me wonder why any bank in the world would still process any card transaction from 'jet frog'

Who are you gonna call? Their helplines are all down because of a power cut 🤪 https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Network-discussions/Do-EE-Masts-have-battery-backup/td-p/1122945 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/power-cuts-sussex-london-mobile-phones-burgess-hill-b1067548.html

As Denis says...and if you lose your wallet? I believe you are liable for any transactions made before you inform your card supplier, why would you NOT prevent, or at least deter the finder from helping themselves to your bank account? You might think you could prove the item wasn't bought by you because it was not delivered to your address but I can order stuff to a local locker, all it needs is a temporary email address and the cahoonas to go pick it up. .... and for what? How much of an imposition is it for you to delete those numbers off your card?

What could possibly have been the reasoning behind this? In my eyes it isn't so much a case of how stupid can you be, it is a case of how stupid can the JR designer be! What possible benefit could there be to design something like this that is a polar opposite to everybody else's design norms.( I mean outside radio control circles as well), other than bolstering their repair business at their users expense.

Perhaps an angle worth thinking about is the cvv2 code written on the back of everyones credit & debit cards. This is the one you need to make an internet transaction, not your PIN which is the code you need for a face to face transaction. There are just three pieces of information any trader needs to make a debit on your card, the card number, the expiry date and the cvv2 code - all 3 are on your card. If an unscrupulous trader (or anyone with access to your card for a very short while for that matter) made a note of those three pieces of info then they would be able to make a fraudulent transaction on your card. I NEVER buy anything on the internet from anywhere other than on my chair in my home so it is easy for me to scratch the cvv2 off my cards after making a note of the number on a piece of paper stuck to my noticeboard, that way, no one would have the info required to make a transaction on my card. ........ makes you think huh! How many of those with these fraudulent transactions on their cards can honestly say they have never let anyone have access to their cards for long enough for them to make a note of the cvv2 and the expiry date because they already have the card number in their tills! There is talk of a brute force attack being employed in this current wave of fraud, which might indicate the fraudsters don't have one of the 3 pieces of info and have to try many different combinations of cvv2 (for example) which is why the banks are able to detect the attack so perhaps, while you are busy scratching off the cvv2 code it might be worth considering doing the same to the expiry date if your replacement cards come with only printed and not embossed dates.

Looking at you photo of the steering arm I would be concerned that there is not enough 'meat' left in the rudder post after drilling it out for the bolt. I think normally you just file a flat in the face of the shaft for the grub screw to sit it and locktite it in place. It might be too late now, maybe consider silver soldering the steering arm to the rudder post once you have it centered?