Rich Griff

Might be an idea to change the models name, tempting fate a little too much...

Hi toto, Did the ESC's come with soldered on connections ? Do overlander actually manufacture these units ? in the UK ? Or subcontract ? Or just buy in units and "badge engineer " ??? I would think that if I were overlander I would want to inspect every "returned unit' to try and identify "family faults" and make rectification to manufacture to keep the good company name. Some feel the company does not have a good name ( "O" ) worth protecting ? Contact overlander stating what's happened, twice ? Now, even showing pictures and mentioning this thread. Any batch numbers on the Esc or similar, purchased on same invoice etc. to help overlander ? What guarantee comes with these units ? Yes I know, electric stuff is easily ruined, some even bring non returnable, but if it don't work or dies very early...... I am sure overlander ( two page ad in rcme mag every month ? ) Does not want any bad press etc.. I would be interested to know of their reply and verdict... Common factor, possibly motor, wound in DELTA.... Surely a resistance check would show/suggest something.... Could you show the other side of the Esc PCB board ?

Yep, fresh air will do that, but so will carbon dioxide/ monoxide, you will never wake up with that stuff as you know... Take your time, no real rush... Ps, get the taris button to work !

Hi Ali, See Lidl foam chuck gliders conversion base threads on here and /or similar...but you did say you would prefer balsa etc.. Bonzo moon and others... Slope soarer, powered ( 3 channel really these days due to increased safety ) or thermal/bungee/powered tug launch ? Over...

Yes, as above in so much that you do not run your car engine at full power, or even 85 percent full power for most of the time... Unless it's a racing/rally/off road/completion car or similar.... One new part ( or even a rtf plane/model or whatever... ) Failing, **** happens. Same product fails again, coincidence, **** happens. A third failure, something is wrong.... Hospital medical notes go missing after a medical test, """" happens as hospitals are very big busy places. Same notes when found go missing again, coincidence, same reason. Same notes when found again go missing......... The specialist nurses etc. agreed, something is very wrong... NHS/hospital notes computer system even after many years and millions and millions written off ( waterfall effect ??? ) Still not working properly... Sorry NHS but it's true, but thank you so so much for saving my life again recently.... Toprc spit and bf109 mark two ? , I wonder why ? ( Update on that bitter bag of sweets shortly ... ) Anyways, stay focused and methodical toto... Picture of esc "internals" ? Ps don't give up on your broken trainers until they have grown so fat ( due to repairs ) they will not fly very well at all any more. You have them in front of you so can always make a new fuz/wing etc....

Nice see thru " tx muff"....I think there is a market for an inflatable tx muff ? Althought the dickies quilted overall are good they do not have side zips on the legs like the walls Zerozone one had which makes putting it on and taking it off so easy with h boots/shoes on. One of those furry lined peaked hats with furry side flap ear covers are great, but need modifying with a wing band rather that a tie together strap, to stop you looking like a hound with big ears flapping in the wind. Get the wife to knit a "neck tube" from wool, or cut the sleeves of a knackerd jumper and join together. Bikers or should I say motorcycleists ( biker inffers summer Weekender rider to me, anyone doing the "dragon" this year ? ) know how to keep out the cold.... I also use fingerless gloves but when it's really cold I use the large "trigger finger and thumb" over mitts.

With the ninja, just LEARN what each stick and button function does. Learn it until it's second nature, instinct, automatic with virtually no thinking time. You will not have the time to refer to the book when flying... In my opinion it's folly not to have insurance. Having insurance does not counter " neglegence" or stupidity. For insurance cover you must be flying legally. Print off the bmfa handbook etc. and become fully aware of your responsibilities. Joining the bmfa gives you good insurance etc.. Yes, check out your local club, will bmfa country membership allow you local club flying site access ? Also investigate local club Mode Prefferance, mode 1, mode 2 ? If you progress into fixed wing model flying, your chosen mode ( stick functions ) for the ninja, may clash with fixed wing mode. No matter how hard I try, in a stressful "mode2" flying occurrence, no matter how slow the model is flying, I always seem to revert to mode 1 operation, the mode I was initially trained in. So, get legal and insured, learn stick functions off by heart, follow all instructions in the book ( calibration etc. ) , Pick your day ( not much wind blowing towards open space rather than a road etc. ) And give it a go. With the ninja which is easily held via tail boom, finger and thumb, you can have a well held tethered "flight" to see/feel stick influences. Even gently holding the Helo via the landing skids, you can have a tethered flight. Just be carefull, the rotor blades are not eye friendly ? The instruction book will explain things like stick digital trims etc.. The ninja is quite easy to fly successfully ( in a sports hall or outside, not in a smallish room at home in my experience ) which you will enjoy, and fly without crashing. As said ( and I was told this on here ) be carefull in more than a very very gentle breeze else it will fly away quickly and some distance ( thanks guys ). Always fly up wind. Don't fly by a lake......or water/road etc.. sods law says... Enjoy... Enough from me... .report back when stuff arrives...

End game ? Nah... As someone said " we are approaching the end of the begining....." There will be much more to come I feel....when Amazon aviation gets going there will be more restrictions placed on us all, pricing out the poor first... I really hope I am wrong but it's coming I feel. Indoor flying may blossom.... There is a possibility even control line flying will be effected, see article 16, the new one, well, a few days old now.

Oh, just knock that shelf and the tx skydives into the paint pot, which I hope is empty...

Hi Jon, yes a good test to see if the pupil is listening, awake and brain is in gear.

Just like a car ?

Good choice with the ninja, quite s tough little bird which flies well. I would not fly it indoors unless you have a sports hall sized room ( king span foam with aluminium backing I reckon causes radio problems ). They fly well in sports halls, and I do fly mine on the local football pitch with the flags on s near by house flying a quarter to a third flying. Always fly up wind and close. I stand one side of the centre circle and keep the Helo within the centre circle ( well most of the time ). It's s small Helo and can "blend into" the background easily so be ware. Keep it under control as it can/will fly away quite quickly in a breeze. Fly it on beginners mode and learn the stick/button functions way before your first flight. Enjoy...but join the bmfa or similar.

I as well as others can recommend the ninja twister or the new medi Heli as advertised at the very top of your screen. Not super expensive but get a spare battery or two, and s lipo bag to store them in. Just because a model is relatively small does not mean it cannot do damage. You have the land owners permission to fly from the fields ? Bmfa membership and insurance could be a "mind changer" to the land owner

Until a very united front is shown to the populouse, rather than the "fixed wing versus rotors etc. Squobble" at present to an extent, the populouse will not care one bit, but see it as boys with toys storm in a tea cup . They probably will anyway until stuff effects them. An I'm alright jack attitude.

My very good friend ( Chauffer to be I hope ) did all his needed legal stuff in an afternoon with no problems whatsoever, and apart from insurance ( not a legal requirement sub 250g ) is now ready to fly, just needs training. Years ago he was a free flighter and won some comps for his age group then. So, Pablo, it can be done.

Unless NT demand it. They may demand that fliers are fully legal to be allowed to fly there, so if rid becomes " law" and not fitted...... All good untill a *walker" is hit, but the walkers of those paths do have some " sense" . They seem to like watching the flying..... Absolutely wonderfull site. Penrhos, you know of Frank the paint and others ? The caravan used to be the other side of the site back in the day... . '

Hi toto, Feeding your addiction.... My first rc plane was flown and flown and flown, boom breakages were easy but added weight, the thing rndef up with s paw19 on the front which extended its life somewhat... Eventually it got so fat it just would not fly reasonably at all The wings found thier way into c/l planes, the fuz balsa reclaimed as much as possible, the remainder given s Vikings funeral. I hope you have kept your gutted arising star for the future..... As to this foamy, what is the opinion of the rat's nest of wires and the two thick battery wires ?

Submitted some time ago.... Look forward to a further consultation with an April 1st closing date ! It's only lone fliers/country members "restrictions" that worry me, and the caa refusing some clubs "official status", IE, unsuitable. Slope soaring site" official status" is a worry also. I have answered the questions with "aeromodeling and model flying as a whole" attitude rather than "just me and my model flying " attitude. A slight contradiction agreed but there you go. I am not a club member due to transport difficulties ( nearest club 60 mile round trip, powered, few extra miles extra to NT / club soaring site, hell's mouth ) and increasing mobility problems. I am very local these days... Anyone else noticed a reduction/improvement of general aches and pains since Dec 22nd. ?

Ps, don't let the cold in.... Dickies do a good quilted overall, not quite as good as a Walls Zerozone one ( 8 dollars at the time in wallmart, only allowed to bring into the country in very small amounts, singles, a second skin until finally fully worn out some 32 years later !!!! ) But worth the money and warm. Fingerless gloves, a tx "muff" to keep the wind away and a good peaked hat with furry side panel ear covers.....don't forget the sun glasses.....and good socks. Yep you guest it, powered plane fight box on wheels, soarer tx box in back pack.

True, and we are all different... My initial rC training was done on a 52 inch r + e powered glider and r + e 72 inch s/soarer. Both models and I being coached by a trusted well experienced pilot. Thanks Frank ( the paint ). Keeping both planes well up wind floating about with Frank suggesting " now turn to the left keeping the nose up" etc. until I could do passable circuits, figure of eights etc. from all sides. Dummy approaches, lower each time until "this time land but don't forget to flair..." Etc. All these days where a bit windy with longish flights, 10 mins plus. Soaring flights were much longer with the plane "parked" in lift whilest i had a short mental "rest". Only two channels to worry about. Prop the dipping wing was firmly lodged in my head. At first I said it out loud, then only in my head until it became instinct, second nature, automatic if you will I flew the socks off both models and progressed onto the hiboy.... There have been times when I did get a little disirientated when seeing model side on, is it slightly pointing away from me or towards me ? Eventually the flights became more fluid, more flowing, which comes with practise. So toto, we have all been where you are at present. Get more stick time and batteries, and get the IC powered model up and running. A good trick we had at the club was to "fly backwards" at hieght, which should illustrate the wind speed at the flying site, penrhos, llyn peninsula, and hell's mouth area for sloping.

Hi Frank, good to hear you help out your local atc squadron The squadron may have an enclosed cockpit pc flight sym system. The principle of flight training books are very well written. Lots of subjects are taught for the various levels of cadet, tests/exams taken to gain the badge/award. Test passes needed by cadets to "progress" to further things like summer camp ( hope they still happen ) and aef ( air experience flight, in chipmunk ? ) Not sure these days but in the eighties even round the pole aeromodeling was not encouraged due to "safety" concerns Hope that is not the case these days.....

5 mins flying time, 8 circuits then land ? Mind you, take off to extra hieght, idle motor and "glide' for a bit, throttle up, gain hieght, repeat until "timed out" then land, but leaving sufficient file fuel for at least one aborted landing and go around again... Unless is was super aerobatic and fast jobby, 5 mins or so would not be enough for me. You doing slope soaring or powered gliders at all ? You need practise practise practise, another 6 batteries and a field charger, or sloper/powered glider. You do have an IC powered trainer with an estimated 16 mins plus endurance that you could land early if needed ? The important thing is "don't give up". Every flying session is a learning period. Say out loud ( again ) " prop the dipping wing with the stick", or variations of that until your flying becomes instinctive, second nature, natural, needing minimum thinking time for correction. In short time, no thinking time wil be needed, a very fluid flowing flight. Keep practising with purpose toto. A loop is an easy entry into inverted flight, just remain two mistakes high.

Confusing r and l controls when coming out of a turn.....? Due to slight "disorientation" ...? Reinforce your instict, prop the dipping wing with the stick etc., And/or remember a bit more the " attitude, position, course" of the aircraft.... Yes practise practise practise, to include figure of eights in all directions up wind, as well as circuits, again both directions, and approaches with out landing, low getting lower , landing practising, aborted landings and touch and goes, but keep airspeed/flying speed up All this practise will pay dividends..... I understand your present model is electric powered, how long are the flights at say half throttle may I ask ?

Thanks Andy... Might the bmfa have a procedure to get country members flying sites "registered", officially know of/about, recognised as "a regular flying site"....other than a bmfa affiliated site/club. ? Thanks...

Hi Bruce, So the "state" has a list of "officially recognised" flying sites acknowledged by the "state" ??? I am thinking along bmfa " country members" flying sites lines, but are these sites officially recognised ! Where can one view this "list" please, to make sure the sites I use as a country member are actually on it...!