Chris Dorn

What times please? Open/close/start/finish?  Are refreshments available? etc.  No info' on the website... sorry if it's elsewhere but I'm not a "facebooker" ! P.S. The web link provided above doesn't work ? TRY:  http://www.f3p-uk.org.uk/eim.php?year=2011 cheers, chris

CARAVAN WHEEL & TYRE LOST AT THE NATS !!!!! I managed to leave the site on Sunday and leave behind my unused caravan wheel (black steel rim) & tyre !!!   They were in a black bin liner - and we were sited 1 patch upwind from the grey WC block, i.e. about 100yrds from the hangar.   Any help would be appreciated,   cheers   Chris D  

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how about:  E - 40 or  E - FORTY seing as it's electric and with a 40" wingspan ?

  I hope not to get the "hump" if i don't win it - but if i do - she's gonna get de-glossed methinks....   ME PLEASE !!!!!

 go on then, i'll try one of those ARTFery thingies....  can't move in the spare room at the moment for balsa shavings and plywood dust ! (not to mention i've cyano'd my slippers to the floor !!!)  chris

 best free plan yet !!!! would love this model - great - now just scale up and add electric fan unit !!!! chris 

thanx guys for all your help looks like i've gone and "clicked" on the ole '''buy-it-now''' button... got a SAITO 180 on its way to me will keep y'all posted cheers chrissy d

hi guys SAITO 180? i am building the latest YT Adrenaline freestyle 3D aerobat (78") firstly do i fit a 2stroke, 4stroke or petrol? secondly - i was just about to click on "buy it now" on a saito 180 when i happened upon this thread and saw rumours of exploding crankcases and anti-vibe mounts???? so sould i / should i not use an anti-vibe mount and WHY ? If i had enough money (yeah, right) to buy a YS-160 it comes with a factory fitted anti-vibe mount?? any advice greatly recieved cheers chris

just about to put together a YT 2metre Adrenaline will be fitting either ASP-180, Saito-180 or (if i can afford it) a YS-Dz140 or 160 any suggested prop sizes? the reviews Vs manufacturers recomm's seem wildly different here, PLUS i've never used a four stroker before.... 2 blade, 3 blade, anything from a 15x8 to a 18x10 on the ASP + SAITO and even up to a 16x12 to 17x13 on the YS???? can anybody help? cheers chrissy d

Before someone says I was using an indoor/parkfly GWS receiver in an outdoor model - YES i was. But it is still supposed to have a range of "approx. 300ft" (100yards or so) the model glitched and lost control on sunday after only around 20 yards or so!! I have since spoken to other freinds and club members and have been given accounts of at least four other incidences with GWS NARO or PICO receivers. Interestingly I run a (bog standard 400 powered) TwinStar on a FULL SIZE GWS 8channel receiver (with full size Futaba Rx Xtal and the same JR tranny) and HAVE NEVER had a problem with that one.... even flown it over the sea at Bournemouth till "a little dot" on the horizon!!!! Also last night I flew a 3D shockie brushless bipe that has a HYPERION 4channel mini receiver & mini crystal (still same JR Tranny) and had a few TOTALLY FAULTLESS flights with that too!!! cheers c

THURSDAY.. I flew the (epoxied-back-together)'leccy model last night (Weds) the chicken lives on!!! (pictures to follow) Originally this had a GWS Pico receiver and GWS pico crystal fitted when it went in under loss of control on sunday. It now has a FEIGAO 6ch receiver with a full size futaba Rx Xtal fitted. The motor, speed controller, battery, and wiring are all EXACTLY AS THEY WERE ON SUNDAY... I had six perfect totally glitch free flights last night and and all is well!!!! cheers c

Hi Guys - thanx for advice I have contacted MacGregor and "terry" says that a matched set (i.e. JR tx & JR Rx) should get a range test of 70 paces (around 58 yards / 53 metres) with the Tx aerial collapsed. I dug out the original manual - and it states 20-25 metres minimum. ? Anyhow - I got out my JR 9-channel PCM receiver and plugged in four servos, crystal, etc, and turned on (with Tx set to PCM obviously) and sent my son off down the street with the Tx (aerial collapsed). Must have got somewhere around the above figures (about 30-40mtrs) before lock-up. ALL SEEMS WELL? NOW THEN --> All you mix 'n' match guys. .......W A T C H O U T ........ Back on to PPM mode, I resumed tests with the bad'un... I was using a JR X3810 TX, FUTABA 5 channel single conv. Rx with channel 64 Rx Xtal - with a green strip (I am sure this is a HiTec Xtal) but told when I bought four of these crystals that Hitec and Futaba mix OK... .......B E W A R E....... When I changed to channel 72 (still a green 'HiTec'? crystal) the combo did not work at all I MEAN AT ALL!!!! NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER - NOT A TWITCH!!!! Suspecting my 72 Xtal I then changed to a HiTec receiver with said HiTec Xtal and fine - loadsa range. I will still send my Tx off for checking 'cos when I switched back to Futaba Xtal in Futaba Rx the setup still glitched at a fairly low range test, but nowhere near as bad... but in the meantime.... I'm off to buy some more Futaba Rx Xtals - I only have one at the moment - the reason I changed over in the first place at the field 'cos someone else was on my frequency - so: IF USING FUTABA Rx- USE FUTABA CRYSTALS, ETC.. The only combo i know GUARANTEED TO WORK 'cos I've been flying it for years is JeTi receivers with Futaba Xtals. Keep threading, cheers, c

Has anyone had range problems with a JR 3810? problems with the plug-in RF Module? Been using my JR X-3810 ADT transmitter for 3 or 4 years on and off now. always kept clean & dry and always topped up the charge and/or regularly cycled the Tx pack. I've used the Tx with "other make" Rx's (HiTec, Futaba, Jeti, etc) and never had any probs. YESTERDAY i dumped a brand new model straight after take off (a present from 'er indoors as well!!) and then thought wise not to fly the other model i had with me me when i found it was glitching like mad when only a couple of feet from the TX !!! We had done a range check before hand on both models and all seemed ok - even on the (now demised) 'leccy model - the initial range check was fine, but when next to 2 or 3 other guys at the flight line it was TOTALLY swamped by their radios and i lost range after just a few yards - and thats with the TX aerial FULLY EXTENDED!!!! I even changed the crystals (3 different freq's on tx & rx) and still encountered same probs. i took it home and ranged it on the drive - still the same! Tx meter says 10.5v.... any other users had similar probs ? cheers c