Glenn Philbrick
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Loaded Dice 30 EP
Glenn Philbrick replied to barryt's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
I have what I think is a set of foam loaded dice wings that I have been given some time ago. If anybody wants them then message me and I'll send you an invoice via Paypal for £5 postage and post them with Hermes they are yours. Glenn -
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Generator power output?
Glenn Philbrick replied to Ian Whittaker's topic in General Electric Flight Chat
We also have a series of Solar panels on our container roof. These charge the mower battery and another couple of batteries for club chargers and our weather station. We use a 20ADual Battery controller from e bay that is about £25 this is set to prioritise the mower and then switch to the other batteries. In the summer it well but cannot keep everything topped up in the winter so we have purchased a wind turbine, but have found out now that we need another controller and also a resistance to dump the load when not required. If anybody has any ideas how best to do this it would help. Thanks -
Both are good but often the reason AR6210 are cheap is because they are clones. The AR620 is not so often cloned so far. As Dennis has said buy from a reputable source, not necessarily the cheapest for price.
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The Ar 620 has reduced range for telemetry so you only get a read out on the Tx when the model is in close proximity. Have a look on the Spektrum web site for Rx that have receiver voltage as I am not sure. I'm surprised you have problems with using other servos other than spektrum. I have no spektrum servos and just chamfer the edges on other makes to fit. Incidentally I have been looking for a telemetry read out of altitude but not found a relatively cheap version I do have one but it I can only get the height read out when on the ground.
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The AR620 RX will give you onboard voltage but only on a fly by basis. I have them in my motor gliders with a Spektrum Dx9. To get a continuous readout you will need a more expensive Rx with full telemetry
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An update on the spacer, we have a club mate with a handy 3d printer. Yes I have mine powered by a 90 FS but as an excuse our strip has some very deep cracks as it is on drained marsh and it is not unknown to break the undercart on take off as well. Makes landing with crossed wheels very interesting. since this mod I have not torn out the undercariage and fly this and an electric modified acro wot most weeks. Just in vest in a bag full of 6mm plastic bolts.
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This is a pic of my first lanc that I lost when one motor came loose. I have since built another one still in existence and flown regularly. There is a lot of chat about where to put batteries on multi models, I have always had a single power source in the fuselage and powered the motors with long leads from there with out any problems. All motors are powered together through Y leads with just one red wire to power the RX. The only thing I have done is to use a small lipo for the retracts. There is an interesting article that I have posted the link for ( if it works) about putting extra capacitor in the ESCs and this I have actually done on my last Lanc. Castle creations actually make a pack for this but I used capacitors from RS. The link to the article is http://www.schulze-elektronic-gmbh.de I'm not confident the link will work as I downloaded it a long time ago. If you are interested and cannot get the link to work I could try scanning it Good Luck Glenn
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Forum members' new models: Let's see them.
Glenn Philbrick replied to Paul Marsh's topic in All Things Model Flying
Brian Taylor Mossie twin OS56 fs, not yet flown at least I've got plenty of time to sort it out before maiden. -
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DB 60" Sopwith Pup
Glenn Philbrick replied to Geoff S's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Thanks Martin, I should have read the last couple of posts. Its a shame he has found it necessary to stop posting. Glenn -
DB 60" Sopwith Pup
Glenn Philbrick replied to Geoff S's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Just bought this kit from DB and found this tread but cannot open any of the pic files am I doing anything wrong? Glenn -
We have solar panels to charge a couple of batteries for charging and to power our weather station as well the mower all powered by solar panels. However in the winter the batteries often go flat so we bought a 1200w wind turbine from Bangood, it comes with a rectifier and we have power control units for the solar panels but I have been told we need some form of load for the wind turbine when everything is fully charges otherwise it will overheat. we also want to install lighting in the container so we can see whats going on. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Glenn
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I have followed this thread for some time and took the advise to get checked out as I was having trouble peeing( very low flow). It turned our that my prostate was slightly enlarged but I also had a 2mm bladder stone that was the cause of the discomfort. I have just had the stone removed and the TURP operation to clear any interference from the prostate. Unfortunately I have now been fitted with a catheter although hope it will be temporary but if not it might be a permanent feature and I would have to learn to self catheterize to drain the bladder a couple of times a day. Has anybody any experience of this. I have not fount much on the internet so far. I have tried to look for a mens health forum but have not found one that covers this issue. Thanks
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Our field is surrounded by crops including maize which can grow quite high, many an hour has been spent searching for even quite large models. We have tried the lost model alarms with limited results often the noise is drowned by the movement of the crops. There are any number of GPS/bluetooth finders listed on Bangood and other sites but has anybody tried them. Mostly they are aimed at finding pets.
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I assume you are building the kit and not an ARTF? The descision on the engine mount is weather to mount it side on or inverted, I have done both and find that side on is more convenient for starting but does mean quite a lot of the cowl side cheek is cut away. If you are using a big engine you ,may need to move the firewall back slightly and this is dealt with in the instructions. I have used a 91FS in most of mine. The undercarriage is the weakest link in all forms of Acro Wot so a bit of reinforcing around this area will help, but I do away with the metal fixings and replace them with 2x 6mm plastic bolts so that they break before ripping the undercarriage out. The Acro does tend to bounce a little on landing in any slight wind. If you make a spacer as shown then the bolts are easily removed to replace them. As far as other mods some have moved the tailplane lower to make knife edge easier I have tried this but wouldn't bother just need a bit of elevator to make it track straight. Hope this helps.
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Acro Wot ARTF (balsa) chat
Glenn Philbrick replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in Sport, Aerobatic and 3D kits
Going back to the electric Acro wot, I've put on a couple of pics of how I fitted my hatch and batteries, don't forget this was built as a repair on a crashed fuselage I was given. Also I am comparing to my IC acro wot with a 91fs. This one pulls 35A, 735W though a 70 A esc with a 12x 7 prop. If I fit a 13 x 6 it pulls over 1000w but thing start to get warm. -
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