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  1. Mark Agate
    A couple of years ago I bought myself a 6-channel micro heli, which I test-flew in our garage. As I hovered it at about 5 ft, my wife thought it would be a huge joke to turn the garage lights off. Amazingly we're still together, even after the barrage of intemperate language I hurled at her.
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    I've just built a Skyfun, which I think is the same kit as the Roo, but from a different supplier. I found some forum posts where people recommended Gorilla Glue for it, so I bought a small bottle on Ebay and tried it. It seems very strong, but was a bit tricky to use as it expands quite a lot as it sets. If I did it again I'd use 24-hour epoxy (5-minute won't give you enough working time to align the wings to the fuselage properly). If you need to use cyano, one of the special foam-safe vareties should be fine, but try it on the box first if in any doubt. Normal cyano will definitely attack it.
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    Anyone seen this incredible video on YouTube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?sns=fb&v=YQIMGV5vtd4&gl=GB   It won't be long before these things are cutting our lawns! @import url(http://www.modelflying.co.uk/CuteEditor_Files/Style/SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/CuteEditor_Files/public_forums.css);
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    A regulator is to be avoided unless absolutely necessary, as it just wastes battery power and is one more thing to go wrong. I suspect the servos will be fine at 6.6V, but if you're worried about working them out of spec, why not drop the voltage by 0.6V by putting a silicon diode in series with the battery pack? I use P600M diodes which are rated up to 6A forward current, and put 3 in series to drop a 2s LiPo down to 6V or so. You should only need one with a 6.6V pack. They're available in small quantities on Ebay.
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    I've started moving over to LiPo for both the Tx and Rx pack, mainly because I can fast charge them without having to worry what the initial state is (I don't have to discharge them first). This means I can make a spot decision to go flying, and be all charged up within an hour or so. And I don't miss a good flying day because I forgot to charge up overnight.@import url(http://www.modelflying.co.uk/CuteEditor_Files/Style/SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/CuteEditor_Files/public_forums.css);
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    My best ever aerobatic sloper was a kit called The Slim Pig. A friend of mine designed a fun-flyer which was a bit like a Wot-4, so he called it a Y-Not.
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