Maurice Harvey

Many thanks David, have contacted them and they will be sending my copy, fingers crossed! Nice to know that that you are still at work in the evenings.

Still waiting for my December issue! My subscription lasts until April 2013 but I am now denied access to "subscribers extra", and just because I said the the model reviews were becoming low grade! Model World for me now.

It does not matter whether it"s metric or imperial, I measure in days and I am still waiting for my copy!

When the voice recordings were being played back in the re-enactment there was a recorded voice saying "stall, stall, stall" over and over again. That message did not receive ANY attention from the crew. They had left their early flight training days far behind them!

Good for you, Pete. Your forthcoming review with the unseen parts shown for me to drool over, and gather info for future builds will be most welcome. I will also renew my subscription of the mag when it comes due. Maurice.

Thanks for replying to my moan about the Edge review Lee. As this was the "new improved quality" Phoenix model I just felt that it would have been nice for this to have been shown. The picture showing the lead weight at the tail-end WAS informative because I could see that the horns and clevises were of decent quality and that the tail wheel was attached to the fuselage, better than Hangar 9 comes up with anyway. (Why take a picture of a piece of lead?) A photo of the servo mounting points in the wing could have shown what the wood quality is like, also for the electric boys the hatch could have been removed to reveal to them any problems regarding battery fitment. I consider it to be a flying and picture review. Not enough info for me to buy without seeing it in the flesh. Lets do better next time Lee, so that RCM&E remains at the top of the pile!

It"s arrived! Nice to chill out with my favourite mag. Just one thing I must comment on though, the reviews. Why do the reviewers just give us photo"s of the completed model. Please, Lee Smalley, yes and you too Mr Ashby, stick the camera up the backside so that we have an idea of the nitty gritty bits of construction. Show your dear readers what room there is inside for ancillaries etc. After all, they tell me that the reviewer gets to keep the aircraft so please play fair.

You lucky people, Expected my copy by now, no such luck. Methinks the postal service in England wait until they have a decent load for air -freight, could be weeks before it arrives. Stop rabbiting on about what"s inside, otherwise I will have nothing to look forward too. Nice and hot here in Spain. How is it where you are?

Mark, Thanks for the info on 2s lipos. Where I have 7.4v servos I will remove the regulator and keep my fingers crossed! As for the old linear servos, yes, lets have an updated version. You know, if I were a servo manufacturer I would be looking to make a product that has "saleability" in its spec, not just something that every Tom, Dick or Hitec makes.

Hi Bob, I give up. Whenever I try to get people thinking of something better or different the negative always rises to the surface. Back to the cave eh.

Bob, The advantage of the worm and quadrant is the aerodynamic loading on the control surfaces is not transferred back to the servo. This relieves loading on the gear train, the servo motor is not having to be supplied with amps to hold the c/surface allowing more power to go to the servos that you want to move. In my experience, if you are feeding power through a regulator what you are told you will get as regards amps you should halve it. Crow braking will show the lack of power, or telemetry. As for the control surfaces not moving when we knock them, we must treat aircraft with respect when we handle them.

When is some enterprising servo manufacturer going to throw away the mould and give us, (I mean sell) a servo that is:- Universal, for wing or fuse fitting. Worm and quadrant drive that will eliminate "blow back". Interchangable gearing, (for torque or speed). A genuine 10v input, (instead of this 7.4v, 2 lipo sales blurb. My volt meter shows 2 lipos as 8.4v. If we had such a servo you would be able to buy what they offering us now at two for a pound on any street corner!

Yes, I have and their service was excellent. After spending months chasing Horizon Hobby for a cowl and canopy for my Pawnee, (yes I up-ended it) they came up with the goods within a week.

Being too hot here in Spain for flying unless you make an early start I have spent time, in the shade, thumbing through back copies of RCM&E. The Feb 2009 copy mentions the jump in prices of modelling ware showing sharp increases due to the exchange rate not being in the pounds favour. This prompted me to carry out a brief survey of prices then and now. Holy Smoke! The Hangar 9 Pawnee 40 then 139 pounds, now 220 pounds!!!! And so it went on until I had to call a halt to this comparison of prices before permament depression set in. Surely it cannot be all exchange rate adjustments and inflation that has caused this massive increase. I just hope that manufacturers, down the chain to the retailers realise that without us, the customer, there will be no them. I forecast that those of us who have recently joined the hobby will soon be departing for greener fields.

Many thanks to all who replied to my question regarding a powerbox. Don9f has come up with the goods, well done!  I did make myself one which works but it is a bit untidy compared to a shop job. Keep up the good work guys.

The standard pattern servos that we are using are, or were ,designed to mount in the fuselage. However, model aircraft have moved forward in design while the servo has stayed the same. What is needed now is a universal type mount or better still, side mounts to accomodate easy fitment in wings. The method that is used now ,of gluing wood blocks onto the cover makes for a messy linkage adjustment. It would be far better to be able to remove the cover, leaving the servo in situ mounted on a flat plate in the wing. The other change that we need, now that flaps are becoming more popular, is a linear action servo, (a nut and thread instead of rotary gearing). This type of servo will not transmit the aerodynamic loading of the flap back to the motor in the servo and of course, we could have progressive movement.( Look at eflite or falcon indoor servos and you will see what I mean). My ideal servo?  8volts, can be wing mounted and a speed of about .25 of a second.  Price? about 10 quid. 

Is there on the market a simple type power box that will allow me to do the following? I would like to isolate my Spektrum rx from the servos, apart from the signal wire, so that I can power the servos and rx from separate batteries., for example the rx can have a 2s lipo direct and the servos can be powered from the lipo via a ubec to suit the voltage required by them. This arrangement will also do away with the power leads having to go into the rx. I pre thank any person who may be able to help me.

Sorry Flanker, it should be @gmail

Nothing to do with the build but I notice Flanker comes from Malaga. Could he please email me as I live 20k north of the city. [email protected]

I do not want this to be a "name and shame" discussion but would appreciate other members views of the makes of Li-Po,s that they consider has been money well spent. For my part, the batteries that I have found to be very good are those by Overlander.  

I am trying to locate a  motor cowl for this aircraft. Something in the back of my mind tells me that TT do supply spare parts for their models. If someone could please guide me in the right direction my learner friend, and I, would be most grateful to you.

Now that purchase prices are steadily rising I find that I am tending to be more discerning in what I buy, but how I would love to spend part of my pension on a servo that had the following spec. To start with, it needs a universal mounting system so that it can be used for fuselage or wing use. (If you look at a "run of the mill" servo you will see that it is a fuselage servo as when that mould was made we did not fit servos in wings). Number two of my needs is a voltage that will be happy with a two cell lipo. I note that logic rc have made a move in this direction with their new servo range, (9.6v).  Number three requires a different reduction system. Throw away those spur gears that transmit control surface loadings back to the servo, what I would like is a "worm and rack" set-up, (Falcon rc do a minute servo that uses such an arangement). Try pushing a nut up a threaded rod, without turning the nut, and you will understand why. Number four has to be different speeds for different applications! Why have servos for flaps, undercart etc got to travel so fast? Which brings me round to what I do not need and that is sixty degrees in .15 of a second, and if the truth be known nor do 90% of model fliers

Has anyone an idea of what the life cycle (not cycle life) of  a li-po is? I have batteries that are now 2 years old that have been recharged about 40 times that have "gone off the boil". The amp reading starts off well when running the motor/prop then quickly degenerates to which is best described as a half throttle setting. These batteries are the "superior quality" type, expensive, whereas I have batteries of less than a year old that have had as many charges but still behave as if they are new plus the fact, that  one could consider them of "inferior quality".  By the way, C ratings are the same on all the batteries. Perhaps someone could be kind enough to shed some light on my problem. 

Timbo, I said that using baking powder gives off fumes, not bicarb. Why don"t you try it on a piece of balsa instead?   >>>>>>>>>>>>>offensive post amended by moderator (D.Ashby) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I thought "micro balloons" was just a space filler. With bi-carb a chemical re-action takes place, instantly. It also works with baking powder, the re-action here is more violent though with fumes, so I would advise against using it.