Dave Hopkin Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott finnie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Ahh that's those new co2 engines, ultra quiet too lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The shear cheek of these people never fails to amaze me! Or is it just some kind of crazy optimism? They try to sell stuff I'd be embarrassed to put into the bin! I sometimes wonder - what is the stuff they keep like? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott finnie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 BEB I always feel too many people feel that they can sell anything, it's all about common sense these days and what little of it there is. My rule is if it's broken and not fixable. BIN IT that way we don't clog eBay up Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 A used car sales person (of dubious character) I am aquainted with (through business) has a phrase, which is "there's a bum for every seat". Which basically means there is someone out there who will buy anything. His survival is testament to the fact ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY DAVIES 1 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I don't want to ruffle feathers but I have sold loads of small vintage items on eBay Some of theses items are impossible to get theses days. 4" MS wheels are like the proverbial, unobtainable. If you have tyre and no hub there is a hub if your hub has worn holes there's a hub ! A year ago I cleared out I sold 4 or 5 wheels from the 1950's by Shuco Hegi someone wanted them and other items from early Japanese kits from the mid 50's Just in case you think I harbour junk I am almost over the hill but have worked through all the Spektrum Tx's to an 18 which is the only radio I now possess. I sold my single channel one 50 years ago. By the way it's 'sheer' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetenor Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 rECENTLY TOOK A COUPLE OF CHANCES LATELY SHOULD SAY 3. I BOUGHT 2. 61,S AN IRVINE AND A BDS. BOTH SEIZED SOLID. AHA I HEAR YOU SAY SERVES YOU RIGHT. WELL WHEN THEY ARRIVE I REALISED AT ONCE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. CASTOR OIL GUMMING IT SETS SOLID LIKE VARNISH. HOW DO YOU SHIFT VARNISH? WITH A SOLVENT (THINNERS FOR EXAMPLE ) A GOOD SOAKING INSIDE AND OUT WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES DID THE TRICK. THE OTHER ENGINE WAS A ONE cc BUGGY MOTOR NEVER RUN BRAND SPANKERS BUT NO BOX OR ANYTHING ALL BOUGHT FOR £11 OR LESS THE THINNERS DOES A GOOD JOB OF CLEANING UP THE OUTSIDE TOO.SO YOU SEE THERE BE BARGAINS ON E-BAY AFTER ALL. BTW REGARDING BEING OVER THE HILL MY FIRST RADIO GEAR HAD VALVES. I AM 71 AND BEEN PLANE MAD SINCE EVER I CAN REMEMBER . A GRANDSON ASKED A WHILE AGO HOW MANY PLANES I COULD NAME. AFTER AN HOUR HE LOST COUNT AND INTEREST. POOR LAD HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE LOL. CHEERS FOLKS JOHN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetenor Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 GLOW LEADS ARE OLD HAT THESE DAYS ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY EXTENDED HEADS ON THE CAR/BUGGY ENGINES. YOU NEED A FIRESTICK TYPE STARTER CONNECTOR WHICH IS CYLINDRICAL ( STICK SHAPED ) AND HAS BATTERIES IN THE HANDLE A SMALL HOLE IN THE COWLING AND YOU'RE IN BUSINESS. IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR WON VOLTAGE OR MAKE A VARIABLE VOLT UNIT DEPENDING ON PLUGS USED GOOOD LUCK. JOHN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Jones 2 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 If you check the eBay sellers feedback, you'll see he describes all his items as "model airplane engine"- books and other non-engine items. It works for him- he has 100% feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Recently actually bought a 60" span Answer with Magregor Digimac IV, single servo and PAW 2.49. Well, I would never spend time building it and I did love my old Super Scorpion. Cost me £26. Fitted a 30FS and three channel radio Sold the Radio and PAW for a total of £33. Net profit of about £2 My first four channel set was the Macgregor. Ye Gods! I never realised how heavy those sticks were. My first ever radio was ECC Telecommander in 1954. Never did get a flight out of it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY DAVIES 1 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Hi Peter, I picked up a really old Black Magic with a Challenger 4 channel radio in it's styro box, on looking at the little listing pics I spotted something strange buried in the styro' so I bid and won it for £36, collect. I sold the radio £24, it was in good nick, Someone local to me bought the model or £30 The buried objects in the styro happened to be a 2 volt start battery and a glow clip. But best of all a 1947 Mills 1.3 dirty but as new and a1947 ED penny slot. Both engines were hardly run I got £80 for the Mills and still have the ED. There are plenty of bargains on eBay if you keep looking and using your senses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 And here is a offer you really cant refuse..... **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop Nut Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Of coarse it's shear, Roy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Jones 2 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Posted by Peter Miller on 19/08/2014 08:42:14: My first ever radio was ECC Telecommander in 1954. Never did get a flight out of it!! **LINK** How was it supposed to work? Did it have a rubber escapement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 That looks like a super-regen receiver (probably AM tone but may be CW instead). The relay would have switched the escapement and it would need two batteries - an HT (usually a 22 1/2 volt 'deaf-aid' battery - they didn't have button cells back then)and a LT (normally a 1.5 volt AA - or U2 as it was then) for the an acorn valve at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 IT was the earlier version with a big valve stuck out the top. It used 2 45Volt hearing aid betteries, 1 1.5 Volt grid bias battery and four pencells for the rubber driven escapement. You spent ages with a miliameter setting the current drop as you keyed the Tx and the you set the sensitivity with the milliammeter (or maybe it was the other way round.) Carrier wave pure and simple, no one had even heard of tone then After that it would work the rudder on the old "BANG BANG" system Then you started the engine and the relay chattered and the escapement wernt berserk and all your turns came off the rubber motor while the rudder waggled away. Then you started all over again. It might be 60 years ago but it is still burned into my mind. Edited By Peter Miller on 20/08/2014 08:37:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marsh Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thanks goodness for modern rc gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Jones 2 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks for the info,Peter. I started when proportional radio was starting to become cheap- or at least affordable. My first radio was an Acoms two channel and my first plane was a Pilot Timmy two channel glider- then I bought a second hand 4 channel Futaba and was able to control rudder and elevator on the same stick-luxury! In those days, of course, if you wanted to fly a different model you had to pull your Rx out and plug it in to it. These youngsters today, don't know they are born.... Edited By Rob Jones 2 on 21/08/2014 01:30:35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi Rob. My first successful and reliable radio was RCS Guidance System. Again just a push button to move the rudder with a rubber driven escapement. This was in 1962 or 3. Fully transistorized and very small. When I eventually had four channel radio you had to set up every model the same way. No model memories. It was safe! Last Sunday I forgot that my FF8 needed the memory to be changed unlike my Spektrum. Very embarrassing but luckily no damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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