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I have two 6EX's that are not being used much now. Can include a Futaba FASST 606 RX if needed. FASST is arguably the most robust, range insensitive and problem free 2.4Ghz system, and is supported ongoing by decent quality third party receivers from Corona, FRsky and HK Orange. Both Tx's are the latest version sold and have never been subject to mods or repair. Offers by P.M.

I swapped out the FRSky X6R Receiver "door wedge" aerials for the wire type. These are now led external and taped 90 degrees with blenderm, my usual and time proven method. I decided to open up one, so cut it open down the welded seam with a knife. from this:- 1. The actual aerial is a section of a PCB track. This is (pretty obviously) desperately thin in one plane, much wider than a wire type aerial in the other. 2. There is an abnormal extra soldered connection to the earth shielding, which ALSO goes to a double sided PCB pad, via quite a few connecting plated th

An Autogyro!! Hobby King UK sourced Durafly Auto-G2, entirely stock. Biggest part of the "build" (which took an hour and a half!) was to get the Tx set up using the sprung return switch of my Taranis to run the second motor drive to spin the rotor up to help it ROG . There's little room inside though, very very tight, and I'll have to get some extended lead "wire" aerials to get really good reception, as the 6CH Rx's "wedge" type aerials were jammed between motor, ESCs (2 of) and the LiPo, and I was getting indications of packet loss (no surprise there then!). 1

Got a feeling Lee has one, but it would have been built by Alan.

Very nice Don, with that engine it should prop hang!!

PS, I can loan you my original combat one if you'd like a prod and a poke and a fly. It's survived four full seasons of indoor combat and flies OK outside in less than 10mph.

Well............................. Have to say personally I would not even contemplate a brushed setup on the FireFly. A brushed motor of sufficient power will be too heavy, one thats light enough will be underpowered. The whole concept of the FF is that its set up overpowered to the extent that you don't use the power except in ultra short bursts to make it do what it was designed for, have huge throws and alter direction instantly by using lots of prop wash over the large surfaces. It obviously will fly with far less power, but then its just another plane, could be anything.

OK, so if you read the above, you will remember that I was less than complimentary about the std colour scheme chosen by Blade, and that I quickly applied some more colour, albeit grass green, so ultimately no good for outdoors. Its been flown a few times now, Indoors and in my back garden, have not had the conditions available to me to bother taking it to the field. Even in the garden at relatively slow speed and no aeros it was obvious that the scheme was not helpful. This is how it looked:- And this is how it looks now:- MicroHeli Canopy, U

Open Tx developers issued update further updated firmware on Monday (14) then apparantly some people were having issues loading it, so 15 is either on way or by the time you read this will have been issued. Peter, At least with the modern system this sort of change does not totally wipe the gear out of practical use......I'm old enough to remember the horrendous issues with 27MHz when they allowed CB!! (I still have all my 35MHz and 27MHz gear, in the case of 35MHz that means five transmitters each with six model memory, DR/expo, elevon, flaps, etc, etc, so if 24GHz fall

The loss of FASST compatibility with Orange/FRSky Rx's is only brought into effect by upgrade firmware and that's only user capable on the more expensive Tx's (14 and 18) AFAIK, in any event its being indicated that FRSky are working on reintroducing firmware compatibility for their FASST Rx's for upgraded Tx's. Since my 10CG, Taranis Module, and 6EXs are not firmware upgradable by me, it's not an issue. These Tx's are "non-current" so IMO are unlikely to get (or really need) a manufacturer upgrade path, so they just carry on to end of life as is as far as I read it..

OK, as of now this (hopefully) attached pdf file is the best data I have found for the FRSky system ACCST, Taranis, etc. It's inevitably not as bad as the scaremongers were/are saying, some loss of D16 mode if you don't upgrade, but the warning remains, be very careful on Firmware updating! Frsky_Taranis_ETSI181_english.pdf Frsky_Taranis_ETSI181_english.pdf

Being widely called the LBT change, but is wider than just that. Pay attention at the back please, this may well affect YOUR radio either now or in the near future !! Quite a lot of the founding 2.4GHz systems do not comply, and so cannot be sold new now without change. Manufacturers are working on or have issued firmware updates, both for Tx AND for Rx. SOME OF THESE AFFECT IF NOT STOP EXISTING COMPATIBILITY, and not only with compatible Rx's like Orange and FRSky working but also within a manufacturers range! It's NOT just an "old" system issue either, as while DSM2 a

Then "eyeball" the extra gear weight approx and temp add 2/3 of that as lead up front, which will err on the forward side.

IMO the manual recommendation is ridiculously conservative, more based on Weston's insistance that a Cougar can be a good trainer.

NIce............. The six figure code is interesting, never seen one staggered, you see them small on fin only, on rudder only, across both, partly overpainted by patterning, painted out completely (as in a lot of the Tuskagee birds), and in various sizes and fonts, but staggered is a new one to me.

AccuRc 1. Never heard of it till you posted Arun. As a member of two Heli only clubs, and of a number of Heli forums, too. Find that odd? I do................. 2. Why does its website home page header have a SebArt plane (and only a plane) when there are none apparently included, none in the hangar list, and the presence or otherwise of fixed wing is not mentioned at all? 3. The wallpaper for each model will not readily load and display on either a high spec Win 7 Laptop and a XP Pro desktop. Stated as .png format, but two recent issues of art packages won't load the

This guy will get you one.................. MMMMM, wonder what he's like with motorcyclists and where's the nearest deep river......................

Hi, I'm one of the few CAMFC heli flyers, regular ones, anyway. I also help run an Indoor Heli club in Biggin Hill, right by the airport, which allows up to 450s and meets fortnightly, the next meeting being this coming Thurs from 20:15 to 21:45. I don't want to discourage, but a 450 is limited outdoors by wind, there is a world of difference between a 450 and a 500, which is much more wind capable. You CAN fly a 450 outdoors of course, but the occasions when you will be able to will not be that frequent, and you'll be looking for early (a problem since we cannot fly

Which I expect is because the rc plane has to transition through quite different conditions to normal forward flight during take off and landing, likely negating the effect of tuft flight "readings".

Wing tip extensions/fences are fitted to RC planes for a number of reasons usually quite a long way far from day to day full sized practice:-:- 1. To promote lift and/or stability when in "knife edge", that is stunt flying with the wing vertical and so generating little or no wing/tailplane lift. A RC plane usually flies with the nose high to give some upward thrust from the propulsion, putting the fuselage (which might also be deliberately shaped to help by having a large side area forward) and any wing fences at an incidence angle for lift. This will be very inefficient since these ar

The size of a RC model has no single relationship to its speed. Drag (and that relates into aerodynamic shape), Power, etc. http://physics.info/drag/ I have a less than one metre plane that can achieve over 100mph, a two metre plane which isn't capable of more than 50 mph, and another 2 metre plane that regularly achieves more than 90mph and would do more if it was re-propped for speed (note, no more power available, same wing, same drag, and so it hasn't that much to do with wing shape or section!! The fastest RC plane in the world is currently a Glider undertaking Dynamic Soari

Presumably you saw this:- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Cambria-Grumman-Traveler-Aeroplane-RC-Model-Kit-NEW-/131353921199?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item1e954dc6af Might still be available....................

James, maybe those rose tinted glasses need removing or at least cleaning, as below is a fairly typical it seems Racketeer review:- "The Racketeer was a mundane aerobatic trainer let down even further by the godawful kitting that has been a Mick Reeves trademark for years. The Racketeer's rolled ply fuselage was both noisy and fragile, and it's control surfaces were too small and thin to be good enough for smooth aerobatics. These combined with the worst, weakest, spongiest balsawood ever used in model aviation (another Mick Reeves trademark) meant that at anything above 50mph they would u

Yea, let alone self inflicted wounds like Futaba with the Code Zero Issues, Spektrum with various issues inc a bug which lurked in the Elevon mixing for the first model type of the DX6i for all its life. Addition:- http://www.rcmodelreviews.com/rcupdate.shtml