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I can't see this working unless they can find a way of generating the electricity needed for flight (or most of it) on board... hydrogen fuel cell?

Humm.. the piper manual didnt specify a servo type so I went with the standard s3003's. Ill see how she flies on those. Hope they will be ok. I wouldn't let "adults game" stop you. Your an amazing pilot! See you Sunday!

Ahh Yes.. my credit card company is feeling the strain! The current bill for the twin is near as makes no difference £1000. I won't be building another model like this for a while that's for sure Lol sounds like you make a better account than I do though. I totally forgot about the servos thinking .. Ahh there just 10 quid a pop. As you say.. £120 later! In some ways, building Artfs like this I think is the eaaiest but by far the most expensive way of doing it. I think you'll have bags of fun with an AcroWot. The covering is a bit pants (decals fly off in the breeze) but other than

The door has been going all day! Just the servos left to arrive. Thanks for the tip on the hobby king leads. I wasn't planning to use them. I got a few extension cable but I'm expecting to have to make some of the wiring myself. Time to dust off the soldering iron Aww I was going to ask if you were too build the Tucano.. I will look forward to see your next project whatever that turns out to be! Yes! I'll be there Sunday all being well. Early weather forecasts look fantastic

It feels like Christmas has arrived

Oh wow! That is a beauty

Needs to be something unusual. So not a p51, Spitfire, Cub or anthing like that. Heres an idea - Lockheed P-38G? https://www.motionrc.com/products/flightlinerc-p-38l-lightning-pacific-silver-pnp

I think I can get it done. If I start after the weekend it gives me a two week build! (well actually less than that because mother in law will shout at me if I leave a model plane on her glossed dining room table for any longer than it has to be!) May pop up on the Saturday before (all being well) on the 30th September to run the engines in. Yes I hope so, if he's happy to I've spent a LOT of money - seveal hundreds of pounds more than I planned to but I think almost everyone has a special plane in their feet and this will be my special plane I guess. It wont be an everyd

Wish it was! Twin Sync has arrived from the Netherlands today - very happy about that. I always get a little worried when ordering expensive things from abroad - never quite know if it's going to arrive so I'm delighted it did. So .. it's turning into a MEGA build and this evening I was in need of some retail therapy so I went a bit mad with the credit card! I ordered: 11 servos (RC Model World) (Might be one short - not 100% sure) Two Smart on-board glow drivers (Hobby King) Navigation & Landing light set (Hobby King) Fuel Tubing (Hobby King) Two F

I'd hope so. On the first fire I bet the gold with either go green or fall off!

That could be an option I'm really not sure. I've heard of people mixing the rudder with the trottle on twins so that manuverbility in the air and ground handling is improved. After a play with Ians twin on Sunday, and chat with Rob at Avicraft who has flown the Piper Commanche before, I have decided to go ahead with the build. I've also ordered the optional retracts and twinsync. Not 100% sure if I will use Twinsync in the final build but I do think it's worth the time to see how viable/reliable it is. If I decide not to use it and go for the Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) approach, I shou

Okay thanks for clarifying. If I do decide to build it, I'll be sure to post my progress here Thanks for your help!

I have a feeling I've not explained what I mean properly - sometimes getting what's in my head out into words I find difficult .. What I mean is - Assuming that you have two identical engines, idential throttle setups and the barrels are opening and closing exactly the same distance, no two engines will run exactly the same. It's my understanding that manufactuign tolerances ensure that even identically setup engines will run differently. This must mean that when it comes to fitting them in a plane together, there will always be an engine that runs faster than the other. In other wo

What a fab kit .. looks great! As far as it goes for engines, (Funfly) James introduced me to the Laser 70 and it's an AMAZING little engine. I put it in the Bullet, started it, ran a single tank of fuel through it and in the air it went. Sturdy and faultlessly reliable - I've not even needed to alter the mixure. If you're looking to venture into 4 strokes I can't imagine any engine that's easier than that. The instruction manual for the Laser is also excellent. It comes with a lot of information on how to cowl it properly and ways of mouting the engine within different shaped cowls avoi

KISS is the way most people do it and it might be OK. I see so many horror stories online where they have the simple two channel setup for the engines but no matter how accurate you are, the engines will almost never be in sync. So you either have to put up with the sound of the engines running out of sync (and the associated thrust differences) or you have to detune one of the engines to try and get them to match. For me, in a plane where it's critial for the engines to keep running the last thing I'd want to do is detune an engine. Some have used throttle curves but that sounds really

As some of you might know, in the next stage of my flying I'm looking to find something scale and I have an idea. I want to build something that's a bit special - a proper build if you like and something I'm considering a twin engined passenger scale plane. I have the Twin Piper Comanche in mind because it's available as ARTF by several manufactures including Seagull so parts "should" be easy to get. Over the past few days I've scoured the internet for issues with twins and predictably it's always the engines that appear to be the issue. Engine reliability is key. Worryingly, it se

I've got a couple of old RX batts that are that I dont fly for that very reason. They look fullly charged and they peak but after only 10 mins or so in the plane, the voltage drops so low that receiver actually powers off! Completely drops dead. They were left in a case for about 4 years fully discharged. I've ordered a proper NIMH/Lipo charger this weel so i'll will try cycling them a few times but my gut says they are fit for the bin

Haha! I shall find out I guess at some point as I've never owned one but I do prefer the more realistic sound compared to the 2 stroke.

Yes! Sorry for my late reply - only just seen. Despite my initial thoughts those brass clamps seem OK. Had to add quite a fair bit of weight to the front end though - found the kit to be very tail heavy. Anyways James very kindly maidened her for me a few weeks ago and I also had a couple of flights - really enjoyed how it flys. Looking for a third plane now . Not 100% sure what to get yet but thinking of a mid/low winger something like a Acro Wot XL with a nice 4 stroke in the front.

Oak tree landings

Ahh! I didn't think to use solder. I will try that. Thanks for the tip! Yes I am using a switch that I have now fitted. As it happens, when I checked the CofG the plane was so tail heavy I could balance the battery on top of the nose cone and it still wan'ts far enough forward. So what I've done is padded out around the fuel tank and it will sit on top. The wot4 has a catched door above the fuel tank i think should do a nice job of holding everything in. HAHAH! That's good to know. I'm going to solder it together just to be

Hi! Over the past week, in addition to rebuilding the Boomerang I have been building plane number 2 of the fleet! I chose a WOT 4 Mk2 (Nitro) and I've got a couple of questions about the ARTF kit that I hope you might be able to shed some light on. Compared to the Boomerang Kit which I've built two of now (as a result of a very minor crash), my overall thoughts on it so far are not great. I have no idea how they are in general but lets say I think they made my kit on a Friday! The covering is not great at all! Not sure if any of you have had the same issue

Okies so it seems it does still work in Phoenix 5.5l The directory has changed though. Please download and extract into: Documents\PhoenixRC\Downloaded\Sites\User-made\ ** ANY MODERATOR ** Please can you update my permissions so that I can edit the origional post of this tread. Thank you

Oh I meant to say .. download the ones in the Zip file. Ignore anything that says source.

OK! I have managed to find the last release. Sorry for the delay. It's available for download here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/camfc ... /downloads As you'll see from how old this post is, it's not been touched in years so I have no idea if it will still work correctly! I've re-joined as a member this year so I'll be firing up the simulator this evening (once I've charged my transmitter!) and have a go myself. Assuming all is well - happy flying!