RE: deans connectors on a 1/5th scale?!? lmao.
[quote]ORIGINAL: cowana Just for the record, I'm an electrical engineering student (studying ripple current, transient spikes, power transfer and wiring losses at university). I completly agree with TBJ and Syco - higher resistance connectors in the battery line will cause the ESC to get less voltage (due to the drop over the resistance). This will stress the ESC less. While it is true that higher resistance will slow the charging of the anti ripple capacitors, THIS WILL NOT DAMAGE THE ESC IN ANY WAY. Under rated connectors CANNOT damage an ESC in any way - unless they are on the motor side and short out. Andrew [/quote] Actually I could come up with scenarios where a short on the battery end could cause an ESC failure, but it would be rare / improbable. For instance the ESC has a capacitor on the front end of the circuit, if that capacitor were to go from fully powered to a dead short instantaneously it is going to heat up a little more and if it's already pretty hot, could pop. Underrated connectors or a battery that's too weak can damage a modern ESC, remember early versions of the MMM (v1 and v2 'beta')? When the brakes were applied hard, some current heads back into the battery, battery voltage spikes above the max allowable for the ESC, ESC died. I think v3 fixed this problem entirely, but my memory is sketchy. Never say never, things like that can still happen if you really don't know what you were doing.
Posted on: 4/28/2011 5:11 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: LIPO !!!! CHANCES OF EXPLODING ??? :0
People, once there is a fire / burst / explosion, the hard case is not going to help. In fact it could become heated shrapnel, increasing the damage done rather than abating it. The idea behind the hard case is to offer some protection against impalement, impact, and the like. In reality, non-removable hard cases are a mixed bag because while they offer some protection against these things, they also conceal the state of the battery and could lead to doing something dangerous like attempting to charge a semi-puffed or semi-ballooned battery.
Posted on: 3/30/2011 5:46 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RCX
What did you guys think of this years RCX? Honestly it seemed like a lot of the same to me. I went last year, I went this year, and I didn't see a whole lot of new stuff. LOSI was showing off some kind of new short course buggy that they claim to have just announced a few days ago. Commercial QUADs are now starting to come to the market. I saw one or two hobby-level quads but they were expensive, in the $400. range. I saw pleanty of toy-level quads in the $200. or so range (still very expensive for something that's basically a X-UFO remake). Traxxas Monster Mutt! Someone finally did it, this rather comical body is styled to resemble a dog, complete with flappable ears and a tongue. I took a video of the treaded vehicle I saw last year, as you can see it has a full suspension. I wish we'd see more stuff like this released commercially. One of the more interesting things was a fire truck with working lights, siren, and even a monitor inside with a passenger watching it. I caught a flight demo with the newest blade micro helis, and all the Traxxas demos at the big track, the usual E-Revos and such jumping 25+ feet in the air. BTW you can see everything I talk about in my video post: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10413781/tm.htm
Posted on: 3/21/2011 10:52 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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Videos from RCX
RC Fire Truck with lights, siren, TV monitor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTLgMzoNlaI New LOSI "short course buggy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH2pJ-EduSc Toy Quad Flyer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJWDDgSz4Zg Treaded Vehicle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajgVWZ709JA Traxxas Monster Mutt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_v3fWsJX4 Big Jump Video alt #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1WSyYsBMk Flight Demo (new blade CP micro heli + micro 3D): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkXZlxoEUA Big Jump Compilation #1 (at the main track): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAaVvYGCdyI Big Jump Compilation #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7Ml4BtQao
Posted on: 3/21/2011 10:33 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Car Videos"
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RE: Trojan Horse
This is what my scanner is reporting. http://www.gds.or.kr/service/etc/index.html Risk Level: High Maybe a korean hacker or a bad advertisement, I'm sure they can figure it out.
Posted on: 2/24/2011 11:21 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Go Pro camera + spectrum 2.4= failsafe.
Even if the camera does not itself transmit RF as a function, it's theoretically possible that it could be emitting RF interference, but it would really be a fluke if it was. Look at all the interference emitted by a modern computer or any other electronic device, esp. if you take the metal case off; if you got a dud camera ie. let's say the switching power supply needed a metal shield in order to get a pass from the FCC, and that metal shield ended up being left out or poorly installed in your particular camera, causing it to emit enough RF interference in the 2.4GHz band. Theoretically possible, can't really be tested unless you had a spectrum analyzer at the time (even if the camera still operates, the crash could have changed its properties), and all things considered, it's probably one of the least likely scenarios for why the plane crashed.
Posted on: 1/24/2011 5:59 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: China's J-20 Better Than F-22? Well I do not think so
It's not the plane, it's the pilot. Many famous historical match-ups are like this. For instance, the MIG-15 vs. the F-86. Comparatively, they were relatively evenly matched, each some advantages over the other. Yet there were a whole lot more MIGs lost in combat than Sabres.
Posted on: 1/18/2011 1:56 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Comming Back after 10 Year hietus, 72 Mhz vs 2.4Ghz?
All I can say is don't use 2.4GHz for the large or expensive models without some kind of backup system. It's fine for park flyers or minis that are cheap and easy to replace but the 2.4GHz band as a whole is becoming a very crowded space filled with many different consumer devices and industrial / commercial ones that don't even have to frequency hop if they get the right kind of license. In the commercial and industrial world, many of the installations that would have unquestioningly used 2.4GHz ten years ago are now instead going with higher frequency (bands around 4GHz and 6GHz) because they are finding that 2.4GHz is just too crowded for practical and reliable use in their particular area. As an aircraft flier you have the 72MHz band that is reasonably safe, the largest risk being other fliers / human error, and in the US you also have a dedicated band that requires a licensed user if I remember correctly. I'm not saying you should forgo 2.4GHz completely, it's a big thing in the racing world because of faster frame rates (5.5mSec), and it makes total sense for the hobby-shop beginner helis or park flyers / minis / micros. Just have a backup ready if you are using it for your larger or your one-of-a-kind models.
Posted on: 12/24/2010 8:57 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: 2mm pinfire revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: dyeager535 Even the airsoft is a bad idea, you have no direct physical control over it. [/quote] Hobbyists have been doing airsoft and paintball guns on RCs for years, again just search youtube and you can find some examples. Search the web and you will find others. for example: http://rctankcombat.com/ What more can one ask other than that they follow all proper safety procedures that one would normally follow when playing the sport of paintball? Claiming it's a bad idea isn't going to stop anyone, especially when you have clubs devoted to it.
Posted on: 12/17/2010 4:48 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: 2mm pinfire revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: Panther G That is not the point. The point is we want to keep the politics and politicians out of our hobby. This kind of thing can bring no good. Only hurt, quite literally I'm affraid.  An 8 year old just offed himself with an OZI at a gun trade show. The guy that owns the company that had the display is now on trial for murder. We CERTAINLY do NOT want THAT. [/quote] I know what you're saying and I'm not disagree with it. I just think it's too late for that. Many of the hobby companies are already there, they've been exploring the applications and aspects for several years already. And many of the people joining up with the corporations building these machines are hobbyists, or ex-hobbyists, or at least familiar with the hobby. The gear used to make these prototypes comes from one of two places, direct from the manufacturer, or, on the smaller scale, from hobby shops. Speaking out against weaponization and imploring people not to do these things, I'm all for it. Especially for the common hobbyist. It's dangerous to the user and even more dangerous to those around him/her. But I don't know if it will stop anyone. In a perfect world, our vehicles would be used for things like searching disaster zones, bomb disposal, assisting the elderly, rescue, firefighting, etc. But that's just not the world we live in anymore :(
Posted on: 12/17/2010 4:15 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: 2mm pinfire revolver
[quote]ORIGINAL: Tanque Putting any sort of firearm in a model, no matter how small the firearm, is simply stupid. Ill advised, hear brained or whatever stronger epithets ones wishes to apply to the idea. I'll use every opportunity to call it what it is, especially in a public forum. We in this hobby don't need the public at large to think that people even contemplate such things. We've all seen or heard of the YouTube videos of the lunatics that have mounted guns of some sort in models. We don't need that sort of press. I'm familiar with the Imp guns. These aren't toys even though they look it. [/quote] Weaponization is no longer a question of when, it has already happened. Corporations have been doing it for several years, many using RC derivatives as starting points, to build up prototypes and pitch their products to the armed forces of the world. Go to their trade shows and Castle, Hitec, etc., some familiar RC names are there, all sorts of vehicles from helis that are basically enhanced T-Rexes (these go for roughly $80K for a pair) to E-Maxx derivatives at the lower end ($25K or so and typically not armed) to the upper end vehicles like the Defender or the US military SWORDS product ($250K and up and armed). Varying degrees of autonomy, a variety of lethal and 'not so lethal' weapons from firearms to LASERS / bright lights designed to blind or temporarily disable victims. Talk to the people around, many have the same story, they got into the market many years ago, pursing agricultural, disaster assistance, bomb disposal, police, firefighting, etc. types of applications but then 9/11 happened and suddenly all the money is in the military / armaments market. So the civilian applications were abandoned in favor of weaponization. Go to a tradeshow like RCX and nearly all the models you see are aimed at having fun / hobby. Go to a modern industry tradeshow like AUVSI and it's almost all about weaponization. It wasn't always like that, but that's the world we live in today. See for yourself: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:AUVSI_Convention_2006 This was 4 years ago, this isn't new, it's been going on for quite a while. Modern-day example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWORDS If you want a more hobbyist type example (ie. aimed at having fun), go onto youtube and search 'paintball gun sentry'.
Posted on: 12/17/2010 3:52 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: WINTER BUILDING PUT ON HOLD thanks FAA
I have to agree with some of the other posters, the second you put the kit down or try to change your behavior b'cos of some outside factor, you lose. Run your own life and be your own person. Don't let anyone else tell you who you can or can't be, what you can or can't do, or how you think about things. Nonconformity, the frontier spirit, rugged individualism, at the turn of the century these values were very much in the American psyche (at least those who were settling the west manifest destiny etc.)
Posted on: 12/9/2010 5:09 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Does the hobby really need to be cheaper?
[quote]ORIGINAL: HerrSavage I got into RC seriously about five years ago. And it was pretty much slapmafro Savage bashing videos that locked me in. Bashing was big - and fun.. All you really needed was an RTR Savage 25 and a video camera(or not..) to have fun... Then bashing became passe´, and racing became the ''in'' thing to do.. I did it.. And ultimately gave it up.. Too expensive, too up tight.. Competitive racing can be very fun-draining... Yes it's always been there, but it was bashing the T-Maxx'es, Revos, and Savages that made offroad RC really big it seems... Now it seems a lot smaller. And no wonder.. Racing is THE thing to do.. [/quote] I don't think bashing ever became passe. Maybe for some it did, but part of a hobby is doing what you want to do. There's always bigger trucks, there's always tougher terrain, there's always something new to conquer or some new challenge just waiting out there for the basher. There is really nothing stopping the basher from doing what they want. Racers, on the other hand, need clubs, they need a schedule (be in a certain place at a certain time), they need organization, etc. Racing is heavily cyclic, locally, nationally, 'vehicle of the month', etc.
Posted on: 11/18/2010 8:24 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Does the hobby really need to be cheaper?
[quote]ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie The real problem is, as the hobby gets cheaper and more accessible, those of us who [i]choose[/i] and [i]want[/i] the top-of-the-line goods in radios, speed controls, servos, and other peripherals are getting bitten by the cost-cutting actions of even the top-tier manufacturers' top-tier products, trying to bring their equipment down to a more palatable cost for the relative newcomer. Is there really an advantage to RC becoming cheaper? Sure, it helps the new guy out to get into it...but please...stop cutting corners with higher end equipment as a result. [/quote] Not a matter of being advantageous or disadvantageous, good or bad; it is simply a matter of inevitability. Not only is it the natural trend for things, but growth is necessary for the hobby to survive in its current form. Trying to debate whether it is good or bad is like trying to debate whether eating or sleeping is good or bad. In the end, these things are simply unavoidable.
Posted on: 11/16/2010 8:02 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: What Revolutionized the RC Hobby
I would have to say the ESC. Back in the days there were many skeptics who insisted ESCs would never work, that they would never be able to beat the reliability or 'smooth acceleration and control' of MSCs, that they would never be cost-effective, that they were really just a 'rich kids toy' and so on. Once it became evident that ESCs would work, and quite possibly would become the speed controller of choice, different racing groups and manufacturers conspired to try to ban the device, citing everything from safety concerns to cost and usability / unfair advantage. Fortunately at the time none of these attempts stuck, and within several years MSCs had almost completely vanished from the hobby. This same pattern happens nearly every time a new technology is introduced, sometimes the racing organizations, manufacturers, pro drivers/sponsors, and other conspirators do gain some traction and manage to get the device outlawed (for a time) and other times these efforts fall flat on their faces. But by and large this is what keeps the RC car/truck racing market 3-5 years behind the RC aircraft / heli market, if you look at the introduction of LiPos, of brushless motors, and the more recent innovations into the hobby.
Posted on: 11/9/2010 5:27 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Storing Lipo's
\[quote]ORIGINAL: cummins driver Anyways, I guess Ill swap connectors on the good battery tonight, and try it in my wifes stampede. It wont be quite the kick my brushless MGT would have had with both of the lipo's though. [/quote] Watch your motor temperatures, reset the slipper, maybe change the gearing a bit (gear down). Run it easy at first b'cos a setup that ran fine on NIMH can sometimes overheat or end up destroying itself on LiPo.
Posted on: 11/5/2010 7:42 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Storing Lipo's
Basically after a run, charge them up to 3.7 / 3.8V and then store. On the night before, or early in the day of the run, charge them up to 100%. And be sure to balance. Avoid storing for any length of time (more than a day or two) fully charged or fully discharged.
Posted on: 11/5/2010 7:38 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Lipo Fire Destroyed my E-Maxx among other things
[quote]ORIGINAL: billchuckred I don't get it. Why would anyone use a battery type that could burn down everything you own to save a little weight and get a little more speed/duration? I'm into robotics and not RC so much anymore, but I would NEVER have a lipo battery in my house, or vehicle for that matter. Risking everything you own and your loved ones for a little performance upgrade makes no sense to me when Nimhs are reasonably safe to use and don't have near the memory effect that the old nicads used to. [/quote] You already use LiPos whether you like it or not. Your cellphone/blackberry/iPhone most likely uses a LiPo. Your personal videogame player (ie. PSP), your apple iPod, etc. They almost all use LiPos now. Even some Laptops have switched LiPos (instead of Li-Ion). Do you forgo the use of all these things just to avoid using LiPos? No battery that is capable of high-power discharge is safe if mis-handled. High-power NIMH can cause third degree burns, they may not 'vent with fire' but they can explode with significant force if mis-treated.
Posted on: 10/29/2010 4:01 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Lipo Fire Destroyed my E-Maxx among other things
Yeah, even if you spend ten years or more in the hobby, ideally you only have to buy one charger, maybe two if you want to charge multiple batteries at once. So make it a good one, not an unknown.
Posted on: 10/29/2010 10:13 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Lipo Fire Destroyed my E-Maxx among other things
If you look at the EXIF data, these images were taken over a month ago. DateTime 2010:09:27 08:37:50
Posted on: 10/29/2010 12:45 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: So, I bought one of those fire proof LiPo bags...
In practice these bags are rather questionable, in order to be effective the LiPo needs to be fully placed inside the bag which makes it much harder to see any of the warning signs (like puffing, etc.) until it is too late. Just like the hard case LiPos, people love to assume but in reality, the case (if opaque) makes it harder to see if the batteries inside have suffered any damage or are exhibiting the warning signs and need to be retired.
Posted on: 10/28/2010 5:31 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: An Incident with Lessons for All of Us
Our RCs, used primarily for entertainment purposes, and manned aircraft should not be used in the same area at the same time. It's that simple. The world is a chaotic place, sure there are regulations, laws, standards, and all those things but how often are those followed to or by the letter? Because people are far from perfect, we need to do what we can to minimize the chance that a mistake will lead to serious injury or loss of life. When dealing with an RC, most accidents will only lead to destruction of the RC and perhaps property, though we still take care to ensure the safety of the operator and other observers. When dealing with manned aircraft we have to have an even more stringent standard for safety, not just due to the fact the aircraft is manned but also the relative size of the aircraft. So taking care to not operate both in the same general area at the same general time seems like a simple matter of common sense. Of course there are people in the hobby, in just about any hobby today, who seem to want to debate things online ad infinitum. And they are free to do that if they so enjoy it, but I think the lesson here is remarkably simple and it seems like this whole event was ill-conceived and that common sense and a few simple rules should be used to avoid future incidents like this. Because if people continue to mix manned aircraft and RCs in the same space at the same time, it's really just an accident waiting to happen.
Posted on: 10/21/2010 1:55 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "AMA Discussions"
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RE: Why does the AMA have to grow?
I think people who say shrinkage is fine with them don't understand how insurance works. The larger the pool, the more they can spread the risk and the more cost-effective the insurance plan becomes. If the pool is shrinking every year, the cost of the insurance will rise until it becomes no more competitive than say adding a rider onto a homeowners or an umbrella liability policy. At this point there is a cascade effect since one of the main functions of the AMA is the insurance. People who were members mainly for the insurance get out, making the insurance even more expensive until the cost of insurance simply becomes untenable and it is dropped altogether. Also think of loans, if they use loans to finance long-term projects or funding for big projects (national flight competitions and such) it becomes much harder to get a loan your revenue is shrinking every year.
Posted on: 9/23/2010 7:07 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "AMA Discussions"
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RE: Why does the AMA have to grow?
Honestly nobody likes shrinkage. If an organization is shrinking it will find it hard to get the best people to run it, it will be hard to be the forefront of thought in the hobby, to be a 'driver' or a 'decision maker'. It will find it hard to compete with other organizations, either at the national or local level. On the other hand, organizations that are growing, that are dynamic and transparent, they naturally attract people and make people want to become members. Also, shrinkage can be a mere symptom or signs of a larger problem. A change from growth to shrinkage in the hobby as a whole will cause many commercial companies to abandon the market or go under. This can cause sponsorship opportunities to dry up and other things that lead to the demise (even of non-profits). I'm going to quote from other hobbies since that is basically what I have to draw from for examples. In racing when the acceptance of ROAR was shrinking year by year, no new club wanted to have anything to do with ROAR. Everyone knew they were on the way out. ROAR began the shrinkage themselves (by making their rules simply untenable for the local club and not offering any real advantages) and today they are a de jure non-entity in the local racing scene. In paintball, I don't know if anyone remembers the NPPL but at one time their teams were the envy of many 'pro-aspiring' players. But again, an exclusivity and a failure to expand to the more common player meant that once the sponsorship money dried up, bankruptcy quickly followed. Today even though the NPPL may have been resurrected, the national tournament scene and dreams of being 'pro' players have been lost, no one really cares about these things anymore. Instead, local leagues have popped up and teams composed more of hobbyists who never travel and play for fun rather than 'pros' in any sense of the word. Both these organizations died or became insignificant because they could not expand. Even if there is no big national competitor (ie. ROAR had no real competition at the national level) these national organizations still had to compete at the local level and find some way to appeal to the common hobbyist, the club member who is in the hobby for fun, doesn't travel to events or competitions, thinks casually of flying, and has plenty of other hobbies also. If they can't do this, they ultimately fail in the long run. Someday perhaps the AMA will join the likes of them, maybe, maybe not, who can say. But shrinking rather than growing definitely makes it more likely.
Posted on: 9/22/2010 7:49 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "AMA Discussions"
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RE: Should pictures of pretty women be allowed in ads?
Exactly, basically the art of creating an illusion equating the purchase of the item with the desirable woman. That the buyer is buying not only the item but the woman, or that the purchase of the item will attract similar women to the buyer, or creating any number of similar illusions in the buyer's mind. Many of these advertisements work on several levels, most popular is the subconscious levels and the eye-catching levels, both of which can be quite effective in hobbies where most hobbyists are male.
Posted on: 9/8/2010 6:59 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "Forum questions or problems"
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RE: Should pictures of pretty women be allowed in ads?
[quote]ORIGINAL: cloudancer03 and your point is what???? I know sex sells really well but is it needed in our hobby.OF COURSE NOT! remember RCM back in the 80's always had scantly clad girls holding planes on the cover.for what.not appropriate .as far as a pretty face why not.but again whats the point??? [/quote] A lot of things are 'not needed' but they still happen. In a capitalist model, it happens because it works, advertising schemes that work continue to perpetuate (often on the promise that they will continue to work) and those that fail to work go away.
Posted on: 9/8/2010 5:04 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "Forum questions or problems"
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RE: Should pictures of pretty women be allowed in ads?
The hobby is mostly guys so of course those adds are going to be prevalent. It's capitalism and it sells product, the only time I would complain is if there is some open / overt sexual connotation. I remember I pulled an add once because it had a phallic shaped airplane part pointed at her in a way that could be construed sexually (Sigmund Freud would be proud). I've also pulled adds when they used children or were put out by people who were known to use children in somewhat seductive poses, probably not enough to be illegal but still in bad taste.
Posted on: 9/8/2010 2:32 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "Forum questions or problems"
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RE: Why the AMA is not growing...........
I've seen this sort of thing happen in many hobbies, it never ends well. The organization either quickly notices its folly and reforms (often times the board has to turn over for this to happen), or fades into obscurity or even bankruptcy. I can name many, the cycle is pretty clear, first the organizations loses interest in the newcomer, the casual hobbyist, and/or by far the most common type of hobbyist. Then they become increasingly entrenced, deny any problem exists at the national level, while their problems are very apparent at the local level. Then they try to demand exclusivity and deny any participation in events to non-members. And finally they either become a non-issue (ignored by almost everyone at the local level) or they have economic problems eventually leading to bankruptcy after which they vanish altogether.
Posted on: 9/7/2010 4:52 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "AMA Discussions"
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RE: Shopping for Brushless motor and ESC
[quote]ORIGINAL: alexchen86 Yup 3300kv is just what you need. Also a 2S lipo is fine with Tamiya plugs as it is 7.4V versus a standard 6 cell 7.2V. Back in the day Tamiya plugs handled 9.6V remember? Not as efficiently though...lol. [/quote] No matter what you want to avoid the tamiya plugs in a modern setup. If you feel the plug after a run and it's hot, that means it's only a matter of time before it fails. If you are lucky they just melt together and you can't get them apart, if you are unlucky they can cause a short or worse. In the worst case you can ruin your battery, truck, or even end up with the battery venting or a fire.
Posted on: 8/26/2010 12:22 AM by Author "Access" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: NOTAM for Atlanta, GA - I'm Flyin Mad!
I've read the fine print on some of these TFRs and they often have a clause like follows: "All emergency/life saving flight (medical/law enforcement/firefighting) operations must coordinate with ATC prior to their departure at 512-369-7841 to avoid potential delays." Is this safe? What happens if, say, a child is injured in an automobile accident and the life-flight heli ends up sitting on the pad for 5-10 minutes while the operator tries to connect, gets a busy signal, tries again, etc. What if they can't make it to the injury scene in time, and the child dies b'cos of it? What an onerous VIP policy, VIPs may develop an inflated sense of self-importance, based on their wealth, political power, or celebrity status, but that doesn't make it okay to sacrifice the life of a child just so some VIP can get special treatment (IMO). It's very unrealistic to expect that emergency services will have some kind of foreknowledge / advance knowledge of exactly what kind of emergencies will come up during these times and what assets they will be required to launch in order to save lives, put out fires, or stop a criminal on the rampage.
Posted on: 8/10/2010 8:19 PM by Author "Access" in the forum "AMA Discussions"
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