RE: Hitec Spectra 2.4 module upgrade
Got mine! Quick service!
Posted on: 4/14/2010 5:37 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Hitec/MultiPlex Radios- Ask Hitec Customer Service"
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RE: Electric Sledge
All done. Total Weight : 4lbs 13oz RTF with battery, sounds like a lot but probably not bad compared to a fully fueled glow. Ended up stuffing the battery in the wing I think the balance will work out ok like that. Going to fly once we get a decent day out.
Posted on: 1/1/2010 10:07 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: Electric Sledge
[quote]ORIGINAL: flygilmore Nice....a Sledge is a very rare find these days! What landing gear you got on it? [/quote] That gear was one jeff (above) used to sell. I don't think he does anymore. Maybe he could chime in if you can still get them.
Posted on: 12/7/2009 6:12 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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Electric Sledge
So I got a good deal on a Jeff Williams sledge pre built and decided to try something different. I'm making the plane electric. Thought I would share my setup on here. The plane is waiting for rudder and elevator servos because I really want to make sure I won't need tail weight since the servos are supposed to go in the wing. I had to enlarge the motor mounting rails to make room for the motor. I made a "key" to slide and glue the motor mount into along with some tri stock just to be safe on the back side. I'm still waiting on my batteries to arrive so I won't finish it up until then. I'm kicking around trying to stuff the battery in the wing if possible. Setup Hyperion Z4020-16 Hacker 70amp ESC apc 15x8 Batteries Turnigy 3600mah 4s servos HS225 might minis The power setup is basically a shot in the dark, It is made for a slightly heavier plane so I dropped down to 4s, worst case I move up to 5s and should have plenty of power. I'll be sure to update the thread with how it goes.
Posted on: 12/1/2009 6:06 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: EF Chinn Yak
I've had a bunch of profiles, but this chin yak is one of my favorites :D
Posted on: 12/1/2009 5:42 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: My new PAU Pitts Bulldog!!!
Love the bulldog scheme
Posted on: 8/14/2009 8:31 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Perry Pump needed on O.S. 1.60 for 3D?
I've always had a rule of thumb with the OS 1.60 to use a perry pump. Fuel draw issues will cause you a headache, make sure you mount it right and it will be a great running motor for you.
Posted on: 8/14/2009 8:28 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RcFriends.net - Social Networking Website for RC (like facebook)
I wanted share my new website I have started for the Rc Community. It is a social networking website similar to facebook in the way it works. Although the major difference is that it is specifically designed for RC Enthusiast. What you will find is people that share your interest. Things you can do on the site: Create your own public profile, keep up with long distance rc friends or close ones, share photos of flyins and planes, message public or private, a public wall, share videos, invite friends, join groups, meet new people, and much more! Membership is free, so come check out the site! [link]http://rcfriends.net[/link] thanks!
Posted on: 8/13/2009 8:21 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Product Announcements & Manufacturer News"
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RE: Which .40 profile does the best harrier?
[quote]ORIGINAL: Bryant330L Thanks for all the suggestions! I think I prefer the looks of the OMP Edge over the mojo or primo. How does the version 3 OMP edge harrier? [/quote] You would think the image of your mentioned friend doing harriers with his old OMP edge would be burned into your brain [:D]
Posted on: 3/22/2009 9:38 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: GP Extra 330L Kit information
I built one last winter. As with all of great planes kits, it will go together very easy. I didn't really have any points where I was scratching my head about what to do next. The instructions are great, and the plans are well marked. Mine with a heavy sachs 5.8 and full smoke system weighed 26lbs. Not real good at 3D, but it would harrier better than I expected, it did fly like it was on rails though as far a precision stuff is concerned. If I were to do another one I would put a ZDZ 80 in it. I sold it late last flying season to someone out west and sure enough it popped on ebay a while back. Someone got a REAL steal too for the price. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6027203309&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Posted on: 3/1/2006 10:08 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: How to cut a cowl...
yeah, ditto on the dremel
Posted on: 1/28/2006 12:13 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Looking for REALLY BIG Graphics for Trailer
Give us a shout, we can do something like that a few different ways. We have a really big vinyl cutter (60" ), and Digital printer (64" ) available. Photo Quality on the side of your trailer if you want [:D] info@bandegraphix.com www.bandegraphix.com
Posted on: 1/22/2006 1:32 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Vinyl Graphics Problem
heat will warp vinyl very quickly. If the transfer mask has come off. You can always use wide masking tape to retape the decals and apply them. There isn't anything that special about transfer tape, it's just really wide and slightly lower tach than normal masking tape.
Posted on: 12/12/2005 10:00 AM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
Intersting weights.... Mine is 16lbs 14oz on accurate scales, BME 50, lithiums, Heavy aluminum spinner, wheel pants (one with the TOC1 yak), nothing other than STOCK parts. We weighed Bryant330L's TOC1 yak w/ a BME 50, NIMHs, Basically STOCK airframe, weight nearly identical to mine bouncing +-1oz . I just can't see one weighing 18lbs with a BME 50 and similar setup.
Posted on: 9/17/2005 9:27 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
wow, orgins aside, I'm glad I got my yak when I did, it's been a blast to fly. My stabs are cut like the 2nd picture bill posted btw.
Posted on: 8/29/2005 11:12 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: HITECH SERVOS
I have alot of 645MG servos, they're nice and solid. IMO out of the 10 or so I have none what so ever have centering issues. The old 605s, yes I've seen centering issues, but not the 645s I have. I've witnessed 5945s going nuts (one nearly burned a plane to the ground!!!), I personally wouldn't have that particular model, but alot of people have good luck with them. I use my analog hitecs with confidence though.
Posted on: 8/18/2005 5:21 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
[quote]ORIGINAL: snowmaker WELL, THANKS FOR THE INFO. In the spirit of keeping the price down, I was just wondering if I had to go digital. BTW, Did you use one 645 on the wing or two? [/quote] Just one. Hitec used to (still might) make a 945MG which has more torque than the 645, but I think for the price you can get a digital like the 5645 for the same price or less.
Posted on: 8/14/2005 9:16 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
I'm going to get on my soap box here, but I think for the most part people use servos with alot more torque than they actually need. These 645s I'm using came off of my 33% great planes extra, I didn't fly it alot, but the times I did it was plenty to 3D it. (2 on the ailerons of course). As far as speed they aren't quite as fast as I would like them to be but for the price they work great. Bryant330L would be a great one to chime in here, he has used Digitals and Analogs on the same plane multiple times, I believe his TOC 1 yak was one he's went back and forth on, for the most part there wasn't any huge difference. I'm no IMAC flyer, I bought this plane for 3D, but in my 3 flights I've tried most every 3D move in the book with it, and the servos work just great. I'll try and get you guys some video one of these nights. I don't guess I realized there aren't many of these flying yet?
Posted on: 8/14/2005 6:00 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
Mine is finished, put 3 flights on it yestarday. Flys great, I'm really happy with the performance of it. Here's my setup for anyone wondering: BME-50 w/ NX 22x8 / Hangar 9 mount 645MGs all around + 5735MG on the rudder 2800 lithium ion on RX, 1200 lithium on ignition Total dry weight 16lbs 14oz Here's some pics with the plane finished.
Posted on: 8/14/2005 12:00 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
It's moving along, My BME 50 will be here tommorow, and a bunch of odd ball things I needed for it came today from Tower. My lithiums will arrive wednesday, might get it in the air by this weekend. I've got some cool graphics in mind for this one :D
Posted on: 8/8/2005 9:39 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
I finally got some more work in on the yak tonight. This was the first time I slipped the stabs on, to my surprise they did NOT need the mod to allow more rudder throw. I guess somewhere along the line they fixed that issue. I'm going to end up putting a BME 50 on this one.
Posted on: 8/4/2005 9:17 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
Got my yak last night. I'm happy with it. It's better than I expected for sure. My cowl has some cracks in it here and there, but the ad clearly states that on ebay. It came with more hardware than I thought also. I didn't expect a pull pull kit or tail wheel. Looking forward to building it
Posted on: 7/28/2005 6:10 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: KMP/eBay YAK-54 Build and Fly
Mine is on the way, hoping to put a DA 50 or BME 50 on it. The scheme on it is going to change for sure. I'm anxious to see how it will fly. A friend of mine has the toc1 yak with a bme 50, so we will see.
Posted on: 7/25/2005 12:32 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: 58 yr Old Learns to Hover with OMP Edge 540
I learned to 3d on my omp edge. Flew it till it nearly fell apart. I'll have another one.
Posted on: 6/20/2005 10:50 AM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: OFFICIAL JOE NALL 2005 THREAD. POST YOUR PICS, COMMENTS AND LINKS TO VIDEOS
I'll have to say the frequency scanner was really cool. They hit the nail on the head with an affordable idiot proof product. Another surprise from Great Planes was the 1/3 scale cap, everybody seemed to pretty much write it off because of the weight, well don't. It's every bit as 3D capable as hangar 9s arfs. Lots of great stuff at Nall, this was my first time, to much to mention.
Posted on: 5/15/2005 10:41 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: New Flatouts from GP & comparision to Shockies
count me in as another one interested. My shockflyer is composed of more glue and tape than foam at this point. There hasn't been a really good sized replacment other than a different shockflyer up to now. I like the paintball cap. I just noticed there is a cool video of these on towers website. http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/videos/flatouts.mpg
Posted on: 4/22/2005 11:32 AM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "3D Electric Flying!"
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RE: Foam Wings HELP !!!!!
they're both very very similar, I've noticed a slight difference when they expand and harden. If you could secure both the wing and wingtube while the glue expanded and dried completely I don't see why the glue method wouldn't work.
Posted on: 4/22/2005 11:22 AM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: How do you start your gas engine?
It's on a Great Planes 33% 330L, 26lbs but still pulls out of a hover well, it's a strong motor. I've started it 10-15 times since then, once I got the timing fixed it's been fine.
Posted on: 4/15/2005 2:57 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: How do you start your gas engine?
My sachs 5.8 smacked my fingers hard last month. Timing issue, but it sent the 26x10 CF prop deep into my ring and middle finger. I didn't feel it fingers went numb instantly, but the sound it make was enough to make you sick. Almost went to the ER to get some stitches, but it wasn't as bad as I thought at first. All healed up now. From now on I've been using a GLOVE and not wrapping my fingers around the prop, still spooked by these things now.
Posted on: 4/15/2005 12:31 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Extra 260 build and fly review
Here are some pics of Bryant330L's plane, didn't get many in the air shots. I got some stick time on it too. BME 100 was loads of power on this one, nice combination. The roll rate is very quick. Like Bryant330l said it's a very crisp and clean flying plane. This would be an excellent plane for precision flying. Wingtip spins were almost violent :). As far as 3D type stuff it settled into a nice harrier with little to no effort to hold steady. Once the plane was in a torque roll it held very easy, the rudder is very effective when the plane is stalled from what I could tell, making it easy to stand back up if you get over to far. Parachutes like bryant330l said, don't really bring the nose of the plane up, I even got a bit of a dropped wing. Overall I liked it.
Posted on: 4/10/2005 10:09 PM by Author "ParticleMan" in the forum "WildHare R/C Support"
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