RE: Has RCM folded?
[quote]ORIGINAL: iron eagel I wonder how much rights to a defunct magazine is worth? [/quote] "Worth" is irrelevant. What would it COST?
Posted on: 9/13/2012 5:01 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11227046

RE: Looking for a set of plans
A review http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=275731
Posted on: 8/27/2012 5:48 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11207395

RE: Looking for a set of plans
http://www.megamotorusa.com/Airplane/Airplane%20Dealers.htm = list of possible dealers http://www.ebay.com/itm/FREEDOM-3D-High-Performance-Electric-RC-Airplane-ARF/380326781635 on EBAY
Posted on: 8/27/2012 5:43 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11207390

RE: How to Fiberglass ?
[quote]ORIGINAL: KW_Counter Bill, Here is a great tutorial on glassing. [link]http://www.airfieldmodels.com/information_source/how_to_articles_for_model_builders/finishing_techniques/apply_fiberglass_finish/index.htm[/link] Somewhere on his page he mentions that if your planes last less than 2 full seasons it isn't worth the work. Something to consider if you are knew to this hobby. Does anyone know what happened to Paul Johnson, Cafeen Man? His website, Airfieldmodels.com doesn't appear to have been updated in a long time. Good Luck, KW_Counter [/quote] I don't know exactly what he's doing regarding his site but he last logged in on 08/18/2012 12:46:58: AM. See [u]RE: Biggest Boat-Anchor of an Airplane EVER![/u] for latest post. In the All Forums >> Electric Aircraft Universe >> Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft >> Biggest Boat-Anchor of an Airplane EVER! forum
Posted on: 8/24/2012 12:59 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11204702

RE: 4 Stroke Throttle Linkage
a small smooth bend is also less stressful on the wire than a tight 90 degree bend. Bend in tight 90 may crack wire and cause future failure. Even Z-bends on control surfaces occasionally crack.
Posted on: 8/24/2012 12:37 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11204680

RE: Lost a screw on my dle-55
[quote]ORIGINAL: goirish Hey Bruce you are to quick. I was trying to find it. ya think old age has anything to do with being slow. [/quote] I don't know, I'm 63 now and I've forgotten if age matters. My mother is much worse - tells the same stories several times per phone call. Golly, that gets old but I'm lucky she's still around at 90 years now.
Posted on: 5/9/2012 7:25 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11074197

RE: Lost a screw on my dle-55
Cobra thread = http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10717408/anchors_10733534/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#10733534
Posted on: 5/9/2012 7:16 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11074183

RE: Lost a screw on my dle-55
next time you could try http://www3.omnimodels.com/cgi-bin/woi0001p?P=M&I=DLEG1113#relprods or another vendor. Comes with screws.
Posted on: 5/8/2012 10:34 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11073106

RE: Minnflyer (AKA Mike Buzzeo) has unexpectedly passed away
I never met Mike face-to-face but discussed many things with him in and out of the forums. To lose someone like him is terrible for our community and, of course, his family.
Posted on: 4/20/2012 1:25 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11050153

RE: What causes a brownout?
It's not WHERE the RC device is operating, it's how it's powered. Elec or combustion. Elec motors tend to generate "noise" on the power lines. The better the quality of the motor-the lower the noise and the less a capacitor is needed. A capacitor large enough to carry the unit through a brownout would be too big to carry efficiently. The capacitor should not overload the system but would apply a slight load. NO load is a good load just as NO drag is a good drag in flight unless you can trade the drag for lift like flaps can. Full size cars would be more aerodynamic with a smaller front grill but it needs to be big enough to let in cooler air. The point is - the capacitor is going to do nothing good enough for you in a combustion powered situation so why bother? If electric-it won't hurt much besides making the plane heavier. As long as the capacitor doesn't go bad and short out. Every capacitor is a load. Much like there is no such thing as a perfect insulator-we simply change the point (voltage or temp) at which it becomes a conductor. Nobody has ever built a perfect capacitor and never will.
Posted on: 3/16/2012 12:12 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11002910

RE: What causes a brownout?
[quote]ORIGINAL: mranga [quote]ORIGINAL: opjose [quote]ORIGINAL: mranga OpJose,  I had the exact same issue with TWO spektrum 6200 (original) receiver as well. In fact I sent it back to Horizon hobby and they replaced it with a AR7000 and an AR600 after claiming there was nothing wrong with the reciever. [/quote] [quote] Interesting... I've never had a single problem with the AR7000's. [/quote] I can second that. No problems with AR7000 (my son flies them in a couple of his planes) but my woes were with AR6200. [quote]ORIGINAL: mranga The two most compelling pieces of evidence are : 1. In both cases, the antenna was pointed straight at the plane ( I wish I were a bit more aware about radio wave propagation shame on me!) and (2)  in both cases the receiver was using a 4.8 volt 1500 mah battery (I could swear I charged them well each time) but your point about amp draw is well taken. [/quote] [quote] The ''donut'' theory is interesting, but you have to remember that in most cases if you point the antenna straight out, the plane still tends to be relatively close in and gets a strong signal. For the donut theory to have a large effect you have to be flying the plane out to an extreme. In my case, EVERY time it happened the plane was pretty close in. [/quote] In this case too, the plane did not seem that far away (maybe around 200 feet). In any event, so as to not take further chances, I pulled out the old antenna and ordered a new one. Interestingly, at least two times of three, I can swear the incident happened in about the same spot. Is there a way to measure radio interference ( any instrument ) that one can walk around the field and chart such things.  ( It might be my imagination at work here but I could swear the incidents were around the same spot anyway.) [quote]ORIGINAL: mranga In the latest crash the plane went out of control, came back into control and went out of control again. It appears to have something to do with radio signal OR (less convincingly) about battery. I'll say in the Orange's defence that this is the first such incident after many flights. ( However, one is enough! ) [/quote] [quote]ORIGINAL:OpJose yup identical to what happened to me. I wonder if the firmware of these particular ''orange'' RX's are at fault? I've had absolutely NO such problem flying the cheaper, shorter range 4ch Orange RX park flyer receivers out to ranges far in excess of when I had my problems. But I've given up on the 6ch version and the AR6x00's. I also just picked up the 9 channel Orange to give that a go and see if things are different. BTW: I also tried the 6ch with the satellite RX's with exactly the same results. [/quote] This was also a satellite RX setup.  I'd say out of the last 30 or 40 flights ( which were on different receivers but all of them were ''orange rx 6 ch. with satellite''), this is the first such incident. I am also wondering if this happened because the binding of transmitter to receiver (i.e. solid red light on the receiver) did not happen before takeoff and would it make sense to put a little hole and cover it with clear monokote so as to see the device before take off and thereby ensure the link is solid. [quote]ORIGINAL: mranga Three incidents are enough to start me wondering about the Spektrum Technology itself although I am more inclined to beleieve it was my fault if others are having good luck with it. [/quote] [quote]ORIGINAL:OpJose I don't think it's a Spektrum problem per-se. We have guys flying their Spektrum RX's BELOW a line of site to the plane, ( our field is up on a plateau ) without any signal loss, frame drops or other glitches. Every time someone dips below sight, we all expect to see a fireball arise! [quote]ORIGINAL: mranga From the looks of it would it suffice to test your battery with a two amp current draw (for how long?) ? Is that being too conservative? Is there a ball park number one can use to test out before going airborne? [/quote] It's not the AMP draw per-se. It's the resulting voltage drop. Normally draw spikes from servos are fairly quick. The filtering caps should deal with it so the RX never sees a drop. I'll bet that they are not doing their job causing a reboot. [/quote] [/quote] Would it make a lot of sense to attach an external capacitor ( I think I've seen something like this advertised on HobbyKing)  to deal with such spikes in current draw? [/quote] The capacitors you see advertised are for land RC. It would do little more than add additional load to the circuit. It is designed to remove "electrical noise" from the power leads usually caused by electric motors and has been proven and admitted to by many, including JR, to be of no help in a brownout condition. Simply not enough capacity. Don't waste you money.
Posted on: 3/16/2012 10:01 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=11002736

RE: Where to start
[quote]ORIGINAL: CGRetired Bruce.. how are things at FEDEX? We're really working on the new ADS-B system. It pays the bills, that's for sure. CGr. [/quote] Things are good. The new B777's are trickling in and now we have a bunch of new B767 on order as well. I think their delivery starts next year. Cycling out some of our gas hungry 3-holers. Clean airplanes to work on - YAY!!
Posted on: 3/8/2012 5:20 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10991168

RE: Where to start
[quote]ORIGINAL: jester_s1 Annying! Why do people find these old threads and resurrect them? [/quote] Good grief man - it was his very first post. Give him a few minutes to find his way and to learn our unspoken etiquette. [:)] ps: referring to post by prongs95
Posted on: 3/8/2012 5:16 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10991163

RE: Where to start
Also check: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7316610/tm.htm http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8503667/tm.htm http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4537845/tm.htm
Posted on: 3/7/2012 1:10 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10990367

RE: Futaba T4EXA help
[quote]ORIGINAL: rcbadger Here's a link to the factory manuals for all Futaba transmitters. Go down to the model you want and you can download the whole manual in PDF format... http://www.futabarc.com/downloads/manuals.html Good luck. Joe [/quote] Hmmmm - same thing posted above 5 years ago. This thread untouched for 5 years - until now.
Posted on: 2/8/2012 11:20 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10949933

RE: Has RCM folded?
From their site:As a nonprofit organization, we are not beholden to any commercial interest. We accept no free samples, and we pay for all the products and services we test. NON-PROFIT, you won't see a regular magazine survive long like that. They also request donations and sell their magazines. They ask for $26.00 per year or $5.95 for one month. Annual is roughly equivelent to RCM subscription cost and $5.95 is much higher that news stand price for a single issue of RCM.
Posted on: 1/9/2012 12:24 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10900142

RE: Has RCM folded?
[quote]ORIGINAL: N1EDM I think that we're getting away form the purpose of this thread. I wonder if it would be possible to run a magazine with no ads?? Bob [/quote] Who would pay the staff and production costs? Whether print or Internet, they all have associated expenses. I think the subscription costs would be prohibitive without ads/sponsors.
Posted on: 1/9/2012 5:07 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10899375

RE: Reaming a Prop
Your problem was removing the lip. Most likely you reamed too deep to get through the hub all of the way due to a short "step" on the reamer. Next time ream until the reamer "step" just barely touches the hub and then turn the prop over and ream from the opposite side.
Posted on: 1/6/2012 12:55 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10895061

RE: Has RCM folded?
[quote]ORIGINAL: spaceworm [quote]ORIGINAL: JimInCA [quote]ORIGINAL: N1EDM ... I have to agree but their cost, at least for the ones that I have seen, is extraordinary. What prices have you seen? Bob [/quote] ... It's all in how you judge value. Jim... [/quote] These forums are free and I am often entertianed for hours by them. That's how I judge value. Entertainment divided by cost equals value: E/$ = V = Infinity [:D] [/quote] The forums are not free. The costs are simply paid for by the advertisers. The magazines would be all ads/Classified under a similar cost structure.
Posted on: 1/6/2012 12:47 PM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10895043

RE: Servos
Oh, THAT motor. [:D] I thought you were still talking about servos. Motors, or more properly called engines, sometimes need side-thrust or down-thrust as said. It will usually be noted in the plans or build instructions.
Posted on: 11/19/2011 11:48 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10819618

RE: Servos
Motor at an angle - what??
Posted on: 11/19/2011 11:10 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10819565

RE: Servos
[quote]ORIGINAL: JollyPopper I still have a T6XA. It is a good, solid radio. Doesn't have the bells and whistles of the newer radios, but it works fine. As Carrellh touched on, it has a six model memory which means you can fly six different airplanes and the transmitter will remember the servo direction and trim settings of each airplane. [/quote] You can use the same TX for up to 6 aircraft but would either need to move the airborne stuff from plane to plane or buy additional "Flight Packs" consisting of servos, RX and battery/switch. some pieces can be dedicated to a given plane (servos and switch) and just move the RX & battery. Just remember that EVERY time you move the gear opens the opportunity for making an error. I recommend all new (used) flight packs.
Posted on: 11/16/2011 11:55 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10815056

RE: Servos
http://www.airfieldmodels.com/ has a lot of good information on RC stuff. http://www.futaba-rc.com/servos/digitalservos.pdf is another.
Posted on: 11/16/2011 9:53 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10814890

RE: Hot wire foam cutter
http://www.rcuniverse.com/mvp/mvpPosts.cfm?videocat=1
Posted on: 10/26/2011 10:01 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10783522

RE: Buddy Box'ing a Spektrum DX7
I think you need to go into the programming and enable the trainer mode. Have you done that?
Posted on: 10/20/2011 5:10 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10774311

RE: Buddy Boxs
Usually best to use same brand. Check your manual for a recommended list.
Posted on: 10/15/2011 5:36 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10766221

RE: Hot wire foam cutter
Now I know where to send my foam cutting work to. [:D]
Posted on: 10/15/2011 5:34 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10766219

RE: Hot wire foam cutter
[quote]ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer Like this [/quote] I'd use a double pole switch and put it on the input side of the transformer, switching both black wires. Your way will have the transformer drawing current whenever the system is plugged in. Wasted money.
Posted on: 10/14/2011 5:35 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10764691

RE: Hot wire foam cutter
I've accumulated these over the years: http://www.mackrc.net/patternwings2/index.htm http://tysplanes.com/how_to_videos http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/newProduct.cfm?product_id=3815 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462759
Posted on: 10/13/2011 10:32 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10763347

RE: Hot wire foam cutter
You also need to get the correct type of foam too I've been told before.
Posted on: 10/13/2011 10:21 AM by Author "bruce88123" in the forum "Beginners"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10763334