RE: Gas Engine interference
Having just had a similar problem with a gas engine and read what the OP has said it looks to me like the problem is he does not have a shielded HT lead or cap. I would suggest he replaces his ignition module with one that has a shielded lead and cap preferably one designed for an NGK plug. I replaced the cap on mine after having terrible problems getting the engine started and then to have the elevators go to full up when the engine did run, I fitted the new cap and soldered the braided sheath to the cap to make sure the earth path was complete. I found that tip on Just Engines site under replacing the 1/4 sparkplug caps. Hope this helps, by recently I mean first start Sunday replacement cap fitted Tuesday and flown yesterday. Jim. BTW I fly on 35mhz and after the cap change no interference at all.
Posted on: 9/6/2012 4:42 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: WWW.WHOLESALETRAINS.COM - aka Lantz Hobbies - Horseheads NY
Hi, I must be the only lucky one to order something from wholesaletrains and get his order with no problems, that was a few years ago but I was going on holiday to Florida and was looking for a replacement fuselage for a plane I dinged big time. I placed the order online from home and the parts I ordered arrived where we were living in Florida when they were supposed to, I guess I must have been lucky. Any way talking of trains we were in New York on holiday to celebrate an anniversary as a family, when I am on holiday I like to visit a model shop if possible but all the modelshops doing RC aeroplanes were not easily placed from Manhattan when you aren't too clued up on the local transport systems. The only place I could find was this place http://theredcaboose.com/trains.htm it was like going in to a time warp the place is jammed from floor to ceiling with all sorts of stuff, the other thing that is weird is you walk into the lobby of the building they are in then you find a door on the left and it opens straight into a stairwell and you then go down into who knows what till you get to the bottom of the stairs. It is definitely worth a visit no matter what you are into I found a really good reference book that I didn't have on the Skyraider, but there were lots of stuff that I had never seen before. Hope this is of some help. Jim.
Posted on: 8/6/2012 2:02 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: Why....just why?
Well Microz the best way to look at this is take out the good and ignore the rest, and remember that every day is a school day we all can learn something new every day. Jim.
Posted on: 8/4/2012 1:36 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: Why....just why?
Hi Microz I think it is something to do with opinion's, as an American guy I knew used to say all the time opinions are like a**holes everyone has one. Jim.
Posted on: 8/1/2012 11:49 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
Hi MISTERV glad you are doing well health wise, this got to were it is at because of one person's misguided view of the Olympic opening ceremony. I dread to think what he thought of the Morris dancers that I saw on the evening news, even in Scotland we think it odd but we all have our own national embarrassing activities. Jim.
Posted on: 8/1/2012 11:46 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: rrragmanliam Ok Jimmac here we go. [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac do you consider... Jesus made for my sins on the cross, well then yes I am a Christian. [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac AS for our... do it better. [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac regardless of your income or background....[/quote] Your... private health insurance it’s called Medicade . [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac I think any human
Posted on: 8/1/2012 2:51 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: G4guy [quote]ORIGINAL: rrragmanliam Ok Jimmac here we go. [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac...]ORIGINAL: jimmac AS for our health care system is based on the principal of universal health care.... The private sector can and does do it better. [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac regardless of your income... for those who cannot afford private health insurance it’s called Medicade . [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
- [quote]ORIGINAL: rrragmanliam [quote]ORIGINAL: FalconWings it was an excellent opening and a great show. [/quote] Disagree; what I saw was a shameless endorsement for nationalized healthcare. Anyone who thinks this wasn’t an effort to effect an upcoming American election has there head in the sand. Americans don’t want it, polling data proves it. What I saw was another example of a failed liberal policy being sold as some great success. Both Great Brittan’s and Canada’s heath care systems suck and I want no part if it. Darren [/quote] Hi Darren, I never watched the opening ceremony so I can't comment on what you saw but I can about the cr*p you speak,In what way is the UK's health service crap sorry suck.I am going to ask you one question do you consider yourself a christian, you can reply as you wish.AS for our health care system is based on the principal of universal health care for all regardless of your income or background, unlike your morally and probably financially corrupt system where if you cant pay you can die or lose everything you own to pay for your health I feel sucks.I think any human regardless of their nationality wants to refuse to have universal health care for all the people in their country are no more better than the people who carry out genocide for whatever pitiful reason they do.
Posted on: 7/31/2012 11:07 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: Dave Kelly Sorry Alasdair, I liked the Arctic Monkies! Jim Mac...boo hiss misery in Broxburn continues, killjoy! best regards Dave [/quote] Now now David we all know your taste in music resides where you park it on the china first thing in the morning, how are you doin I see you have survived Frankreich. Hope you had a good time I will speak to you later. BTW are you ashamed of telling everyone you live in TheBirth place of Mary Queen of Scots and Victor Meldrew.
Posted on: 7/31/2012 10:58 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: CellTech It must be nice to enjoy the Olympics. NBC has made sure that the viewer has a miserable Olympic experience. Two hours of commercials for one hour of programing that NBC determines for you. I only wish NBC would let the viewer watch the sports and not the NBC Fluff and limited sports events. [/quote] I don't know if you guys in the USA can use the BBC i player program to watch any of this stuff, I don't even know what if anything might be on there but it must be worth a try. Jim.
Posted on: 7/30/2012 9:35 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: mike31 If I may, what do the Olympics have to do with R/C? I thought the Olympics were for amateurs, not professionals. ie basketball. Another group of sporting events all about the buck. Think I'm kidding, go try to buy a ticket! [/quote] Well said the Olympics were meant to be about amateur athletes taking part, I think you will find that in my estimation 80% or more of these entrants are professionals. All the football teams would appear to be so, the track athletes are there as well, not sure about the swimmers but if any one of them takes a penny more than expenses to me that makes them professionals. So it takes away the original ethos behind the games, big money wins again.
Posted on: 7/30/2012 12:53 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: marc s [quote] I keep hearing of this legacy can you enlighten me [/quote] Love to but as we are in a recession it would be wrong to be positive [8|] marcs [/quote] So really you have no idea either.
Posted on: 7/29/2012 2:40 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: TimWatson [quote]ORIGINAL: jimmac Who cares there are a lot better things our country could do with the money being wasted here. As someone I spoke to yesterday said the Olympics should only be held in Greece and all the countries who want to play games can contribute making it cheaper for everyone. In the middle of this financial climate this money is only being used to swell
Posted on: 7/29/2012 1:53 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: 3dean delete this useless thread [/quote] I agree
Posted on: 7/29/2012 1:51 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: marc s Not entirely sure that the money spent is 'wasted', the legacy left behind should provide some facilities for our youngsters to take advantage of, and inspire a few along the way too - regards the 'timing' - guess 7 years ago you predicted an economic slump? Regards 'prats' - care to enlighten us all on the definition of the word Jim? Enjoy them for what they are, and lets all grow up a bit and get the bloody hell on with it and stop the bit**ing!!!! marcs [/quote] Prats the self promoting clowns{sorry didn't mean to offend} who have been there as part of the old boys network from Cameron and co, all the way down. I keep hearing of this legacy can you enlighten me what the people of the East end of London will gain from this. Most of the people of that are will never be able to afford to use these facilities that big business is fighting over already. A better legacy of this money would have been better affordable housing and decent schools to provide a good education to access employment. BTW if you are of the Politically Correct clan do not respond.
Posted on: 7/29/2012 1:14 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: London Olympics are fantastic!!
Who cares there are a lot better things our country could do with the money being wasted here. As someone I spoke to yesterday said the Olympics should only be held in Greece and all the countries who want to play games can contribute making it cheaper for everyone. In the middle of this financial climate this money is only being used to swell the ego's of the prats supposedly running it. And it has been a shambles they can't give away tickets for the football/soccer, and on the news this morning there is a call for an enquiry into the rows of empty seats at supposedly sold out venues.
Posted on: 7/29/2012 9:47 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: Lost Spitfires located!
The P38 's where part of a squadron of aircraft ferrying over to the UK when they were caught in an arctic storm, the whole flight were forced down on a glacier on Greenland. The story has been told in the book The Lost Squadron, there were B17's and P38's in the flight to date as far as I know only one plane has been recovered and rebuilt Glacier Girl is it's name.
Posted on: 5/20/2012 3:01 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: Help us save our flying field - sign this petition
Signed from SCOTLAND when are local councils going to do something for us we are getting as endangered as any other small group. Perhaps if we were classified as endangered the governments would provide for us the way they do for all the groups who are on the edge of society. Jim. Ps Keep up the good fight.
Posted on: 5/17/2012 2:44 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Minnflyer (AKA Mike Buzzeo) has unexpectedly passed away
Wow what a shock, I have never met Mike but his posts always where helpful and kept everything on an even keel when it got silly. He will be really missed on RCU by everyone. My condolences to his family and friends, and to all on RCU. Definitely too young to be taken from us. Jim.
Posted on: 4/11/2012 1:37 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: Off Subject! Any Military/ex-Military here?
Hi British Army 1976-1984 as a vehicle mechanic, also worked on chieften tanks. Spent my basic training at Sunny Boredom{Bordon} then of to Germany finished up at Royal Artillery missile range on Benbecula in the outer Hebrides. I then worked for the Ministry of Defence working on plant equipment. I really enjoyed it and made some of the best friends in my life there, example being a few weeks ago I was at the christening of my friends grand daughter, who is the daughter of my god daughter. I don't know if other people find this but when I meet my old army friends we just hit it off like we were never apart. Jim.
Posted on: 3/29/2012 3:16 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Are Scale RC Models Toys?
If I was to take a battery powered circular saw and remove the guard and then chuck it outof a car travelling at 50mph what would you call that, personally I would say that would be a dangereous piece of equipment and a damned stupid thing to do. But if we put wings on it it becomes a 40 size sport plane with the blade spinning twice as fast as the circular saw. So in my mind they are model airplanes not toys, if they were toy's and as dangerous as they potentially are they would be banned. They banned toy's for having paint with lead in it so what would the health and safety people do if they could get into our hobby. Jim www.modelclub.org
Posted on: 3/8/2012 7:13 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "RC Scale Aircraft"
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How low a temperature will you go out and fly in.
Just wondering what level of madness we will descend to to get a flying fix, tomorrow we are having a better day than we have lately but is going to be -1c to 2c temp {30f to 37f} so off flying we are going. Btw thats the range of daytime temps from 9am to 4pm. Do we need locked up for our own safety!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? [X(][X(][X(]
Posted on: 1/28/2012 1:39 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: friends who dont like my hobby
They probably sit at a TV playing some form of game station, "ON THEIR OWN OR WITH PEOPLE THEY CANT SEE ON THE INTERNET". We have a name for them here Norman no mates. Big mouths in the school yard but sitting on their own for ENJOYMENT. No sir you have became involved with what is in my opinion the best hobby in the world. As has been said before the losers who give you a hard time, can develop no skills in front of a TV you are developing numerous skills doing what you are doing. I agree go and get to the local track or flying field, and if your dad won't have nitro cars because he thinks it is dangerous roll that one back on him and ask him to help you operate it. He might even get properly involved himself. BTW I have been interested in aircraft all my life and flew control line,then tried to get into RC but, got motorbikes girlfriend/wife ,joined the Army and it stopped but like all true addicts here I am again.Out in my garage building a trainer to teach people to fly. Look forward and upward young man, you have made a good choice . Jim.
Posted on: 1/23/2012 1:11 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Where Have All The Kits Gone ?
Hi, I have been on Replikits website and they have only reopened for 3 weeksafter which the business is up for sale,now is the time if you are looking for vintage and some new designs to build. jim.
Posted on: 12/4/2011 12:23 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Where Have All The Kits Gone ?
Hi, I have been on Replikits website and they have only reopened for 3 weeksafter which the business is up for sale,now is the time if you are looking for vintage and some new designs to build. jim.
Posted on: 12/4/2011 12:21 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Where Have All The Kits Gone ?
How about these for real builders models. http://www.dbsportandscale.com/ http://www.slecuk.com/catalogue/Kits.html http://www.replikit.com/replikit2010//index.php Jim.
Posted on: 12/3/2011 3:21 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Motivation lost...
I have a plan build called a Ruhig Tigre from a free plan in a model mag which I started when my daughter was a couple of months old, it fell to the back of the queue when a shelf collapsed and the back end of the fuselage got crushed it was a stringered fuselage so it didn't come off too well. My daughter is now 19 the wing is still waiting for the ailerons to be built so there is about a 10 hours or so to do the repair and bulid the ailerons. Over that time I have built loads of artf's rebuilds and other kits helped club members with their builds, 1 hour a year and it could be done by now. I just found out it was published in Radio Modeller on 1990. I will finish it but when !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jim.
Posted on: 11/17/2011 1:46 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: quick disconnect
I don't know how available these are in the USA but Multiplex plugs have six connctors so you can use the to connect multiple servo's with the least amount of plugs. http://www.modelshopleeds.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7822 Jim.
Posted on: 11/13/2011 1:14 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: How far do you travel?
Edwin do you have any build pictures of your trailer, that is a nice looking piece of kit you have there. Jim.
Posted on: 11/13/2011 12:55 AM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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RE: How far do you travel?
Just over 14 miles, I go once a week got too keep the family happy. the 28 mile round trip probably costs about $8.50 in petrol as we are paying over $2 a litre of fuel.
Posted on: 11/12/2011 1:40 PM by Author "jimmac" in the forum "Questions and Answers"
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