RE: Profile Plans
Search the net for a RC profile website with forums (brotherhood). There you shall find some excellent profile plans
Posted on: 7/10/2012 1:13 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Profile and Fun Flying Planes"
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RE: Something that I have to ask
And they wonder why.
Posted on: 6/3/2012 10:25 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Something that I have to ask
I hate anything military, and the people who worship military hardware. Jet pilots almost always fall in that category.
Posted on: 6/3/2012 8:37 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Slow CA
I fly 3D and I crash a lot. The only place I use anything but CA is on spruce and hardwood if present. The models survive very well and NEVER break at a balsa/balsa CA joint. The small sticks used for framing the profiles I build break, and never near a joint where thin CA has strengthened the balsa. If the CA joints were a weak point, I would be lookinmg for another adhesive since I repair crash damage often.
Posted on: 5/29/2012 12:00 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Post your favorite quotes
[quote]About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church. As long as I can remember, I have resented mass indocrination. I do not believe in the fear of life, in the fear of death, in blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.[/quote] Albert Einstein
Posted on: 5/27/2012 5:30 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Slow CA
For a spruce spar, nothing beats good old PVA wood glue. CA doesn't bond to spruce very well. If it's a balsa spar, CA works very well, the glue joint will not fail. [quote]As you look at the attached pictures you can easily figure that the binding areas can become 5 times the area of the parts in contact..The added weight of the glue is negligeable but the strength of the joint is considerably increased.[/quote] Negligeable for an LT40 maybe, but it's a big deal on a super light performance 3d model or equivalent, especially the small ones where every gram saved counts.
Posted on: 5/27/2012 5:20 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: What seperates the diffrent typs of 3D Birds
The profiles are the best flying 3D planes. The EPP profiles are the best for learning.
Posted on: 5/26/2012 4:51 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
[quote]As for HK, it's a fact their sales are way down and will continue to go down until they start providing some service.[/quote] Fact? Always look for the truth, just don't look for it in topspin's posts.
Posted on: 5/22/2012 12:23 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
[quote]most people dont realize what they are in for untill after they get burned.[/quote] This can't be true, unless there are a lot of people that live under a rock. You're ordering from CHINA and don't have the brains to go check on the reputation of the vendor?????????? Burn baby burn.
Posted on: 5/16/2012 10:59 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
[quote]You know why I don't have problems with HK, because I'm smart. [/quote] Exactly. Do your homework before you buy from anywhere and you will not be starting another thread like this. You can claim ignorance if you want, but the truth is it has more to do with intelligence.
Posted on: 5/16/2012 4:12 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
[quote]Why anyone buys anything from those commie pirates is beyond me.[/quote] Reading is definitely not your strong suit.
Posted on: 5/15/2012 9:31 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
Larry, The rich guys want you to stop shopping there in a misguided attempt to force them to improve their service, and thus raise their prices. They will then buy at the LHs because the prices are the same, and couldn't care less that they took the choice away from you.Then there are the geniuses that think cutomer service is free, they want the prices and the service and just can't wrap their minds around the reality that customer service costs money.
Posted on: 5/14/2012 9:05 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
[quote]You forgot the 5th and most important group. We are the guys that were brought up to believe that your word and your reputation are worth more than profit to be gained by compromising the same. [/quote] The most important? LOL You mean the minority who refuse to acknowledge reality and want reality to be modified to their own terms. Good luck with that.
Posted on: 5/13/2012 11:17 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
Whine whine whine. Don't like it, you have a choice to shop elsewhere. You gotta be living under a rock to not know the risks of buying from China. Don't like the risk, don't buy from them. Such a simple concept, so many fail to comprehend.
Posted on: 5/13/2012 5:47 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO WHINE ABOUT? OH LOOK, A TIPO TOO, UNACCEPTABLE.
Posted on: 5/12/2012 9:57 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: HOBBY king going down the tube?
There's only a couple million threads warning people about HK business practices. You just had to find out for yourself. Burn.
Posted on: 5/12/2012 1:09 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "The Clubhouse"
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RE: squealing BL motor when snapping throttle
This is also caused when the motor is loaded with a prop that is too big (can usually be corrected with ESC timing adjustment).You can't adjust the ESC timing so all you can do is use a smaller or a lighter propeller, like the GWS plastic props which weigh about half the APC E props.
Posted on: 5/9/2012 5:49 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives"
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RE: Another battery question.
Be careful using a LIPO in that radio, the LIPO puts out a higher voltage than the stock 8 cell battery and it can fry your radio. Diodes or a regulator are required to drop the voltage. I will also recommend eneloops over a LIPO, similar capacity and much safer, no need to remove the battery to charge. You can make an 8 cell eneloop pack by soldering the cells together with short pieces of wire (20AWG or bigger). Use a high powered iron and some solder flux to make the solder connection quickly. Too much heat on the battery will damage the cell.
Posted on: 5/9/2012 3:36 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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RE: squealing BL motor when snapping throttle
This is usually cause by an ESC timing issue. Your ESC may have different programmable timings. If so you should increase the timing and try again. Which ESC are you using?
Posted on: 5/9/2012 3:29 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives"
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RE: Coverite trim iron
The coverite 21st century iron is fantastic. It's very fast to heat up and the electronic control is very precise compared to the bimetallic strip standard irons.
Posted on: 5/8/2012 3:15 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Kit Building"
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RE: Some fundamental 2.4 GHz questions
[quote]I have been using my JR XP9303 for over 4 years, with a Spektrum Module, and other than the Firmware upgrade to my AR9000, early on, to improve the reboot time, none of my receivers have needed additional return to the factory and all have been operating exceptionally well. My early DX8 had to go back for one issue and has been rock solid since then.[/quote] Thanks for confirming my statement
Posted on: 5/2/2012 6:07 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
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RE: Some fundamental 2.4 GHz questions
I don't know if this is really a fair statement, since it is based on my observations from reading various rc site threads. It seems that spektrum and hitec have the most problems with new equipment, requiring firmware flashes to fix software bugs. It would be wise to research any model radio you wish to purchase.
Posted on: 5/2/2012 4:15 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
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RE: Raptor 50 Hitec servos?
I like to use raptor 60 tail blades (pv0163) and cut them down for improved tail authority.
Posted on: 5/1/2012 1:34 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Thunder Tiger - Raptor 30, 50, 60, 90"
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RE: Glow to Electric
It depends on your ESC, or your BEC if using a separate unit. You should have a switching BEC capable of 3 amps or more.
Posted on: 4/30/2012 5:34 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Electric General Discussion"
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RE: HOBBYPARTZ INVENTORY
Buy your stuff elsewhere. Hobby partz are not gonna win any awards for business manager of the year.
Posted on: 4/30/2012 11:09 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "E-Flight Power Sources"
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RE: Strenght of an electric airplane motor
The best way to find out everything about a model is to search for threads about that model on RC sites. The manufacturer will not advertise underpowered, structurally weak, or flies horribly on the box.
Posted on: 4/30/2012 3:18 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Brushed/Brushless motors, speed controls, gear drives"
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RE: Raptor 50 Hitec servos?
The Hitec 5625's get sloppy quickly because of the metal gears. The hitec carbonite servos work very well in the raptor.
Posted on: 4/25/2012 1:59 AM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Thunder Tiger - Raptor 30, 50, 60, 90"
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RE: In need of some wise mens thoughts
Clubs always seem to have whiners bitching about everything. I don't wonder why so many of us won't join a club, there's probably less bitching going on at grandma's bingo night.
Posted on: 4/5/2012 3:28 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: WARNING BE CAREFUL
[quote]Someone could make a pretty good profit if they came up with a compact little remote device where the hot shot could be placed farther from the prop like the simple remote needle valve.[/quote] That is a standard item on most helis, a remote glow adapter. You can easily make one with an old glow plug a finishing nail and some 5 minute epoxy.
Posted on: 4/4/2012 5:26 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: WARNING BE CAREFUL
[quote]ORIGINAL: CGRetired With regard to removal of the plug ignitor, I was taught to do so from behind, and that's what I do. I also teach students to do this. The only thing I do from the front of the engine is start the thing. All else is done from behind. Unfortunately, the injury I experienced was with an electric, and that was because I put the prop on and did the initial motor start process (new plane process) without even thinking the transmitter throttle setting was reversed. Five stiches. Live and learn. That will NOT happen again to me. CGr. [/quote] I did that too with a 350 watt motor with an apc 13x4 prop. It was my lucky day since the motor rotation was backwards, so the plane took off away from me. The cardboard box that the plane was resting on was converted to confetti. No stitches for me that time, but a new pair of underwear was required.
Posted on: 4/4/2012 5:09 PM by Author "spog1" in the forum "Beginners"
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