I have a friend who recently purchased a Balsa USA Dr1 at a swap meet, and is hoping to fly it this weekend. Would anyone know the balance point? Thanks! ...
Hey Dawn Patrollers, I've got a technical question for the "collective" out there... On my 1/3 scale Pup, I want to put in dual switches & dual batteries....
Hi Greg. You're right on regarding the redundant setup using twin batteries into twin switch harnesses, into any available receiver port. The batteries DO...
Greg, dual batteries is the way to go. I personally prefer 6 volts instead of 4.8 but it also depends on the airframe and what you need from the servos. I...
I agree with Tim, Go for more capacity. I would run 2, 2700mah, Nimh, 5 cell's if it were me. steve p Steve Percifield www.hoosierdawnpatrol.com ... From: Tim...
Thanks to everyone for the advice. These packs should draw current in parallel right? (be gentle: I'm an mech Engr, not an electrical engr, so I only had to...
Greg, you're right, you'll have margin. When you realize that we are, after all, talking about a 1/3 scale Pup, I'd use the adjective "adequate" 4,000 mah...
Tim, are you using the EMS switches? I have currently switched to the JR and have been very happy with them. My experience with the feed back was with...
Hi Brian, I've used EMS, MPS, JR all with great success. _________________________________________________________ Tim Mills says: A BAD day at the field...
http://www.hangtimes.com/index.html Greg, Go to this website and read the FAQ and techno info he has. He explains alot about batteries in a language we all can...
Thanks Brian & Steve, I'll read up on it. Greg by the way, I just made hotel reservations for Warbirds over Arkansas! My wife is joining me so that meant no...
At the Mint Julep Scale Meet Saturday, Dale Locander decided to have his 1/3 scale DVII closely inspect the tops of a couple of trees. These were over past...
At the Mint Julep Scale Meet Saturday, Dale Locander decided to have his 1/3 scale DVII closely inspect the tops of a couple of trees. These were over past...
Holy crap Dale! Glad you brought her in without too much damage. You must have had your hands full to pull that save off! Greg ... From: "Michael Bealmear"...
Greg, You guys with your paintball guns mounted on your aircraft have left me no choice. Where else would you expect to find a "BlueBird" (Squadron), but in...
I've been reading McCudden's memoirs of WWI flying... I ran across two paragraphs that I thought some of you might find enjoyable. One for the Pup flyers &...
Steve, I think I still have the paper back of Flying Fury I read recently. It yours if you want it. On a similar note, the recent Air & Space magazine has an...
My pictures from the Mint Julep Scale Meet a couple of weekends back. Sorry, no WW1 pics in my bunch. There were 4-5 WW1 birds there though. Brutal flying...
Hi, I just started flying r/c and I'm a devotee of WWI crates. I've been enjoyin' the hell out of my Eletrifly Fokker D.VII. It was painted like Udet's "Du...