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Next best thing to a Star Trek replicator. The new hobby king ESC adds a third pin connector standard to my collection. Comes with nice little connectors I can solder to. If it works it is great value for money. The ESC comes with a wiring diagram. Not so the little 2g Hextronik outrunner...

The Paul Guillows 400-500 series kits are traditional balsa and tissue construction. Amazing to see they are still in production since I built one myself as a kid and it flew pretty well. For a kid built airplane. Labor intensive, but less so than designing from scratch. Check out Hobby King...

Just a logitech hang-on-top-of-your-monitor-with-the-bendy-clip. Wish I had a real digital camera handy.

Hi, back after a much longer than planned absence!! Real life intrudes so unfairly on hobbies! Big news is that my back ordered speed controller has finally arrived. Along with some extra servos and a few other odds & ends. Not a whole lot of progress while I was waiting for the post...

It appears not. If only the installation programs use 16 bit I may be able to install using an emulator and then run the installed program in 7. Now that the good people and logitech have sent me new drivers, I've attached 2 low res logitech photos of the transmitter and battery in the forward...

Able to check back in at last. With a new "bare bones" computer that is nonetheless insanely fast compared to my old one. Running Windows 7. First time I've been using an up-to-date operating system in a decade. It works pretty well and handles most of my legacy software well, with just...

I've been stalled for a few days with computer problems. :curse: Can't connect to the internet (well, not from home), can't print...so I can't build. Not sure if it's hardware to blame or the OS is corrupt. I'll try repairing or reinstalling the OS (still using XP) but I will need to call in...

Serious distractions. Holiday related. A bit of "designers block" too. Sometimes a hobby gets a bit too much like work. The nose section requires a good bit of redesign. The receiver pins intersect with a structural element - and the the pins win. I also need to put an access hatch into the...

It's becoming clear that all the electrical components must be shoved as far forward as possible to meet the center of gravity requirements. The lightest takeoff wt estimate is currently 35.3g and a few grams of additional weight are inevitable. I had hoped 2 servos might located near the...

Not a lot of surface available for gluing on those little HKing servos and the bottom isn't flat. There is also a gear protruding over one edge, which needs to be kept free from obstructions.There are 4 holes, roughly 1mm dia. at the 4 corners of the servo circuit board. Intended for mounting...

Not a lot of surface available for gluing on those little HKing servos and the bottom of the circuit board isn't flat. There is also a gear protruding over one edge, which needs to be kept free from obstructions.There are 4 holes, roughly 1mm dia. at the 4 corners of the servo circuit board...

Rats! Orders in, but the ultralite ESC are both on back order & can't find an alternative vendor...guess I'll have plenty of time to optimize servo placement. There is nothing you can't do with a glue gun, but plenty of things you shouldn't :twisted:.

The TX/RX responds out to at least a few hundred meters. Time to place an order for a new ESC - looks like a perfect application for the HobbyKing 0.7 g unit...it gets good reviews and should be able to handle the current load with no problem. The weight of the electrics (less plugs) is...

:steamtrain: 7:50 EDT Bench Test It's alive! It's alive! Feeding happily on just 1S! Initial voltage 4.16, it dropped a little overnight. All 6 channels are working, albeit verified by moving just one test servo from channel to channel. No smoke, no drama. Servo doesn't jitter, moves...

It's the expanded manual by Shaw et al. http://rabbitsvc.com/t6ConfigurationManual.pdf. As luck would have it, I got the link to work today - looks like the server was a bit overworked with all those new T6 users. Copied it for future ref. Turns out it's mostly oriented towards copters. I'll...

Re yarage, I owe the tech writers at FlySky an apology. It's a perfectly cromulent :wink: word in the context. The internet certainly embiggens :rolleyes: one's vocabulary! There is supposed to be an improved manual, but every time I try and load it just seems to stall. It would be nice to...

Would that be the Disney Iron Vulture? I'm getting some basic flight systems up and running now. The transmitter driver and software are properly installed on my PC and I've verified stick, rudder, throttle and assorted knobs & switches are all working properly. Not the easiest set of...

Impressive little 3-D printer Screw cap sez it all! Pretty close to a Star Trek replicator. Sirius Cybernetics! I wager we'll see entry level 3-D printers in the Big Box Electronic stores within a few years. There is no smilie for envy exactly, but :mrgreen:. I'm still looking for an...

The rcgroups.com forum has been very helpful on my issue. RCers are a very friendly bunch in general and put up with my general ignorance and resulting dumb questions with good humor. :inw: Back when I had my first Mac (with laser B&W printer) I actually built a paper sailplane. Not very...

Checking around the RC boards was interesting. In general, the 2.4 GHz receivers are reported to work well on 1S power .... that is they work reliably at 3.7 V. In fact, reviewers report they work well at even lower voltages! :killer: So, my next step is to order a non-defective, non...