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Have not heard of Aerokroil... But I do have some MMO. It seems as each day/week passes I learn something new about these engines and the tools of the trade.

Thanks! Glad to have you onboard!

Thanks for the comment! Ended up getting some bearings from FastEddy Bearings. I've already got em and will be putting them in soon.

You got a balsa kit? Better get to work lol. Thank ya... Yeah it's coming along pretty well. The fuse is next and I ended up running out of covering material. Almost had it with the one roll.

Thanks Mayan!

Thanks 👍... Yeah at first I was a little bit concerned over the wrong color thing, but I eventually just said "forget about it, let's do this!" type of attitude. It needs a whole recover job anyways (which I may end up going with the traditional US army green) but I just don't wanna go through that right now. I wanna try and get some air time with it first before I dive real hard core into a re-cover job. It was technically my first attempts at any covering job and even leaving the tail section still attached to the plane which is very tricky. The horizontal stab and elevator looks really good... Vertical stab and rudder is, eh, passable for now but still better than what it was. It's a plane that has some good and some bad things about it. Vin Quang is a very interesting manufacturer. Kinda 50/50 on my thoughts about them and this plane.

It is... Luckily it wasn't the whole plane. Overall I bet it took an hour or so to do.

Hey no prob! Thanks for the comment! Yeah, at least for me, it's a good kit to start with balsa building... Size isn't too terrible, price tag is good, and it's a trainer style so not too bad if it crashes. And yeah so easy to start a project and then things happen and the project sits for a while.

What issues? Wouldn't bind? Loss of signal?

Oh yeah... This was an old video! Yes once I got the feel of the wing it performed great. My biggest obstacle was mainly just learning how to launch it without lawn darting it. Once in the air it was easy. This was also my first attempt at trying out flying wings. Thanks for such a cool design. Buddy of mine introduced me to it.

Despite not having any issues with them, I am being cautious. And I have picked up the gear to try out ELRS. Just need to figure which plane to put it in.

Interesting... I had wondered about the Futaba protocol side of things with these receivers. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Not hit or battery. I happened to be low to the ground and I think a wind gust got me.

Honestly I am not sure as this is the first one I've been to. Some of the footage was recorded opening day (Wed) and during the evening when the event was closing down for the day. Staff/volunteers there said it actually gets more crowded and crazy on Fri/Sat.

Reality is FT suffered because of their lack of stance against the FAA like the other CBO's especially the AMA who sold the entire RC Aviation Hobby out and joined forces with the CDA ( Commercial Drone Alliance) to push RID and to try and Force club/CBO membership only flying...FTCA tried to be a buddy so they could continue to help people get into the hobby BUT because of regulation and their lack of that stance against the new regs/rules chose to go along with the AMA and their suggested guides concerning the Hobby. They also bought in Dave Messina of the FPVFC who has sat with the FAA/Regulators and also refused to stand up and chose to bow down and has bought in the sell out agenda. People do not like their rights and freedoms taken away or restricted and they do not like those who refuse to even try and stand up but chose for a status/position to simply go along. None of them backed Brennan/RDQ in their law suit with the FAA and instead of pushing back on the FAA when in every meeting the FAA told them ( and you can listen to the FPVFC's videos ) to know they EXCLUDED the recreational side of the hobby completely. The CBO FRIA first campaign they all pushed only hurt the community it did not help it at all and yes many have simply stepped away from the hobby completely. Being forced to be tracked and your info accessed by the public and paying Huge $$'s to be able to fly outside a FRIA and then forced to pay for tests/ CBO memberships and travel etc to get to a FRIA in this economy has simply decimated the Hobby and as you see even Flite Fest is suffering, but they bought that in themselves as have the AMA and the others. And when the NETWORK RID comes online in a few years ( and yes it is already being established ) even the FRIA's will be forced to have some sort of base Network RID because the CDA stated at the FAA Reauth. they had to have complete dominance of the 400 ft AGL to the surface everywhere to operate their UTM and they had to KNOW where everything else was operated at all times and Congress who was Bought agreed and that means in the future even sub 250 will have to have some sort of Network ID , the hobby is near its end as we all have known it for so many decades all because those that had a seat with the FAA refused to stand up !!!

Geez I sure hope the are operating in a FRIA 😬 or have a remote ID module in everything weighing even 0.1 over 250 grams

@@JordanColeman-r8w Troll elsewhere mate let the grown ups talk.

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That's cool... A few of those are older Parkzone planes. Actually everything in that video is older stuff. Of course I like to fix up old things anyways.

It was a lot of fun .. the paintball was a cool thing. I tried a round at it too... Came close to hitting the plane but didn't.

I definitely used the firewalls in some of the later FT Simple Cub videos. Didn't have any issues with em.

So far, I've used glow fuel, ATF fluid, and 3in1 oil. And some heat. I have heard of marvel mystery oil but never used it.

@@perkyplanesrc9363 My stepfather was the general manager of a paving company. he would by and sell dormant equipment to meet the companies needs. Whne they would find something with 200k+ hours on it that had been sitting the mechanic would fill the cylinders with that stuff. Then about once an hour he would grab a big bar and socket and rock the crank shaft back and forth as much as it would allow with reasonable resistance. It didnt take long to removed the oxidation and break free of the ridges the rings made. Only once did he snap an old ring and he wasnt even sure if that was broken before they even got that particular motor.

Ya know I've only given a few of my planes actual names. I don't do it a whole lot. I don't even name my cars that I have had. My truck has a name but my daughter gave it the name for me lol. Perhaps I should make up some names for things.

Thanks Alma... I had only talked to Bob a few times before his passing. I joined the club later in his life when he was having health issues so I barely got to know him. But he was a great guy who truly loved the hobby.

Thanks for watching Alma! 🙂 Feel free to ask me any question you want either on here or on messenger if you are curious. Really the hobby has a lot of different paths basically... No right or wrong way, just whatever you prefer. Some folks won't even do this stuff here... They just want something they can get in the air quick with very little tinkering or fixing up. Interesting tidbit...the model aviation organization has been around since the 1930s... The FAA (the government agency) was founded later in 1958. So model aviation has been around a looooong time.

Checked em afterwards... Still solid. 🙂

Thanks for the comment... Don't plan on it. :-)

Lol pretty good description. Yeah it was a little wrinkled when I first got it when it was still in the box. It can't handle the heat like the other coverings. I got other planes with other coverings, been through the same abuse, and still hold up.

I honestly steered clear of Orange for fear of having issues. Used plenty of Lemon DSMX receivers and all were solid. I did sample a DSMX receiver from banggood ... Think it was called RedCon... It had some issues. Luckily just used it as a bench receiver.

Lol... Actually had to use a band aid today when I was in the building today. Gotta be self sufficient when I am there... Food, drink, First Aid kit, etc. :-) Good idea on the video segments and a final compilation. She hasn't messed with the car in a while. She's had some new toys recently

Yeah... I've had mine out a few times already. It is a breeze to fly.

This is Duck #2 actually. I babied the first one lol. Had a few small crashes and tried to repair it. The repairs held for a while until it finally gave way. I love it too especially b/c I loved Talespin growing up. I'll probably always keep it in my hangar.

@@perkyplanesrc9363 As did I - my brother and I watched all of the episodes. I've gone with original paint scheme every time, but I'm thinking about doing a blue Snow Duck from that episode where they were imprisoned 😁 I babied my first one, but water made it too weak. Totaled the 2nd one into a set of bleachers. Smashed and repaired one last year, until it too finally got to be too much. Almost done with this year's duck.

Found a 60% scale version on FT Forums that I am going to build as soon as I can get the AIO plans printed somewhere.

Sounds like you've had an awesome time with it. 🙂 Blue would be good... I like the color blue anyways so I am a little bias. I don't usually paint blue bc of being able to see it ok...of course darker blues would be ok. And a bigger one would be awesome. While I love the Duck, i do wish there was a decent way to break it down at least a little bit.

@@perkyplanesrc9363 I saw someone modified the wing to be detachable, but I am not sure I am up for the modification...

Thanks so much for the reply Stacey. I think I actually did get burned out on some things in the hobby... But been doing some new things which has helped spark some excitement again.

That's awesome... Glad to hear you've had some success with it. And yeah I hear lots of good about ELRS

Interesting story... Thanks for sharing. Not sure what happened there. I'd be curious to see if you could find a cause for it.... Voltage issues? Bad board and/or soldering? Something wrong during the firmware update? Did you freq fine tune? Wonder if you could run some logs on it too to see what's wrong. That's cool you got the ELRS receiver. I have one too to try out .. not sure what to put it in yet though.

@@perkyplanesrc9363 It was definitely that specific receiver, and it was frequency tuned. I bought a bunch of 168s for like $12 right after it was announced FrSky was suing them over the design, now I'm a little worried about using them. I'm now using 2 ER8s and and ER6, no complaints so far! 🤞

Agreed... I am happy with them as well. I have only used the FrSky protocol on mine and not the Futaba protocol

Maybe for others... I had no issues with them.

Works for me too

I just picked up one... I'll be giving it a try too. 🙂

Yes I have a few other videos of it where I flew it. It's been a while, I forgot all about these early videos lol

They were fine tuned... Used the FrSky protocol

i think this is the key in radiomaster 88 video they show to use a FRSKY-x but the EDGTX documents show FUTABA witch one do you use? 😊

Not sure I follow. What hardware do you have? Which Transmitter? Which receiver? And you mention a BYME gyro which appears to be Radiolink brand. I do know that when I was using Spektrum, there was a procedure you had to follow first in order for the surfaces to move and the system to activate and be ready. So that could be the case here. Let me know what equipment you are using and I'll try to help. 🙂

@perkyplanesrc9363 I'm just struggling I'm back in the hobby after years considering my old Jr transmitter was 72 mhz so I'm trying to muddle my way through edge TX on tx16smark 2 and feel like beating my head against the wall so now I have a radio link r8 xm bound and control surfaces are fine but can't get any gyro functions to a switch and you tube is no help when it comes to a step by step video for how to set this darn thing up on said transmitter I'm 58 years old and I guess to stupid for this radio and I'm much to poor to purchase spectrum products Thanks for the vent

Like anything it takes time. I haven't even tried gyros with the Radiomaster yet. Have you programmed any other planes in it first? If not, I would do that first before doing anything with a gyro. Give me a little bit and I'll see if I can find something to help ya.

I didn't find much on the BYME gyro although I am sure it can be done. Assuming you've done basic model programming, I would look at some of the FrSky receivers with a built in gyro (usually designated with an S in the model name...ex: S8R, S6R...). They will be the ACCST protocol receiver and you will need to fine tune them as well when you bind them to the Radiomaster. I am sure there are much videos and support on doing those type of receivers with the Radiomaster. I think Radiomaster has their own gyro receivers too.

@@rodgerhunter1591 I'm 64 trying to learn opentx first with Frsky and now with radiomaster Tx16S you've got to give it time to sink in i keep going back to it a few days apart and watching different people explain how to do the same task you can see what you have been doing wrong, the main problem with legacy radios is price I have a secondhand futaba T10J radio 50% dearer than frsky or radiomaster and does not talk to me the timer is usless as my hearing is going and will not do vibration on timer and does not send timer through earpiece, that's my vent ,keep trying the headache will get better.

Do you mean the freq fine tune? If so, it only lights up on the transmitter when it is required... Which is mainly on the FrSky protocol. If you are binding and freq fine tune doesn't show up then you don't have to worry about it.

@@perkyplanesrc9363 ok thanks!!!

So far I've been happy with them. :-) Have experience with plenty of Turnigy stuff and never been disappointed. Havent tried their receivers though.

My main charger is a Hi-Tec. Love the thing!

Amen to that! Thanks a lot. Hope your holidays have been good and that the new year is even better.

You bring up some other possible factors to the signal loss. Agreed that it could be any of those things you mentioned. Here's one I had heard about too with folks complaining about Spektrum receivers losing signal/brownouts. Yup Spektrum. Basically it was pointing the finger at folks running their models too hard or the batteries too low to the point that the receiver cuts out momentarily.

Very good comments!

What about the use of carbon fibre in the structure and people running aerials alongside? Had an 86C Rx and had some fun with range signal so checked out the aerial config on utoob et al, took on board the recommendations and reconfigured them, and that plus a fine retune on the Radiomaster Tx, fixed the problem!

I've only had these receivers about 8 months... So maybe the first batches were bad?

Sounds good... I love the camera and the quality. My only issue is the size/shape. I didn't have an original Runcam but it looked kinda bulky. I feel that way with this one too but I had always heard good about them so I picked it up. I do wonder if they could've made them smaller and lighter. I loved the size/weight of my old Polaroid Cube cam.