wrote:
On Friday, January 24, 2014 1:52:08 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:09:49 -0800 (PST), wrote:



On Friday, January 24, 2014 9:06:45 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:05:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:





It's not as common, but is available. Reloading does the trick.







I've not gotten into that. Have to get over the electric RC planes
first. Haven't gotten one of them



either, but I'm spending a lot of time looking. I like this one:







http://tinyurl.com/law82pa







But it's pretty big. I'd like to be able to fly it at the local
elementary school. The playground



there's not very big.



The wingspan is fairly large (59"), but it will fly pretty slow and
land probably at a fast walk to a trot. If you pull the trigger (ha!)
on this, get an extra battery so you can charge one while flying the
other, or you be waiting a while between flights.



Yeah, good idea. Do they make chargers that will operate from a car
battery? My little helicopter

charges from a USB port on the computer, and I've got a cigarette
lighter to USB adaptor (used for

Verizon cell phones), but I don't know if they make that type interface
for the LiPo batteries in

the RC planes.

From a casual look at the plane you linked, it comes with a charger that
has large alligator clips for hooking to your car battery. An AC charger
would be another extra charge option, although if you wanted one (and it
sounds like you don't) I'm not able to recommend one right now. I'd have
to do a bit of research.

My planes (and expertise) are gas and glow powered. I do have a couple
of small, electric park flyers but they are older nicad powered models.
Nothing with LiPo or brushless. There is some cool stuff out there in
electrics, and many people are moving to that, but I still love the smell
and mess of internal combustion RC. :-)

I flew lots of Ucontrol as a kid. After I came back from school and
service, my brother and his kids had lived in the house I grew up in. Only
2 engines that were still there was an .049 diesel and a .049 outboard.
Still have them. Should put them on display in the office.

On Friday, January 24, 2014 8:01:20 PM UTC-5, Califbill wrote:

I flew lots of Ucontrol as a kid. After I came back from school and

service, my brother and his kids had lived in the house I grew up in. Only

2 engines that were still there was an .049 diesel and a .049 outboard.

Still have them. Should put them on display in the office.

So did I, and I still fly one occasionally. I have a stunt plane (with flaps) with a Fox 35, and have a Brodak copy of a Flight Streak in the bones with a Fox 36X combat engine that I'll finish one day. Also a Wingmaster Jr.. with a Fox 15 on it. Cool stuff, but I get a bit dizzy flying them now. :-)

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:01:20 -0600, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Friday, January 24, 2014 1:52:08 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:09:49 -0800 (PST), wrote:



On Friday, January 24, 2014 9:06:45 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:05:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:





It's not as common, but is available. Reloading does the trick.







I've not gotten into that. Have to get over the electric RC planes
first. Haven't gotten one of them



either, but I'm spending a lot of time looking. I like this one:







http://tinyurl.com/law82pa







But it's pretty big. I'd like to be able to fly it at the local
elementary school. The playground



there's not very big.



The wingspan is fairly large (59"), but it will fly pretty slow and
land probably at a fast walk to a trot. If you pull the trigger (ha!)
on this, get an extra battery so you can charge one while flying the
other, or you be waiting a while between flights.



Yeah, good idea. Do they make chargers that will operate from a car
battery? My little helicopter

charges from a USB port on the computer, and I've got a cigarette
lighter to USB adaptor (used for

Verizon cell phones), but I don't know if they make that type interface
for the LiPo batteries in

the RC planes.

From a casual look at the plane you linked, it comes with a charger that
has large alligator clips for hooking to your car battery. An AC charger
would be another extra charge option, although if you wanted one (and it
sounds like you don't) I'm not able to recommend one right now. I'd have
to do a bit of research.

My planes (and expertise) are gas and glow powered. I do have a couple
of small, electric park flyers but they are older nicad powered models.
Nothing with LiPo or brushless. There is some cool stuff out there in
electrics, and many people are moving to that, but I still love the smell
and mess of internal combustion RC. :-)

I flew lots of Ucontrol as a kid. After I came back from school and
service, my brother and his kids had lived in the house I grew up in. Only
2 engines that were still there was an .049 diesel and a .049 outboard.
Still have them. Should put them on display in the office.

That would be cute.

On Friday, January 24, 2014 11:34:46 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:01:20 -0600, Califbill

wrote:



I flew lots of Ucontrol as a kid. After I came back from school and

service, my brother and his kids had lived in the house I grew up in. Only

2 engines that were still there was an .049 diesel and a .049 outboard.

Still have them. Should put them on display in the office.



Are you talking about one of these?



http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Model%20Motor.jpg

Heh. A Cox .049 with the cylinder turned 90 degrees. I still have one on a trainer balsa plane that my son learned to fly C/L when he was a kid. It's fly-able if I just cleaned the motor up a bit. The bigger stuff is actually easier to fly than the little ones, once you got old enough to hang on to the bigger one's pull. A combat .40 or .60 engine plane on 60 foot stainless lines at full tilt can pull pretty good with the centrifugal force.

wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:01:20 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

I flew lots of Ucontrol as a kid. After I came back from school and
service, my brother and his kids had lived in the house I grew up in. Only
2 engines that were still there was an .049 diesel and a .049 outboard.
Still have them. Should put them on display in the office.

Are you talking about one of these?

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Model%20Motor.jpg

I think my diesel is a Cox. Has a wing nut adjuster on top the motor to
adjust compression.