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Forum: Glow Engines
05-03-2009, 10:23 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,247
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: OS 91FX any good ?

Don't really know, balanced the prop, problem solved. Just a dumb pilot with a lot of time on this engine at all altitudes from sea level to where I live at 5600ft asl, so I know what it likes &...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-03-2009, 04:48 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,247
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: OS 91FX any good ?

Hi Bayward,

I cannot speak for any other 90 size 2 stroke engine apart from the FX-91 for which I have nothing but good to say. I flew with this engine in the lower levels of pattern & won many...
Forum: Kit Building
09-02-2008, 02:13 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Copied from the home page of BTE :


"Delta Vortex Kit Status, August 2008. We have received a lot of inquiries lately about the DV kit and when it will be available again. Well, the UAV...
Forum: Kit Building
09-01-2008, 03:03 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Hi Airbus Driver, they have become available from BTE again! Check the website.
Forum: Kit Building
09-01-2008, 02:16 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

I suggest to the valuable members Salmonbug, Strykaas, & Airbusdrvr that we are an international committee throwing ideas together before arriving at the final concept. Just the same as Airbus. Our...
Forum: RC Pattern Flying
08-30-2008, 10:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,271
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: Fingers or Thumbs

This is weird, I was taught by a very old & experienced instructor to fly with my fingers. To explain he told me to strap a pencil to my thumb and see if my writing improves! After two or three years...
Forum: Kit Building
08-30-2008, 10:15 AM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Hi Gents, yes the RCV 120 is a great engine but from what I've researched today, because of the 2:1 gearing it will require a 15X10 4 blader and the torque & p-effect will be terrible. I'm starting...
Forum: Kit Building
08-30-2008, 01:55 AM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Yes, the RCV 120 is a terrific idea & would look fantastic on the DV. They do swing HUGE props though so we would be looking at a four blader. I will investigate the specs on this!
Forum: Kit Building
08-29-2008, 02:23 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Hello gentlemen, I have a beautiful almost new four stroke, the Saito 125. This may be an option as the engine is very light for it's capacity. I will be running two batteries at the back which will...
Forum: Kit Building
08-27-2008, 02:38 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Hi Salmonbug,

Again, thankyou for your patience, and it seems that the DV kit is winging it's way from Belgium tonight on it's way to me here in Johannesburg care of Fedex! Thankyou sincerely...
Forum: Kit Building
07-04-2008, 01:40 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Hi AirbusDrvr, no problem, I will photograph the installation on Sunday night after I have flown the aircraft. I would do it tonight but I need to take the cowl, prop & spinner off to get to this...
Forum: Kit Building
07-03-2008, 01:59 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 75,534
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: BTE Delta Vortex Construction Photos

Strange to hear about problems with the FX91. I have 3 of them, one with a tuned pipe on a patternship, and have nothing but good things to say about this engine. I have modified mine (the tuned pipe...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
06-14-2007, 10:45 AM
Replies: 3,148
Views: 375,095
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: Spektrum DX-7

Hi Bigbird007,
Thanks for your reply. The problem is not actually money at all. Whilst instructing I have done many flights with aircraft equipeed with the DX-7, & am more than impressed with it's...
Forum: RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros
06-12-2007, 02:31 PM
Replies: 3,148
Views: 375,095
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: Spektrum DX-7

Gentlemen, I hope this does not sound like a lengthy often asked question. We are having a HUGE problem in the Johannesburg area of South Africa. The problem is continual major bursts of interference...
Forum: AMA Discussions
03-01-2007, 06:27 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

The AMA rules & regs do not apply here in South Africa. I speak from competition experience. When foreign pilots wish to fly here they must hold a valid international FAI licence (in order to obtain...
Forum: AMA Discussions
02-16-2007, 03:16 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

Hi Lomcevak, I missed your post whilst readiing through them. Trust me, I have seen the damage that an out of control trainer powered by an OS FX 46 can do to a human body! It gets very hot here &...
Forum: AMA Discussions
02-16-2007, 02:45 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

Hi P51B, I apologise if I have upset you. This was not my intention. I suppose being ex-military I feel comfortable in the training, safety, & discipline that the umbrella of a well regulated...
Forum: AMA Discussions
02-14-2007, 09:08 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

Hi bofrcr, thanks for the comments :) At the moment I am teaching a pilot who flies large jets for the airline & has over 10 000 hours. In the air he is more than OK, co-ordinated turns good, even...
Forum: AMA Discussions
02-14-2007, 09:02 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

P-51, with the greatesst of respect, it is attitudes like that that lead to the horrible accidents like those I'm sure we've all read about in Europe. None of the aircraft we fly, from the smallest...
Forum: AMA Discussions
02-14-2007, 02:05 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,616
Posted By Sir Lance

RE: turbine waivers,,anything new?

Hi Gentlemen, I find this topic to be very interesting. I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our equivalent to AMA is SAAMA or South African Model Aircraft Association. It is set up much along the...
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
08-13-2003, 05:37 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 413
Posted By Sir Lance

Flaperons on the XF631

Thanks Danny, I'll try that tonight & let you know. I am fully sold on JR products & I realise that to be competitive in pattern I'm going to need a more expensive Tx with mixes etc. Could you please...
Forum: JR Radio & Spektrum Radios
08-12-2003, 12:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 413
Posted By Sir Lance

Flaperons on the XF631

Hi Danny, I really need help please on setting up the ailerons / flaperons on my pattern ship. I have been trying for 3 days solid, but being used to aircraft with a single aileron servo this is all...
Forum: Beginners
02-19-2003, 05:51 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,187
Posted By Sir Lance

flair technique

I've been flying for about a month now, & have done 11 flights under instruction. My instructor has made me do low level runway passes to familiarise myself with lining up & flaring etc. On the last...
Forum: Beginners
02-08-2003, 05:22 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,366
Posted By Sir Lance

Best Trainer

Being brand new to the hobby, I have only completed 3 training flights. I have bought a Big Stik 60 with a Magnum 65 engine. Friends at the club have told me that the Big Stik is a bit of a handful...
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