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Forum: Batteries & Chargers
02-09-2013, 09:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 478
Posted By Beeza

Easystar batt replacement

I'm a newbie here. I have an old Easystar and the receiver battery is shot. It's listed as a 7.2 600mAh. I've read that I should just get a more powerful batt for longer flights but i don't know...
Forum: ARF or RTF
02-09-2013, 08:24 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 542
Posted By Beeza

RE: F EasystarNeed Easystar help

Thanks jzrf6c. I'm a beginner here and not able to find out in the instructions info about the battery capacities. Do you know what sizes I would order?
Forum: Electric Training
02-09-2013, 08:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 875
Posted By Beeza

RE: EasyStar help

Thanks for the response Lnewqban. The connectors are OK, I have checked them. Do the battery voltages I listed sound correct?

I just hate to give up on flying this great trainer due to a...
Forum: Electric Training
02-08-2013, 09:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 875
Posted By Beeza

EasyStar help

This is unbelievable but true. A few yrs back I got a RTF EasyStar, but I wound up being gone for several years. I have it out now, for its first flights. I charged the batteries. Tx battery says...
Forum: ARF or RTF
02-07-2013, 06:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 542
Posted By Beeza

F EasystarNeed Easystar help

Unbelievable, but truea few (?) yrs back I got a RTF Easystar, but I wound up being gone for a long time. I have it out now, charged the batts (Tx says nicad on it and I'm guessing the Rx is niMh,...
Forum: Glow Engines
02-03-2013, 09:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,214
Posted By Beeza

Old Glow engine question

I am looking for a picture and or article of a glow engine from maybe the 60s. Cameron I think it was called. The piston was completely in line with the crankshaft. The piston wasn't at a right...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
02-02-2013, 09:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By Beeza

RE: Lipo battery charge time

Thanks for your help. I think it really threw me off when the charging time on the first ever charge wasn't more than maybe 10 minutes. I'm more use to nicads.... ;-)
Forum: Electric General Discussion
02-02-2013, 01:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By Beeza

RE: Lipo battery charge time

and the model is new. I forgot to tell you.
Forum: Electric General Discussion
02-02-2013, 12:55 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By Beeza

RE: Lipo battery charge time

The good news is that I got the system to work. I'm not use to the musical notes it plays when I first connect the battery. I guess that's when it's binding.

The batt says 11.1 v 1800...
Forum: Electric General Discussion
02-02-2013, 12:04 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By Beeza

Lipo battery charge time

Hi Guys, I just bought an Art Tech Jet Tiger EDF. This is my first time using a Lipo battery. I'm using the small charger that came with the plane. The instructions say to charge until the charger...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
02-01-2013, 08:10 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,322
Posted By Beeza

Cox cylinder question

Some of the Cox reed-valve engines have 2 slits on either side of the cylinder. But most of these engines have just a large port on either side. What is the difference? Is there more or less power...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
12-25-2012, 12:15 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 8,411
Posted By Beeza

RE: Goldberg Ranger 30

That PeeWee .020 was my first gas engine too. Christmas of 1961. It came in a plastic bubble for $3.95 .(98?)mine was on a Berkley Payload plane kit. I soon found out it started much easier on Cox...
Forum: Aerodynamics
12-16-2012, 09:07 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,451
Posted By Beeza

RE: Sailplane design question

Wow! You guys gave me a lot more info to consider than I thought I'd receive. The wing will get dihedral now.

Thanks again and Merry Christmas!

Beeza
Forum: Aerodynamics
12-13-2012, 12:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,451
Posted By Beeza

Sailplane design question

I have an easy one here, I think. I built a wing for Mark's Models Bushwacker gas-powered sailplane, scaled down for 1/2A gas engine, but I built the plane for electric power. I'm using 3 channel...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
12-30-2011, 01:01 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,964
Posted By Beeza

RE: Delta balancing

I was having the same questions a while back (see the forum's previous page "aileron linkage" entry) and after doing all the math I could find and all I could stand,
one of you guys suggested I...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
12-01-2011, 12:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

RE: Aileron linkage

Building up the plane out of foam to find the CG worked great! AND, the CG was in the range I'd figured from the online information.
For a $1.20 piece of foam board, I may have spared the new...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-29-2011, 03:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

RE: Aileron linkage

What an excellent idea! I WILL do that! Thanks

Don
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-27-2011, 05:11 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

RE: Aileron linkage

Thanks guys. I also believe in hinges made out of covering material in these small planes. My next 2 concerns are whether or not to add a small, maybe 1/8" sq spar closer to the LE to support the...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-26-2011, 06:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

RE: Aileron linkage

I forgot to add that weight currently, using rock hard LE, TE and spars is 3 1/2 oz.
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-26-2011, 05:31 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

RE: Aileron linkage

I've decided to go with elevator and aileron separate controls. Here's the progress so far. Thanks to all of you for your input.
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-26-2011, 05:19 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 21,321
Posted By Beeza

RE: 50th Anniversary Flight - Pageboy

What you're doing is a great thing. I didn't have a Pageboy, mine was a TD .010 single channel Schoolboy. What a neat plane.
We're certainly indebted to Ken Willard. A Willard design was a flyer...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
11-15-2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,788
Posted By Beeza

Aileron linkage

I have a linkage/construction question. I'm building a delta wing, 36" span, 254 sq in wing area. Looking at the plane from the front, it has dihedral, then the wing tips angle out flat, level with...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
02-26-2011, 10:01 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 14,563
Posted By Beeza

RE: cox .010 control line airplane

Yrs ago in high school, my control line club had a winter indoor event where we flew Pee-Wee .020 and .010
planes on a single line tether. Planes were 10" wingspan and had to have a canopy, or a...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
12-14-2010, 04:29 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 521
Posted By Beeza

Wing Plan

Hi Guys, Some years ago I bought a balsa Lanier Indicator wing kit. The kit arrived without plans.
Does anyone have the wing plans for this? wingspan is 45 1/4"

Thanks, Don
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
06-14-2010, 09:18 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,639
Posted By Beeza

RE: A boy, a plane, and his motorcycle

I rebuild vintage motorcycles AND do 1/2A. The world is big enough for both. Currently I have 2 BSA Lightnings,
both reliable and rideable.

The Honda SilverWing used to be a V-twin, like a...
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