Here are a few tips on taking advantage of the RC forums.
Post in the right forum areas.
When using the forum consider where you are posting. If you are flying glow planes, look at the posts and see if others are posting about glow planes. If you are flying electric planes, make sure you are among pilots flying electric planes. If you are flying gliders or helis or quads, see if there are specific sub-forum areas dedicated to those types of aircraft.
You can use the search feature to search for the type of aircraft you have. If you are not sure how to classify it do several different searches and see what you get.
While general flying and flying tips will be the similar among the various aircraft types there are many specifics to each type of power system. And consider that fixed wing, rotor and multi-rotor all have their individual issues and quirks. Gliders are flown a little different from power planes. In the end you will get better feedback and information and there will be less confusion as to how to help you.
Post a Link
When asking about your aircraft, servo, ESC, motor, fuel, whatever, don't assume that people know what you are talking about. Saying you have a Super Cub, for example, means very little. There are probably 40 different super cubs ranging from micros to giant scale, electric and fuel, RTF, ARF, Kits and plan built aircraft. Which one are you talking about?
People will try to help but their advice will be based on what they THINK you have and the advice might be wrong.
So, for example, if you say you have a Super Cub, is it:
A Super Cub
http://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=C...m/HBZ7400.html
A Super Cub
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/electric-rc-airplane-super-cub
A Super Cub
http://www.nitroplanes.com/dysuj3cubpa4.html
A Super Cub
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products...ub-arf-HAN4540
Or a Super Cub
http://phoenixmodel.com/Product.aspx?ProductId=585
Note that even saying you have a Super Cub from Horizon Hobby would still not get it done as Horizon Hobby has at least 3 and some come in more than one package format. You may only know of one and I may only know of one but they may not be the same one.
Or, if I think you have the Parkzone Super Cub and you have the Dyam Super Cub and you ask about an ESC problem, the info I give you will be WRONG! If think you have the Dyam Super Cub and you have the Phoenix Super Cub the answers are going to be VERY wrong.
Post a link to the product or package you are talking about so there is less confusion. It also gives people a chance to look at the specs of your aircraft to help give you the right answers.
I have read through dozens of posts of advice only to find that the original poster has a different aircraft than the one for which they are receiving answers. And sometimes you are using a lesser known aircraft and people know nothing about it.
I recently read advice on what receiver battery pack to use in a glider. The pilot was getting lots of advice, but it was all wrong. It was not till later in the discussion he posted the name of his servos, but no links. The information was still wrong. With a little digging I learned that the servos being used in the glider will be damaged by the flight packs being recommended. How did that happen? he never posted a link to the servos and just assumed that everyone knew what he had and the specs for those servos.
So post in the most appropriate forum and post a link to the products being discussed so you can get good answers from people who really want to help you.