Rocketman_

Are you referring to the black transmitter in the picture below? As you can see, I still have mine. Maybe they'll come back again just like gas engines did.

GerKonig

Yes, as soon as my hair starts coming back, these radios will make a big time comeback...:-) And free flight, U-control will again have massive appeal... together with the large and small glow engines... Horse drawn carriages are also going to come back one day;-)

Gerry

Sport_Pilot

It has happened. You will find them with fancy carriages in nearly every large city.

GerKonig

Exactly, nothing disappears, there is always a "nitche" for everything. Same as for the big nitro power plants, and my old 8 Channel Futaba transmitter...:-) People have their black powder hunting season after all:-)

Gerry

earlwb

We also have quite a few fellows that have taken up flying old single channel radios in their airplanes again. Some modify the old radios to use 2.4ghz frequencies too.

GerKonig

So they use the "case" of the old radio to give it the old "look"... But it still is a new radio. But, to each his/her own. That is the beauty of this hobby, the only way to screw it up is if you are NOT having fun...


Gerry

nute12

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Okay, now to get the majority of our community to think that........3d/imac/cirle fliers/ etc........ seems every clique thinks its their way or no way. always a few that want to make life miserable for the rest. been a member of a few clubs, only one don't give a rip. that is the one i stick with. onlly rules is be safe and have fun.

GerKonig

Nope, I never had this problem. But then again we are too small a club to have problems, and we have flown in the same club for too long. I guess we have a low incidence of BDM (brain dead members), and can go along. I guess the 3D crowd could get a very small runway same ass the chopper club... On the downside, we have a couple of nasty airplane eating trees in the club...

Gerry

kochj

LOL........
truthfully though, the rise of simmulators have helped those that used to use there plane as a heli..... now do FULL aerobatic routines that are more than modified wheel stands....

And YES, they could get a 20X20 land, and hover around with there planes all day! LOL>....

1QwkSport2.5r

Man, that's gotta just suck when those damn trees jump out in front of a guy's airplane. sorry, I couldn't help it. I had to say it.

I'm gonna leave my Fox 1.20 twin cylinder and Enya R120-4C as full time glow ignition engines but I may convert my 23cc SuperTigre to diesel.

GerKonig

No problem, those trees are nasty creatures. You take an eye off them, and they move...

I was lucky until last year... Making the approach to turn into final, and one of the nasty creatures made a run for it, and f I flew the giant stick right into it. Fortunately, the field was recently plowed, and soft. When I was able to shake it loose from the tree, the only damage was on the wing (damage sustained as it flew into the darn thing). A replacement wing solved the problem. I soaked and washed the electric motor, under the faucet, and it is running like new.

But I will never trust those huge trees again... Said that, the GS is so big I thought I was closer to the runway than I actually was....

Gerry

JPMacG

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We have those trees too. They party about 300 feet from the end of the runway and jump up and grab planes as they turn onto final. Having your plane grabbed is a rite of passage at our club.

joebahl

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I was a die hard glo and gas guy 4 years ago but after owning more E planes i sold off all my glow and gas planes . Flying E-planes is cool and alot easyer fo me to handle.Just because we fly electrct planes does not mean its not just as fun as glo or gas and they can look cool to. joe

cymaz

Laser Engines, here in the UK, have done tests their engines on a conversion to gas.

A UK flier has a qoute off the company..



I asked about petrol engines and was told that although testing had been done there was no real move towards it. I was also told that the testing proved that conversions are not really possible without seriously effecting the reliability and performance of the engine. Mechanically they are ok, but the carburation is very poor even with pumped carbies. There is also little saving when it comes to fuel costs on small engines, and fitting all the extra stuff into a small model is a problem. he said it was very unlikely that they would do a petrol engine under 40cc

SrTelemaster150

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Originally Posted by cymaz

Laser Engines, here in the UK, have done tests their engines on a conversion to gas.

A UK flier has a qoute off the company..

I have seen the so called "test results" done by Lazer & the results were the same power output for glow ignition/glow fuel, CDI/glow fuel & full on gas conversion.

The poster claimed that the CDI ignition timing W/glow fuel had to be retarded compared to gasoline or the transition suffered. Sorry, but that is just plain ludicrous.

Here is a CDI/glow fuel conversion done by CH Ignitions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3uuf4c-H0

IMO, this is the best way to go for large glow" engines.

Fuel consumption is cut dramatically & power output increases slightly. There is also a marked reduction in "slime". Also note that there aren’t any transition problems.