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Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
11-26-2009, 05:05 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Nice work!! yours looks like it has just rolled off the showroom floor Kiwi :D I thought about replacing the fuse and wing but freight costs more than the parts now[:@]Ive removed my taildragger...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
11-19-2009, 01:06 PM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Like Kiwi said, go brushless, you wont believe the difference to standard!!!! i learnt to fly on this plane (and play with powertrains) and if you have the patience you will get the bug and next...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
06-29-2009, 05:15 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Did you see the wing bending? Mine didnt like it after a few hard turns- even with a CF strip along the top. The wing is complete with its extension now, has an extra 15cm added to it, hope it makes...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
05-15-2009, 08:06 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Just bought a GWS Spitfire, looks great but I reckon it will be a handfull! Cant wait to see how much faster than the Cessna it is. I recently bought a Spektrum DX6i to fly my short lived Cub/L4...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
05-02-2009, 06:49 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

They look pretty good, also the price is spot on. Even with our lousy exchange rate it works out about $50 cheaper than the Cessna. I liked the look of the Focus 400, it could be a good next step...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
05-01-2009, 05:21 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Gday Stu,
Good news to hear you are resurecting the Cessna. They really are like an old dog that just wont quit!
You'll have to post some pics of the Wilga when its complete, Im looking for...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
04-30-2009, 06:23 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Grasshopper is DEAD!!![&o] A 25 metre high gum tree reached out and grabbed it. Took 5 hours of throwing rocks, tennis balls with string tied to them, trying to pull the tree over with my 4wd and...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
02-26-2009, 06:21 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

My landing gear has had to many hard landings and is no longer with the Cessna! Makes for very nice looking belly landings on the grass!! Our "strip" was 3 metres wide and had 4 metre high trees...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
02-13-2009, 08:11 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

I just had another look at your pics and saw the Tape, forget that question:(
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
02-13-2009, 08:09 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Hey Ash, your setup is a lot more weight friendly. I think that was my problem, 2 extra servos 1/3 of the way ot the wing was playing havoc with the balance(in every direction!!). Next time I get a...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
02-12-2009, 07:51 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Ash, holidays were great, went up in a DC 3 and watched a Boeing 757 do what an airliner really shouldnt do:(. Anyway after much searching (I thought I made a mistake!), the flap pics are on page...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
02-02-2009, 10:29 PM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Hi Ash,
I posted some pics a while back here, cant remember how far! They operated ok but I couldnt notice much difference in flight, after reading some articles in mags I think they werent coming...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
12-12-2008, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Thanks Kiwi, will try another vid this weekend, need to get the flaps sorted so I can do a nice slow flyby
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
12-11-2008, 08:04 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

They draw 20mA, I didnt notice any difference in flight times with them off or on. Im running the standard wing at the moment, I didnt get a chance to see how much difference the flaps made to the...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
12-08-2008, 04:35 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

If anyone is still reading this thread, I had a go at some lights to see how they would look. They do help when it starts getting dark, wouldve preferred a proper strobe action but!!...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
11-19-2008, 07:45 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

My 2nd fuse is officially retired, a graceful nose dive to earth compressed the front about 25mm/ 1" back and to the right, very unnatural looking!!! Might try and resurrect the first one which I had...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
11-16-2008, 06:47 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Hey Sporn, me and my mates here have been flying off a tidal sand flat lately- need lots of CRC/WD40 (dont know what you call it over there) to keep the wheels turning freely seeing as the u/c wire...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
10-10-2008, 07:02 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Trying new motors, flap hinges, batteries and flying styles. Wrote a bit of a story before but I wasnt allowed to post it[:@]Timed out or some ****e, anyway, Cessna still tearing up the airlanes(much...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
09-24-2008, 12:48 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

My 2 batteries were cheapies so that may be the problem, have a new flightpower 1500 here so will see what difference it makes
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
09-22-2008, 06:13 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Wish I had a lazy K on the warriors last game!
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
09-22-2008, 06:12 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Hey Kiwi, what motor are you running now? i tried a T/Pro 2409-12 and -18(ordered by mistake:() with 8x4, 8x6 and 9x4.5 props and 1500mA and 1800mA batts(both 20C)and I got the performance out of...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
08-17-2008, 04:47 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Ive got 3 dead motors here due to that[:@] the wires out the back are definitely a TowerPro motors weak point, havent tried 'soft string?' to tie them back yet, have used cable ties but that cut thru...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
08-11-2008, 08:58 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Ash, I have 2 bits of angle aluminium now which I just add washers between to change the thrust line. (works but very fiddly!) If you had a spring under 1 end you would need to hinge it somehow(more...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
08-11-2008, 08:50 AM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Hey Tam, and anyone else who is interested. This site, www.paragonrc.com.au has a lot of info about the TowerPro motors ,wattage, current draw etc.(check out his useful info section[sm=thumbs_up.gif]...
Forum: Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft
08-09-2008, 12:21 PM
Replies: 3,161
Views: 449,382
Posted By Dub

RE: Art-Tech 3Ch Cessna 182 RC Radio Control Plane

Yeah, too funny:D, he was telling me how he had a couple of goes on the FMS flight sim (keyboard only as the TX that came with it had no serial port). Mind you, his fuel roots came out when he was...
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