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building and flying model aircraft

Category: Free Flight

F/F Dethermaliser from Spektrum TX

Andy LuckettAndys Blog, Free Flight, Oily Hand Blog

The beauty of a remote or R/C dethermaliser is that you can D/T the model at will, saving flyaways or a long walk up the paddock. This is an alternate hack to the BMK line of remote D/Ts. It is made using circuit components from an old Spektrum 6 channel transmitter that came with an Efite heli. Be sure to use full range components so your F/F model doesn’t get away.   Alternately you could […]

Flying Rags

Andy LuckettFree Flight, Oily Hand Blog

This year at Oily Hand on Saturday lunchtime we will be having an Oily Hand Rag Mass Launch. We have done this many years ago at Oily Hand, so we thought it is time for another go. Check out the ‘how to’ below and get your Rag sorted. This one can be attributed to Ken Willard from his 1985 book ‘8 Easy Projects for 1/2A Engines’. Here is a copy that explains all about it. […]