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the turret doesn’t rotate, but you can turn them by hand, they have about a 45deg turn each way.
They are just over 5cm long. the digi-Q on my avtar is a touch smaller again. They move faster than the digi-Q but you don’t get as much life out of them as a BCG car. About 3 minutes run time flat stick. Like real life tanks, they aren’t very fuel effecient. 🙂I’m asking $20. If anybody else wants one and they are in sydney, you can get them at parklea markets for $30. I wouldn’t be supprised if paddy’s have them too.
I don’t know of an equivalent in melbourne, victoria markets is about as exciting as it gets. 🙂
It’s so strange. I thought I had a pic of it in my members gallery or the webshots page. The camera tank is the same type.
I’ll take a pic of it now and upload it to my memebers pics #5.
My camera doesn’t respond to well to room light
so you may have to squint a bit.
I’ll try and find some of my older photos of them I have and put them on my webshots.I was just scrolling through the vkham ads a few minutes ago and noticed that one guy has the 2004 ARRL handboks. This may not sound like anything interesting but it is like an encylopedia for radio and electronics. It is a techincal book and it is all hands on deck with some of the maths, but at the same time it covers the basics than anybody can understand. It’s about the size of a phone book. DSE sell them too if you want to actually have a look in one.
They are a book that the average person off the street wouldn’t read, but would suit somebody like betty very well. As you learn more and more, using this book as a reference will bring you up to speed very easily.
If the DSE funway 1 or 2 book just doesn’t have enough info in them for you, ask santa for an ARRL.They update the book every year, but my 1988 book is just as good as the 2004. They will last you a very long time.
I’m constantly learning new things.
Today we destruction tested LED’s.
How many volts can a LED take before Pfffffft !
Can you make a green LED glow red ?
What happens to a UVEPLA chip when you program it with a capacitor 2000uf charged to 60V.
(adds new meaning to burning a EPROM)That’s a good price. I got a mirage and it cost me $45 aud to get it here. Doh !
Let me know how it flys for you. They are really touchy (you think the A40 jumps about).
Mine flys like an angry bee, you got to have fast reflexs.Yep, rule #1 about buying stuff overseas, there is always somebody cheaper further down the road.
I’ll probably order A40’s from that guy next time I get more in. Does he have other flying stuff ?
If he can do them for that price, ask him what he can do for five.
I’d love to find the factory that makes them, they probably sell 100 for $5 each. Wouldn’t that be nice !I still have a micro BCG clone tank new in its bubble if your still looking for one.
What sort of amount of cash are we talking about and roughly what is the space required to run ausmicro ? [If you don’t mind me asking].
Location ? Address or Lat/Lon ?
Is there a time they you are there on a regular basis, like 4pm sundays etc.
I still have a few spare coming in. I didn’t order the 8aa nicd packs for the txer, but you can get them a DSE for $30.
The A40’s cost me about $55 to get in, and I have just been selling them to friends for that. The cost depends on how big the box is and how many other planes come in with them. One costs like $60, and five is just under $55 each. My friends are saying that I should be selling them for like $75 since they are better than the DSE planes which cost $130. I don’t really need the money and I’d only waste it on more little planes. 🙂
I can get the Nicd batteries in for the txer, they cost about $23.5 and I just sell them for $25
which covers any currency exchange fees I cop.
I can get the batteries by themselves for less, but I’d say just buy them from DSE.I can get plenty of spare parts for these critters
and thankfully the shipping on them is almost nothing. So you can crash them without too much guilt. I know how to reinforce them so they are almost indestructable and they are very easy to repair even when they do break.The only thing that I have noticed is that the pilots of other thrusters like the outlaw, dragonfly, kittyhawk etc. tend to be slow to respond to the A40’s jumpy flight.
They look very similar to my Digi-Q combat tanks.
Almost as if they would be combat IR compatible.Digi-Q’s are great, you can program teams and scoring and damage and limited shots etc.
There is a shop in Syndey near the QVB that sells them (so I’ve been told). I got mine in HK.
The outlaw is the same as the DSE planes. They are fine for a beginner. The others look ok, they might require a little more time to master properly. It’s hard to tell what sort of pilot people are until they crash their plane.
My girlfriend has poor association skills. The plane reacts to air currents and she wonders why it is turning when she isn’t turning it. The brain is too confused to move the fingers to control the plane. 🙂
Another friend has poor depth judgment. He’ll fly right into a tree because it looked like it was much futher away. Either that or he has poor spatial thinking.
My boss has good flying skills, he reacts quickly and can keep the plane level even on his first flight. He instead has poor commitment skills.
He decided to turn left, the plane didn’t respond quick enough for his liking, so he changed his mind to turn right. By the time he’d realised his mistake and tried to turn left again he was already in the tree. He’s now learned that you decide to make a turn, commit to it and
control the plane, don’t let it control you.The good news is that all of these can be unlearned, and anybody can fly a thruster with 5 minutes of simple practice.
Don’t try and fly until your wings are dry !:approve:
sounds like jamison park at penrith.
where are you ?got any URL’s to those planes ?
A licence ? No, no licences for radio control planes. They are subject to the same rules as qantas jets. You’re styro plane should be kept below 300ft and not within 7km of an airport or near other operational aircraft (like hang gliders).
Basically your free to fly just about anywhere.
Some councils have signs up saying not RC planes,
but it was more a case of noisey petrol planes.
Electrics don’t have that problem, so it’s only a matter of not flying near people.
Occasionally the rangers come along in parramatta park where I sometimes fly. Some of them don’t bother me and others just like to know you’re being careful. Some are just downright “fun nazi’s”, and I often say aloud..
“Fun police are here boys, anybody having fun will be asked to leave the park”.
I also fly in my local school oval after the kids have gone home. Cops came once, and I just handed them the controls and flew another spare plane. The school security guard doesn’t bother ringing anymore. 🙂A bus carrying only ugly people crashes into an oncoming truck,and everyone inside dies.
They then get to meet their maker, and because of the grief they have experienced; he decides to grant them one wish each, before they enter Paradise.
They’re all lined up, and God asks the first one what the wish is.
“I want to be gorgeous,” and so God snaps His fingers, and it is done.
The second one in line hears this and says “I want to be gorgeous too.”
Another snap of His fingers and the wish is granted.
This goes on for a while but when God is halfway down the line, the last guy in line starts laughing.
When there are only ten people left, this guy is rolling on the floor, laughing his butt off.
Finally, God reaches this guy and asks him what his wish will be. The guy calms down and says:………”Make ’em all ugly again”.
Ah, Would that be somewhere in ‘Eastern Europe’ ?
Snow the open wire feeders again ! 🙂The charger isn’t 110V it’s 220V, and it’s quite ok to use on australian power. Most plug packs are switchmode and can handle both 110-240V.
The plug pins are the same as the USA, just ask the company sending them to you to include a plug adaptor for Australian sockets. They cost $1 in HK, so they should basically give you one for free. Just tell them it’s the one with diagonal pins, because they often think we use UK plugs.I got a B2 in for a friend and it cost him $100
for the plane and p&p. I haven’t got a review from him because he hasn’t had much chance to fly it with the wind lately. Talldude might be able to tell you how well they fly.Sounds like an interesting project.
There are plenty of people who ll machine barrels for you and give you the data of pressure levels etc.
How do you load and fire it ?One day there is a poodle and he’s lost wondering in the forrest. He passes a Leopard up in a tree who see’s the poodle and thinks to himself, what a stupid looking animal, I’m sure he’ll be easy to catch and eat.
The leopard stalk him for a while, the poodle knows something is stalking him and thinks quick,
he starts running and comes upon a clearing with a pile of bones in it. With the leopard hot on his trail he grabs a bone turns around and starts
shaking it violently.
“Take that Leopard !” he growls.
The leopard at the edge of the clearing see this and thinks to himself, maybe this silly looking creature is more dangerous than he looks.
So he backs off and looks for a meal elsewhere and the poodle makes a break for it.
A monkey sitting up in a tree see this and decides to expose the poodle. He jumps down to the leopard and tells him that he’s been had.
The monkey convices the leopard to go back after the poodle and jumps on his back for the ride.
When the leopard and monkey catch up with the poodle in the next clearing, the poodle thinks quick again and turns around and says to the monkey,
“I told you to bring me another Leopard! What too you so long ?”World Peace ?
Which piece do you want ? Personally I don t see any economic sense in peace. 👿
I still want to know if Tamiya’s railgun is some sort of RC, or if it is a real railgun.Cool site.
Reminds me I must get around to building a new tesla coil.I still like the ultimate disposable item.
MONEY …. people just keep throwing it away. 🙂Leopold Railgun ??
Thanks guys,
Thanks to uA, ph2t an panic toys for supplying the prizes and Aaron and Ausmicro for hosting it.
It has been a LOT of fun.
I’ve enjoyed some of the other entries, they look very cool indeed and a few with a good sense of humour.
Where do you guys get those little plastic men from ??? I tried to get a plastic Kangaroo, it’s amazing what you can’t find when you look for it.I searched around to find some parts and others I tried making. The failures were often spectacular.
5 minute Epoxy is is your friend !I’ll make a video of the beast in action doing a lap of honour and find a server for it somewhere.
Yes I have a bit of freetime, but never enough.
I need a 30 hour day.Thanks Everyone !
Yes, sounds like wings and things.
Dragonboy has some good prices there. Make sure you check the postage. It’s a killer. If you do order something, ask around to see if somebody else wants something. It’ll save on the cost of postage, that’s what I do. 🙂
What is the sound of one hand clapping ?
Woooosh !
Acutally Agent smith sounds like my old school principal….
“Mr Anderson ……………”He was just lucky that I only set fire to his garbage bin and not something less important !
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I’ve blown up two batteries on planes now.
I always hold them in my hands while charging.
I get distracted by something and put them down.
Last one was my mirage plane. I had a cct breaker
blow and it blacked out the house. I put the charging battery down and came back 5 minutes later to find it was toast 🙁 DOH !!I did actually try that myself. The BCG batteries work well given their size. Their flight time is less but they still have enough grunt to power the plane.
I can get spare batteries, spare transmitters, spare everything. The A-40 planes are really well supported. They’re not completely indestructable as you’ve found out, but because they are so easy to get parts for, it makes them an ideal for people learning to fly and they look great and are perfect even for advanced pilots. My boss flew his today for the first time today. Even with limited space he did ok. He only fly it into a tree once. 🙂
The B29, yep, flys and sounds like a bomber.
You got to have a lot of room for it. I still haven’t had a good flight with it yet. I did a few more training circuits with it. I need more room to fly it. -
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