[RCSE] Airtronic's Service

2000-12-07 Thread Scott Hewett
Airtronic's Service...They do it again and again, year after year. They repair and replace radio gear that I've "tortured" through incapacity, neglect, or a disregard for common sense. Thank goodness that most of their customers aren't like me or they'd be broke. I sent in three (3) receivers

[RCSE] Re: Towing accident and urban legend

2000-12-07 Thread Brian
Whether this happened or didn't, it has certainly promoted discussion and urged all of us to look at how we go about what we do. I've been on this forum for about 3 yrs and I have noticed in that time the shift towards stronger lighter moulded models and the subsequent real decrease in price,

Retreivers - Was RE: [RCSE] Re: Towing accident and urban legend

2000-12-07 Thread Paul Ferguson
Hi All A while ago at our club one of our members (namely Mike O'Reilly) used a RC Volkwaggon Bug powered by a Zenoah 23 (with nobbly tyres)to pull back the winch lines on a Fun-Fly day. All we needed was one person at the turn-arounds hooking the lines onto the back of the car. The driver of

[RCSE] Towing accident and urban legend

2000-12-07 Thread stefan . smets
Well, I've read about it last month(a few weeks before Karlton put the starting message on the list) in at least two (maybe three) British R/C Magazines. I'm at my work now, but I'll look it up this evening and give more specifics. Stefan. Ok, this may be out of line, but this 'report' has

Re: [RCSE] Airtronic's Service

2000-12-07 Thread Dieter @ ShredAir
I most definitely second Scott's message. How Airtronics service manages to charge so little for their work is beyond me. Sure hope they stay in business! The most amazing deal I got involved one of my Infinity 600 transmitters which exhibited erratic behavior. It came back with a new logic

[RCSE] Emerald Fuselage Repair

2000-12-07 Thread Danny C Williams
I need advice on fixing an Emerald Fuselage that had already been repaired once with Carbon Mat about four inches behind the skeg (bought it that way). As this is my faviorite glider I would like to do a good job repairing it. One. does any body know where I can find a good source for the

Re: [RCSE] Airtronic's Service

2000-12-07 Thread David Larsen
Well here's my story with Airtronics. I had a 141 servo go stupid on me after I left the model switched on overnight (duh). The servo had burnt itself out so with nothing to lose apart from my now useless servo and a few dollars postage, I popped the burnt out blob along with a note explaining