Water-Cooled Nitro?
The rain has been cooling it down around here this week. Don’t know how long it will last. But rain isn’t the best way to cool off a nitro engine. However, there are some guys that want to try a water-cooled setup for their RC nitro trucks. Personally, I’m not so sure it’s worth the trouble to do. What do you think? Have you tried a water-cooling system for your RC car or truck?
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Flying By the Book: E-Book Teaches You To Fly RC Airplanes
Can you learn to fly RC airplanes by reading a book? Well, not entirely. You are going to have to get out there and put your plane in the air. Actually, getting it in the air is the easy part — keeping it in the air and landing safely are the tricky parts. For me at least. Anyway, a book can help you get started in the right direction.
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Flipping Airflow on a Twin Engine Airplane
This was posted on an earlier blog:
“I have a “Micro Flayer” Jet, remote twin engine airplane. This is a jet with the engines mounted on the back of the wings aft and near the tip, one motor on each wing. when I operate it one motor provides fwd air motion and the other provides aft air motion? they are working against each other, I am not sure what is wrong. It will not fly. I pulled off the prop and turned in around on the motor blowing fwd it did nothing , air still pushing fwd?
this is baffling. Any ideas on what is wrong? Is it the prop, the controller, the wiring, circuit board?”
First, I’d suggest trying to return this product where you purchased it and get another one. Sounds like there might have been a glitch in the particular plane. If that’s not feasible, here’s a simple way of fixing this as long as you can do a little soldering. Take the engine in question pushing air the wrong way and see if you can get to the wires to that engine. Might require removing a couple of screws but nothing too difficult. After you have the wires exposed to the back of the motor carefully unsolder the two wires and switch them around and solder them back on. This should fix the reversed airflow problem.
Anyone else have other suggestions?
Airbrushing A Lexan RC Body
Recently I pointed out some about airbrush and spray can painting resources for RC vehicles. The one thing I blindly missed was that the painting tutorials focused on RCs that …
Airbrush, Rattle Can And Roll… Of Tape
Using an airbrush is something I want to learn. After watching several online videos posted at RCGroups.com I’m amazed at how easy it really is (well, it looks to be). No matter what specific technique or painting scheme you employ it’s all really just a matter of practice, practice, practice. The more you do it, the better the result.
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Go Fly A Kite… Or, If You Prefer, a Truck
I would like to add one of these to my collection of RC vehicles. It’s a truck… no it’s a plane… oh! It’s BOTH!
Still capture from video of Flying RC Trucks
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Military Warfare RC Style
Playing with plastic army men has just been upgraded. Now instead of pushing flimsy plastic tanks around by hand and making odd sounds that you think are explosions, you now have the option of applying real power — like these Airsoft RC tanks. There is also an Airsoft military style Humvee that has an actual working laser sight. Now when the wars start those little green and tan plastic dudes will have something to worry about. Throw in some Popsicle sticks for building a fort and I am there dude! Oh the childhood memories.
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Will That Upgrade Be Your RC’s Downfall?
Upgrading or modifying your RC is a great way to make it go faster, run more efficiently, or resist damage better. But before you upgrade, make sure the rest of the RC can handle whatever you’re doing. Sometimes one upgrade requires another — or you risk the kind of problems shown in these videos.
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Take Your RC to Work (or Not)?
There really should be a “Take Your RC to Work Day” don’t you think? Even without a special day, in some workplaces it is OK to have a little RC fun now and then. In fact, some RCs just seem perfect for work, such as a little RC forklift to help with that soda can or box of paperclips. And what better way to decide who brings the donuts next week than a laser battle with a pair of Havoc Helis? (So much more fun than rock, paper, scissors). But, before you pack that RC car, helicopter, or other gadget into your briefcase, here are three questions to ask and answer and things to considerBefore You Take a Radio Controlled Vehicle to the Office.
RC Fun at the Beach
This Rechargeable Super R/C Land & Sea Amphibious Air Soft Battle Tank (whew, I need a break after typing that long name) looks like it could be the perfect accessory at the beach or by the pool. An RC that shoots and serves drinks? Yeah, I like it. This description from ThinkGeek sums it up nicely:
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