User talk:T0ny

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Hi Tony, would you consider uploading a version of Image:Link-trainer-ts.jpg without the banner on the bottom? Credit is given to you as the author of the photo on the image page, and it doesn't look very good in articles. Thanks, silsor 05:19, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)

I'll retake it when I have time sorry. T0ny 10:04, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Slo-V

One fun plane! I've seen one in action. Let me see what I can do with the article. Right now, there isn't much there. I happen to own a Cub which inspired me to write the ParkZone article in the first place. - Lucky 6.9 05:42, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Just happened to have a Horizon Hobby catalog handy...check it out now! - Lucky 6.9 06:08, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)


  • Cool, I got one from my b-day the other day. It handles pretty good, but after about 3 flights the reciver died. Parkzone is sending me a new one for free so when I get it back up in the air I'll borrow a good digital camera and get a good in flight photo. I'm starting to get Carpal tunnel so I can't write too much :/ -T0ny
    • Ooh, take care of that. Painful situation, man. I'm glad to hear that Horizon is sending you a receiver. They claim the warranty is good only as long as you don't fly the thing.  :^) Tomorrow, I'm picking up a Venom Fireball 370 mini-monster truck motor and 12-tooth Hobbico pinion for my J-3 Cub. A discussion board has been really singing this motor's praises, especially when combined with a certain Megatech prop. That motor has nearly twice the pull of the stocker, run times are the same and it doesn't seem to overwork the ESC. I'm a bit leery of swapping props since melting a gearbox. I was swinging a GWS 9x7, and that doggone prop had bite. That little Cub flew great! Too much bite for the stock "beer can," though. Melty! Once you get comfy with that Slo-V, it's a natural for a brushless motor and lithium polymer batteries. You'll have to change out the radio and speed control. Also, you'd have to buy a special charger for the Li-Po. However, I saw a GWS "ugly stick" very similar to the Slo-V at the field with that kind of setup and you wouldn't have believed the performance. It was off the ground in about four feet of runway. - Lucky 6.9 04:01, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • Cool I wanted a J-3 but they were a lot more then the $137 slo-v. I was surprised too that Parkzone is sending me a new one. They don't even want the old one back which I thought was odd. That made my day :) Lucky if you like flying you should check out my webpage. I got some videos I filmed from a A-1 Skyraider skyraider and b-25 on there plus a few others. -T0ny

Looks incredible! I'll definitely sneak a peek when it isn't so late. I've seen the J-3 for around $150-$160, sometimes cheaper on eBay. My brother flies full-scale and just got his commercial ticket. He has a friend who flies a business jet for a labor union and got my brother a part-time gig, not to mention stick time. The two of them shuttle California political bigwigs all over the state. Dude's on a first-name basis with Senator Dianne Feinstein! She always gives both guys some seriously generous per diem money if they have to lay over for any amount of time. Bro has a '66 Mooney Ranger which is a blast to fly in. He just picked up a '69 Piper Cherokee with a fresh Lycoming for practically bupkiss. He'll be teaching his son how to fly in the thing and he's offered to do the same for me for nothing more than operating costs. I haven't flown in it yet, but I did help him with his owner-assisted annual late last year. I've done the Mooney...what a pain! The Piper was a cinch. - Lucky 6.9 06:44, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Almost forgot: I understand a lot of the failures on the ParkZone are usually caused by nothing more than bad solder joints. In fact, my antenna wire just broke free on mine. Fixed it in about five minutes. If you have any experience with soldering electronic circuits, you might be able to bring that original receiver back to life. Look for rough, dull "cold joints" and touch 'em up. - Lucky 6.9 06:51, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I was thinking about fixing it but there was other weird stuff going on. I flown it into the broad side of an aircraft hanger the Warhawk Air Museum where I spend my week ends. The last flight before that the engine stoped working but I thought it was just a low battery. Any ways here is my my flight log. -T0ny
  • Ouch. There's no more helpless feeling on earth than an R/C getting away from you. My first plane was a Firebird Commander. Lost it in the wind. If you're new to the hobby, definitely keep the controls in the first mode and consider getting an experienced R/C pilot to help you fly it. That third channel can be tricky. I know a guy with both a Slo-V and a Cub and he says the Slo-V is trickier to fly. Unless an FET on the motor control blew out, your problem sounds like classic cold joint, especially since you had a couple of prior crashes which might have loosened a component. If you're getting a new receiver anyway, it wouldn't hurt to hit some of the components with a soldering iron. As you probably already know, just be careful around the solid state stuff (chips, transistors and diodes) unless you use either a clip-on heat sink or needle-nose pliers on the leads to keep the heat away. - Lucky 6.9 22:27, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I might try fixing it but I think there is some other problems other then a bad joint. Hints the lost of control when I was trying to turn. I might take my mini max up for a flight, but I'm not sure. I'm really afraid of crashing it. It was a gift from the fine people at the warhawk for my 18th bday :). And do you know if I would be able to use a standard rc remote that I got with this other plane with the slov? -T0ny

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. Yes, you should be able to use a regular 72 MHz radio system with your Slo-V, no problem. In fact, it's a fantastic upgrade. You'll be able to run hotter motors including brushless, hotter electronic speed controls and even lithium polymer batteries if you want. It'll also be more welcome at controlled flying fields. 27 MHz radios, even the FM ones, are prone to interference from CB radios and toy R/C's. By the way...I crashed my Cub Saturday morning on its first flight after rekitting it! It took a massive radio hit only a few feet off the ground and went in nose first. I looked at my own receiver and there were some bad solder joints both at the servo sockets and, worst of all, the frequency control crystal! I'm thinking that's what brought it down since the radio was acting erratic even after I repaired the plane last night. Out came the receiver and my soldering iron...good as new. I heated up a coupe of questionable solder joints while I was at it. One electrolytic capacitor had a bad cold joint. If that cap is part of the RF section of the receiver, that's a crash waiting to happen due to loss of radio contact. Flew it after work tonight, no problems except for a bit of wind that came up. Made for some good practice! - Lucky 6.9 04:32, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • I've took my plane up for a few flights its been great. I opened the old RX and the solders where really sloppy. I got a new camera a Olympus D-535 for ~$130 and it rocks. Here is some pictures. I'm going to post a picture of my slo-v for the article in a bit. -T0ny 06:03, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Looking good! I took the time to caption the picture for you. BTW, I went through both my Cub's receiver and the new motor the other day. Stupid thing still wouldn't fly right even with the stock motor. Did some more tweaks with the soldering iron and found another problem as well: Seems I busted a noise supression cap when I installed the pinion with the help of a vice. Popped another cap off of the motor can, too. Got two new 0.1 microfarad caps from Radio Shack, soldered 'em up and installed the whole works in a J-3 airframe that I constructed out of some spare parts so in case it crashed, I wouldn't break anything nice. I split the damaged fuselage, reinforced the nose with some styrofoam and hot melt glue and retaped the halves together with plastic tape and the original trim tape. Result: It flew great! I may turn this "parts plane" into a second Cub in olive drab, kind of like an L-4 "Grasshopper." - Lucky 6.9 02:29, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Almost forgot: Did touching up the solder joints rescue the receiver? - Lucky 6.9 02:29, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • No I don't need to I got a new one. But now the new one is dieing too. I'm thinking about installing a standard rx and servos but I don't have the money right now. The other day I was flying about 10ft from the ground and my slo-v just dove on its own nose first into the ground here is some pictures of the crash and here is some from the old rx. The sad how bad they soldered it look at the full sized version and you can see that they melted the pcb. -T0ny 22:38, May 4, 2005 (UTC)


[edit] New category

Based on your user page, this may be of interest to you: [[Category:Wikipedians who are pilots]]. Best regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:02, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Link-trainer-ts.jpg

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  • Fixed --T0ny 01:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
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