Pheonix,
The "screw thingy" on a diesel is a means of varying the compression ratio. A squirt of anything in that hole wouldn't be much benefit.
Mark.
I have an AM 10, a 25 and possibly a 15, though I seem to remember passing the 15 on to someone.
They may be worth more as "collector's items, but I prefer to use them.
On that theme, I have a number of ED, PAW, and DC plus others, all of which get used on various occasions - some are in control line models which have been around for over thiry years and still get an outing every now and then.
You never know - it might be necessary to go back full time to C/L as flying fields diminish and it's good to have more than one string to one's bow.
I doubt that I'll ever go back to FF, (too old, too lazy to chase models and too tight to risk losing them), but may well resort to a slope soaring only regime - after all the cost of that, once you have a suitable model and R/C gear, is the cost of charging the nicads/NiMH batteries and the petrol costs of getting to the site. If push comes to shove, I have a flyable site within walking distance.
Malcolm
The "screw thingy" on a diesel is a means of varying the compression ratio. A squirt of anything in that hole wouldn't be much benefit.
Mark.
I have an AM 10, a 25 and possibly a 15, though I seem to remember passing the 15 on to someone.
They may be worth more as "collector's items, but I prefer to use them.
On that theme, I have a number of ED, PAW, and DC plus others, all of which get used on various occasions - some are in control line models which have been around for over thiry years and still get an outing every now and then.
You never know - it might be necessary to go back full time to C/L as flying fields diminish and it's good to have more than one string to one's bow.
I doubt that I'll ever go back to FF, (too old, too lazy to chase models and too tight to risk losing them), but may well resort to a slope soaring only regime - after all the cost of that, once you have a suitable model and R/C gear, is the cost of charging the nicads/NiMH batteries and the petrol costs of getting to the site. If push comes to shove, I have a flyable site within walking distance.
Malcolm
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