Originally Posted by wedgewing

silly suggestion that works...Arron always asks me if I have these......

I use the plastic bread tags on all my batts when they are charged... when putting a batt in a plane it gets pulled like a grenade pin and goes back in the bag

saves planes......costs only carbs

Cool....great idea!!

SteveT

Originally Posted by Draknkep

I "try" to check the voltage of all packs before installing in the plane...but sometimes a person forgets...at least you didn't take off with a pack that would only give you a minute or two of flight, WRONG place, and have it cut out on you...

SteveT

i am generally pretty anal about putting only charged packs in the case with my batteries. All empty ones go in a 'charging case' and i charge all of them immediately when i get back.

Obviously it couldnt have been that empty as i did get 6 minutes of heavy throttle flying so maybe it just wasnt fully charged but almost.

Will watch them for a while now

Mike

Originally Posted by wedgewing

silly suggestion that works...Arron always asks me if I have these......

I use the plastic bread tags on all my batts when they are charged... when putting a batt in a plane it gets pulled like a grenade pin and goes back in the bag

saves planes......costs only carbs

Ive done the same with a rubber band...just wrap a rubber band around charged batteries...take the band off when you fly.

Prozac doing some 330SC flying.

3D Hobby Shop 330SC 114th Aerosquadron 04/03/10 (7 min 43 sec)

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Does anyone know the diameter of the bolts that hold the landing gear on?

I forgot to CA my landing gear bolts when I replaced my landing gear a couple of weeks ago. I was just flying and got overly enthusiastic about doing KE Spins and shook the landing gear bolts off. I recovered the landing gear in the field but couldn't find the bolts.

It sure was fun. This thing really does tight KE spins

3mm

Originally Posted by blucor basher

3mm

Thanks! I tried the shotgun approach and bought one of everything that I could find. I went to lowes, home depot and radio shack and bought 2-56, 4-40 and M4. I was looking for M3 as well but it doesn't seem like anyone sells M3.

Does anyone have any ideas on what chain stores sell M3 bolts?

-Mike

In a pinch run a 4-40 all the way through and put a conventional nut on the back.

Thanks Ben

Originally Posted by 3D-Dabbler

Does anyone have any ideas on what chain stores sell M3 bolts?

-Mike

ACE Hardware is usually the best bet if you've got one of those.

Thanks I will google ACE for local stores.

Hey guys without going through every page in this thread I couldnt find anything on the scorpion motors...I have a 4025-16 coming for the 72" thats coming out to run on 8s and now am trying to sell my little EF yak so I can get the 57" and run it on 4s so I can share the packs with the 72". On the 3DHS page it show the scorpion 4020 motors but doesnt suggest which one. Im thinking the 4020-16 for 4s...? Thanks

-Kyle

I personally would go with the 3026-710kV.
You can do a 5lbs setup with that motor which would leave you at 200 W/lbs and still a nice floaty feel.

If you like the more ballistic power setups, the 4020-16 wouldn't be a bad choice, although it does add quite a bit of weight (1/4lbs I believe).

alright good to know. For some reason I just cant quite grasp matching motors to airframes yet. Kv and all that.

+1 on the 3026-710... I'm super happy with it. plenty of giddyup