Guys,

My 1992 Toyota Camry XLE from Japan died four houses away from home. (466,000 Miles without Engine Overhaul).

I just switched it to Neutral and the car coasted all the way to the driveway.

Of course a good amount of arm force was required to negotiate the final turn onto the driveway and it made it!

On inspections of spark plugs it was noticed that three out of the four were completely full of motor Oil. Engine was missing for a few days so, I wasted no time and purchased four new Spark Plugs on the way home and I am glad I did!

Re-tightened the 30mm Nuts that secure Valve Cover to top of Engine.

A few pictures.....cleaned out the Body Throttle as well.





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Hello good people,

Just amazing that this larger RAV-4 is getting 37-MPG combined as my mother drives City and no highway.

I just took it to its very first Dealer Inspection yesterday, (used Highway) after buying it three months ago and it still has 1,200 miles on the odometer.

I am showing you all the TRIP Odometer so, you can see the actual TRIP miles driven on one Tank of Gasoline. Oh, I filled it up with Ethanol FREE Gasoline at $3.32 per Gallon at a new Racetrac in Orlando, Florida.

Guys,

Wow, I can't believe that I just shelved this wonderful RC Flying Wing (XE-2) Combat Wing and almost forgot I had it!

I spend a few hours in getting her ready (mostly tape and minor adjustments) and lets not forget Dusting Off!

Here are a few pictures of it still with the HITEC FLASH-4 Transmitter and Hitec 6-Channel Receiver. Talk about high Tech! LOL!

Detailed instructions on how to build one, once you get the kit!
http://curlysrcworld.com/files/CombatWingXE2_Manual.pdf

- 48 inch wing span
- Constructed entirely of EPP for Combat duty
- MEGA 16/15/4-turn Brushless Inrunner Motor
- Castle Creations PHX-25 AMP Brushless ESC
- Metal Motor Mount
- APC "Glow" 6 X 4 Propeller
- Hitec HS-81 Servos
- Hitec Electron-6 for Hitec Shift on Channel 48, 72Mhz FM.
-Hitec FLASH-4 Transmitter
- 2 - 2.5lbs fully flight ready depending on Flight "Li-POLY" Pack.

-The empty weight of my Combat wing is: 29 oz.
It's all that EPP foam and lead pellets in the nose.





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Hello gals and guys!

Just to share an incident I had with my Radian. A few months ago I replaced the FUSE as the original FUSE had been through hell and back. I used larger and more robust servos for Rudder / Elevator and used better Bite down Locks instead of using the supplied thumb twist locks for the Control Horn Adjustments.

Okay, after perhaps my fourth flight and using my KEY CHAIN camera, I captured an interesting development that up to this evening is still a mystery as to how the Retaining "PIN" blew out from the Propeller Hub assembly.

Of course the damage to the brand new FUSE was the cause and effect since I lost one of the folding Blades (Blades has been upgraded for free per the Product Alert Bulletin).

The only item that I asked Horizon Hobby to ship me was a brand new E-Flite 30-AMP ESC and that's it. Thinking out loud today, I believe calling them was too soon since I had no idea that the Propeller Hub was fractured and reason for the one of the Propeller blades ejected from the hub. However, I will not call them again and instead wanted to alert you all that when your Radian gets old, please....PLEASE consider to replace the SPINNER as the SPINNER "IS" the piece that keeps the retaining "PIN" from flying out when the motor starts spinning.

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