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I went and removed all the 2009 event postings. I see that there is a link on the news page linking to here also.

Added by Tim Rhodes on January 23, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments

Donovan's Fun Fly Video

Dave Herbert's video of the Donovan Indoor Fun Fly lots of fun.

http://www.youtube.com/Nightflyyer

Vince

Added by Vincent LaPorte on January 12, 2010 at 1:32pm — No Comments

ball link holder

Installing small ball links can be a frustrating activity. Our hands are just too big for these small parts. I saw a "ball link installer" at Guru-Z heli and found that I could use medium fuel tubing very effectively to secure a small 4mm ball and screw for easy instalation. Try it.
Luck,
Vince
PS- look at the attached photo.

Added by Vincent LaPorte on January 2, 2010 at 10:06am — No Comments

poof balls on EXI-450

I

saw nightflyyer use colorful balloons on his heli to aid orientation and added 4 inch foam balls to my heli. I attached a photo of the result. I found the ball in the children's toy section of WalMart for $1 each. I used 5mm carbon tubes to replace the landing skids to attach the foam balls. I used 1 inch plastic fender washers (which I created from a plastic food container) with large fuel tubing "lock nuts" to secure the foam balls to the carbon… Continue

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 24, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Ball link plier for micro heli balls

I had difficulty removing the small (3 mm) ball links on my micro heli with the standard ball link pliers.
I bought a small ball link pliers (Align model H25070T) from experiencerc.com . This works well with the small balls.
Cost $5.81 and $3.43 USPS priority shipping.
Vince

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 17, 2009 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Source for Depron Foam

Depron foam is useful for creating R/C airplanes - light weight, strong, easy to cut and minimal dust. It is available from RCFoam.com along with lots of useful products. Have a look.
Vince

Added by Vincent LaPorte on December 15, 2009 at 2:20pm — No Comments

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