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[cml001]

Hey guys.. Just wanted to say thanks.. This site is shaping up & looking good! I'm pleased to have a site I can call home.. I can get answers and yadayada on other sites sure.. But I've come to know some of u pretty well and I enjoy the bridge between reality and cyber space that u guys bring... Thanks.

[KevG]

I second that Clay it's good when it's a smaller audience, you get a more personal feel.

[Lee]

Touche!!

[Graham Lawrie]

Ditto x:)

[ken jackson]

Yeah me too, this is a great group of people

[Tony]

Ditto, love chatting with you guys. Certainly feels like home now... I've just got back from a 230 mile round trip to see my daughter and what's the first thing I do..... You got it. Check on my buds... Haha

[cml001]

It's a bromance thing. Lol

[danhampson]

I can feel the love.

[KevG]

Goodness we are all going soft, lol

I got to talk to someone somewhere coz the wife don't talk to me, he he

[Tony]

Goodness we are all going soft, lol

I got to talk to someone somewhere coz the wife don't talk to me, he he

Haha, yep sounds like it Kev...awwww you poor thing. Wish the weather would change so I can go flying, dense fog here now....kuh

[KevG]

Had thunder storms bad yesterday evening, and patchy today, so hall on Thursday I think will be my best bet,

[Tony]

It was -2 degrees this morn at 7am, not much better now, I'm desperate to get this heli in the air with the lights on

[murankar]

Tony as an "For your information" (FYI). If you plane on going out in those temps at some point you will want to do some readjusting on your heli. Your Heli if I am not mistakennis a belt drive unless it was upgraded to torque tube. If it is still a belt drive then this applies to you. Before you go out set the heli outside with the belt as loose as possible for about 30 to 60 minutes to let the belt get cold. once that's done go ahead and retension the belt. After the first couple of flights recheck the tension because the belt will get warm and may stretch a bit. If you attempt to fly with a belt tensioned to normal flying weather then your belt may bind due to shrinking of the belt. Also cut your flights by at least a third of your normal flight times. Lypo packs do not hold up that well when they are cold. Its good practice to keep the packs warm till you re ready to fly them. Also it might be a good idea to not let the packs rest much after flight before charging if you will be charging outside.

[Tony]

Wow, I didn't know that URI, that's valuable information on the belt. Certainly appreciated. So when it's back in the warmth for a few days does it need slackening off? Or just left.

Weather has certainly changed here and I don't see it getting warmer now.

Maybe I should convert to torque tube then to save the hassle...

Thanks URI, appreciate you telling me that