Receiver Antenna Placement

I’m guilty of it myself, of stuffing the receiver antenna into small fuselages wherever there is some room. Surprisingly, the 2.4 GHz signals are quite good at reaching the antenna. However, it is a fact, that this frequency band is line-of-sight and can’t bend around metal, carbon fibre, or similar material that is not transparent […]

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Foam Board model plans

As you may have noticed, we still have a few foam boards in our club house, and a new box of 25 sheets has arrived at John’s home – to be brought to the flying field. Hint, hint. What can we do with foam boards? Today I flew the Alpha Jet, available here: Alpha Jet. […]