In a message dated 6/18/2001 3:01:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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The only RC I can find at local hobby shops is trigger grip CAR radios
with large servos, or AIRCRAFT radios with dual sticks and
micro-servos. Is there a problem using aircraft bands for trains?
At 07:23 AM 6/18/01 +0100, you wrote:
Clark Lord wrote:
So here is a place to get the very latest in R/C equipment.
Point your browser to http://www.hobby-lobby.
Only a couple of miles from me. The thing about being a walk-in is that
they are primarily a mailorder warehouse and only a tiny %
Okay, Vance, and list, here is my report/opinions of my new C-16:
Some background: Almost year and a half a go I first talked to Charlie and
Bing at Accucraft to confirm the rumors that they were indeed considering
producing a live steam version of their electric #42, 2-8-0, C16
Consolidation.
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Please do not use the Aircraft bands, since I also fly R/C Aircraft. Hitec
makes a nice Single stick 2-3 channels radios on 27Mhz and Dual stick 2
channel Radios on 27 and 75 Mhz at very reasonable prices. The Single stick
radios are sold with Micro servos. The micros servos sold separately
I think Aster had better start keeping a very sharp eye on Accucraft.
Everytime Aster announces a new engine with the prices going so high, More
and more people will go Accucraft. And with reports like this, Accucraft may
already be winning the war.
And we are the winners!
Phil.P.
I finally got to see one run! I was also involved in the diagnosis of why
it couldn't push itself up a grade. :]
This was a beutiful bumble-bee model and was happily prancing around the
track untill it got to the uphill part of the track. Here it continued to
prance at really close to the
At 08:01 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
And with reports like this, Accucraft may already be winning the war.
Must there be a war over everything? While some are fussing and
fretting over whose going to win the war and whose side who is on, (that's
an electric train thing isn't it?) both of
Harry et al,
AMEN !!
Geoff.
At 08:01 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
And with reports like this, Accucraft may already be winning the war.
Must there be a war over everything? While some are fussing and
fretting over whose going to win the war and whose side who is on, (that's
an electric
