Understanding Wire Size

This page intended for reference purposes and will be updated from time to time. When trying to understand wire sizes, it’s important to understand the measurement system. Not all the world uses AWG (American Wire Gauge). Most wire available for our hobby today...

Avoid Becoming Easy Prey To Debate Tricks

I’ve often heard it argued a gun of one type or another (or perhaps all of them) shouldn’t be allowed becasue “somebody might steal it and do evil or commit crimes…” – Out rights are not situational or based on the actions of...

President to Use Children as Backdrop to Gun Control

Posted in my Facebook feed in response to using children from Sandy Hook to legitimize extra constitutional executive order anouncements today. “Are we to be surprised? A prefix image to warm our hearts to action without results. Smaller magazines wouldn’t...

Curtiss-Wright VZ-7

Any time you think what you seen in your world experience is new, you should probably sit back and think again. Few things are new. Most things are just repeated visits to old idea’s. Sometimes the technology has changed making something simpler or better. The...

Hi Dave Hope u are having a good…

Hi Dave Hope u are having a good weekend. I called your store Sat. morning with a question about charging. Thanks for the help and for taking your time to help me. Service of anykind is rare these Days. I am & will be a repeat customer and will recomend to my...

Ford C-Max Energi Part 5

Clearly the electric powered functionality of this car is a most appealing gizmo factor for me. I like driving it in pure EV mode whenever possible. It has 3 modes, EV Now, EV-Later and Auto. We made a short drive to our regular Sunday morning breakfast stop from...

Ford C-Max Energi Part 4

On Monday January 7 of this last week, we put our first fill-up in the car. The odometer was reading 574 miles, subtract the 59 miles we started with (presumably on a full tank at the dealer) and that’s 515 miles on 12.45 gallons of fuel. We averaged 41.36mpg....

Worlds First Electric Heli Kit

The following photo and description is from Frank Beafore of Select Tech GeoSpatial. Frank has become a modeling enthusiast and UAV manufacturer as well. It appears to be an example of the first ever electric powered RC helicopter that was manufactured for general...