All products have been tested and evaluated
for use, service and value. The items supplied for
review in this section have the ENGIN-EAR’S personal recommendation.
Tacky Wax is a product you probably have not
heard of but have had the need more than once. It
is a wax that will stick to almost any base material
for the purpose of holding another item in place for
position checking, drilling holes, holding for gluing,
holding items up right etc that, otherwise would instantly fall over. Maybe you would never need to
do it (unless practising your shooting aim) but you
could have a playing card (Ace ?) standing on its
edge held by a tiny dab of Tacky Wax.. More along
the lines of model work, tack a canopy in place
whilst applying glue. When your application is finished, you simply peel the wax off or wash it off
with warm water and soap if you applied it really
hard. There’s a tiny dab under the container to stop
it rolling off my photo bench.
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The closer a servo is to the item it has to move,
the more efficient the operation and less chance
of linkage slop or failure. This neat little XLD-17HB
NewPower servo has been designed for fitting inside flying surfaces for almost direct control of the
control surface. With the width of 11.6mm, it would
fit in quite a range of wings for aileron operation
and many built up horizontal or vertical stabilisers
for elevator or rudder operation. This model suits
small to medium models and would certainly appeal to glider guiders for aileron control. Nothing
to stop you using for any other application - say, a
super tight fuselage fitting where 3 across would
fit into a 36mm wide area.
0.12 secs/2.3kg on 4.8V - 0.10secs/2.6kg on 6V
Dimensions: 29.5 x 11.6 x 30.2 Weight: 17.0g
Ball bearing output - digital control. Reliable
power - becoming a very popular brand amongst
many modellers.
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Moving up the power stakes we have the NewPower XLD - 37HB ball bearing servo - analogue
operation that fits into the (almost) standard dimension bracket. This servo is suited for (generally) medium to large lighter aircraft and it slots
nicely into the “I just want a good, reliable servo
that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg” bracket - what
we have come to consider as an every day sport
or medium scale model range.
A nice feature of the NewPower servos (that require two mounting screws each end) is the one
piece isolation insert. Instead of four fiddly grommets, these servos are supplied with two single piece
isolators that fit into the mounting lugs before you fit
the mounting screws. Wind the screws down until the
integral washer touches the rubber and it’s done.
Specifications
4.8V - 0.16sec/6.0kg – 6V - 0.14secs/7kg
Dimensions: 39.9 x 19.8 x 37.6 Weight: 37g
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standard waterproof, it stands to reason that it would
be dust-proof as well - certainly ideal for Baja Buggies that seem out of place if not blasting through
mud or dust. Another application quite similar is for
use in ¼ scale sprint cars. These cars are modelled
on the speedway cars and run on dirt, gravel and
cinder tracks that is constantly wetted down but very
soon becomes muddy with the cars slithering, sliding and tumbling in a mayhem event. A lot of rough
and tumble in most of these events and the servos
cop a tremendous pounding. This Hitec will stand up
to a lot of punishment and still keep moving the controls as long as the batteries last.
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More great items from the PG MINI manufacturers and this time we are looking at a cutting disc set
- Kit 8270. In this pack you receive an arbour, 1 diamond wheel, 1 circular sa