Air Land Sea Hobbies

When my son turned twelve, I knew I wanted to buy him a special gift in his last year before he became a teenager only interested in cell phones, iPods, and Xbox.  I decided to give him an electric RC car for his birthday, and he loved it.  It was great for both of us to get outdoors and spend some time together.  I made sure I didn’t buy him one of those cheap models from the toy store, I bought him an electric RC car from an online model store, and it was great quality.  It was also customizable, and soon he was talking about getting new wheels and decals.

It’s a fun activity for both of us, because I can enjoy working with him on his RC car, and he enjoys driving it.  I think he’s also getting more interested in cars, perhaps I will have an auto mechanic for a son!

I just found some very nice Spinner Nuts to use on my brushless motors that I use in electric powered airplanes. They come in blue and natural aluminum and even in different sizes far all makes of EP brushless motors.

I found these great products at AirLandSeaHobbies.com, they are easy to order and the shipping cost was included in their price.  I really like dealing with the simple checkout at this website, and they have fast shipping also. 

Once you use one of these instead of just a prop nut, you will want them for all your EP planes!

You’ve gotten you latest creation built, now how do I mount that Brushless motor?

I have been there, scratching my head how do I get this Motor mounted and get it square, and on and on. Well take a look at the neat metal, Adjustable Motor mount - Black Firewall  from AirLandSeaHobbies.com. Once I found this great metal mount it allowed me to get everything properly mounted and secure. I think you will enjoy using this adjustable motor mount for all your electric powered airplanes.  It even comes with all the mounting hardware, nuts, bolts and frames.

If you are like me and see how handy these are you will always want one waiting for your next electric powered airplane project.

How many times have you sat there reading and re-reading the instructions that came with your Electronic Speed Control commonly called, the ESC, trying to program it for a different motor or application.  I have been there, turn the radio on, move the throttle X times, oops got the wrong tone.

I recently found a ESC Programming Card, This little unit takes all the work out of setting up or programming your ESC for its electric powered Plane, boat, car, glider or any EP hobby toy. you simply hook these up to the lead that normally goes to the throttle port of your receiver and then apply power to the ESC.  The LEDs on the Programming Card show you your current setting and with the three Buttons you can change the setting to match your current needs.  Wow, these save time and are great to have in your flight box.

I got mine at www.airlandsehobbies.com, they are reasonably priced, fast shipping and I love that the price includes all Shipping and Handling charges. No surprises here when you get to the checkout and see what shipping cost are.

You will want one of these for your flight box and work shop! 

One of the first rules in Radio Controlled Airplanes is, never use a single solid wire! In all RC applications always use a multi stranded wire, especially in Electric Powered Airplanes. The use of any solid wire will cause it to break very quickly from vibration. The use of finely stranded wire will help eliminate the breakage from vibration.  Finely strands wire also allows for more flexibility and ease of installation. All power leads in any RC Airplane should only be made from a fine stranded copper wire of the appropriate size to carry the electrical load. Even the antenna of the receiver should and are made from stranded wire. Y-harness and servo extension wires are also items that should only be made from finely stranded wire. The servo extensions and y-harnesses available from AirLandSeaHobbies.com have worked well for in all of my electric powered airplanes. Take a look at them and give them a try in your next electric powered RC airplane.