Freewing MIG 15

Not Valuable Junk Boxes. A Gold mine

Junk box to Gold Mine....must be good. Late yesterday afternoon I was outside my shed/workshop. I had the MIG in my left hand and i was trying to get the "feel" of launching it underhand. Something that Tim performed effortlessly for my first flight.
After a few minutes of bobbing, swaying and generally not getting very far, I was surprised to hear my next door neighbours clapping. Then they leaned over the fence, each one of them was holding a white card with numbers on :- They were 2.8. 2.3,2.6 and 1.1. In the first place I don't think they realised what I was trying to do, and when I told them they fell about laughing.
I went indoors for a good sulk, had a look at the state of my HobbyKing order. BAH! The "UK Stock" for my LiPos has been changed to "HK" Unfortunately, I've found that alternative sources of LiPos charge a lot more than HobbyKing. Seems that "Operation Ripoff" is gathering momentum.

Decent electric flight "fuel" has suddenly got very expensive. Might be time to move on to turbines Brian

when the Batteries arrive from HK you may be charged by the courier VAT and a fee for collecting it

I've just had delivered a "HobbyKing" taped box from, Belgium not Hong Kong. How odd! I've just been costing some big batteries. I used a 6S 1P 5000mAh 30C as a start point. Cheapest was £35.40, so I did the shuffle to 2 X 3S 1P 5000mAh 30C,
I thought they'd be cheaper. Nope.£46.88 for the pair, and you'd still have to buy the triple XT90 connector harness.

Brian wrote: , I thought they'd be cheaper. Nope.£46.88 for the pair, and you'd still have to buy the triple XT90 connector harness.

Make your own when it is raining/too windy while your sipping a coffee and munching a muffin.:lol: