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Hi everyone,

I have removed the content of this post as not being of general interest for beginners.

KILOP

LOL KILOP, nothing like a good scan to go 1 up

Next thing is to try to understand that calculations you have there..

How disastrous it it to trim a receiver antenna? not that i have.... really

Von

Hi Von,

I removed this posting that was too technical for the newcomers.
I will respond by PM.

KILOP

Hi Von and all readers,

This is the "following posting" to try to answer Von's question . . .
How disastrous is it to trim a receiver antenna?

The answer could easily be in a few words and should have been.
The original text of this posting and sketch drawing have been removed to avoid scaring away newcomers.

There is many models available in the market for beginners as advertised by manufacturers.

Go for it. There is nothing as fascinating as flying your own aircraft.

Have a great day all

KILOP

Very nice KILOP, i will do some calculations for 36MHz and see how much i trimmed off my receiver antenna It definitely explains why i crashed my foamy, it had nothing to do with my flying abilities........ yeah

Well you learn something everyday!

Thanks KILOP

Von,

At 36 Mhz antennas would be twice as long as it is at 72 Mhz.

You may find that for practical reasons the antennas are not twice as long. They would be brought into resonance by the addition of some inductance at their base like inside the transmitter or inside the receiver.

KILOP

Heaps of great info there Paul and very interesting reading indeed - it makes a change to get in to the 'behind the scenes' stuff now and again, although I think if any beginners read any of that they'd think this hobby is way too complicated!!

I have to admit to being guilty of never bothering to understand the technicalities of radio signal operation; my mind gets bogged down too easily. I really should make more of an effort though. As my school report card often read: "not fulfilling his potential"...

Are you as well educated in 2.4GHz rc operations?? I could do with understanding that a bit better too.....

Pete,

I think I read your message between the lines.

I should not post such as to scare away the beginners.

I was only trying to answer Von's question _ _ _
How disastrous is it to trim a receiver antenna?

Thanks for letting me understand better and know the limitations of the forum.

I will remove the technical answer or you can do it of course.
I will avoid in the future to provide anything that is a bit technical so that the newcomers and readers of the forum are not scared away from the hobby.

I now understand that new fliers should just play with a toy and not be encouraged to dig into unnecessary understanding of model airplane flying.

I was wrong again and am obviously in the wrong place.

Best regards _ _ _ sincerely,

KILOP

Don't remove anything Paul, it's all very valuable information and there are plenty of experienced guys who come across this forum and would find that kind of info very interesting reading. I wasn't trying to give any between the lines message at all, my comment was just a thought about a complete newbie coming across that post!

Hi Pete and all readers,

A few words to explain to the readers of this forum the outlook and understandings that I (KILOP) had when I registered in early August 2009.

On a better thought perhaps, The outlook and understandings that I failed to have when registering. I had no way to know at that time.

I failed to realize initially the enormous time and efforts you spent in helping the newcomers into this most rewarding hobby of flying model aircrafts. You deserve lots of credit for that.

I also failed to realize that the forum is aimed mainly at helping newcomers with their introduction to the hobby of flying models.

I also failed to realize that with your extensive knowledge and experience you do not really need anyone else to help the newcomers.

It took me two months to properly visualize the situation.
I am now in a much better position to avoid inadequate and unsuitable postings.

You had warned me once before and it took a second warning for me to wake up. I am a slow learner but I have a tendency to dig pretty deep into subjects. I cannot change my nature. I can only guess I was born this way and I do not know why.

I now believe that my new perspective of this forum will dictate
a proper behavior on my part.

As I imagine many people may read this posting, once again I encourage anyone interested in this hobby to fly models aircrafts to order Pete's new eBook.

I had the opportunity to read it from first to last page and can assure anyone of its superior presentation. This eBook covers all the necessary subjects in well organized chapters. It is loaded with valuable information and advice and will save anyone many times the modest cost of this manual.

No interested person to the hobby should be without this well written and easy to read and follow eBook.

The forum is also here to help the beginner with any question she/he might have.

I can only terminate this post with two statements _ _ _ _
-- I (KILOP) have no relationship to Pete and his good enterprise.
-- I have admiration for Pete's dedication and superb job he is doing by helping the newcomers to the hobby,

Wishing all the undescribable pleasures, satisfacion and thrills of flying the model aircraft of your choice . . .

Happy flying,

KILOP