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treff
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Hello again to all old friends and new ones

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Nice to be back. I have been into rc for 40 years maybe more. I fly scale gliders but have not been out into the hills for a long time now.
I stumbled across helicopters some 2 years ago when the Wife brought me one of those little chinese things that was newer going to fly
properly bu it did stimulate the old grey cell. I then brought one a little better but not by much I called it the light bulb killer. It was like
a bloody moth being attracted to the light bulbs lol. Then I heard a little blade MSRX calling to me and I have gone from bad to worse lol
Still can't fly helicopters very well but it is s great hobby that gets under your skin. I didn't want to be rich anyway. lol
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hey Treff, hi mate, nice to see you back
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Treff nice to see you fella, hope all is well, and I see your considering the smelly stuff, nitro, come on fill us to in on what's been going on the last couple of weeks
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Hey Treff :)
Glad you got the Agile all working ship shape.
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Hi to all, It's great to hear from you all again. Well, I put my Agile up for sale and had one guy who said he would buy it and when push can to shove
he offered £50 so I decided to keep it. I thought about going nitro only because I thought it maybe cheaper to run but I don't think it is so I will stay
with the leccy and learn how to fly my beast properly. I wrote off my 450 last week, another stupid error I'm afraid. I changed the servo horns on the
cyclic and did not notice that they touched in a certain position. They touched jammed and the heli left a rather largish hole but got lucky because it just
missed my car by inches. I have that to rebuild but I will probably by some S/H and have a go at something new because there is more wrong on the
450 than right is you get my drift. It has been relegated to a shelf in the garage. Flying the 550 is so much more smoother and predictable so will
stay with that for some time to come. Cheers all.
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Sweet treff, fly and enjoy mate
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50 for an agile 550? That's nuts.
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Wow offered £50 for that... I'd of give you £51... Joking mate... We've all made those mistakes Treff, live and learn eh... Bet you will check them next time you replace horns though.. Happy flying bro
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Yeah 50 for a 550, go fly a kite then. As for nitro, its more expensive than electric in the long run. A gallon of fuel is about $30 USD depending on brand and percentage. Each flight nets about 7 to 10 minutes of air time and a gallon I think is good for about 17 flight or is it 7, anyhow either way its more expensive. Also in the UK or Europe (not sure which) has a restriction on nitro fuel right now. Anything over 30% requires a lisence, if I heard it right.

Anyways welcome to the new home.
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Welcome TReff another familiar name.

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Sup!
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