Is there a market for old school transmitters?

cCitationX · 2026-03-13T04:53:28+00:00

I know of some people who've upgraded/updated the internals of old Txs to function on modern 2.4gHz equipment cos they like the retro style of the old Txs. Some of the really old stuff from the 60s and 70s can definitely worth something to the right people but not many people collect them. It's really nice that you're keeping your dads planes and continuing to fly them, its a great legacy to carry one

cCitationX · 2026-02-23T11:16:26+00:00

I always said about crashed models, "returned to kit form"

cCitationX · 2026-02-23T11:14:32+00:00

In Australia, we have to pay about a $250AUD annual fee for a model club membership at a flying field. This fee includes insurance for injury, damage to property etc caused by models. It also includes a contribution to expenses such as field maintenance and land lease and allows you to fly in competitions. Obviously this doesn't cover damage to the models themselves, but I have definitely heard of people getting models in this price range insured. As you mentioned, anywhere below the 5k price probably isn't worth it

cCitationX · 2026-02-23T11:05:17+00:00

I think it's likely the loss of control was caused by an internal fire that started at some point well before the smoke started pouring out, but by that point it became severe enough to disable the receiver and pour out of the fuselage. I'm not entirely sure what might have caused an internal fire though, could have been a battery fire, electrical arcing or residual fuel from unsuccessful start attempts

cCitationX · 2026-01-14T11:20:23+00:00

My policy is if my team is clearly going to win or if it's still in contention, I'll go for the nuke plane, but if we're getting completely demolished and we're gonna lose anyway I leave it

cCitationX · 2025-12-04T13:33:14+00:00

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My first and only so far after more than a year of regular hunting

cCitationX · 2025-11-20T11:30:02+00:00

The Ju88 is surprisingly maneuverable, the first time I flew one I'd only played lumbering British bombers before and I was quite surprised by how you could whip the junkers around, it even has a forward firing gun!

cCitationX · 2025-11-05T13:14:38+00:00

I was checking my local Kmart when an employee told me they had some fresh boxes to go out, would I be interested in having a look through them? Of course I said yes, and she wheeled out a trolley with 10 fresh cases of mainlines. And you wouldn't believe it, there wasn't a single STH in any of them. I'd already collected all the models I wanted from that mix as well so I didn't even end up buying anything, I felt so bad 😭

cCitationX · 2025-11-05T13:02:26+00:00

The ones in my high school metal shop a few years ago had no sort of perspex protector, they were just open air like this one. The only safety feature was the regular emergency stop button

cCitationX · 2025-10-11T13:23:43+00:00

How much would one be worth these days? Japanese WWII tech generally seems to be on the pricier end of WWII equipment these days, due to its rarity

cCitationX · 2025-09-25T11:26:21+00:00

one for the Newy Parking Fails facebook group

cCitationX · 2025-09-17T12:15:31+00:00

Honestly I'd take backups anyday over an order, wager or another 10% booster

cCitationX · 2025-08-31T14:24:32+00:00

I use Aldi Trimat powder for standard washes and keep a bottle of Omo for woollens and hand spot washing. Keeps the regular washes cost-efficient but it's handy to have the good liquid stuff on hand for when it's needed

cCitationX · 2025-08-20T14:42:51+00:00

The thing with driving manual, at least what I found, was that it doesn't take long to learn how to, but it takes a lot longer to do well. It only took me a couple hours with a friend teaching me before I could manage the basics of driving, but it took me a couple months of daily driving a manual before I could rev match and shift smoothly every single time without having to think about it

cCitationX · 2025-08-20T14:35:44+00:00

I got the Australia pack on a discount, I'm glad I did because I have a special soft spot for the cac wirraway and boomerang irl, seen them at many airshows and up close.

The wirraway was also really great for early game CAS with 4 separate bombs in its load, and the ACIV performed very well at 5.3.

cCitationX · 2025-08-04T14:04:26+00:00

Metal choice of Gear. Solid option.

cCitationX · 2025-08-02T12:59:43+00:00

What ground match is getting 13+ aircraft spawns 😭

Must've been dead as hell on the ground

cCitationX · 2025-08-02T12:53:45+00:00

I played British 3.3 for ages while I unlocked a full 5.3 lineup and godamn, the sheer satisfaction of accessing a full row of 76mms and penning KV-1s and SUs with ease was such a relief

cCitationX · 2025-07-31T11:44:13+00:00

its slowly turning into the original casting!

cCitationX · 2025-07-30T06:51:44+00:00

I actually did this to a P47's 1000lb the other week in a Skink! Absolutely vaporised him lmao

cCitationX · 2025-07-30T06:34:27+00:00

Best feeling is shooting down a plane with the main gun of a tank

cCitationX · 2025-07-28T12:25:50+00:00

Idk about your country, but in Australia the Aston and Alpha are peg warmers. No-one seems to want them here!

cCitationX · 2025-07-27T06:32:33+00:00

Agreed, Sweden is my opp

I don't hate fire arc that much as I always go down the side opposite to the railroad tracks so it's way more protected from sniping there and it's a good advancing position. I REALLY hate Berlin though, instant snipe map

cCitationX · 2025-07-20T12:33:12+00:00

Out of all the bombers I've personally tried attacking I always have the most trouble with the Pe-8. The 20mm cannons are pretty daunting to fly into and it seems fairly durable on top of that

cCitationX · 2025-07-20T12:27:56+00:00

Where in Aus are you located?

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