Profil de eartrumpet10

Flew well for the first two flights, but the propeller shaft snapped in midflight

Very fun plane straight out of the box,but quickly broke for no apparent reason. More specifically, the main propeller shaft broke while in a level flight with no wind. I had in no way stressed the product or done anything to weaken this piece, but the reason it broke was because the upper part of the shaft. the part that fits inside the hub, is nothing but a hollow thin walled tube of plastic. The lower part of the shaft that contains the gear to take power from the motor fits over a metal shaft, but the weakest point in the piece is not reinforced in the least because the metal shaft is not long enough to fill the whole plastic casing to the end.! After the initial break, I have managed to, after A LOT of time and a little bit of modification, to redesign the plane by putting two of the three engines on the wing and attaching two small propellers (from a different plane) to them. Although not complete, I sincerely hope that my "bi-motor Cessna 182" (bet that would be a sight in real life!) will be capable of flying despite the frustrating defective propeller shaft. This would be a good project for someone who enjoys fixing a brand new product that unexpectedly breaks, but for someone looking for a low maintenance product that lasts a long time and is fun, look elsewhere.(As a side note, I would highly suggest the FX803 two channel Piper J3 Cub.)

great simple reliable camera - survived 13 months deployeed to Iraq and always worked! But - no optical zoom, nor manual control of exposure.

Reliable simple camera, although now a little dated in image resolution and a few other features. I had this camera when I deployed to Iraq with a US Army Military Transition Team - a rock solid instrument that survived over 13 months of sand, dust, heat and all the vagaries and perils of being deployed to combat. Does not have optical zoom; no manual control of aperture, shutter speed, focus etc... but this inherent simplicity is what makes it so reliable and dependable. main features that increase its reliability: - manual sliding on-switch / lens cover - no push-button on/off switch nor a lens cover motor to fail - fixed lens - no lens zoom motor to fail, nor any telescoping lens barrels to jam