Author: Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 2004/08
Page Numbers: 14,15
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Worth a Closer Look

This is the second of a two-part "Worth a Closer Look" devoted to some of the new items featured at this year's Weak Signals show in Toledo, Ohio. We can't show everything in this limited space, but following are a few of the products we saw.

Fillin' Station

When you fuel your aircraft with the new Fillin' Station from Du-Bro, you will have everything you need onboard.

The Fillin' Station comes with:

  • Du-Bro Kwik-Fill hand crank fuel pump
  • Kwik-Fill fuel cap fitting
  • Leak-proof cap
  • Silicone tubing
  • Built-in tool holders
  • Anodized Glo plug holders
  • Kwik-Start Glo-Plug ignitor with charger
  • Glo caddy
  • 4-way wrench

An unloaded version is also available; it includes everything except the Kwik-Start Glo-Plug ignitor and the 4-way wrench.

  • Complete version retail: $64.95
  • Unloaded version retail: $39.95

Du-Bro

Go-Slo III

The Go-Slo III has been improved with extra features. With the precise performance of an eight-bit microprocessor, the output is now user-selectable.

There are two models available:

  • Model A: Drives a single servo, two servos in tandem, two servos with one reversed, or all three servos at once.
  • Model B: Drives one, two, or three servos in parallel.

Both models allow the servo speed to be adjusted from 2 to 10+ seconds of travel in either direction. The Go-Slo III is great for precise operation of flaps, retracts, etc. The receiver cable is now a heavy 22-gauge for better power delivery to one, two, or three servos. It is compatible with 4.8- or 6-volt systems and all proportional servos.

Unit dimensions: 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.75 inches Weight: 0.9 ounce

Contact Sonic-Tronics for pricing.

Sonic-Tronics

Radio Programming Futaba's 9CA

This book's 89 pages and 1,300 step-by-step photos make it simple to program the Futaba 9CA radio for airplanes.

Each step consists of a brief written explanation and a photograph of what buttons to push; a following photograph shows the display after the buttons have been pressed. In many instances, photos of the model's control surface before and after the programming step clarify the instruction.

Radio Programming Futaba's 9CA is many times easier to understand and use than an instruction manual. It sells for $25.95.

Harry B. Higley & Sons

FPE 6.8 Twin

The Sig booth featured one of the larger engines introduced at this year's show: the FPE 6.8 cu. in. twin, one of the latest engines in the First Place Engines lineup.

With a static thrust rating of 75 pounds, this engine should easily be able to fly any aircraft design within AMA's 55-pound weight limit. The FPE 6.8 weighs 116 ounces including the mufflers and has an rpm range of 5,800–6,000 using the recommended 28 x 10 propeller.

As with all First Place Engines, the 6.8 uses piston/cylinder assemblies from world-renowned small-engine manufacturers such as Husqvarna and Sachs/Makita. First Place Engines then produces all other major components from high-quality billet aluminum and/or bar steel stock.

Estimated street price: under $1,000 (complete with mufflers and ignition system). Contact Sig for details.

Sig Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Reflex XTR Simulation

If you think the accompanying two pictures were taken at the flying field, you could be forgiven. These are screen snapshots of a new RC simulator that Model Rectifier Corporation demonstrated at Toledo: the Reflex XTR. It looks to be a milestone in software development, redefining the limits.

For the first time in computing history, you can simulate your flight in scenery derived from real photographs. You can collide with objects in it, and you can move behind visible objects using the new PANOlusion engine.

Material properties such as grass, bushes, concrete, and meadows show up extremely well. Direct light, indirect light, and fog are adjustable—no more flying at high noon!

There is not enough space here to list the Reflex XTR's dozens of features, so contact Model Rectifier Corporation for complete information, computer requirements, and pricing.

Model Rectifier Corp.

Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.