What shall I buy?

[Mart61]

As well as my mSR, some accessories for my Garmin and a few other pressies, I also got £30 in cash for my birthday from some of my relatives.

Can't make my mind up what to spend it on.

I'm thinking thus far:

1) a second LiPo for my 600NSP - £18
I currently only have one battery and it ran out of green at the field this morning.

2) a set of Quick UK canopy mounts for my 600NSP - £12
a nice to have but not essential piece of kit?

But then I got to thinking I could also use:

a) a DX7 neckstrap adaptor - £13
or should I spend a couple of quid on an eye bolt from B&Q and make my own?

b) a hand-cranked fuel pump - £10
Thinking about one of these in case my electric pump gives up the ghost and leaves me stranded.

So, should I buy items 1 and 2? or 1 and a)? or 1 and b)?

What do ya reckon?

[cupracing]

1 & 2 is my choice

[Dannyyy]

3) Buss ride to 3d champs £7

4)Camping at 3D champs and all 3 days of entery £23

Simple

[Mart61]

Nice idea...

[Sieze2]

2 and a in my opinion. Get an electric fuel pump if you have a choice (and a spare battery). Its a good upgrade from hand pumping !

[sacko]

Gallon of fuel and some fingerless gloves, your going to need them soon!

[heliward0]

the g-force tx brk is worth every penny imo,,,,better than the specky one,

[Dedcalm]

Gallon of fuel and some fingerless gloves, your going to need them soon!

I am with Sacko mate, bottle of Optifuel and fingerless gloves

P.S. You can borrow my hand pump if your lecky one dies
P.P.S. You can always bring your charger along to top up the Li-Po in the 600

Or share it via a bottle of something to put in Les's tea to help keep the cold out in the not to distant...

[waveydavey]

Am I the only one that thinks save it for a rainy day, and buy a crate of Stella!

[Nick B]

6 X Outrage xp15 130mah lipo's for the mSR....my one knocks spots off the stock lipo lol

Or kit the mSR out in glow in the dark....think im gonna

[moyesboy]

1) a second LiPo for my 600NSP - £18
I currently only have one battery and it ran out of green at the field this morning.

Two small lipos are better than one big one - keeps the heli light. plus sometimes batteries pack in and thats bad if you only have one

2) a set of Quick UK canopy mounts for my 600NSP - £12
a nice to have but not essential piece of kit?

Tarty bling! I replaced the align grommets with some slightly tighter ones

a) a DX7 neckstrap adaptor - £13
or should I spend a couple of quid on an eye bolt from B&Q and make my own?

Some jewelry to hang round your neck?

b) a hand-cranked fuel pump - £10
Thinking about one of these in case my electric pump gives up the ghost and leaves me stranded.

Why on earth did you spend the price of a gallon of fuel on an electric fuel pump that you now think might stop working?! Sell the pump to someone with a huge plank that needs it to fill his half gallon tank

[tourerjim]

What about a Bendercap from HeliAddicts store makes a nice clean way of fueling.

[Mart61]

Why on earth did you spend the price of a gallon of fuel on an electric fuel pump that you now think might stop working?!

I didn't. A very kind forum member, Farmer Giles, gave it to me for free. It's showing no signs of giving up the ghost but thought a manual one might be a good idea as a standby.

Thanks for the input guys.

Does anyone know if the JR adaptor 1) fits the DX7 and b) balances the radio? IMHO the Spektrum adaptor is over-engineered and the G-force would exert considerable force on the attachment point.

[Mart61]

Update:

Just pressed BUY on the LiPo for my 600NSP. Gonna make my own neck strap balancer and put the other tenner towards a gallon of fuel.

Thanks for the input guys.

[EtheAv8r]

If you want a JR Neckstrap addapter I will send you one as a Birthday Present. When I got my DSX9 I fitted the JR one, but it is not quite long enough to give the balance point I like, so I fitted the Spektrum one to my DSX9.

So..... you can have the JR one - it will fit and is better looking.