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05/08/2008 - PCI-DSS compliance. This is s et of requirements to protect card user s from Fraud. Although we have never ever had a problem we still have to comply - and that has meant we have had to make a couple of changes. Whilst our cart provider has secure services they are not yet certified as PCI-DSS compliant - this has meant that in order to ensure our compliance we have had to change the way we take credit cards over the internet. This will now be done by Paypal who are fully certified. This change means that we are now compliant. We can still process cards manually - but you mst contact us seperately for that. Just choose the "other" option in our cart. For your safety and peace of mind we are PCI-DSS compliant! For your speace of mind you should not use services/ service providers who cannot demonstrate compliance.

1 Sept 2008 - Well a lot has been happening!. First August was our busiest month ever! We are expecting our first shipment of Imax B8 chargers - very good charger! Our version will come with PC software (not available elsewhare!). Some of you will be aware that we have nil stock of several ETTI ESC's. They are veruy popular. Another shipment is due this week. We are also looking to add another supplier to our expanding list. This one is called Tenshock. We ar looking initially to take hulls and some hardware. They also have a line of motors very similar to lehners and we may look at those for later.

30/06/2008 - SALE SALE SALE - 25% off Osbourne models kits and H2O hulls, 15% off Graupner Systems Cat, Graupner B3000, Graupner B24 kits.... Applies to current stock only - through july

1 Aug - Feigao 580 intended parameters are as follows.Dia 45mm length:76mm KV:1051,1326,1426,1649,1894,2154 . Max Amps:63A,74A,85A,91A,102A,120A. Resistence:0.0163,0.0118,0.0090,0.0078,0.0062,0.0044

1st Aug - Also coming shortly from Feigao is a new range of motors 580's. 45 mm dia 76mm long with KV from aroun 2200 down to under 1000 rpm/v. We are awaiting more details and info. So far there are only 10 samples!!

01 Aug 2008 - August already. So far it is our busiest year yet and this month with holidays has been extremely busy. We have also had deliveries, with new products from Graupner, ETTI, Mega, Feigao and Danlions to name a few, The Danlions HV controllers have been selling well despite their size. We are nearly out of the first batch of ETTI race controllers!! and sold out of Danlions 100's(more on order). ETTI are constantly updating their range and the latest is the Oriental Dragon mono1, also now in stock is the ETTI power monitor. New Vislero Lipos are due in the next week or so. 30C and very very good.

10th July 2007 - Weymouth maritime modelling festival starts tomorrow - see you there?

10th July 2007 - We are taking a break for a couple of weeks so any order placed from now - or if they require parts that need fabrication will be delayed until we re-open. In 10 days. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Anyone with some more pictures please submit them for the Gallery page.
Allan

  for model boats, etti bearing etti bearing
A replacement bearing set for the 4mm wire drive, 4mm strut or 4mm stinger. Two bearings, one with plain edge one with a flange. Price = £7.00
  for model boats, etti nos etti nos
A set of nubers suitable for racing, Numbers 1-10 , two of each number (20 in all) all on 80mm square plastic backing. Price = £5.00
  for model boats, H&M_Spider H&M_Spider
Spider H2/S14 triple wing hydroplane. Moulded to an extremely high quality in epoxy glass. Includes German build manual.

Length 635 mm, Length overall (approx)710 mm, Width 320 mm Price = £106.99
  for model boats, imax B8 imax B8
IMAX B8 Balance Charger Microprocessor controlled high-performance rapid charger / discharger / balancer. USB PC link, temperature sensor and built-in Lithium battery balancer. Charge current up to 7A, discharge current up to 5A, 1 to 8 series of Lilo / LiPo / LiFe, 1 to 27 cells of NiCd / NiMH, 2 to 36V of Lead-acid (Pb). It can maintain your battery in its best condition and also control them safely. FEATURES: 1. Watt meter up to 100A You can establish your power plant with a right propeller for the best current. Watt meter can be operated with tachometer Automatic voltage/amp calibration. No need to calibrate the voltage of source. Additional power supply is not needed even the input power source is less than 4.5V. 2. Rotor blade tachometer Precision tachometer up to 3000RPM. Rotating-drum type slit synchronize system. Up to 10 incidental RPM can be stored to the memory. 3. Temperature sensor Solid-state temperature sensor by contacting the material being checked. 4. RX battery checker/discharger You can check your RX battery with a certain current load accurately. NiCd 4.8/6.0/9.6V and Lithium 7.4V with 100 to 1000mAh current load When being checked, the present voltage and the residue of capacity are displayed NiCd batteries can be discharged to 0.9V/cell. 5. Back-light LCD screen You can adjust the brightness of LCD display 6. Automatic power off and back-light off To prevent from wasting the energy, the power will go off when there is no action for 10 minutes. The back-light will go off in 1 minutes if you do nothing with the unit. 7. Robust outer aluminum case High-quality aluminum case is durable and very efficient to cool out the internal heat SPECIFICATION: Operating voltage range:10.0~18.0 Volt Circuit power: max. 150W Charge current range: 0.1~7.0A Discharge current range: 0.1~5.0A Current drain for balancing Li-po: 300mAh / cell NiCd / NiMH battery cell count: 1~27 cells Lithium battery cell count: 1~8 Series Pb battery voltage:2 to 36V Weight:700 g Dimensions: 160*120*40 mm Comes with Aluminium storage case and USB link cable Price = £79.00

What's happening in Fast Electrics

Mega Motors

Whilst Mega motors with their 6 poles provide huge anmounts of torque, their usefulness has been limited by the large steps in KVA rating. A number of initiatives have been underway to fix this.

E motors - the comms on mega motors are hollow. E motors have the comm ends machined so that they act as a centrifugal fan and draw air through them.

New lengths. 16/25, 22/25/ 22/35 motors have been introduced and their intermediate lengths broaden the possible uses. Keep watching for more updates.
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New ETTI products

Etti have released a few new products. Two new transom mounted rudder sets, one with a long stand off and one with a short stand off both have the same narrow wedge shape and nither have water pickup. ETTI have also announced a higher rated version of their new controller series. This one looks exactly the same as the 100 but is rated at 150 amps. Testing has indicated that this controller provides better performance (translates to faster boat) than any other controllers. It's cost will be slightly higher than the 100.
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New ESC's and Chargers

Danlions We have had a working relationship with Danlions corp for some time now. We are extending this to import their Vislero A6 Charger which is capable of charging lead acid, NiMh, NiCd, Li-Po, Li-Ion, Li-Fe cells. The charger will hadle 1-12 lead acid cells, 1-18 NiCd/NiMh cells or 1-6 li based cells. The charger has a built in balancer for Li cells which enables balancing whilst charging. The supplied balance lead will take both of the major balance connector types and will enable up to 3 2s cells or 2 3s cells to be charged and balanced simultaneously. The charger can perform up to 5 charge/discharge cycles at currents dependent on the attached cells. The supplied USB link cable and software enables the charge to be monitored on your pc and the data recorded for psoterity.

ETTI ETTI have released a new race controller. The controller is nominally 100 amps rated but is billed as being more capable than the existing 125 controllers. It is - like the rest of the family, water cooled and waterproof. The new controller will run 100 amps continuous and take 150 amp peak for 10 seconds. .

The Vislero A6 charger is in stock now. The ETTI 100 amp controllers are expected any day now.
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MPBA FE Section EGM

The MPBA FE section Committee has received in excess of 18 requests to hold and EGM in order to discus changing the rules to allow use of any cell to power a model boat for racing purposes. The meeting will be held at the Chace Hotel Coventry on April 27th. All those who wish to vote must attend in person.

The suggested new cell counts are as follows.....

Class A (Mono 1 and Hydro 1)
7 x Nimhs the same as now

3S2P Lithium-Ion (Li-FePO4)A123: LiFe
Nominal voltage = 3.3 V
Maximum 6 cell of the A123 type with a max capacity of 2300 mAh.
Max. in series 3s

2S Lithium-Polymer : LiPo
Nominal voltage= 3.7 V
Max. Packweight 280 g
Max. in Series 2s
Max. in Parallel 1s


Class B (Mono 2 and Hydro 2)
12 x Nimhs the same as now

5S2P Lithium-Ion (Li-FePO4)A123: LiFe
Nominal voltage = 3.3 V
Maximum 6 cell of the A123 type with a max capacity of 2300 mAh.
Max. in series 3s

4S Lithium-Polymer : LiPo
Nominal voltage= 3.7 V
Max. Packweight 560 g
Max. in Series 4s
Max. in Parallel 1s

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