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West Wings Skylark build thread
angry_muppet:
Rogallo, what receiver is it? You being it and I'll bring the money! Pardon my ignorance, but you can programme a DX8 to use two channels for ailerons and one each for elevator and rudder?
Keith, for me the merit of the LiPo option is the fact that I only need one charger. I know it does mean an additional point of failure, but that's the trade off.
selleri:
You should be able to program the DX8 to operate that way.
You could use lipos without regulators, most rx's can handle that but you'd need high voltage servos and they tend to cost quite a lot of Guinness tokens!
Brownout can, and does, happen to any electric appliance what ever the name of said gadget, the next phase is a bit worse and called blackout, that one can surpass the appliance level and happen to humans too! :roll:
Spektrum got the ill rep for brownouts from the early days of DSM when it took quite a few seconds to re-establish connections after a brownout.
That was fixed with DSM2 and modern incarnations take fraction of a second to start up again.
angry_muppet:
Talking of servos; they're the next thing to be fitted...
I'm thinking of placing two small bits of balsa to screw them into rather than glue them in place.
The clearance for the servo arm through the underside of the wing through the ply mount is minimal, I would consider connecting everything up to make sure they move right. But if I want to try and have it ready for the 18th, what is suggested for keeping the fitment square?
I'll put up a picture later, after work.
rogallo:
wrap in masking tape and epoxy. Simple and easy to field repair.
Just a thought
R
angry_muppet:
After a little work tonight, here's how she looks...
One question, should I have put the curved part of the control horn flush with what the curve should be at the hinge? :oops:
As you can see, the outline of the tail assembly is there; over the weekend I hope to get more done on, and hopefully finish, the main wings.
Do I cover and then glue on the tailplane, or glue and then cover, or is it just a matter of preference? And, crucially, how do I make sure it's straight? I think the afternoon end fuselage is slightly favouring the right and the nose, the left... :x
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