Aurora Programing
Is there a way that I can mix ruder to elevator and adjust the mix % in flight? Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 7/31/2010 11:14 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Hitec/MultiPlex Radios- Ask Hitec Customer Service"
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8UAPS Warning
I have a 8UAPS radio. I turned on the radio yesterday for my first flight, moved all the control surfaces to make sure everything is working properly, and everything was working. We stated the engine, throttled up to clear and warm up the engine. I then looked down at the radio to set the timer and the only thing on the screen was "WARNIN", and nothing else, and I had no control of the plane at this point. I turned the ignition off to kill the engine, then i turned the transmitter off then on and every thing was working fine. What does the warning mean? it was similar to a throttle cut warning but there was no beeping, it didn't say throttle cut, and I had no control of the plane. Stephen Latus
Posted on: 10/5/2008 3:00 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Futaba Radios Direct support forum"
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12Z discontinued?
There have been rumors that the 12Z might be discontinued with in the next year, is this true? Stephen Latus
Posted on: 5/27/2008 10:10 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Futaba Radios Direct support forum"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
One of the things I liked about this plane was how well it would crab in for a cross wind landing. So you think it would be better to put the left wing and elevator on one receiver and the right side on the other? I figure if rudder and throttle are on opposite receivers I'll spot a failure soon enough. I hope. Stephen
Posted on: 8/8/2007 2:44 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Well I am in the final stages of putting plane #2 together. I'd like to thank Tom at Wildhare for helping me out with the replacement airframe, and everyone for the advice on the setup. I will be upping the batteries to a pair of 5200 mAh packs powering two receivers. Now for the $10,000 question, how should I split the plane between the tow receivers? I was thinking: Receiver #1 Left wing Right elevator Throttle Receiver #2 Right wing Left elevator Rudder choke I have heard of people splitting the servos on the wings between each receiver, but I think that that would defeat the purpose of protecting against a servo jam. BTW I really went in hard when I crashed the first extra I broke things I never considered: the lightened spinner back plate was domed/ offset by 1/2 inch ( great if you need to push the engine forward for balance) broke the heat sinks off the regulators dented, ah more like caved in both the front and back of the mufflers sheared off the spark plug wires and crumpled the ignition box broke the smartfly, it looked like someone combed back the servo connector pins ripped the 3" nylon velcro fuel tank strap Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 8/8/2007 2:22 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Randy what I am worried about is if a servo jams in flight. It could overload my power system and I would lose radio control. Now the question is, is this a reasonable fear or am I just paranoid now? Stephen
Posted on: 7/16/2007 7:04 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
I would like some recommendations for a power system for this plane. I lost my first plane a week ago due to a power failure, it was hard to talk about it before but now that I am going to pick up the replacement plane at UPS today it is easier to talk about. You can see my original setup in post #1. I plan to keep the same setup but I may change the power system. When the plane went in I lost all radio control, before the flight I checked the batteries with my 8 ball batt checker I had 7.10 volts at 1 amp load and 7.05 volts at 1.5 amp. Fromeco says to recharge at 7.0 volts at 1 amp. I may have pushed the batteries too far since I was using 2x 2600 packs on a 41%. Another possibility is that one of my aileron servos jammed before the crash and caused a large current draw that brought my batt voltage down very quickly. I am thinking about a two receiver system with two smartflys to guard against a servo jaw messing up my power system, what do you guys think? Stephen
Posted on: 7/16/2007 10:20 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
[quote]ORIGINAL: DKjens I didn't know that any Smart Fly regulators could be set at 7.0V. I am running a couple of the SF Turbo Regulators myself and I can't get it above 6.5V, which is what I run my 5955s at. DKjens [/quote] They made me custom regulators that can go up to 7.2V
Posted on: 7/13/2007 8:44 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Dan I had mine setup in a pull-pull. Joe I didn't notice any fade in power. At slow speeds I would do 1/2 a KE loop and at the top reverse the rudder and do another 1/2 KE loop in the other direction, and keep doing this as long as I wanted, well at least until I got high enough to do a nice long flat spin. Where I had problems was at 1/2 throttle or higher I would roll into KE and could only maintain level fight. At the higher speed the 2 5955s didn't have enough power, and I was running them at 7.0 volts for more power. Stephen
Posted on: 7/9/2007 9:19 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Magne It looks like 2 5955 are not enough on the rudder. While 2 will give you plenty of rudder authority at slow speeds, I can only maintaine level knife edge flight at higher speeds. Stephen
Posted on: 7/8/2007 10:18 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Magne It looks like the jury is still out on using the two 5955 servos on the ruder. I put another 5 flights on the plane this weekend and occasionally I would have ruder authority problems. Most of the time I had plenty of ruder doing a lot of knife edge maneuvers, but occasionally i would roll into knife edge and only have enough power to maintain level flight. I think this is a mechanical problem but I'm not sure yet. I'll keep you posted. BTW I put the vent line loop above and behind the fuel tank, and leaned out the carb a little. I can now get a 15 min flight with some fuel left in the tank. I used silicon caulk to put my wheel cuffs on This plane makes me look real good [:D] Stephen
Posted on: 6/11/2007 8:54 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
bodyworks I was very happy with the weight. This was the first plane that i have built that came within the advertised weight. I will re-rout the vent line so that is above and behind the tank. Magne: the two 5955 have 666 in-oz of torque at 6 volts, I am actually running my regulators at 7 volts so I should be in the neighborhood of 800 in-oz. with this setup the rudder has plenty of authority in knife edge, I can do a knife edge loop with ease. I have over 50 degrees of throw. gdavisjr: I will be leaning the needles this weekend, hopefully that combined with re-routing the vent line will give me longer flight times Stephen
Posted on: 6/6/2007 7:12 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Wildhare 41% Extra 300
Krayzc thanks we fly in the middle of a onion farming valley, the nearest tree is the beter part of a mile away. the only thing to hit is our shed and the ground ( both have been hit). I have a loop on the side of the motor box, but it might not be high enough. I started mixing, it looks like about 2-3% rudder to elevator, and about 4-5% rudder to aileron. I hope to finish the mixing this weekend. stephen
Posted on: 6/5/2007 5:25 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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Wildhare 41% Extra 300
I just maidened my bunny last Monday. It only needed one click of down elevator for trim. I didn't push it too much, due to a combination of jitters flying my 1st 40% and taking it easy on the engine while I break it in. I went with a minimum # of servos and 2 cell batteries to keep it light. The batteries seem fine, after 4 flights I only used about 800- 900 mAh out of each pack. I am using a 50oz tank and after a 12 min flight I was almost out of gas, is this normal fuel consumption of a 150 class engine? The engine is still set a little rich though. Does anyone make a fiberglass cowl insert to baffle the engine for this plane? I'd like to give a BIG shout out to Tom at wildhare this is one fantastic plane. The pocket hinges move like they are on roller bearings, and save you a lot of build time, no hinging or sealing the hinge gaps. All up dry weight 37.75 lbs ZDZ-160 Super w/ in cowl mufflers 2 Fromeco 2600 mAh for the receiver 1 Fromeco 2600 mAh for the ignition 2 Smartfly HD regulators set at 7.0 volts Smartfly Power expander sport Futaba 138DP PCM receiver Fromeco Wolverine switch for the receiver Fromeco Badger switch on the ignition 8 Hitec 5955 servos 2 per aileron 1 peer elevator 2 on the rudder 2 FMA digital servos for throttle and choke (they are rated up to 12 volts) MPI 20 ga. twisted wire extensions
Posted on: 6/4/2007 6:52 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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WRAM Show
Mike will you have any 160-Js for sale at the WRAM show? I'd like to pick one up at the show. Stephen
Posted on: 2/18/2007 11:10 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "ZDZ & RCS Support"
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RE: Horizon Hobby?????
A few months ago there was a 33% Cap on the Horizon web site. There was no picture, and the availability was TBA. When People asked Mike McConville about it he said he didn't know anything about it, a few days later the page was taken off their web site. Stephen
Posted on: 1/13/2007 1:19 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Anyone get their new bunnies?
Sorry, let me rephrase that. I am looking for the dimensions from the edge of the firewall/motorbox to the center of the engine location. By the way, my plane arrived yesterday and it is beautiful, thanks Tom. Stephen
Posted on: 1/9/2007 10:28 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "WildHare R/C Support"
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RE: Anyone get their new bunnies?
Does anyone know what the demensions are for the center of the firewall on the 41% extra?
Posted on: 1/8/2007 9:59 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "WildHare R/C Support"
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RE: WH 41% Extra covering schemes
Here is a picture of my white\yellow\black
Posted on: 1/8/2007 6:27 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "WildHare R/C Support"
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RE: Give us the sneak peek
I think we just witnessed the first mass hallucination over the internet. [;)]
Posted on: 12/16/2006 12:03 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "TEAM RCU - Mike McConville"
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RE: klett hinges
Did you find any Klett hinges. I've been looking and can't seem to find them anywhere. Thanks
Posted on: 10/29/2006 10:14 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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AK Models 100cc Katana
Does anyone have any info on the AK models 35% Katana? http://www.ak-models.com/katana_100cc.htm how its built? What type of covering do they use? How much does it weigh? Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 8/27/2006 6:39 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: 36% Katana Colors
Thanks, both of you.
Posted on: 4/27/2006 8:10 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Aero-Works Support"
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RE: Warbird Choices
I would love to see a 50cc Corsair ARF done right, with flaps and retracts. I was hoping that Topflite would make one after their Mustang ARF came out, but it doesn't look like Topflite wants to service this part of the market. That leaves the door wide open for Hanger 9, and your high quality ARFs. Stephen
Posted on: 4/25/2006 10:41 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "TEAM RCU - Mike McConville"
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36% Katana Colors
Mark: What are the Ultracote colors on the Yellow Katana? Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 4/25/2006 10:09 AM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Aero-Works Support"
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RE: 1/4-20 Bolts for DA-100
DON'T BUY YOUR BOLTS AT HOME DEPOT. Home depot typpically does not stock high strength, grade 8, bolts. Most of the bolts they stock are common grade. I have seen bolts purchased at home depot bent with a pair of pliers. I used 1/4" - 20 bolts for my ZDZ 100 on a 36% Katana. I used 2 1/2" or 3" long bolts, I'll check the exact lenght when I get home, with blind & lock nuts. I had the same problem with my stand-offs the bolts would go in part way and then get stuck. I just drilled out the stand-off with a drill bit. Stephen [quote]ORIGINAL: sillyness I'll look around at Home Depot and see if I can find some metric bolts or 10-32 bolts that will work. My stand-offs are really spacers... a little less then 1"... it's an SWB motor mount. Can't thread it no matter what.... I'd have to cut off the firewall. I just need a long bolt that will fit through the motor and SWB mount. I need it to be 1 3/4" because the motor mount with spacer is 7/8", plus firewall, plus a 3/16" ply disc underneath the blind-nuts for strength, plus teh motor backplate thickness, plus some thread for a jam nut. Actually a little under 1 3/4" would work, but it doesn't seem to matter... they are all to big in dimater above the length I have temp installed now. A 1/4-20 bolt is apparently not 1/4". The short ones are, the longer ones are not... they are bigger. [/quote]
Posted on: 4/17/2006 2:32 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Carbon Stab tube for 36% Katana
Doug: Check with DA thats where I got the carbon stab tube for my Katana. Stephen
Posted on: 4/4/2006 7:09 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Aero-Works Support"
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RE: common ground charging
Thanks for the information. Joe does huges have a web site? Stephen
Posted on: 3/24/2006 7:04 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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common ground charging
What chargers can charge batteries connected to a common ground? I have three batteries connected to an i4C power isolator. all NIMH 1x 700 mAh AAA 4cell for the receiver, and 2 x 2500 mAh AA 5 cell packs for the servos. I would like to be able to charge two batteries at a time without opening the airplane, and without having to disconnect them from the switches. Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 3/23/2006 3:02 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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33% Edge
Tom I thought I saw something on your web site about a 33% Edge, do you have any info on it? Thanks Stephen
Posted on: 3/5/2006 10:30 PM by Author "Mach1Latus" in the forum "WildHare R/C Support"
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