k0jaa
New member
Hello all, I'm just getting into the hobby and building the Simple Cub from scratch. I've been watching so many Flite Test videos, what a great site!
When I was a kid, my dad had a gas (glow? Not sure) RC helicopter that he built and then crashed on his first try and then repaired and crashed again. I remember the futaba transmitter had a huge antenna, 72MHz I assume. Some day I'd like to repair it again and fly it, but I'm starting with fixed wing.
So far I have cut and glued all the foam board parts and have some of the electronics and others ordered and on the way. I messed up in 1 or 2 places but I think it will be ok. I got a Taranis QX7 for Christmas (I'm 40, and yes I ask for toys for Christmas lol) and I've been playing with sims on my PC getting used to flying and landing.
I have a ham license, another hobby of mine, and I understand that is useful for this hobby as well - for fpv? I haven't looked into all that yet. The FAA stuff changing looks confusing too, lots of questions about that.
I have so many questions about connecting all this stuff up, is it ok if I ask some dumb questions here? Does the receiver get power through the throttle connection to the ESC? On a frsky rx6r all the outputs are just 1-6, does it matter which one is throttle as long as the transmitter is set the same?
When I was a kid, my dad had a gas (glow? Not sure) RC helicopter that he built and then crashed on his first try and then repaired and crashed again. I remember the futaba transmitter had a huge antenna, 72MHz I assume. Some day I'd like to repair it again and fly it, but I'm starting with fixed wing.
So far I have cut and glued all the foam board parts and have some of the electronics and others ordered and on the way. I messed up in 1 or 2 places but I think it will be ok. I got a Taranis QX7 for Christmas (I'm 40, and yes I ask for toys for Christmas lol) and I've been playing with sims on my PC getting used to flying and landing.
I have a ham license, another hobby of mine, and I understand that is useful for this hobby as well - for fpv? I haven't looked into all that yet. The FAA stuff changing looks confusing too, lots of questions about that.
I have so many questions about connecting all this stuff up, is it ok if I ask some dumb questions here? Does the receiver get power through the throttle connection to the ESC? On a frsky rx6r all the outputs are just 1-6, does it matter which one is throttle as long as the transmitter is set the same?