So I purchased two Ft Spitfires a year or two ago and built one. It died quite spectacularly and I haven't done much since. Since December or so I decided I would try again, but instead of going all out with my second Spitfire I figured I would do some training with a Snowball. I live in Canada, so the Snowball had some really awesome features. It also looked easy to fly/repair, and fairly robust. I went and picked up some foamboard, and scratchbuilt a nutball with a Conversion Kit for the motor mounts.
Been having a real tough time with this build. The motors shaft was in backwards, and it had set screws that were smaller than my smallest Hex Key at 1.5mm. Props I got were the size of the shaft, not the size of the prop holder thing, so I had to go and buy some O-rings for like 3.50 each. The motor, servos, and battery took about 2 months to get here from Hobby King.(With about 40$ in duty fees) Of course when they get here and I try to assemble I realize I am missing the Linkage stoppers for the servo arms, and bullet connectors for the motor. Sadly because I live in northern Ontario, I am 400km+ away from the nearest hobby shop. I REALLY didn't want to wait for parts so I replaced all of my bullet connectors with spade/slot easy disconnect connectors you can get at Canadian Tire or Home Depot. (Will they even work alright?) I also scammed the linkage stoppers from my Spit's kit. Now I get everything ready to go and I plug my battery into my ESC. It fails HORRIBLY. Turns out when I soldered on the XT60 the first time to my spits battery and the ESC, they went on backwards. Plugged in my new battery and got a face full of ESC smoke. <-No Fun
Can someone tell me if I even have the right setup for a snowball?
Park 300 1380kv
7x6 prop
HAD a 30A ESC
Turnigy 20c 1600mAh 3cell
TL;DR
I need a new ESC and need to order parts regardless. Does anyone know where I can get parts from within Canada? Is there and ESC that comes with pre-soldered XT60 connector? Do I have to drill out my servo arms to fit linkage stoppers? How do you keep the stoppers from undoing the nut at the bottom? Will my plane even fly with the components I have?
God this has been frustrating ... and WAY more expensive than I first thought, HALP!
Been having a real tough time with this build. The motors shaft was in backwards, and it had set screws that were smaller than my smallest Hex Key at 1.5mm. Props I got were the size of the shaft, not the size of the prop holder thing, so I had to go and buy some O-rings for like 3.50 each. The motor, servos, and battery took about 2 months to get here from Hobby King.(With about 40$ in duty fees) Of course when they get here and I try to assemble I realize I am missing the Linkage stoppers for the servo arms, and bullet connectors for the motor. Sadly because I live in northern Ontario, I am 400km+ away from the nearest hobby shop. I REALLY didn't want to wait for parts so I replaced all of my bullet connectors with spade/slot easy disconnect connectors you can get at Canadian Tire or Home Depot. (Will they even work alright?) I also scammed the linkage stoppers from my Spit's kit. Now I get everything ready to go and I plug my battery into my ESC. It fails HORRIBLY. Turns out when I soldered on the XT60 the first time to my spits battery and the ESC, they went on backwards. Plugged in my new battery and got a face full of ESC smoke. <-No Fun
Can someone tell me if I even have the right setup for a snowball?
Park 300 1380kv
7x6 prop
HAD a 30A ESC
Turnigy 20c 1600mAh 3cell
TL;DR
I need a new ESC and need to order parts regardless. Does anyone know where I can get parts from within Canada? Is there and ESC that comes with pre-soldered XT60 connector? Do I have to drill out my servo arms to fit linkage stoppers? How do you keep the stoppers from undoing the nut at the bottom? Will my plane even fly with the components I have?
God this has been frustrating ... and WAY more expensive than I first thought, HALP!