What Did You Fly Today

[The Hangar]

Good advice. I'll see what I can do about making an outdoor charging station.

Just buy a bat safe. If your batteries are outside, you can't monitor them while they charge.

 

[speedbirdted]

My friend flew his 1/4 Cub today

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Not related to your problem but consider setting up a switch for instant trim, another great feature of opentx.

Just did that and tried it, i might like it

 

[Wildthing]

Just did that and tried it, i might like it

It does work, I have it set-up on all the planes . It can be a little tricky because you have to keep the sticks dead still while one finger flicks the switch .

 

[OliverW]

My friend flew his 1/4 Cub today

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Well what did you fly lol. This is a what did you fly today thread not a what did your friend fly today thread 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I have never come across a low signal warning but in my mind if there was you would also require a rx that sends info back to the tx just as you would with telemetry sensors.

Now the trimming to adjust the DT doesn't sound good. Any of my twins I calibrate throttle for both esc's one at a time , totally disconnect the one you are not calibrating. Then I disconnect one of the power wires from one of the esc's and last is a simple vertical thrust test, it should lift straight up , if it doesn't there is a problem whether it is a motor, esc or prop but it should lift straight. I also program a switch so I can turn off the DT if I need to or atleast until I get the plane all trimmed in.

Possibly you esc's bec couldn't supply enough voltage so the external one is a good idea. As Psyborg said if you have both power leads hooked up that could have caused it also.

It sucks though, it looked really good.

That's what I heard is the only way you get signal readings is if your Rx is RSSI compatible or has telemetry.

Trimming the DT worked really well. The thrust could be even after calibration but the airframe could have more drag on one side more then the other. It just like trimming the rudder. same thing.

I will be moving to a external BEC here soon too. I have to eliminate this problem somehow

 

[speedbirdted]

Well what did you fly lol. This is a what did you fly today thread not a what did your friend fly today thread 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

ok technically I did handle the controls for a few minutes so I flew a 1/4 scale cub today

 

[OliverW]

ok technically I did handle the controls for a few minutes so I flew a 1/4 scale cub today

Lucky! I need to build a cub at some point. Been eyeing the sig 1/6 clip wing

 

[slowjo]

You should try shooting the puffed lipo with an arrow and see what happens (from a safe distance)

i did that with a 22, was very disappointed, it only smoked,

 

[slowjo]

Oh, yeah my dad is fine, he was a bit annoyed but that's to be expected.

Hey, I resemble that comment

 

[Ranger_107]

. The battery is now puffed and doesn't look like a battery anymore.

SHOOT IT WITH AN ARROW!!!!😂😊😊😊😊🤣😂🤣😂

 

[Ranger_107]

i did that with a 22, was very disappointed, it only smoked,

o lol.
A youtube channel- Corridor crew- one of them shot a lipo and it burst like 4 foot flames out of the hole where the arrow hit it.

 

[slowjo]

o lol.
A youtube channel- Corridor crew- one of them shot a lipo and it burst like 4 foot flames out of the hole where the arrow hit it.

thats what i was hoping for

 

[Ranger_107]

thats what i was hoping for

- just watch from 1:17 to 2:49

 

[speedbirdted]

Lucky! I need to build a cub at some point. Been eyeing the sig 1/6 clip wing

I was eyeing that one before I bought the one I currently have. From what I've seen from other people's builds it seems pretty similar to their 1/4 kit which is really well set up for doing all sorts of scale modifications to.

Brodak also has a smaller kit with I think a 60" span which has a similar style of construction. Honestly I just like building from a lot of sticks more than just slapping a bunch of sheets of balsa together. Not only is it more fun but you can usually get a lighter airplane out of it too.

 

[OliverW]

I was eyeing that one before I bought the one I currently have. From what I've seen from other people's builds it seems pretty similar to their 1/4 kit which is really well set up for doing all sorts of scale modifications to.

Brodak also has a smaller kit with I think a 60" span which has a similar style of construction. Honestly I just like building from a lot of sticks more than just slapping a bunch of sheets of balsa together. Not only is it more fun but you can usually get a lighter airplane out of it too.

I just like building in general lol. I've gotta get my savage bobber done before my Phaeton II can scoot onto my bench. Deciding if I should finish it or my ultimate first tho. I like bipes lol

 

[speedbirdted]

I just like building in general lol. I've gotta get my savage bobber done before my Phaeton II can scoot onto my bench. Deciding if I should finish it or my ultimate first tho. I like bipes lol

From my experiences building multiple kits at once is the fastest way of producing permanently unfinished airplanes

 

[OliverW]

From my experiences building multiple kits at once is the fastest way of producing permanently unfinished airplanes

Exactly lol. I just don't wanna buy an engine for the ultimate. I need one for the phaeton as well tho. But first I've gotta work on the tiger some more

 

[DazDaMan]

We have bad weather warnings here (Edinburgh, Scotland) for the next couple of days, so probably no flying until later on this week.

However, it was calm enough for me to fly a battery through the Eachine Corsair this morning. Great little plane, but it's not a fan of doing loops!

 

[Wildthing]

That's what I heard is the only way you get signal readings is if your Rx is RSSI compatible or has telemetry.

Trimming the DT worked really well. The thrust could be even after calibration but the airframe could have more drag on one side more then the other. It just like trimming the rudder. same thing.

I will be moving to a external BEC here soon too. I have to eliminate this problem somehow

One less issue to deal with if you know both motors are pulling the same. Definitely have to figure out why you lost controls but not the motors , I have had esc's act up where motors cut out but I still had controls to dead stick it back in but not the other way around.