Sorry to hear that, Praying for you.No flight today. No strength. I could hardly walk. The Doc is working on it. Rain forecast tomorrow through the weekend. Field will be too wet on Monday. We'll see what happens midweek. *sigh*
Sorry to hear that, Praying for you.No flight today. No strength. I could hardly walk. The Doc is working on it. Rain forecast tomorrow through the weekend. Field will be too wet on Monday. We'll see what happens midweek. *sigh*
Does it work alright now?The rain held off today and I made it out to my flying field. It was right on the borderline of being too wet, but I decided to go for it. During my CRAP check, this happened:
I tried recalibrating the ESC several times to no avail. I was still troubleshooting when I noticed the ESC was hot and the motor was too hot to touch. That called it. End of the day for me. I had a sneaky suspicion what was going on. When I mounted the motor I looked to make sure the screws did not touch the windings, but when I got home and put it under a magnifying glass, sure enough, at least one was touching.
I pulled all four screws and would you believe that two of them are a little more than a millimeter longer than the other two? It went completely unnoticed during the build. So I remounted the motor with two screws instead of four, and we'll try again tomorrow.
I was using the ESC and motor from my F-Pack 3ch TT. It was all known and good parts. I don't know where the mix up came from. Yes, she seems good to go, now.Well, at least you didn't burn anything up!
Hopefully that wasn't my mixup....
My uncle built some firewalls out of plexiglass and sent them to me. I haven't used them yet, since they are mini's and I'm currently flying bigger birds. He says they are nigh indestructible, and honestly I don't doubt that. My next Mini build I intend to find out!Does it work alright now?
When I was building my power pods I noticed one of the firewalls was thicker then the others and when I attached the motor the short screws seemed to short and the medium size screws looked liked if I tightened to far I would be to close to the windings. So I tried the medium size, snug tight. Crushed the power pod and the thicker firewall did not break. I checked the screws and it looks like they were just touching so when I build new power pods I will use the shorter ones and over tighten a tad to get more threads to grab on to the motor, or I could just wait for my new firewalls to get here.
My next Mini build I intend to find out!
I was using the ESC and motor from my F-Pack 3ch TT.
If it leaps out of your hand she’ll fly like a charm otherwise she’ll probably not fly or fly very poorly.She "might" fly with an F pack, but I think you are going to be right on the edge...
When you rev her up does it want to leap out of your hand?
Might try some ground runs first to see....
Now where did I hear that before?....I could not believe how easily that thing took off, and she was an absolute joy to fly. I never got above 50% throttle, and we've got no expo or anything and she IS 4ch. I think she is going to be a BLAST when we get the hang of her!
Just a heads up on the "R" propellers. If your only spare is an "R" you can use it by doing 2 things.I learned two valuable lessons today. The first is that some propellers have an "R" after the number. That means it won't work on a CCW motor. I broke the prop in the crash, and my spare had the "R." It doesn't matter which way you flip it. Letters out or letters in. That prop won't work and will only push backwards. So that was it for the day.
We told you that it will be that way . Happy that you got it to fly, sorry though that you had only such a short flight with her before the fail safe kicked in. I personally think that we all learned some important lessons today. @buzzbomb taught us a bit about fail safe and how to avoid it from kicking in. And @Hai-Lee taught us how to use a CW prop on a CCW motor setup. Thank you both for the lesson.I could not believe how easily that thing took off, and she was an absolute joy to fly.
I'm thinking about building some "R" powerpods so I don't have to make more skewer holes than necessary in the pod. (They seem to multiply like rabbits sometimes. ) It seems like if one were to simply flip the plan over and build the pod from that side, the right thrust-angle becomes a left thrust-angle and everything else remains the same. One would simply have to make sure the motor was rotating clockwise. Mark the pod with an "R" and the collection of spare propellers just doubled.Just a heads up on the "R" propellers. If your only spare is an "R" you can use it by doing 2 things.
First swap 2 wires on the ESC to motor connections to reverse the motor.
Second. (If the plane is a mini), Refit the mini powerpod upside down so that the right thrust becomes left thrust.
(If not a mini) refit powerpod and alter the thrust angle if any to be the same degree but to the left.
Do both of those and you are in the air again in minutes and you will not notice the difference!
Works for me!
Have fun!
I like that idea. Recently I bought a lot of CCW APC props which were more expensive but had only CCW props. I will change that by building some CW pods and use the CW props on them. I will also go back to buying the cheaper props knowing now how to make them work for me .I'm thinking about building some "R" powerpods so I don't have to make more skewer holes than necessary in the pod. (They seem to multiply like rabbits sometimes. ) It seems like if one were to simply flip the plan over and build the pod from that side, the right thrust-angle becomes a left thrust-angle and everything else remains the same. One would simply have to make sure the motor was rotating clockwise. Mark the pod with an "R" and the collection of spare propellers just doubled.