Speaking of the raffle planes...

Dave Heisler, who ended up with one of them, is busy getting it ready to fly.  He happened to notice that the gearbox provided was the "B" ratio (4.43:1), instead of the "C" ratio (5.53:1) that Gene recommends.

I called Gene on Friday and he plans to do some testing on the "B" drive to see if it will work or if guys will need to "upgrade" to the "C" drive.

I think Barb (Hobby R/C) is ordering some of the "C" geardrives and they should be in stock sometime later this week.

Chuck

Indy RC South will be hosting their third Electric Pylon meet on Sunday, October 1st.

(More details will be posted when they become available)

Also, a good suggestion from Ivan:

Let's start a list of colors and or numbers here, so guys can try to keep their's different:

Mine is While with florescent Orange stripes.

Duane and I did a little more testing today

We tore up some stuff in the name of research!

We got his Corsair maidened, and a few more runs on mine.

First the good news: The 'B' ratio works fine. The EPS350C-B that came in some of the kits works very well with the 8x6 (RS/SF) prop. It is weak with the 8x5HD prop.

The bad news:

The GWS pack that Duane bought melted! He was having trouble getting it to take a charge, due to false peak tripping on his Triton. I told him he needed to do a trickle charge or 'forming charge' to make sure all the cells were fully charged, and then cycle it a few times. He plugged it into the rx pack port on his Futaba radio charger, thinking it would trickle it... it won't. It only puts out about 6.5v, and you need about 10v to charge a 9.6v battery... My suggestion is to tap a connector in the wire for the radio charge lead. This is designed for 8 cells and 100ma or so. This should be a safe way to form charge these packs overnight.

I also lost an aileron servo, due to landing and it getting banged. Duane and I had discussed a solution for this, and he has already done it on his. I will do mine tonight.

Some good news:

I found a great spinner! The ParkZone P-51 spinner. I found one at Hobbytown when I was wandering yesterday at lunch. It's $3.99, and about the perfect shape. Some air still gets into the cowl for cooling, but it looks good, and surely is more efficient.

Suggestions:

Do a forming charge on your new packs. This is done at 75-100ma (.075-.100A) overnight. Like I said, the simplest solution (to me) would be to tap a charge lead into the tx charge lead on your radio charger. You may be able to use a Triton or other charger and keep it from false peak tripping, I'm not sure.

Allow plenty of cooling! Most of you have seen the way I dremeled out the nose in the front of the battery compartment, and also opened the rear up to the inside of the fuselage. My packs are just warm. Duane's are HOT!

Looks like a possibility, although I don't think they're 1/2AA cells.

The KAN750 pack is only 1.2" wide and they're 2/3AA cells.
Also, the KAN 750 should only weigh about 4 ounces - over an ounce lighter than the KAN 950s.

http://www.cheapbatterypacks.com/cellinfo.asp?invid=CBP750AA

Chuck

So, um, what's the solution for the banged up aileron servo?

Oops, guess I still haven't shot the protectors... Anyway, Duane, Bill, John and I got a chance to practice a little at today's ticket fly... Got Pat to shoot some video



 

I've got the raw video, and perhaps we can get a cleaner player the way Pat did the Fun Fly?