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i have a few of theses motors and have found that if you do up the grub screw to tight it squashes the bottom out of shape as its very week where it locates in the holder wich puts the bearings out of line so now i just drop i tinny bit of medium thread lock (or epoxy) before placing the motor in the round mount then i locktight the grub screw and only tighten it till i feel it bite the locktight holds everything in place good and this doesn't squash the week end of the motor, this could be your problem, hope you get it sorted
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Be honest, do you set the fail safe?
Steve G replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in Model Flying Polls
always use your fail safes had a plane being set up in me front room thought id set me fail safe turned off my tx as turning it of and on agian was quicker to get my servos back to center than finding my servo checker, heres what happened could of been a lot worse as i was sat on the floor and the plane was on a table lucky i got most of me out of the way (could of been my face), scared the hell out of me, made sure to check all my models after that, easy way to check is to RESTRAIN YOUR MODEL all powered up and ready to go then turn off your tx if your failsafe is set then nothing will happen if its not set then the motor will go full throttle, turning on your tx will send a fresh signal and drop the throttle off again, sorry for the pic just thought id show how dangerous it can be not have your fail safe set, SET YOUR FAIL SAFE YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENCE -
my version of a wing i saw in a pic on the web
Steve G replied to Steve G's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
re the delta with rudder forgot to mention the size its 21.5" wide and 22" long -
my version of a wing i saw in a pic on the web
Steve G posted a topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
saw this picture on the web a year ago the other day a mate popped in with a big bit of MM depron for me, luckily I'd copied the pic to me PC after a look to remember the shape i went ahead and made my own version heres a few pics of it in the build and now for a bit of paint (hycote double acrylic car spray sprayed from about 15" to alowe the propellant to evaporate, else it melts the depron) its my first try at painting and I'm happy with the result , its got a 6mmx1mm carbon spar for strength i used foam safe ca all around 2 3.5 gram servos for the elevon's and a hs55 on a pull pull wire for the rudder, a 12 amp esc a2cell outrunner (techone c 20 425 grams of thrust on 2 cells <500mah tipple lipo> awesome little motor just so power-full) not flown it yet as iv not worked out the c of g for this bird, any help on the c of g wold be appreciated -
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Home made spacecraft
Steve G replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in Aerial Photography, First Person View, UAVs
WOT CAN I SAY BUT AWESOME THATS GOT T BE THE CHEAPIST SPACE FLIGHT EVER, MAN THAT MADE ME GRIN, AWESOME -
help needed for c of g on a an L-159 alca (21" wing span)
Steve G replied to Steve G's topic in Hints and Tips
nice one for the reply sorry it took so long to get back to you, your answer was totally spot on and it helped me a lot, it helped me to get the litlealca going nice, ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP -
just thought id show you all my multiplex fox electric conversion i used the main wing from a graupner mini discs d2c 3 blue arrow sub micro 3g servos a 7amp asc the motor is an awesome 9gram micro motor (flyingwings nano ebx 3000kv) with a 5030 gws prop all powered by a 2cell 300mah 20c battery (etreme power from robotbirds) im getting allmost 10 mins of fast fun
