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I picked up a nice Dennis Bryant Percival Gull several years ago and it has now reached the top of the `out of the hobby room and into the air list` It had a .70 4 stroke in it which was sold as i don`t fly glow and it now has a Prop Drive electric motor installed and will be run on 5 A123 cells. The fuz servos are Futaba but it has Code 4 De Luxe AS-322 servos in the wing for the flaps and ailerons, they look like they are fairly new but i have no info or knowledge of how good they are as i can`t find any info on the net. Can someone enlighten me, are they any good, are they ok on a 6v rx pack and are they up to the job on a 72" wingspan model? Many thanks for any help.............Martin
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Had one the same as that tonight for a kit.................
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Here is my Jamara Gee Bee, ready to go and hopefully will be in the air by the end of this week, bought at a bring and buy with just the motor in it, i am sure it hasn`t been flown before..............Wish me luck! -
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Very nice, looks nicely finished and very unusual............. -
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Maiden flight on my Dumas Waco bipe today, superbly built- not by me obviously! Best off with a hand launch as the small wheels and light weight make grass take offs a no go. -
Many thanks for all the replies, here is where we are this morning, the plane is a West Wings Pinto and space in the fuselage is a bit cramped, i have removed the two wing servo extension wires, which leaves the rx very little room to manouver to another position, a range check saw the same problem, signal loss at 10 paces, worryingly it does not return even with the TX at full strength standing right by the plane, it requires a reboot by unplugging and replugging in the flight battery. The RX is an Orange DSM2 park rx, i changed the RX to a spektrum 6100 and i then got about 28 paces and the signal is dropping in and out, move a couple forward and i have full reception, the signal has no problem returning once it has been lost. The Orange RX will be stamped on! I tried moving the 6100 to a sidewall in the plane rather than the floor but it was slightly worse. BUT as an experiment at 30 paces with signal lost i tried moving the TX aerial to different positions, i always fly with it cranked at 45' straight in front of me, if i turned it so it was horizontal at 45. the signal was worse but if i had the aerial straight out from the top of the TX i could walk 42 paces before the signal was lost. I realise that in the air the aerial orientation is different to the a/c but would i have less chance of a poor signal with the aerial upright? Who flys where with their aerial on a DX8? Any experiences of stronger signals in different positions? Edited By martin collins 1 on 06/05/2018 12:24:57
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martin collins 1 replied to Paul Marsh's topic in All Things Model Flying
West Wings Pinto, not built by me but i have added the motor / ESC etc and got it flight ready. Unfortunately my TX seems to be giving a range fault added to the fact that the grass is too long at our strip to get it in the air from the ground. -
Yes but i tried two receivers and both would not work acceptably at 30 paces on a range check. The plane fitted with the Spektrum RX had passed a 30 pace check three weeks ago but now was giving a patchy response at 30 paces and response no at all if i turned sideways (aerial was cranked at 45 degrees up which is what i fly it as.0
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I went to fly a new plane this afternoon and as usual i did a range check, which it failed miserably. The plane has an orange receiver which came with it, at about 12 paces the receiver lost the signal and i had no signal to the plane, the rx had a red flashing light on it when i returned, i got all the way back to the plane and still had no contact. I suspected a faulty rx so grabbed another plane that i had just flown with no issues and tried a range check. at 30 paces it seemed slightly patchy but if i turned sideways on to the plane the signal was lost completely. I guess it needs to be serviced or checked over, now Horizon UK are gone what is the process for sending it somewhere?............Martin
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It certainly is, judging by the Geebee behind i guess you must be the person i bought it from!, hopefully weather permitting it will be in the air by next weekend
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Many thanks for that, looking at the plan view from the top would i be right in thinking that the arrow is in line with main wing spar?..............
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Hi guys, i have picked up a really nice Pinto which is built but unflown, i have fitted a motor and am going to use a 3s 1600mah battery. Does anyone have the C of G measurement, i usually guess at a 1/3rd of the way back on the wing but if anyone has the correct measurement i would be grateful...........Martin
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Thanks, there seems to be some confusion with this plan as the plan has printed on it `Aviation Modeller International. Plans service. Designed by Mike Reynolds. I had picked up the internet link to it also being Flying Scale Models, that`s where i got the Sept 2000 date from but wasn`t 100% certain which magazine i would find an article in. I am assuming it is the same plan, wingspan on it is 57.75". We may have crossed paths before, i am into Classic cars though i have not had a Dutton before.........Martin