John Timmis

Hi Ron,I didn’t understand the last post. What is the off function? Can you explain please? Hi Neil, It’s a new tx(1.6.3). Where can I find the Ethos manual? I have another s6r receiver, I was thinking, should I start again from the beginning & create a new model? Cheers John

Hi, I’m back from a couple of days away & have been slaving away with this radio & getting nowhere. As the kids at school used to say, “It’s doing my head in”. All controls are working correctly & the gyro is doing something but I’m not sure what. This morning I found a video which made it all look very easy ………. I still need to set up rates , expo, & the stabiliser. Any help ,ideas , tips would be very welcome. Cheers John

*Thanks for that Ron . Yes the Rex has been calibrated. I’m away for the weekend but will be back on task on Monday. cheers John.

Hi Geoff, this is a new radio, I don’t have any existing model to clone. Hope it will be easier next time. cheers John

Hi Ron, it’s a S6R. cheers John

Hi Ron, Thanks for going to this trouble, it is much appreciated. At times this thing seems to be the invention of the devil. On the output screen all the all the yellow & green bars are moving.on Chanel’s 1, 3,4 they move in unison in channel 2 they move in opposition. The elevator, rudder surfaces & the throttle are working normally. Channel 1 (aileron) is the problem. The servo seems to have full travel range but no neutral position. I’m fiddling around with the model while I am typing & the aileron servo just started twitching. Moving the gyro switch seems to have put everything right. Fingers crossed. Just need to sort the gyro, rates & expo now. It wouldn’t be fun if it was easy would it? I’ll let you know how I get on. Cheers John👍

Hi. It seems that I spoke too soon. The channel bar now moves on the output screen , but when the servos are connected there is only movement in one direction. Any ideas please? Cheers John

Thanks Ron, I think that’s sorted it. It takes a while to find your way around all these menu’s. Cheers John👍

New radio. I’m trying to set this up in a new model. I can’t get any movement on channel 1. Looking at the output screen, the green mixes bar moves but not the channel bar. Can anybody tell me what I have done please? cheers John

Here is a bit of make do & mend. Being brought up during the war this comes naturally to me. The photo shows what happens when you fly through an oak tree. OUCH! DON’T ASK! After a couple of weeks I examined the remains & thought it’s not too bad after all, It’s repairable. The tailplane & fin was an easy glue job, the ply motor mount had broken away on one side & the forward fuselage side was cracked. The ply cowl sides had broken free & this enabled access to reinforce the fuselage side. So far so good. Wing next. I had some 2” pink foam so it just came down to replacing the damaged areas, splicing in a new LE , sanding to profile & covering with brown paper. I messaged Richard & he confirmed that he could supply a new cowl & canopy plus a few other bits. THANK YOU RICHARD. Jobs as good as done. Almost ready to fly again. Richard thanks for the help, I’m an even bigger WR fan now.

Yes please. One of each 😀😀. That’s something to look forward to.

I’ve never done a Spitfire. I would be up for one. John

Thanks everyone for the helpful advice. Lots of good ideas here. I will start with a Dubro spinner. Cheers John.

I started by using a 12x6 APC prop which performed well apart from the noise. I removed the spinner & have been flying without it. This morning I changed the prop for one Richard provided , don’t know the make, but it has a more conventional shape. The spinner still does not run true even with a spacer between the spinner & the backplate . I’ll try a Graupner prop if I can find one. Cheers John.

The prop is balanced. How do I balance the spinner? It distorts as soon as the prop nut is tightened. I have tried making a backing plate to support the the spinner. Cheers John