Nelmo

Voila, I have motion! Thank you all...all my connectors were in the wrong way round The local club i wanted to join have shut up shop for the winter because their field is partly flooded and access is difficult because the council are doing some work near it, which does not finish until Jan. As my model is pretty much finIshed, would it be unwise of me to try getting the engine going and run-in by myself? I've read various websites and threads about what to do and the instructions that came with the engine are pretty detailed and i feel confident about it...sensible? Stupid?

Posted by Chris Bott - Moderator on 23/11/2014 18:15:32: Nelmo, if you have a solid Rx light with the Tx switched off, then my guess is that you have the battery plug plugged in the wrong way round. Ah, that sounds plausible ... Pete, yes that is the process I was trying...spektrum tx and rx....

Ok, followed the procedure in the video - however, I had a solid LED on the rx immediately, before switching on the tx and after connecting the battery I tried the bind procedure anyway, holding the switch on the tx while turning the tx on. It made a beeping noise and displayed BIND but that was it - the LED on the rx stayed solid all this time. Let go of the switch on the tx, light still solid, display just returned to main menu. Removed the bind plug, plugged battery in, no response from servos. I guess the problem is the LED on the rx is not flashing when I have the bind plug in the 'bind' socket and I connect the battery - any ideas why that may be?

According to my Spektrum DX6 manual (page 18), one end of the switch goes into 'batt/bind' on the rx, the battery goes into the other end of the switch, along with the bind key. As both the battery and the bind plug are male sockets, I can only connect one of them at a time, which means I cannot do the bind process as the manual advises. But, like I said, the manual also shows 2 bind keys; one male, one female and for some reason, my tx box doesn't have the female bind key. It may be I lost it when I first opened the box in my ecxcitement My earlier post (couple of pages back) showing the plug with a tab is the plug from my battery....

I think have found the problem - my spektrum manual shows a bind key with 2 plugs, one male, one female. However, I only seem to have the male plug, so I was plugging that into the one female socket coming from the switch, whereas that must be for the battery? So I need a female spektrum bind plug, I think - sound right?

Hmmm, my battery has a female socket....

Hmm, so I need an adapter of some sort to plug the battery to the switch? At the moment they both have the same female socket - any idea what that bit is called (can't find anything obvious on SLEC and SMCs sites)? I also made this battery pouch - is that enough foam or does it need to be thicker?

What is the best way to attach the receivers? My spektrum has 2 receivers, connected with a 6" wire (to improve signal pick-up, says the manual). The manual shows a picture with the smaller receiver on the fuse wall but doesn't suggest how it stays there - glue? I'd imagine you'd want to be able to move it, if necessary? It also suggests wrapping the battery and main receiver in foam and velcro. I was thinking to glue the velcro to the body but should I not be doing that, just wedging it in? Not sure if that would be secure enough... Suggestions appreciated....

Yup, it Is spektrum - and I would have told the bloke in the shop that, assuming he asked Thanks, i will get trimming... Glad you like the nails - i had to take that pic with my nose because i could not hold the phone and press the button with one hand

OK, prop on ok (I hope) - thanks for all the advice. Next problem - I bought an on/off switch from a model shop and I think the guy asked me what model of transmitter it was for, but maybe he didn't - can't quite recall. Anyway, came to plug the switch into the receiver and it doesn't fit - seems to have a little extra bit of plastic moulding on the side which makes it too big (see pic below): So, is it normal for an on/off switch to be transmitter-specific? Can I get away with trimming off that little extra plastic lip (just on the right of the plug in the pic) or is that dodgy?

Thanks Jon but...er... how do I know when I'm on the compression stroke? Piston at its lowest point, presumably? Do I just look into the cylinder?

Thanks Stevo.... Was not planning on using a starter - after watching a few videos of people starting manually so easily, I don't quite understand the need.

OK, putting the prop on and my instructions usefully say. 'Attach the propellor' - great, thanks for that. I think the pic below is the correct order but would like confirmation - not quite sure if the metal washer/disc thing should go between prop and nut or prop and backplate, as shown: Also, there seem to be 2 basic positions the prop can fit into the backplate - one has it flush against the backplate which seems best but it then potentially has more ability to swivel if loose. The other way seems to hold it a few mm off the backplate but with less room to swivel if loose. Not sure if that makes sense... Any ideas?

You've cheated by washing your bike before taking the pic - looks great! Mine is a Honda NC700X and because I mainly commute (when I'm in work), it always looks a right mess. I service it myself and so when I started the modelling, I thought, no problem, I've already got a load of tools - before realising that 25mm sockets aren't going to be much use for a 2cc engine (or whatever it is) This is from a rare camping weekend trip this summer - great weather this year:   (Sorry for going off topic everyone). Edited By Nelmo on 04/11/2014 09:17:01

Thank you - I'll just leave it. To be clear, I've always known what I need to do, it's the execution that is the problem.    Edited By Nelmo on 03/11/2014 21:30:54