-
Posts
5,727 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Gallery
Calendar
Downloads
Posts posted by Geoff S
-
-
My new SD card arrived this morning and I wrote my latest back-up to it and I've (mostly) got my transmitter back to where it was (just my newest model - the Gladiator to re-enter and rebind). The only problem I now have is that I don't seem to be able to have the Channel Monitor widget as an alternative screen. When I try to set it up it just isn't offered as an alternative. I can still access it through the Model Select options
Having a couple of SD cards I was brave enough too experiment with Companion. It still doesn't work when down loading models and settings. I've also installed the latest version (2.3) with the same result. I open a .otx file and it appears with all the different models which can be edited and simulated and the Radio Settings can be viewed and edited. Then, using the Read/Write option I select Write Models and Settings to Radio and, in return I get the disaster I've described. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid but I can't think what. I don't use Companion to set up model but prefer to copy an existing model in the transmitter and modify it as necessary. I just use Companion as back-up - fortunately I backed up the SD card as well or I'd be in deeper mire. I'm sure I've restored models in the past with no issues.
While I was at it I replaced the RTC battery and, as before I dislodged a multi way connector (see my thread on battery replacement) but it looked OK but the channels using the 3 knobs didn't work. Because I use one as a volume control, the nice lady who tells me the time etc was gagged. That cost me a bit of time, too.
Not been a good week for the start of my 86th year on the planet. I'm reasonably well thatched for my age but I lost few hairs.
PS can you update a single model with Companion or do you have to download all of them?
-
1
-
-
Whilst trying to get my Horus X10 and multiprotocol plug-in to bind with my new Night Vapor I lost trace of where I started and decided to get back by using my a recent back-up on Companion ver 2.2.4. Unfortunately, when I did that my transmitter wouldn't work at all. After much hair-tearing I discovered the radio settings had reset the battery warning to 9v - as the battery is a 2S Lion with a nominal 7.2v (8.4 fully charged) the system decided there wasn't enough to run - so it didn't!
I corrected that, but there more problems. All my model settings had gone and it's a massive job to restore them. Fortunately, as well as backing up (as I assumed) in Companion, I saved the SD cards. I haven't got a spare but I've ordered one and I'm hoping that when I restore the new SD card from my back-up the losses will only affect a couple of recent models that are easily corrected.
I normally set up models on the transmitter and rarely use Companion so this is the first time I've needed to use it to restore models to a previous setting. It'll be the last!
-
When I have glued servos in, I wrap them in paper masking tape first which is less substantial than heat shrink and easier to remove.
-
4
-
-
-
20 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said:
We had those signs in toilets of a financial institution I was working in............... they went up not long after they employed a number of contractors from India.... no lie.
Given the state of most public toilets though.........
The toilets at Dacha, Bangladesh airport in 1989 where we changed flights (to a 707) en route to Kathmandhu needed those signs. They were pretty bad.
-
1
-
-
If you don't like the appearance of W11 you can use 'Classic Start Menu' to make it more usable. IMO it makes W11 much more user friendly and I've been using it for years. I would like to stop Widows non-security updates but that doesn't seem to be possible.
-
I received my new 4 way multiprotocol module this morning, 2 days before the original estimated date. Considering I ordered it over the Christmas/New Year period that's excellent service from AliExpress.
It's a TRangeX. It has a rotary switch, a mini USB socket, a 'Bind' push button and a red and green LED on the back. It binds perfectly on MULTI V761 4ch mode for my mini 400mm ws T28. It still won't bind to either of my Vapors! I have an old, early Vapor with a very damaged airframe that I was given a few years ago and I used to fly using the old module in my Horus. The receiver board works (I think. Anyway, the LED flashes as expected) but it won't bind. Neither will my new Night Vapor.
The external module settings I've tried are: DSM2 DSMX CH1 - CH8 (both with and without telemetry). Also tried DSM2 DSM2 and DSM2 LP45. I must be doing something wrong but I can't think what. I'll take everything to the next indoor session and see if the new Vapor binds with a 'real' Spektrum transmitter but, other than that, I'm at a loss.
-
I got the email today but I'm sure I did an on line test some time ago. On my BMFA profile it says my Registration Competency Certificate is Active until 2029. Is that the thing I'm supposed to do?
-
I have a Belair RAF BE2a kit I bought as an unstarted kit at one of the Buckminster swap meets
thislast year. From reading the instructions it does seem to assume a lot. I'm not 100% sure but I think the BE2a is a one piece model - ie the wings don't come off so perhaps so is your DVa is, too. They aren't big models but storage is more difficult, though transport's OK in even a small car. -
I don't think there's much need to add interspar webs to both sides of the mainspars. I've never seen (or heard of) a mainspar breakage other than at the join but I usually but the webs in front of the spars to make clamping the L/E sheeting easier - a Peter Miller tip IIRC.
-
-
There's a lot to be said for invasion stripes to aid visibility.
-
4 hours ago, Peter Christy said:
If you want to send me the old one, I can try and flash it here and send it back to you. You might end up with two! 😁
--
Pete
Thanks for that, Pete. I'll wait until my new one arrives in about a week (assuming the delivery is as prompt as they claim). It might be worth trying.
4 hours ago, RottenRow said:Check the soldering of the connector that mates with the Tx Geoff. On my MPM this fell out due to almost no solder having been applied during manufacture. Resoldered and all was well.
Probably unlikely in your case as it appears to allow firmware flashing, but worth a look.
Brian.
I never remove it (until now, that is) so any connection problems are unlikely. My Horus tells me the module flashing worked but I might try it without the module fitted and see if it gets upset.
Geoff
-
Thanks, Pete. That link led me to exactly the same firmware I tried yesterday and which, sadly, didn't work. I opened the box and the antenna connection looks to be fine and the rest is really, like a lot of things, unrepairable. I've ordered a new module. The one I have has worked without problems for 6/7 years so I hope the new one will solve my problem. It's only money (not a huge amount) after all 🙂
-
I've tried updating the firmware - several times! As Pete writes the hard bit is to decide which version to use. I started with Futaba so my preferred channel order is aetr, but there's a whole host of different files with no real indication of which to choose apart from the channel order. I doubt if that really affects initial bind anyway and that's my problem.
I found when I was selecting the right protocol on Multi that it got stuck on 'Assam' and wouldn't move. That meant I lost my V761 setting for my 400mm ws T28. When I updated the firmware that problem cleared but now it'll no longer bind to the T28, which it had earlier. I seem to be adding to my problems 🙂
Updating the firmware is quite easy as I eventually discovered. I download the .bin file from Github and then into the Firmware folder. I restarted the Horus after disconnecting from my PC and then it was just a matter of going to the Firmware folder and clicking on the file for it to be downloaded automatically to the module.
However, I'm still in the same pickle. I've had the plug-in module for probably 6 years and never bothered up dating it - in fact I'm not sure I needed to download the firmware in the first place. I'll have a quick look inside to see if it's something silly like a broken antenna feed and then, if necessary buy a new one. It's cheaper than buying a Spektrum transmitter 🙂
Thanks for the help. I've only been on this for 2 days!
-
-
I decided to treat myself to a new Night Vapor and it arrived this morning very promptly from Leeds Model Shop. I had an old Vapor that was given to me needing repair but I haven't flown it for years (pre-Covid). It's bit too far gone now, hence the new one. As I flew the old one with my Horus/Multiprotocol module I just bought a Bind and Fly version. Unfortunately, it will not bind on either DSM or DSMX. I also use the Horus to fly my 400mm ws T28 on the V761 protocol and that still works OK. I've tried distancing the transmitter from the model by about 2 metres to no avail. Any ideas gratefully received.
I've had the Multiprotocol module for some years. It has no controls/switches on it, just a mini USB port and a red and a green LED. The green LED is on but the red one is flashing - not sure what that means. I can't remember if I had to download the s/w for it.
-
1 hour ago, leccyflyer said:
As above - you really shouldn't be charging a lipo overnight, unattended, as it's potentially a serious risk. You are entirely reliant on what is a very unsophisticated, basic, charger shutting off the charge correctly, before any cell becomes over charged. My advice, if you are going to use lipos, is to invest in a decent charger, that will give you proper data on your packs, read up on best practices and take the appropriate precautions whilst charging.
And one of the most important 'best practices' is never to leave Lipos on charge unattended unless they're in a place where a fire can do no harm - like the middle of a tarmac runway.
-
I remember the foam winged Precedent Funfly had a plywood spar that fitted into pre-cut slots in the wings and, IIRC, no bandage. I built 2 many years ago. I used the same method on my Percival Mew Gull which works well, too. Obviously bandage works perfectly well but is harder to disguise completely. Another Funfly feature I've adopted with foam wings is to fit a soft balsa block at the leading edge join to fit the retaining dowel - easier than drilling a 6mm hole right where the glue is.
-
Micron are based in Malton, N Yorkshire, just a few miles from Castle Howard.
-
18 hours ago, Mike Blandford said:
I'd also vote for looking at the "BBC Micro-bit". As well as the simple "block" programming method, it is also possible to progress to other methods, eventually using the arduino IDE and writing in "real" code (c/C++).
Mike
I would argue that 'real' code is assembler (type depending on the processor) or even machine code but counting all jumps is a bit tedious 🙂 The first code I wrote back in the early 60s was keying in the numbers to punch cards on an ICT 1301 - a computer consisting almost entirely of discrete germanium GET103 transistors. Things have moved on a bit in the last 60 years!
-
1 hour ago, Dale Bradly said:
Starlink works very well. Yes is expensive compared to fibre or other fixed connections, but if it is your only option, then it isn't expensive is it? Note the dish is not motorised, and is very simple from the point of the user, they can even be considered portable. (The receiving antennae are steerable, but this is done electronically, not by a motor that you as the end user have to be concerned about)
If the antenna (dish?) is steerable automatically then it is motorised.
-
A full-size micro-light took off by itself and flew out over the North Sea off Northumberland. Restraint matters no matter how large or small the aircraft is. I suppose it's happened to models in the past but this seems a step up 🙂
-
1
-
1
-
-
20 hours ago, Mike T said:
We included something similar in our rules when the CAA guff first came in. As said before, that means we only check two things: BMFA membership via the Portal and Club fees via our bank statement. For all other 'legal' issues, the onus is on the member.
When we were sailing we were required to have insurance (£1 million 30 years ago - probably a lot more now) and the hosts at open meetings used to check insurance before we were allowed to race. Then the clubs stopped checking and just specified it as a requirement which was the sole responsibility of the sailor. The reason was to avoid a mistake and need to accept responsibility for a possible misreading of (say) the date on the insurance certificate. If the onus is on the club member it absolves the club. Seems a sensible thing to do IMO.
Binding Niight Vapor to Frsky Horus/multiprotocol module
in General Radio Discussion
Posted
The new module arrived, fitted and tried with same lack of joy! I took the Vapor to the indoor flying and it bound perfectly to a club-mates DX6i (unfortunately it's Mode 1 so I didn't get to fly it). It also bound easily to a Jumper 16 transmitter. Anyway, I've bought a clean looking DX6i on eBay as an easy solution. It'll be handy for other models and my RF9.5 simulator. I had one for a short time some years ago and sold it for about the same price as this one so it's not a big deal - about the same price as a new pair of trousers and less than a tank of diesel at £69 +p&p 🙂
🙂