Jeremy Butler

Recently completed the Ripmax Spitfire. There are some wrinkles on the covering of the wing fillet. I am not sure what the covering material is but it doesn't look like its an iron on type. Any ideas or suggestions gratefully received.     Thanks Jeremy

Hi. Does anyone know if its ok for me to use my 6EX 2.4 in the Czech Republic?

Austen.  What position is your COG. I have mine set to 70mm from the leading edge measured at the root. Mine seems to fly quite well at that position. 

  Nicholas. Here  is a picture of the inboard servos. I wouldn't say it was that elegant as I decided to put the servos inside after putting them on the outside first and so is a bit of a messy retro fit. The wings are no longer removable due to the aileron rods. If I did this again I would fit a collet on the rod where it protrudes through the fuselage so the wings can be disconnected if required. Also I would have fitted the rods to the ailerons before they were hinged to the wing. It is holding ok so far but if there are any problems the ailerons will have to come off, the rod fixed somewhat better and the ailerons refitted.  Hope this helps.

I didn't like all those servos hanging out the back so I moved all of them including the aileron servos inboard. I havn't used the under carridge either, it belly lands ok. Had just two flights so far as its been so windy down south.

I bought the Edge EP recently and maidened it last week. Its flying on 300 watts using a  28214-8t from BRC on a 10x7 prop. I didn't like the fact that all the servos were external so I moved them all inside and used snakes for the rudder and elevator. Its a great model for the money.

Hi David. Yes I have a 2gig SD card. The pix I got when I used the flycam in flight were stored on the card. When I ended the flight the camera had turned itself off. I did a test this evening at home using power from a spare rx channel and got 15 mins of video before I switched it off. So I think I might have a poor battery in the flycam. 

Thanks Steve.   Good point but luckily I am electric so as you say the LVC will kick in.   

Phil, David.   Thanks for the help. Phil, that makes perfect sense. The +ve and -ve connections on the RX are on a bus.  I will give it a try. The battery on the flycam just doesn't last. I used it last night set to take 1 picture every 4 secs and got less than 1 minute of battery life. That was after a full 3 hour charge!  Got a couple of good picture though .    

Is it possible to power the Flycam One 2 by taking power from a spare channel on my Futaba 606fs receiver. I have plugged a servo lead into a spare channel and checked the voltage and its 5v which is what the Flycam needs. What I am worried about is drawing too much current and damaging the receiver. The flycam user guide specifies +5v @ 500ma which seems quite a large current draw.   Another possibility would be to make a  Y lead and share the 5v from the BEC. I am using a Flight Tech Synergy 35A. Again, does anyone see a problem with doing this.   Any help would be great.   Jeremy 

Is it possible to power the Flycam One 2 by taking power from a spare channel on my Futaba 606fs receiver. I have plugged a servo lead into a spare channel and checked the voltage and its 5v which is what the Flycam needs. What I am worried about is drawing too much current and damaging the receiver. The flycam user guide specifies +5v @ 500ma which seems quite a large current draw. Any help would be great.   Jeremy 

Thanks Timbo. Just wanted to check.   Jeremy

I am using a Futaba 6EX 2.4 and have set up the fail safe as per the instructions which, on this transmitter, allows the throttle channel 3 to be set to idle or in my case motor stop on loss of signal.  This may seem a daft question, but is the best way to test my fail safe setting (on the ground) simply to just switch the transmitter off and check that the motor stops. Will this cause any problems with the transmitter - receiver re-binding. Will I be able to check by turning the transmitter back on that full control is returned?    Thanks in advance.   Jeremy  

Thanks Steve. I thought that might be the case, but before I get at it with my cutters and soldering iron I will wait and see what the consensus is.

What about the lead length from ESC to the motor. Is it ok to shorten them? Should they be a minimum length?

It was the ESC. New one installed and both motors ok.  

Timbo. Thanks for the response.  I cant be sure that the new motor didn't cause the problem, it is a bigger motor but I didn't have a prop on. I actually had my Watts Up meter in circuit to keep an eye on the Amps. The ESC is rated at 25 amps which wouldn't be big enough for the BRC motor on full tilt. I was just making sure it spun up ok and was planning to get a bigger ESC later on. I will try re-programming the ESC and see what happens.

Can anyone throw some light on this problem. I have replaced an e-flight park 450 with a BRC Hobbies 2814-8 motor. I am using the same ESC and everything was working fine with the park 450. I have just tried a test and the new motor just sits there and judders rotating very slowly. I thought the ESC may need to be reset so I unplugged the battery and set the throttle fully open and then reconnected the battery. I got the correct beeps so I pulled the throttle back and again got the correct beeps. However, opening the throttle again produced the same juddering. I reconnected my Park 450 and that is now doing the same. Is it the ESC?      

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Nick / Pete. Thanks for all your help. I shall certainly have a go at these mods. Pete the easyglider thread is fantastic, loads of information. Thanks again.  Jeremy   

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David, thanks for the quick response and the advice. Jeremy

I have just bought a Multiplex Easy Glider Electric and reading through some forums I can see that some are suggesting upgrading the brushed motor to a brushless in runner. So before I go down the brushed route, does anyone know if it is possible to keep the existing gearbox and just change the motor out for a brushless one therefore saving any major modifications to the model. If so what motor would be suitable? I know that multiplex do a power upgrade using a brushless in runner but being tight fisted I am looking for a cheaper option.  Cheers. Jeremy

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