Edward Ward

Hi Sorry cant help as I have the same problem, bought a second ARC jUPITER with no manual, I set the control throws at about 50% but I wanted to know the C of G point from the wing leading edge to correctly balance, can anyone please help?  Ted  

I have acquired a Multiplex rx-6-synth light receiver to put into my twinstar2.     I think I have locked it into my transmitter channel (64) ok as all the stick movements react through this receiver, but I am a bit concerned that the little led light on the receiver is continually flashing when the tx and rx are switched on. Is this mormal?.  Please help, its first synth rx   ted

Hi Phil New to the Electric scene, is there any chance you could inform me of the code name of the outrunner you used and the wibsite you acquired them from. How would you plumb them in, ie. would the ESCs be fixed directly onto the motors in the wing pods and would you somehow utilise the existing BEC or whatever, a rough wiring diagram would be helpful. I realise now that I possibly should have gone the brushless rout, rather than brushed 480s Ted  

Hi The as bought setup with stock 400 motors was powered by a Tornado 7cell 3700 Nimh, this battery weighed very nearly  1 lb (450 gramme). On hand launch and heading into a 10 mph breeze at full throttle it made no headway at all, it just hung there like a kite, untill it slipped into a wing tip stall and crunch. Surprisingly not a lot of damage, this Elapor foam is realy tough. Basically the same thing happened on the next flight, .It was then I decided to upgrade moters props and lipo to reduce weight and hopefully increase power. Please leave me your thoughts on this?.

Hi Thanks for the help and advise left todate,my thanks also go to birdy for the couple of links left  1 the link explaining the CellShield (saves me the job) and the other to the site that seems to have some very competitively priced gear. I was hoping to get away with utilising my existing 32 amp Brushed ESC with the added battery protection of the CellShield. But it looks as though I may have to upgrade to a 40 amp one, as I guess the two 480s will pull in excess of 32 amps. Would it be best powered by 2s or 3s throttled back during flight. Ted 

HI Being new to the sport, I thought I would try my hand at electric flight. To this end I bought a Twinstar 2 RR.    The site where my club flies is always quite windy,and the standard twinstar struggled in these windy conditions. So with a budget in mind I have installed 2 standard brushed Graupner speed 480 motors with 2 APC 6 X 4 props.    I also plan to perhaps use a 2s 4200 lipo ( reduced weight ), and I plan to insert cellshield unit with a temperature control probe to protect the Lipo and give throttle shutdown at a cell value of 3v, 6v in total. Please give me advise on the above setup, and how would the existing speed controller handle the new motor amp pull. Please help Ted

This October prize would be ideal for me, still undergoing training. Iwill try again,and live in hope.

I live in hope of winning one of these great monthly prizes, this month's looks great. Please let it be my turn.

I have got to win this one. !