Tim Flyer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Thank You Malcolm . The wing type is “Normal 1Aileron” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Flyer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Aha😊. Now I realise . I should have done 2 aileron! By the way thanks again for your very useful book. I have it in kindle 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Holt Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I suspected that might be the case. Glad you find the book helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Flyer Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Yes I certainly do it’s a great book and as you probably realise I’m no technical expert! But your book has cleared up lots of every day questions I had that were not covered in the manual in plain English. It certainly makes me use and understand a lot more of the Futaba functionality... Its also really kind that you also take the time to answer questions on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Goldsmith Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Hello Malcolm, I have a question for you, I have a used piper cub and the recomended throws for control surfaces are around 15 mm, I have the links on the closest to the middle on the servos and the longest on the horns to give the smallest amount of movement, but it is still way to much from the recomended settings, can I set this up on the transmitter using dual rate, or am I making more problems for myself, your advice will be very helpful, thank you in advance. I do have your book but cant seem to fathom out the best solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Holt Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Ideally you should try to utilise as much of the servo's movement as possible by the methods you have described. As there is no further scope for adjustment, other than by fitting longer horns, I suggest you go to the End Point menu and reduce the travel of the servos (inner numbers). The travel value acts as the basis for all movements of the servo. Accordingly the movement of the control surface will be reduced in the Function to which it is assigned and also in any mixes which are applied to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Goldsmith Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Thanks for your reply Malcolm, will try it out later. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy1071 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I don't want to hijack this forum but I wish to say how grateful I am to Malcolm Holt for the quick and informative replies, he really is a star. I have a 14FG and use it for boating as well as Planes, I had a query which I didn't think right to put on here as it was for boating but within an hour the reply came through with more importantly the correct information so putting me out of my misery. Thank you Malcolm Holt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Evans 3 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Hi I have a problem with the throttle servo. It will only operate when the fail safe is set to "hold". If I set it to F/S there is no throttle movement at all . It is positioned on 84% . I have changed --the R/X ( r617fs ) --the batteries ,both R/X and T/X --eliminated the switch harness and coupled the battery direct to the R/X .All my other planes work O.K. I've now run out of ideas . Any suggestions . Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Have you got the throttle On Channel 3 Keith As I think FASST receivers all failsafe on channel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Dyer Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Futab a 14AT has fail safe or hold on all main channels. Select a new model and start again ?. Maury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Evans 3 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi Dennis and Maurice . Here is an update . The throttle is set on CH3 . I reallocated the set up .Still the same problem at this stage . However I tried something different . I allocated the BF/S which was previously set to ( -- ) i.e. no switch to a three way switch (SG) . Positions of switch being set for OFF OFF ON . I now switched from "Hold" to F/S at 84% ----------and it all worked !!!!! I checked the fail safe by switching the TX. off and it still all worked in whatever position I put (SG) in . I was also back to the old problem when I put the BF/S back to (--) . SG is now back in the picture and we are up and running Why this has worked I have no idea . Any ideas ? , and thanks for the initial input . Maurice ,the 14SG using the r617fs only has F/S on Throttle Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Dyer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Sir, my apologies. FASST 7 has throttle failsafe only. Channel 3. I'm not an expert, but I know who is. Go on Amazon and download Malcolm Holts manual on the 14SG. Worth it's weight in diamonds. Maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Posted by Maurice Dyer on 20/07/2020 13:31:02: Sir, my apologies. FASST 7 has throttle failsafe only. Channel 3. I'm not an expert, but I know who is. Go on Amazon and download Malcolm Holts manual on the 14SG. Worth it's weight in diamonds. Maurice You are correct Maurice, although the 14SG is very versitile, many entry level receivers just failsafe on throttle. AETR channel order for Futaba on channel 3 TAER channel order for Spektrum on channel 1 The receiver decides the final failsafe as at that point it is working without a signal from the Tx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Holt Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Keith. I sent you a personal message about this. See your inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Goldsmith Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 New Question for Malcom, using the 14SG transmitter, R700SB receiver, and SBS 02A telemetry sensor for altitude, set up on FASSTest 14ch. All seems ok green lights overall, but on tx screen it does not display actual meters, I can only see a dotted line, any ideas or is the sensor defect, the same setup was placed in another glider and did at that time show a reading, although it was only mounted and not flown. TX and RX were re linked and works ok, just cant get any reading from the sensor. Any ideas please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Goldsmith Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Sorry, that should have read Malcolm, just another thought, should the tx and rx be linked with the sbs sensor connected or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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