Cannon mini-propo

[Phil Green]

Not sure if theres any interest in this sort of thing here, but lets give it a try 🙂

 

I'm partial to R/C sets that are unusual, small or just old - so when I was given a most unusual, quite old, and tiny

transmitter I was well chuffed 🙂

This is a really neat little set from the 1980s made by Cannon, at the time I believe it was the smallest, lightest R/C

set commercially available.  It paved the way for small, light, full-house ½A models and tiny RET models like the 16" span,

Cox .020 powered, Ken Willard 'Cannonshot' biplane.

For comparison, here's my Kraft which you'd say is a conventional size, the small World Engines 'Talisman', the really small Cannon and

a recent 2ch homebrew.

 

The Cannon outfit was kindly donated by Mel Duval and was originally on the American 72Mhz band (not an option in the UK)

but as it happens, the main PCB was badly corroded, so I didnt feel guilty modifying this one!
Its been converted to 2.4ghz as usual using my humble 'lockdown' FHSS project code.   The simple controls suffice as my conversions dont use transmitter 'model memories' - all my configuration settings, such as reversing, mixers, etc are stored in each individual receiver, appropriate to the model its in, so I can fly any model with any transmitter without making any changes or model selections.  Transmitter "Model memories" are obsolete!

The Dunham sticks feel nice after a spray of Electrolube, I had to swap out one faulty stick-pot, the aileron, which, being the 'busiest' control seems reasonable after 40 years, but overall its a remarkable transmitter.  A 'nice' transmitter 🙂

 

As you can see the converted set works perfectly and will be flying again for the first time in many years at our next slope-soaring session 🙂

Cheers
Phil

 

 

Edited November 13 by Phil Green