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Well it's been almost 24 hours since I killed the gear and just bought replacement parts. She should be all repaired soon and no worse for the wear. My ego on the other hand...
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Received the gear a day early (nice surprise) and was pleasantly surprised how easy the main gear was to install! My biggest fear was trying to fish the servo leads through some impossibly small channel but I happily discovered the servo leads were easily accessible next to the main gear base. So the rest was unscrewing the base, retracts from the base, then installing onto the new unit and screwing back in. The nose gear simply had a bent lower strut so I simply unscrewed it and screwed on the new one. Whole replacement took me under 20 minutes! Well under my lunch hour. So she's all ready for her Flight of the Phoenix tomorrow.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Whoa, that was post 666! Should I be worried??My YouTube RC videos:
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I got the same post #'s Phantom, Aros must have special access to 2 top secret posts that us peons can't see. So that makes me 666 and not just here, ask my wife and kids.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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And 13 is actually my lucky number. My wife and I picked a Friday the 13th for our wedding, which was also my father's birthday, so 13 runs in the family. I use 13 on any number on my planes, including having 13 Nazi/Japanese kill markings or bombs.
Gee, maybe that's why I have so many "mishaps".Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View PostAnd 13 is actually my lucky number. My wife and I picked a Friday the 13th for our wedding, which was also my father's birthday, so 13 runs in the family. I use 13 on any number on my planes, including having 13 Nazi/Japanese kill markings or bombs.
Gee, maybe that's why I have so many "mishaps".
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Took her out for a dusk sortie tonight after the winds finally died down. It's been really nice weather here in the PNW but windy! It's been eating at me that my last two landings were terrible so I had to get the bad taste out of my mouth. My CG is solid but I am fighting a pitch sensitivity on the approach. One part of it is that I keep forgetting to adjust the elevator trim on full flaperon mode. Wants to pitch down dramatically...Luckily this landing was good but there was a lot of throttle management to coax her into a smooth touchdown. I immediately adjusted my elevator trim so I won't have to worry about fighting the sticks on final. I need to re-examine my expo/rates as well. I should never fight the bird on final...At this point it should be pure muscle memory for smooth landings every time. Well, almost every time, lol.
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Originally posted by Aros View PostTook her out for a dusk sortie tonight after the winds finally died down. It's been really nice weather here in the PNW but windy! It's been eating at me that my last two landings were terrible so I had to get the bad taste out of my mouth. My CG is solid but I am fighting a pitch sensitivity on the approach. One part of it is that I keep forgetting to adjust the elevator trim on full flaperon mode. Wants to pitch down dramatically...Luckily this landing was good but there was a lot of throttle management to coax her into a smooth touchdown. I immediately adjusted my elevator trim so I won't have to worry about fighting the sticks on final. I need to re-examine my expo/rates as well. I should never fight the bird on final...At this point it should be pure muscle memory for smooth landings every time. Well, almost every time, lol.
This may help if you're not already doing it. I set my Flight Mode up in the transmitter under "Flight Mode" and assign it to switch D, which is my flap, or in this case flaperon 3 position switch. Then also in the 2nd menu of the transmitter I go to "Trim Setup" and set the aileron and elevator to F Mode, instead of the the default position of Common. I leave Throttle at Common Digital and Rudder to Common. This allows you to have seperate trims at each position of the flap switch for aileron and elevator. The rudder stays trimmed in all three positions at the same point (you could change that too but the rudder trim shouldn't change when deploying flaps). I you want, you could leave aileron trim at common, so at all positions it has the same trim, but I like to use that "trimmable" for each position as well in the event that each flap/flaperon extends at a minutely different deflection (which it seems with all my planes it may be 1-2 clicks different in each position). The big bonus is on the elevator trim, which now allows different trim settings for each position of the flaps without having to remember to change it in flight or hope you guessed right in the Flap system settings. Granted, on the maiden you need to trim aileron & elevator (so 6 individual trims) at each flap position, but you only have to do it once, no guessing of how much to put in on the Flap System adjustments. This has made flying any plane with flaps, for me anyway, sooooo much easier. No landing and guessing how much to put in, then take it up and see if it's correct. Now, there should be absolutely no change in attitude or roll when you deploy flaps. It also allows you to trim for say flaps up at a higher speed/throttle, take-off trim at say a 50-70% throttle and landing at say 35% throttle (or whatever speeds "blow your skirt up") without having to worry about attitude trims. This setting was shown to me early on by an incredibly experienced and award winning turbine jet pilot, so who am I to argue. You do get a little busy on the maiden (and actually I have all 3 control surfaces set that way, so 9 individual trims), but it's well worth it later on.
Just a thought.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Just a thought? Just a THOUGHT? I think about 90% of that just blew over my head!
In all my years of flying I have never used F Mode. My entire repertoire consists of dual rates, expo, servo adjustments (speed, travel, etc) and the usuals. Even generic mixing takes me a half hour where it may take someone 10 seconds, lol! Just never have gotten mixing and F Modes. I really need to study and master F Modes though, for the reasons you mention...I want to be able to flick a switch and it's not just the flaps or rates but a fine tune mix for every major flight mode, especially landing. Some models don't need flight modes because they are just so easy to fly in all flight envelopes but scale jets like this model I can absolutely see the need.
So once this evil virus is over and we can all get back to our normal lives, I will fly you out so you can program the Flight Modes for me!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by Aros View PostJust a thought? Just a THOUGHT? I think about 90% of that just blew over my head!
In all my years of flying I have never used F Mode. My entire repertoire consists of dual rates, expo, servo adjustments (speed, travel, etc) and the usuals. Even generic mixing takes me a half hour where it may take someone 10 seconds, lol! Just never have gotten mixing and F Modes. I really need to study and master F Modes though, for the reasons you mention...I want to be able to flick a switch and it's not just the flaps or rates but a fine tune mix for every major flight mode, especially landing. Some models don't need flight modes because they are just so easy to fly in all flight envelopes but scale jets like this model I can absolutely see the need.
So once this evil virus is over and we can all get back to our normal lives, I will fly you out so you can program the Flight Modes for me!
I also like using some high expo, and am probably in a crowd of one on that (hey social distancing). I initially started flying with the typical expo's in 5-15% max range and changed rates between low/medium/high. But when I started flying the Extreme Flight 3D planes, they recommended some wild high rates like 50-70 degree deflections with expo in the 70-80% or MORE range, allowing some radical moves but not so sensitive with minimal stick movement that the plane acts like a schizophrenic. The net result is that even in mid to high rates, minimal stick movement is essentially in low rates, but as you get more stick movement, you transition into high rates without having to flip a switch while flying. Great for landing (especially great for wild 3D maneuvers though), especially landing jittery jets, where with minimal stick movement it is rather stable with minor altitude/attitude changes. Once you get slow enough at the proper height over the runway, more exaggerated stick movements gets you into high alpha. I also use it cause for some reason, I still have bouts of anxiety and my hands tend to shake. Well, expo reduces those shaky hands effects on the stick.Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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Now being able to adjust trim with Flight Modes in the various flap stages in flight gets my attention! I will take a stab at it and hopefully not stab my plane in the process!My YouTube RC videos:
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Originally posted by Hugh Wiedman View Post
Unfortunately, the 5500 is out of stock with Jetwerx and with Roaring Top themselves. Got the last 8. 3 arrived earlier this week (which I got to use in the F-16 and SU-30) and hopefully another 5 are coming tomorrow. Also tried to get some of the 6250's that Chris (RC GEEK) uses exclusively in all his FW jets, but snagged the last 1 only. I'll test the output tomorrow (assuming it arrives with the others). With potential shipments from China being stopped, I wonder if we'll see any more for a while, assuming that goes through.
I am really tempted to get a thunderbird PNP.... I have been really impressed with the new 1650kv outrunner and may have to try it out for myself. I have flown the original older 1450kv equipped F-16 and really liked how it flew! I know that the newer set ups will be even better! I am working on some set ups of my own so could just remove the PNP set up and install my own afterwards..... HMMMMMMMMMMCheck me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Originally posted by Aros View PostNow being able to adjust trim with Flight Modes in the various flap stages in flight gets my attention! I will take a stab at it and hopefully not stab my plane in the process!Hugh "Wildman" Wiedman
Hangar: FL/FW: Mig 29 "Cobra", A-10 Arctic, F18 Canadian & Tiger Meet, F16 Wild Weasel, F4 Phantom & Blue Angel, 1600 Corsair & Spitfire, Olive B-24, Stinger 90, Red Avanti. Extreme Flight-FW-190 Red Tulip, Slick 60, 60" Extra 300 V2, 62" MXS Heavy Metal, MXS Green, & Demonstrator. FMS-1700mm P-51, Red Bull Corsair. E-Flite-70mm twin SU-30, Beast Bi-Plane 60", P2 Bi-Plane, P-51.
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