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Official FlightLine RC 1600mm P-38 Lightning Thread
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The solution most speculated about and tried over on RC Groups is using a MAS semi-scale tri-blade prop. I posted in their P-38L thread asking what the most recent consensus on it was about 2 weeks ago and got no response of course. I'd gladly sacrifice a tiny bit of scale detail in something like a prop for the ease of using a 1-piece prop.
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I am assembling one of these and found that the arm on one of the flap servos is not positioned correctly (the flap will not retract all the way). How do I remove the servo to reposition the arm? I emailed Motion RC, but am still waiting to hear from them, so any assistance will get me going sooner.
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Kerry
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Originally posted by kerrydel View PostI am assembling one of these and found that the arm on one of the flap servos is not positioned correctly (the flap will not retract all the way). How do I remove the servo to reposition the arm? I emailed Motion RC, but am still waiting to hear from them, so any assistance will get me going sooner.
Thanks
Kerry
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Originally posted by Beeg View PostKerrydel, does your radio have sub trim? Instead of mechanically moving the servo arm I just used sub trim in mine to reset zero on that servo, Works great for me.
Its pretty good for small adjustments that are needed when you are up to 1/2 spline of servo arm position off. But it can add up and leave you with no available control movement one direction if you don't clear model memory before setting up new airplanes.
Sub trim does not change the mechanical servo travel limit so you have a servo with uneven throw limits. (not as much up as down for example)
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Make sure in your flap programming that you are not using 0% as flaps fully retracted if using a Spektrum radio. 0% is servo center. One extreme (full up or full down ) should be a negative value.FF gliders and rubber power since 1966, CL 1970-1990, RC since 1975.
current planes from 1/2 oz to 22 lbs
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Now I'm starting to get stupid with my ideas. The gimbal I run on my camera drone is a FeiyuTech Mini 3D Pro, and it's perfectly happy in the hanging configuration (as it is on my drone), the vertical configuration (with the base mounted to a lower surface and the camera directly above it), and the forward configuration (with the base mounted to a vertical surface and the camera out in front).
My first idea was flatten off a replacement nose and be able to snap the gimbal nose on whenever I wanted to, but then I realized I wouldn't be able to capture any of the plane in the forward configuration. So I figured buying a new cockpit and sanding a flat surface onto the top in front of the canopy and mounting the gimbal in the vertical configuration would be best. It would suck for aerodynamics, but I would be able to pan the camera around a full 360º and capture beautiful shots of the plane in stabilized 4k (this gimbal can be continuously rotated without issue). That way I would just have 3 cockpit sections. One for LOS, one for FPV, and one for stabilized beauty shots. This gimbal also has routing built-in for transmitting the GoPro's signal. So I could still fly the plan in FPV when using the gimbal. This gimbal is such an amazing bargain, I couldn't believe how full-featured it was for the cost.
Thoughts? Obviously I would have to significantly strengthen the attachment system for the cockpit, as well as the rigidity of the section of foam itself. The gimbal weighs 167g and a GoPro 4 Black weighs 87g, for a combined total of 254 grams or about .56 pounds. That's just shy of an Admiral 4S 3,000mAh which weighs 306 grams. I wonder how much that weight and aerodynamic drag would effect flight times.
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Heck what did you do glue the wing on backwards? Mine flys like a dream even with 2 4000mah packs in it which is well over the recommended size, and I it will land smooth as a freshly felted pool table. More over I normally do a tail drag low pass just because I can. Mater of fact I need to repaint the tail tips just a bit do to that. Dude you have me confused as to what's going on with yours. This being my second 38 and both flew really great, the old version and the new with the all in one plug in wing connector.
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