stevegauth30

Thanks. I have some better wire but thought it might be overkill. I'll do some testing like you said and see what I come up with.

John_M_

My last off topic comment about battery power supply I promise

I use two of these power boards from servo city with18awg wire from the battery pak and switch to the solder lugs on the power boards... you could run heavier wire if you needed to, but there's no super high current draw, so 14awg and larger would be overkill... the power boards come with heavier gauge leads than standard, 22awg verses 24awg... those short 22awg leads plug into the receiver, and the servos plug into those pin connectors on the power board... nothing fancy, just tidy... they allow easier access to the servo connectors and you don't have to disturb the receivers and muck around with the antennas every time you need access to the connectors for what ever reason... you can come off the servo pin connector on the power board with whatever gauge wire extensions you need for the length of the run, for aileron extensions 18"-24" long I use 22awg twisted 3 conductor wire, anything longer and like Ace mentioned, it will need to be heavier gauge.

I look at it like your water pipes in your house... 1" pipe feed from the street into the house is your main feed (battery wire )... then 3/4" pipe off the main feed to the water heater, and 3/4" pipe out to the various locations in the house (would be your power distributor / buss)... and then 1/2" pipe off the 3/4" to the various sinks, tub / shower, etc (would be your servo leads)... if you have a longer run, then you extend either your 1" pipe main feed , or your 3/4" piper further into the house to reach those longer distances so you don't have a pressure drop.




Anyways I'll let you guys get back to your build


John M,

All Day Dan

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ace, I also read somewhere that the Futaba receivers are good for 15 amps. Do you know if that is a steady state value or instantaneous? Dan.

acerc

They said it was steady.

All Day Dan

My Feedback: (5)

Thanks. That's good information. Dan.

acerc

Jeff and my loyal followers. I kind of have, not terribly bad, but bad news just the same. In the mix of working on the house for the wedding and the canopy for my Pitts, the wife ever so kindly asked if she could have her space back. My room is her space, I was just using it temporarily, actually was only suppose to be for painting the Pitts. So week after next I am going to start building a shop out back, it will be 18x16. I will work on the Bulldog when I am to tired for hard labor or when I get to hot to be outside like that. The build will not stop, but rather slow down a bit. On a good note, the painting of the Bulldog will be done in a much better environment with far better filtration of the air.

Thank you for your patience.

acerc

Double post.

stevegauth30

Maybe not good news for Jeff, or even us who watch, but great news for you. Youll have a brand new shop to build in, which is AWESOME!

squirrly

My Feedback: (3)

Hey Robert, I don't know what to say. I know we all need space to call our own and your wife deserves hers just as well. I'm an understanding kinda guy and I guess I can wait a little longer. Pace yourself Bro, it'll be fine.

Jeff

John_M_

18'x16' build shop... that's a fair sized room Ace... plenty of space there to build a 60% Pitts ... one thing I wish I had was better overhead lighting... plenty of light, so you don't get shadows, makes all the difference.


BTW...Congrats on your Son getting married.




John M,

FlyerInOKC

My Feedback: (6)

Hey incorporate the shop build in this space we'll all want to see it any way. Might I suggest for lighting you consider a 2' X 4' flush mount light fixture? I have a galley style kitchen and we have been searching for lighting for years. My wife has one of early stages of macular degeneration now so she needs more light. I found an LED 2' X 4' flush mount light fixture at Home Depot and installed it. She calls it her OH $@&%%! light. You forget about it walk into the kitchen and flip the switch and it about knocks you over. It runs on less than 75 watts but puts out more lumens than 4 100 watt incandescent bulbs. Its light weight and the cover is plastic so the drywall can hold it without any reinforcement. Installation was pretty easy too. They have smaller ones in round and square if this one is too bright. I snapped a pictures for you. As you can tell the camera really had to darken the light it put out to make it visible when it was on in the first picture. The second picture is the light and the camera flash off on a dark gloomy rainy day. the third picture is with the flash. The round fixture over the table in the background is 20" min diameter and puts out the equivalent of 200 to 250 watts of incandescent light while using 32 or 34 watts of power.

Mike

acerc

Squirrly, I just wanted to let you know that all the building around here has been put on hold. So when I return next week I will be back on your Bulldog.

squirrly

My Feedback: (3)

Waaahoooo!!!

acerc

I laid everything out this evening in prep to carry outside for sanding. Then I realized, it would be better to cut the tail feathers for hinges now rather than after the sanding. Better to have any dings made where it will get sanded off. So hinge cutting will be first on the agenda Monday.

acerc

For those that don't keep up with my Pitts build, shortly after the above post circumstances dictated I return the shop to the house. Everything has been moved, uhg, and I almost have the room set back up with what I have. So, by tomorrow evening I will be completely done, for now anyway. I still want to put in another bench on the other end of the pic and do some more paint and trim but it will have to wait until payday. So, hopefully Jeff, I will be back to working on your Bulldog by tomorrow.

acerc

I am at it again.
Here is how I do hinge slots in ply. In pic one there is the drill bit, at the arrow, of which I drill a hole at the bottom of each hinge slot. Then I use the red handled saw to cut a groove up to the top of the slot. Then I use very thin aluminum with sandpaper glued to it to start sanding the opening wider, I add very thin aluminum shims to keep opening it up. Once open enough I use the brown handled saw with paper to continue opening the slot until the hinge fits perfectly. Each hinge slot takes about twenty minutes so I best get back to it, having 15 to do in all.

Cub Flyer Fresno

Interesting! Git-er-dun!

acerc

Rudder to fin is done. Ten more to go.

Melchizedek

Nothing like hand fit.

Kevin

acerc

The ele slots are done, now for the H stabs.

acerc

Woo Hoo!! The hinges are complete. The sanding will commence tomorrow...

squirrly

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Wow!! That's what I call a nice fit...custom hinge job! One of a kind; or should I say two of a kind...another beautiful Pitts in the making. Great work Robert!!

Jeff

acerc

Thanks bud. One would think I learned on mine to wear gloves, but, noooooo. My hands are very sore, again, from working with the small strips of metal sanding. Oh well, a couple hours sanding tomorrow and the shoulders will help me forget the hands. LOL!!

Melchizedek

Glove fit it is.

Kevin

acerc

I have not started sanding but rather doing other things. I prefer to use the picnic table for sanding but it is north and won't be back until Wednesday. So I am doing the wiring of the fuse components as well as some hard plate backing for the fuel and oil ports, also made the IP mount blocks. The wiring shown in the pic is everything for the fuse plus one lower wing half. Ran out of wire so need to order some more, I forgot how much wire this big bird takes.