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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 1:46:57 AM   
Celidon


 

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Status: offline 		I have the Y harness and changed the servos back to the standard configuration before I tried to set this up. I have never set up a plane with a split elevator before. HELP!

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 2:15:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Celidon,
If you have a reversing y-harness and both servo arms are pointing straight down, you should be getting fairly even travel in the elevator halves. If not you may have an issue with one of your servos. Let me know what you come up with and I'll try to help

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 2:18:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Celidon, If you continue to have a problem send me a e-mail at bmoody@highstream.net. If we have to we can talk over the phone.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 2:25:20 AM   
Ernie Misner


 

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Status: offline 		Celidon, going back to post #152 where you show the pictures, if you are still using the non-stock angle on the right hand ele servo, Bluehawk is right. Both servos have to be set up with the same exact geometry to get equal throws. With enough channels on a computer radio, you might be able to correct that, but then you could use the stock arrangement too.

Why not use the stock setup, but with a Y cord if you are limited with your radio like I am.

Ernie

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 2:29:36 AM   
bluehawkbm


 

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Status: offline 		But it does have to be a REVERSING y-harnes or one will go up and the other down

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 2:45:05 AM   
bluehawkbm


 

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Status: offline 		Enie, Have you had a chance to fly yours yet?

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 4:07:23 AM   
Celidon


 

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Status: offline 		I have the harness and all servo arms pointing down. Could a difference in the length of the servo arms cause this issue?

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 5:23:12 AM   
Ernie Misner


 

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Status: offline 		Whooops Celidon, I missed that you changed back to stock configuration since post #152.

Yes, different length servo arms would cause different amounts of travel at the elevator halfs, unless you selected holes in each servo arm that were the same distance from the center of the servo output shaft. Why would you have different length servo arms?

Hang in there, we'll get them moving together yet. Let me know what you find if you talk to Bluehawk.

My Reactor probably won't be ready to go until later in the spring.....

Thanks,

Ernie

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 6:51:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Who's got a video of this flying?

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 7:04:47 AM   
Ernie Misner


 

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Status: offline 		Hi BoneDoc, this should be a link to Tower's Reactor page where there's a link to the video.

Ernie http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMUX7&P=ML

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 9:23:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, I've seen that, but it's kind of lame though compared to what I think this plane is capable of.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 3:08:00 PM   
RCAA



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Status: offline 		Guys, there is another way but you have to give up the Y-harness! Just run each elevator servo separately to your receiver DIRECT and put them in the #2 and #5 for a Futaba (or #7 slot, I forget exactly which one for the elevator) and then you can adjust each one's travel and direction. This is what I had to do on my Funtana to get them equal.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 4:05:41 PM   
bluehawkbm


 

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Status: offline 		tkna, You are exactly right, I have a Futaba 9CAP and that is exactly what I do. You can adjust the subtrim and endpoints and get them perfect. You didnt mention which Futaba radio that you have. I had one of their 6eax and dont believe I could get this to work. Also a friend of mine had a 7CAP and he could get it to work except the trim didn't work correctly. The 9CAP fully supports this function and anything else that you will ever want to do. If you have a 7CAP or other Futaba radio and got this to work correctly you are the man to help these guys. For everyone with a Futaba radio this link will cover most any programmming question that you may have http://www.futaba-rc.com/faq/index.html. I have to say my Futaba 9CAP is the best RC investment that I have made. It is well worth the money.

Celidon I made you a little illustration about servo arm and control horn lengths

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 4:34:24 PM   
GP G-Rod


 

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Status: offline 		Here is a link to RCG for a vid----> post #58
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607141&page=4

I thought it may have been posted here at some time??

cheers,
George

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 5:03:05 PM   
RCAA



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Status: offline 		bluehawkbm, I also have a Futaba 9CAPS and it IS the answer to a lot of set-up issues. Your suggestion to check in on that website is an excellent one as the instruction manual that comes with the Futaba 9CAPS is too difficult for me. Also, I purchased a manual called: RADIO Programming Futaba's 9CA by Harry Higley and it is MUCH easier to decipher and set-up my 9CAPS radio. You guys are on the right track with your set-up with the Y harness and I wish you all the luck in the world in resolving it. I have a Futaba Y harness with the servo reverser around here somewhere that I was working with but I gave up. I know it can be done but my patience level is lower than yours.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 2/16/2007 5:26:31 PM