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SHOW YOUR DROP BOX RELEASE MECHANISM - 9/9/2008 12:44:07 AM   
airbusdrvr


 

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Status: offline 		I am a newbie to RC Skydiving and I am building my first drop box for a Robbe Charly. My dilemna is that the drop box must fit up into the cavity of my drop plane that is also used for a removably bomb bay. If I mount the drop box on the bottom of the plane there will be very little ground clearance for Charly. The part of the drop box that houses the chute must fit up inside the fuselage bomb bay opening. I need to mount the release servo on top of the drop box that is recessed into the fuse. There is not enough room on the side of the drop box to mount a servo between the drop box and the interior wall of the fuselage. I have an idea how it can be done, but I figured someone might have encounter this situation. A picture or two would be nice.

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RE: SHOW YOUR DROP BOX RELEASE MECHANISM - 9/13/2008 6:25:47 PM   
airbusdrvr


 

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Status: offline 		I have spent the last week off and on working on ideas and building a drop box for Charly. I am a bit surprised that there has been absolutely no activity on the Skydiving forum. Not a single idea shared for a drop box. Below are pictures of the drop box I built to mount up into my BTE Flyin' King. The pin holding Charly's velcro restraining strap is released when the servo on top of the box pulls its 4-40 rod up and the rubber band extracts the pin. Seems to works well. Time will tell.

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RE: SHOW YOUR DROP BOX RELEASE MECHANISM - 9/13/2008 6:27:04 PM   
airbusdrvr


 

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Status: offline 		A couple more pictures.

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RE: SHOW YOUR DROP BOX RELEASE MECHANISM - 9/16/2008 2:34:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the pics, looks great.

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