Setting up Flaps for the first time.
07-13-2014, 12:22 PM
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Setting up Flaps for the first time.
been trying for a couple weeks to figure this out and its getting frustrating. i have a FunCub and a DX8 radio. i have the settings for 1 aileron and 2 flaps. i did this so i would not have to flip the servo in the wing. i finally got both flaps to go up and down but one does it to the 3 point setting i selected and the other just up and down and its delayed. 
07-16-2014, 01:41 PM
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what your saying , does not tell my what your trying to do.
Are you trying to make flaperons, that's using ailerons to use as flaps also?
Are you trying to make flaperons, that's using ailerons to use as flaps also?
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07-17-2014, 03:56 AM
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Flaps usually go on channel six. On my transmitter they are assigned to a knob, and can be dialled in progressively.
In the old days, channel six was a 3 position switch, which provided no, 1/2, and full flap deployement.
Like Stick, I find your description to be vague.
In the old days, channel six was a 3 position switch, which provided no, 1/2, and full flap deployement.
Like Stick, I find your description to be vague.
07-18-2014, 06:13 AM
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Hi SigMan
A friend of mine had a large Stuka plane with flaps. He lowered the flaps and landed. About an hour later he again took off, but he had forgotten that the flaps were still down. He took off, the plane went out of control and he totaled it. I have been flying models since 1972 and have never had a plane with flaps, since our models do not need them.
A friend of mine had a large Stuka plane with flaps. He lowered the flaps and landed. About an hour later he again took off, but he had forgotten that the flaps were still down. He took off, the plane went out of control and he totaled it. I have been flying models since 1972 and have never had a plane with flaps, since our models do not need them.
07-18-2014, 11:56 AM
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Oh heck. Some models benefit from flaps. I like CROW for my gliders, I have flaps on heavy gassers to shorten the approach for VTOL playing around. Our models don't need bomb drops or retracts, either. But it's fun!
If the radio is giving you fits there are two alternatives: a "Y" connector (with or without a servo reverser if needed) and a Servo combiner. I have found the Smart Fly Equalizer II a godsend when trying to match two servos to one control surface (like elevator halves each with its own servo) or match servos for other uses. I was about pulling my hair out with an otherwise beloved Futaba 9C. Could not eliminate the delay between elevator halves and that would have made flying interesting at best. The Equalizer II allows much more fine tuning, though I am sure higher quality transmitters have similar resolution.
http://www.smart-fly.com/products/Eq.../equalizer.htm
If the radio is giving you fits there are two alternatives: a "Y" connector (with or without a servo reverser if needed) and a Servo combiner. I have found the Smart Fly Equalizer II a godsend when trying to match two servos to one control surface (like elevator halves each with its own servo) or match servos for other uses. I was about pulling my hair out with an otherwise beloved Futaba 9C. Could not eliminate the delay between elevator halves and that would have made flying interesting at best. The Equalizer II allows much more fine tuning, though I am sure higher quality transmitters have similar resolution.
http://www.smart-fly.com/products/Eq.../equalizer.htm
