WimB

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I have severals of them in use as well, they're good, but they do have some slop in them... not an issue on most planes though...

W.

WimB

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some more progress today... continued replacing the airlines, on the front doors this time. also replaced the lines on the canopy ram and locks, and made up a servo platform for the valve. with a slowed servo, this system works perfectly, no need for a sequencer...

WimB

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here's a video on the operation of the canopy. the servo is slowed to 1 sec for opening, and 3 sec for closing. this allows the canopy to close before the locks close. no sequencer needed here....

http://youtu.be/fJe3rp5d75A http://youtu.be/7iVK5NbYxV0 W.

muzzgail

Canopy is looking good. Nice mounting job on the valve. The airlines are run the same as I intend. Using Dreamworks airline and festo T's

WimB

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I use the Original Festo lines, suppose the Dreamworks lines are just as good!

W.

mick15

Wim, I have just installed my elevon servos and after the experience of the first model here's what I did. The wood is too soft to accept self tappers so I fitted 3mm bolts and used the right angle servo brackets as captive nuts. I'm in the process of converting my landing gear to hydraulic, I can post some pics if you don't mind me hijacking your thread lol.

m

ps you know the canopy is quick release with two hatch latches? See you at Jetpower?

WimB

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Mick,

did you trace the problem to the elevon servo's? curious on the hydraulic conversion, please do give us pics about that!!

yes, I knew about the canopy, makes it easy to remove...

Don't know about Jetpower yet...

Wim

Alex48

Using Futaba servos I had to pack the mounts considerably allowing me to use good quality ply for the self tappers.

Thanks for for the video Wim, mine didn't work very well when I tried to sequence the canopy that way. I can see it works well on yours so I'll try again

Thanks for the probe kit order

mick15

Picture 1 shows the accumulator in it's position to operate the pump control micro switch.
2 is the top side, pump five way distribution valve and tank.

The cylinders have been modified to take 4mm Festos.

m

FenderBean

mick15 the top stuff makes sense but what is the accumulator for?

mick15

. Double post

mick15

All self respecting hydraulic systems have an accumulator to maintain a residual pressure, having said that, the accumulator rod switches the pump circuit off when a predetermined pressure is achieved. Therefore adjusting the value of the spring fitted to the air side of the piston determines the switch off pressure of the entire system. Example, my A10 has no mechanical locks the model "sits" on oil pressure when at rest and requires no up lock when flying.

I can see the F14 gear functioning in this manor.

m

FenderBean

Okay so your using the accumulator to hold pressure on the system once the gear is down. I was wondering about this the other day, gives me something to ponder, still not understanding your setup but its just me not understanding it

gunradd

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Mick nice hyd system Cant wait to see a video with it in action.

Fender all the full scale planes I have worked on all had accumulators. It will smooth out everything when you say put the gear up or down. Accumulators store energy and also smooth out the system so the pump is not cycling on and off constantly.

FenderBean

Gotcha, so if your valve was 3 position could u no go to the mid position that cuts off the lines to prevent pressure dropping

mick15

No the pressure is held by a non return valve on the exhaust side of the pump. The grey item in pic 3.

m

FenderBean

ahhh okay so a one-way valve, now that I think about it I remember seeing the one-way in a video using this system. Sorry accumulator is simple there to take the brunt of holding the locks? learning a new system is always fun, thanks for the info.

Colin Allen

Following this with interest. Ordered my F-14 a couple of weeks ago... the long wait begins!

invertmast

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Interestingly enough, the full scale F14 had no hydraulic accumulators to save weight, along with replacing all hard lines with titanium. This also proved to be the reason the #1 prototype crashed bc of the pressure pulses of the hydraulic pumps work hardening and eventually causing a hard line to fail. The fix was to add more adel clamps to hold the hydraulic lines to the airframe.

WimB

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Mick,

in your opinion, is it neccesary to go hydraulic on this plane? on the mains, do you go hyd on both the main piston and the locks? or are the locks still pneumatic?



Wim

mick15

I don't think necessary is the right word but from my point of view it's desirable because over time I've had more success with oil than with air. The locks work in conjunction with the main cylinders so will be oil. The doors will still be pneumatic.
Plus, if you get a leak you can easily find it (seldom happens) plus you get at lease 30 cycles from one battery charge, you don't see many models doing "gear passes" folks are generally relieved if the gear works once lol.

m

DrScoles

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Got an email from John this morning, my F-14 is getting ready to ship… :-)

muzzgail

Good stuff. Hope you get it soon. They are huge!

WimB

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little vid of my installation of the tailhook.........I'll post pics on how I've done it, and more importantly on how the unit is attached to the fuse later...needs a little fine-tuning to go up a little higher.....

Wim

WimB

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aio3yHQd3yY