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Changing the subject slightly...
My Weatronics equipment, and it is in all my jets, works flawlessly, about the only thing I notice on the data are occasional data dropouts for a second or so.
other than that the range is extremely good and the gps system is good, even though I haven't managed to put it onto Google maps as yet.
All I wish is that the customer service can improve, although Konrad has certainly made a HUGE improvement. Thanks Konrad.....
Now to my question, I am sure someone can assist:
I am putting together an Airworld Hawker Hunter, (yes I like big models) and instead of using air cylinders for all the various covers, such as the nose wheel,
main wheels and the under belly dive brake, Airworld have used servos.
This means that I have to be able to operate the servos for the retract doors before the undercarriage operates, then when putting away the undercarriage
the doors need to close slightly later.
(The dive brake is easy, that can be controlled by a seperate switch, not tied to the retract operation.)
So my question really is: is it possible to put in a delay so the doors open then the retracts operate, and vice versa, otherwise please how
can I put in the necessary delays.
Best wishes to all Weatronics fliers for 2011, from a very mild and lovely NZ summer
Ross
Hi Ross,
You can actually make it all happen with one channel. You can sequence using the slow function and then just do as in the attached pictures.
You can use up to 8 outlets for this. Notice that I have used 3 outlets.
1. DOOR-1
2. DOOR-2
3. GEAR
All of them are set to 2sec/100% meaning that it will take 4 seconds to travel from -100 thru 0 to +100%
DOORS 1 and 2 are closed with -100% and open at +100%. These values of course can be adjusted to suit your model.
GEAR is down at -100% and up at +100%
Important is the timing scale. The vertical dotted lines in this display and at the time set reflect 0.5 second time-lines.
DOOR-1 starts opening at 0.25 seconds and is opened at 0.5 seconds and starts closing again at 3.5 seconds to be closed at 3.75 seconds.
DOOR-2 starts opening at 0.75 seconds and is opened at 1.0 seconds and starts closing again at 3.0 seconds to be closed at 3.25 seconds.
GEAR starts retracting at 1.5 seconds and is retracted at 2.5 seconds.
When looking at the overall picture you will see that the DOOR-1 will open first and close last and be open only during the gear moving time.
Same counts for the DOOR-2 except that it is timed within the DOOR-1 period.
The GEAR will only be operated while the doors are open.
One last tip, try it dry first (no rods connected to the doors) or put it on a slider to figure out how you want it. Then you can see where the signal at the bottom is and move the points accordingly..
Once you have figured it out it is real easy.
Gerhard