ORIGINAL: FalconWings
ORIGINAL: David Searles
The question is what does SkyMaster have on the other end in the fuse that works?
David S
Looks like you may have a line close to being kinked Dave, maybe not statically but you never know under load.
Am I the only one who thinks trusting an air cylinder with steering, which I barely trust with my gear doors, is a little bit off? Is this some kind of precise control air actuator?
But then again, if CompARF put it in there so it must be a good idea right?
Makes no sense, a $10,000+ model with redundancy on everything, and then an air cylinder on steering, because we all know how reliable air cylinders are. I would convert them to electric IMHO.
David
The nose steering cylinder is using oil vs air to actuate, hence it becomes hydraulic. The short line you think is almost kinked is an air line which leads to the nose gear extension for take off. This photo is a very early photo taken at the very beginning of my trials to get the system to work. I am now using a much harder tubing in an attempt to prevent expansion of the tubing under pressure, thus softening the steering, which hasn't worked either.
I think I've found a way to set up steering via the wheel brakes, but I have to reallocate channels in order to make room for an additional two channels to make it work, since I'm currently already using all 12 of the proportional channels on my 14MZ.
David S