<div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I had to go to another battery. This one has the correct balance connector, although the discharge connector is wrong. It is a JST and I need a Futaba. So I made up an adapter, JST to Futaba.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I am using a UBEC set to 5V to power the Rx and servo. No more fried Rx.</span> <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The RX bound perfectly and the throttle works perfectly.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So I have spent some time on the handle.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I gave up trying to use the upper part of the Tx case, and just made a little box out of 1/8 light play. That is fastened to the handle top with 2 Philips servo screws. The Tx board is a wedge fit in the box and sit on some ¼ rc foam. I have a hatch over the top with a cut out for the switches, LEDS, and trim knobs. The antenna base is mounted with a screw inside the box.</span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I have the battery cable ran up through the back of the handle.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I drilled 2 holes in the box for cables, 1 being power and the other the throttle. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I have run out of light ply and the LHS will not have any till next week.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">So I used the last little scrap of light ply as a base for the battery an 1800 ma Zippy LIFE from HK. I just have the battery strapped to the battery base with Velcro. It is actually rather solid.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I mounted the TXs throttle trigger assembly to a piece of light ply and glued that to a vertical ply plate under the TX box. It needs some rework. I can move the trigger back another ½ inch. And I can move the top of the line plate back a ½ inch with some rework on that end. That will reduce overhang a full inch.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I still need to fabricate line plate back stops. I am thinking of cutting 2 short dowel pieces and just drill and tap them for the threaded rods. The bottom dowel will also get small (4 40) Allen bolt embedded into it below the threaded rod. This bolt will protrude forward enough to prevent the line plate from going on if I try putting it on upside down i.e. lines reversed. There is a slot in the line plate bottom that will simply fit over the bolt when correctly aligned. Future line plates will just have a hole drilled to fit over the bolt head, much simpler and easier to do.
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Still need to drill the holes in the line guide bolts and clamping bolt.<o
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