Originally Posted by
joebahl
Check all the wires and make shure its pluged in good to the power pannel . It worked the last time out flying nitro but that was 3 or 4 years ago . If you dont use them for a long time the fuel might have gummed up in it just from sitting.Try plugging it straight into the +and - on the pannel power pannel where you plug the starter in and see if that fires it up.
Fuel pump works fine, I didn't noticed the switch on the bottom of it. Just need to buy rubber bands for the wing, a spare glow plug, and new fuel. Will be ready to fly next weekend. What was that website you mentioned for finding an instructor? Or is there a section on here for that?
Originally Posted by
JohnBuckner
Just for what its worth, I have not been following this thread to closely and suspect your radio system is 72 and that's fine. But I do want to point out if your system is 2.4 cocooning the receiver in a foam blanket is a bad idea. 2.4 receivers and most brands seem to be more sensitive to heat than the old AF,FM and PCM's and wrapping them in all that heat insulation has caused failures.
This is even more important if you live in areas that can easily exceed a hundred degrees. Hitec for example always in the past included providing a foam blanket to wrap their receivers in but when the changeover occurred they immediately dropped that practice and made vague implications to mount receivers in the open air. This happened when another well known brand started having heat problems.
I would suggest a normal mounting system and what I practiced before the changeover is to carefully CA some Velcro to the bottom of the Rx then ca the other part of the Velcro wherever convenient inside the airframe thus allowing full ventilation for the receiver.
John
System is a 72