ORIGINAL: 23rd_Fox
Hi everyone,
I joined this site a long time ago, but never got into the hobby... until now. I just bought a Tower Trainer 40 with a GP .42 and a Futaba 4 channel Tx and 7 channel Rx.
It came today, and I haven't received the glow fuel, ignitor, and pump that I ordered, so I tried to test out the radio. And, I'm getting nothing.
The plane's receiver was set to 'on' when it arrived, I'm thinking the battery is probably dead, but I was kind of scared for a second because at first I plugged the male aileron cable into the female 'charger' without having looked at the labels. What kind of damage would plugging the battery into one of the servo outputs (or the charger itself, for that matter) do to the receiver?
I'm hoping to find a local AMA chartered club to learn at, but if I can't, I'm going to have to go it alone. Any tips as far as that goes? I have thousands of hours in various simulators over the past few years, and I've actually even flown a plane once, but the only radio controlled experience I've had was a little electric polyhedral I once flew. Is there any chance for success if I just take it slow?
Thanks,
-Tony
OK, the battery is dead. Charge the TX and RX for @ 16 hours the first time. After that just charge overnight the night before flying unless you accidentally leave it on. In that case, do the long charge again.
Plugging battery into the servo? Not smart
but won't hurt a thing with standard 4 cell batteries and standard servos. Charger voltage is a bit high but the servo loads it down quickly so there is no harm. Don't make a habit of it.
The battery can actually be plugged into ANY servo port or the BATT port as they are all connected together within the RX anyway via the power "bus".
No harm - no foul. Now sit down and read the manuals like you should have in the first place and count yourself lucky this time.[:@]