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Old 02-11-2008 | 11:30 AM
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Default RE: Giles build by Tom

After building so many planes I have learned to invest a little time in planning where to put everything. I know from experience that this plane will come out nose heavy, so I installed a little platform behind the canopy to mount the two A123 battery packs. I cut the corners off the leave a little window to route the wires.

I will be using 2 packs, one for just the receiver and the other will power the receiver and also the ignition. I have tested this in 2 planes and it works fine with my JR 2.4 ghz. radios.

I modified the battery packs and replaced the Cellpro charge jack with a standard JR receiver plug, and then added a long extension to carry power forward to the ignition. ON teh other pack I just left a servo connector there tro use when charging.

I made a little adapter for the Cellpro to charge through the charge jack on the ignition or through a standard servo extension. This is a little complicated to explain but is simple in practice.

I also installed a lite ply bulkhead to mount the receiver. This puts the receiver antennas up high which is where JR says to put them, with the satellite mounted in the bottom. Both switches will reach the receiver and the batteries without any wires hanging in the middle, very neat.

I mount the receiver on Velcro, this is plenty secure and as long as you don't tie it down with anything else it provides cushioning for the receiver to isoloate it from severe vibration.


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