ORIGINAL: dhillfolk
I'm happy to see you've changed your "know it all composure" to understand & accept some users explanations of the problems with this particular RTF EDF .
Not at all! I know all!
ORIGINAL: dhillfolk
In addition to the provided deficient BEC problem, is what put mine down, the hidden antenna configuration which was coiled & tied in a "as purchased configuration" & not extended & routed as it should have been and/or mentioned in the manual to be done.
This is an Asian plane with a lousy manual. That the manual is bad goes without saying... however it's up to the user/purchaser to check things out.
Leaving the antenna coiled within the ARF is a newbie mistake. At the VERY least the newbie MUST check that all of the connections are solid and should have noticed that the antenna is coiled.
You'll find things this way with most RTF and ARF's.
Unfortunately the low price draws in the newbies... but these are the people who are least able to deal with these planes.
Hence the recommendation to seek aid from others and join a club!
ORIGINAL: dhillfolk
If it were visible,(as it became after the crash) I certainly would have corrected it as I did the wheel rubbing, but then the BEC would have been the back up failure.
It's always a good idea to give ANY plane no matter who from, a complete going over TWICE.
You may have not caught the BEC problem, which sounds like a real screw-up... but the others really were in your court to deal with.
As far as the BEC, I'll bet that someone thought it a great idea to increase the voltage from the battery...
Ordinarily this is a good thing if it does not adversely affect the motor and the ESC.
The ESC used looks identical to a Tower Pro / Hextronix ESC. I've used these purchased separately on other planes with great success... however at over 11v it needs a separate BEC and you must disable the on-board one by disconnecting the Red line to the RX.
In effect someone did the consumer a "favor" by upping the battery voltage, but they screwed up by not taking the BEC limitation into account.
Either a separate bec should have been provided ( I can imagine a newbie trying to figure THIS out... ) or the web page should post a notice about the plane requiring one.
I used a rather inexpensive $9.00 BEC connected to a Deans plug in such a manner that I can put it in line with the existing connector...
e.g. I can transfer the bec to another plane as desired...
However I'll take that 14.8v battery over the 11v on that plane anyday.
ORIGINAL: dhillfolk
All RCG comments & those in this forum considered , someone @ NP must have accepted the "Exceed RC" RTF aspect of this product w/o doing thier homework as the Starmax ARF (Andy Chen's) design w/o Exceed seems to be well accepted.
My thanks to John for understanding & accepting this product's deficiencies.
When running an ESC this way, you sometimes CAN get away with the higher voltages.... but it's the luck of the draw.
I'll bet the problem was overlooked because of operational samples... but this SHOULD have been rectified.