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Old 12-16-2002 | 09:50 PM
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Ok so im done my Kadet LT-40 and got it test flown yesterday by an experienced flyer. It flew great, nice and smooth, had to adjust a little trim and my nosewheel pushrod connector came undone during the flight but other than that it was great.

Just a last question about a hangar 9 expanded scale voltmeter i bought.
I cant get it work im not sure how to do it. I heard that there must be something done to the voltmeter before i can use it?
Im also not sure where to place the postive and negative wires into the transmitter jack and reciever battery?

Anyway thanks alot to everyone who gave me such great advice and helped me get in the air.

Thanks alot,

Papa
Old 12-16-2002 | 09:57 PM
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Papa: You will probably not be able to use it with your transmitter since most radios contain a diode that protects it from having damage done to it someway through the charging jack, but I am not really sure about the specifics. For the receiver battery, I would really recommend going up to your LHS and purchasing an adapter for the receiver battery, and it will make your battery testing much much easier(this is assuming that the tester did not come with a special wire for the receiver, but if it did, just plug it into the charging jack of the receiver battery. If you want to try out the tester with the prong like wires that come with the Voltmeter, just try to insert the prongs into the charging terminal on your battery, but it might be hard to get a reading that way.
Old 12-17-2002 | 01:36 AM
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Will have to go to LHS need appropreate leads to check batteries. The leads on the meter are probes. Red lead is positive and the black is negative or common. Can be used but will have to check batteries direct. That is at ends of packs. Some TX,s un plug inside back cover can be cycled that way.

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