jasonada

Hi all this is my first plane i must confess i didnt build it my dad did it 6 years ago and now its come to me ive finished it off with an ap .15 yellow jacket engine i dont even know anything about planes ive got a recever and servos i think there called but i havent got one for the throttle yet and ive still got to get a transmiter can anyone tell me what sort of plane it is?. and im a bit puzzled where to put the servo for the throttle i dont know if youll see from the pictures ive got one for the elivator and one for the rudder and the fuel tank in the front of the two servos and the recever goes under the servos and the batterys in the nose there dosent look much room for my throttle servo any sugestions ?. its never been flown so im looking forward to giving it a go my first time is it a trainer plane ?. and are they easy to fly? all these questions any help would be very greatfull i also dont know how to wire my recever it says on it fm narrow band 8 channel recever digital proportional r/c system and the bottom slot says b/8 then 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 do you put the battery one b/8 does the b mean battery?. which numbers do you use for the elivator and rudder and throttle? thancks all jason you can email me at [email protected]

weathervane

WOW Not a lot of room in there.
Your servos will hook up like this.

Out put #1 AILERON This will probably NOT be used in your case.
Out put #2 ELEVATOR
Out put #3 THROTTLE
Out put #4 RUDDER
#'s 5,6,7 are not used
Out put #8 on/off switch. Red end goes to the receiver, the other goes to the battery pack and charger.

sandal

..I'll just add that the rudder is usually connected to the aileron channel if you don't have ailerons.

weathervane

OPPS

My mistake. I have never flown a 3 chanel. I learned something new, thanks.

horace315

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looks like a lazy bee

Gollywock

Jason- I believe what you have is 'Diamond Demon' designed by Jerry Stoloff in 1938. Originally Kitted by Bay Ridge here in the U.S. Ben Buckle in the U.K. still kits it and I'm sure that yours came from one of his kits. It would be an excellent trainer. You do not need ailerons. Jim

ClarkFlyer

Looks like a small plane. I'll bet its designed to take a non throttled engine. A lot of the 1/2 A are non throttled 3 channel...very popular. Perhaps you could find room for a mini servo for the throttle. Just a thought...

jasonada

hi all thancks for the advice ill try going for a mini servo it has a 4ft wing span and the body is 32inches long im a bit worried about the covering as its only like fabric is there anything i can coat it with as im worried what the glow fuel will do to it . it did orgonaly have a deisel engine but its very hard to buy deisel fuel here in the uk so switched to glow fuel thanks again folks jason ps with rudder elivator and throttle will i need a three channel transmiter

ClarkFlyer

Jason, you can use any radio setup that has at least three channels. If you think you might progress into more sophisticated planes, you might consider one with at least 4 channels. As far as the covering goes, I'm not much of an expert. Some coverings will take coatings, such as dope, while others you just leave alone. I've used Nelson's light fab and with that you don't have to coat it and it shrinks with a heat gun. You might let an expert look at it, maybe a hobby shop, and go from there.