backwards switch
01-12-2008 | 12:28 PM
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backwards switch
While putting together a pulse xt i hooked everything up and noticed the receiver lit up as soon as i plugged it in and then when i turned the switch on the side of the plane "on" it went off is this just a simple fix of turning the switch around to where the "off"and "on" are reversed or is something else needing attention?
01-12-2008 | 04:36 PM
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RE: backwards switch
You can also remove the swith itself and turn it around if needed.
"SECRET" when installing a switch "off" should be toward the nose of the plane and "on" should be toward the tail.
The reason is simple. The wind flowing along the fuselage will help keep the switch turned on when flying and not trying to turn it off.
"SECRET" when installing a switch "off" should be toward the nose of the plane and "on" should be toward the tail.
The reason is simple. The wind flowing along the fuselage will help keep the switch turned on when flying and not trying to turn it off.
01-12-2008 | 04:46 PM
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ORIGINAL: Missileman
You can also remove the swith itself and turn it around if needed.
"SECRET" when installing a switch "off" should be toward the nose of the plane and "on" should be toward the tail.
The reason is simple. The wind flowing along the fuselage will help keep the switch turned on when flying and not trying to turn it off.
You can also remove the swith itself and turn it around if needed.
"SECRET" when installing a switch "off" should be toward the nose of the plane and "on" should be toward the tail.
The reason is simple. The wind flowing along the fuselage will help keep the switch turned on when flying and not trying to turn it off.
I do the same but just in case my hand brushes the switch as I release the plane. It will tend to turn "ON" instead of "OFF".
01-12-2008 | 08:29 PM
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RE: backwards switch
ORIGINAL: Flying freak
It also help if its going through a tree [:@]
It also help if its going through a tree [:@]
I hit a bug once (I think it might have been a june bug) that not only left nasty stuff on my airplane but it hit so hard it actually cracked the cowl [&:]
01-13-2008 | 12:36 AM
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RE: backwards switch
I had this happen to me also. It is not a bad switch. In my case I had the wrong plug in the Rx. If you look at the switch harness it has two wires coming out of one side and one wire coming out of the other side. Make sure you have the one wire side pluged into the Rx. The two wire side is the battery connection and the charge receptical. Hope this makes sense...
01-13-2008 | 12:37 PM
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RE: backwards switch
ORIGINAL: John616
I had this happen to me also. It is not a bad switch. In my case I had the wrong plug in the Rx. If you look at the switch harness it has two wires coming out of one side and one wire coming out of the other side. Make sure you have the one wire side pluged into the Rx. The two wire side is the battery connection and the charge receptical. Hope this makes sense...
I had this happen to me also. It is not a bad switch. In my case I had the wrong plug in the Rx. If you look at the switch harness it has two wires coming out of one side and one wire coming out of the other side. Make sure you have the one wire side pluged into the Rx. The two wire side is the battery connection and the charge receptical. Hope this makes sense...
01-13-2008 | 02:28 PM
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RE: backwards switch
switch placement to which way is on or off is a personal perference..You make a good and valid point as to bumping the switch to on..but I am in full scale aviation as well..where everything forward is on or toward the windshield is on..Once I have started making forward on I don't dare reverse it now....I have never had a switch shut off in flight
