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bbrown2828 01-02-2010 09:43 PM
Help Setting up servos
 
ok i am setting up my servos tonight when i press the Alerions to the left which way should the left alerion go and the same the the Right and if i press up on the elevator which way should the elevator go can someone help me out here

bigdanusa 01-02-2010 09:50 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
Push the aileron stick to the left and the left aileron should go up and the right aileron should go down.

Pull back on the elevator stick and the elevator should go up.

Crash Campbell 01-02-2010 09:57 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: bbrown2828

ok i am setting up my servos tonight when i press the Alerions to the left which way should the left alerion go and the same the the Right and if i press up on the elevator which way should the elevator go can someone help me out here
Hi bbrown2828,

What bigdanusa told you is right on the money but...................if you need to ask this sort of question you really need help from a competent flyer to get your "pride and joy" up and back in one piece. Please follow the mountains of advice to join a club, hook up with an instructor etc, etc. Unless you are one of the very small minority who can learn to fly without assistance a club/instructor will make learning much quicker and cheaper:D.

Cheers,

Colin

bigdanusa 01-02-2010 10:17 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
If you are that new to this hobby asking a question about which way the controls will go, which is fine, always remember: Don't get your fingers in the prop when the engine is running!

Also, as a beginner, whenever you move the sticks, just move them a slight bit, don't yank and bank them all the way or your plane will be in a position you won't be able to pull out of and you'll be out one airplane!

Get all the help you can on your first flight!

Gray Beard 01-03-2010 01:38 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: Crash Campbell


ORIGINAL: bbrown2828

ok i am setting up my servos tonight when i press the Alerions to the left which way should the left alerion go and the same the the Right and if i press up on the elevator which way should the elevator go can someone help me out here
Hi bbrown2828,

What bigdanusa told you is right on the money but...................if you need to ask this sort of question you really need help from a competent flyer to get your ''pride and joy'' up and back in one piece. Please follow the mountains of advice to join a club, hook up with an instructor etc, etc. Unless you are one of the very small minority who can learn to fly without assistance a club/instructor will make learning much quicker and cheaper:D.

Cheers,

Colin
Isn't that why he asked in the beginners forum?? I can still remember setting up my first plane and had to ask my instructor, I had them backwards. My instructor wasn't there with me when I set up my first plane with my nice new radio so I had to wait to find out for several days. They sure set up bass ackwards from what seems correct. Seemed like a pretty normal beginners question to me.

timcat26 01-03-2010 03:13 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: Gray Beard


ORIGINAL: Crash Campbell


ORIGINAL: bbrown2828

ok i am setting up my servos tonight when i press the Alerions to the left which way should the left alerion go and the same the the Right and if i press up on the elevator which way should the elevator go can someone help me out here
Hi bbrown2828,

What bigdanusa told you is right on the money but...................if you need to ask this sort of question you really need help from a competent flyer to get your ''pride and joy'' up and back in one piece. Please follow the mountains of advice to join a club, hook up with an instructor etc, etc. Unless you are one of the very small minority who can learn to fly without assistance a club/instructor will make learning much quicker and cheaper:D.

Cheers,

Colin
Isn't that why he asked in the beginners forum?? I can still remember setting up my first plane and had to ask my instructor, I had them backwards. My instructor wasn't there with me when I set up my first plane with my nice new radio so I had to wait to find out for several days. They sure set up bass ackwards from what seems correct. Seemed like a pretty normal beginners question to me.
Agreed, let's stop busting chops on Bbrown as the question was asked in the proper forum. Pointing out the fact that he's a beginner is kind of redundant, given the area he posted in on the forum. How about we all just be helpful instead of kinda insulting?

jester_s1 01-03-2010 07:26 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
I don't think it's insulting at all to give him the advice that he doesn't yet know he needs. That's better than saying nothing and seeing a post a week or two later about how he broke his airplane.

bbrown2828- If you haven't already, hook up with a club and get some flight instruction. Even if it costs you some money, it's cheaper than going at the hobby alone and learning from mistakes. The other thing to set up on your airplane is the center of gravity and control throws. Your manual will have the recomendations for those. Put your CG near the front of the range and balance your airplane laterally by hanging it on the prop shaft and rudder hinge with string.

timcat26 01-03-2010 10:07 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: jester_s1

I don't think it's insulting at all to give him the advice that he doesn't yet know he needs. That's better than saying nothing and seeing a post a week or two later about how he broke his airplane.

bbrown2828- If you haven't already, hook up with a club and get some flight instruction. Even if it costs you some money, it's cheaper than going at the hobby alone and learning from mistakes. The other thing to set up on your airplane is the center of gravity and control throws. Your manual will have the recomendations for those. Put your CG near the front of the range and balance your airplane laterally by hanging it on the prop shaft and rudder hinge with string.
It's all in the delivery.

[quote]If you are that new to this hobby asking a question about which way the controls will go, which is fine, always <u>remember: Don't get your fingers in the prop when the engine is running![/</u>quote]



For instance, I didn't find the bolded and underlined to be terribly constructive as this is fairly obvious to most, but hey!, maybe that's just me.

bigdanusa 01-03-2010 11:19 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
I've seen experienced flyers get their mind so wrapped up in something else they forget about safety and end up getting their fingers in the prop.

An experienced guy in our club had a 40%er with about a 24 inch prop and a 150 DA Gas engine and when he went to start it from the front (the plane wasen't tied down to anything) he didn't realize the throttle lever was on full and he about lost his whole arm when the plane came towards him and he tried to stop it!

Safety First! Beginner or Expert!

Gray Beard 01-03-2010 01:31 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: bigdanusa

I've seen experienced flyers get their mind so wrapped up in something else they forget about safety and end up getting their fingers in the prop.

An experienced guy in our club had a 40%er with about a 24 inch prop and a 150 DA Gas engine and when he went to start it from the front (the plane wasen't tied down to anything) he didn't realize the throttle lever was on full and he about lost his whole arm when the plane came towards him and he tried to stop it!

Safety First! Beginner or Expert!
What does this have to do with the question? You answered it on the first post. If newbs ask a question and get a lecture every time, they aren't going to come back with more. I thought it was a great question. As many planes as I have set up I still have to stop and think about aileron directions, I even screwed up once last year. Lucky I was the one doing the maiden or the kids plane would have been rubble the first flight.

bigdanusa 01-03-2010 02:23 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
A little extra advice never hurt any beginner.

Didn't mean to get you bent out of shape for adding a little extra to the post.

I'll "try" not to let it happen again so others won't get bent out of shape either that don't like what I add to a post.

sorry

bbrown2828 01-03-2010 02:33 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
i have a insturctor but at the time it was too late and i didnt want to call him... thanks guys
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Charlie P. 01-03-2010 09:56 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
I have seen very experienced fliers mess this up. I just remember a lifted aileron reduces lift and a lowered aileron increases lift so moving the stick left should raise the left aileron.

1320Fastback 01-04-2010 02:23 AM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 

ORIGINAL: bigdanusa

Push the aileron stick to the left and the left aileron should go up and the right aileron should go down.
As viewed from the rear of the plane...I mean the left is still the left but now its the right????:eek:[:o]:)

carrellh 01-04-2010 01:25 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
ORIGINAL: 1320Fastback
ORIGINAL: bigdanusa
Push the aileron stick to the left and the left aileron should go up and the right aileron should go down.
As viewed from the rear of the plane...I mean the left is still the left but now its the right????
As viewed from any direction, the plane has one and only one left side. If you're in front of the plane the left wing is on YOUR right but it is still the left wing.

MinnFlyer 01-05-2010 01:10 PM
RE: Help Setting up servos
 
I used to mentally battle with this for years until someone taught me the "Thumbs Up" method.

1 Stand behind the plane

2 use your thumb to push the aileron stick to either side.

3 whichever side you move the stick to, that aileron will go UP

Thumb = UP


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