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I have scratch bulit a Clancy Lazy Bee, and have the radio set up for the right stick to operate elevator and rudder, Left stick throttle only. Now here is my question can I build a Y adapter for the rudder servo to plug in to channel 1 and channel 4 and have the control on the left stick also for taxi and takeoff and landing? I know I would need one female and two male ends on the Y. Will it work on and old 5 channel futaba set?
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If you have a computer radio you might be able to set it up so that both sticks controlled the same output, so for example both left and right sticks controlled channel 1 or channel 4... but you wouldn't be able to just Y cable the two together as you would be sending 2 different PWM signals to teh same servo. Wouldn't work at all that way.
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No won't work and could possibly damage the receiver. It would help to know what model transmitter you have. You need to do what you want with mixing. I do exactly what you want but with mixing on my indoor micros. . Even some of the "non computer" radios had mixing via switches. Check on that..
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Bax
that is what I have been doing however I getting old and most of what I fly is 4 or more chanel set up in mode 2, trying to get my poor little brain to remeber that two model are different is getting harder to do. I hate to tell ou but when you get "old" you will understand LOL.
Thanks to all who have replied, and happy landings.
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that is what I have been doing however I getting old and most of what I fly is 4 or more chanel set up in mode 2, trying to get my poor little brain to remeber that two model are different is getting harder to do. I hate to tell ou but when you get "old" you will understand LOL.
Thanks to all who have replied, and happy landings.
Don///
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To Steve: I hand launched for years but the ole rotator cuff surgery took care of those days. And to PTGarcia: I am using one of the old Futaba 5 channel PCM radios, it was one of the first with servo reversing, but it work great and I am cheap, I do have several computer radios, but they are all dedicated now.
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To Steve: I hand launched for years but the ole rotator cuff surgery took care of those days. And to PTGarcia: I am using one of the old Futaba 5 channel PCM radios, it was one of the first with servo reversing, but it work great and I am cheap, I do have several computer radios, but they are all dedicated now.
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I'm 64, been a hobbyist for nearly 60 years, RC for over 40.
You cannot program two channels to operate a single servo. However, you can just add a servo plugged into channel 4 to control tailwheel steering, if if the tailwheel is not mounted onto the rudder. Or uou can mix the rudder channel to the aileron channel so that the left-hand stick will control the rudder and tailwheel.
You cannot program two channels to operate a single servo. However, you can just add a servo plugged into channel 4 to control tailwheel steering, if if the tailwheel is not mounted onto the rudder. Or uou can mix the rudder channel to the aileron channel so that the left-hand stick will control the rudder and tailwheel.
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