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Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

10-12-2008, 07:58 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

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Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

I used a small diameter needle file. I just kept filing away gradually, with the needle file oriented in the direction I wanted the wires to lie. The idea was to make an elongated slot, rather than...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

10-12-2008, 12:34 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Hi all. I finally got to fly my SkyFly!

Way back in May, I bought a SkyFly, but decided I needed to modify it to Mode 1 (which I have used in Australia) before flying it. I have only recently...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-15-2008, 05:09 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Well I had an even closer look at the electrics in my SkyFly, probed around with a scope etc. Found the following:

1) The BRA line is called Brake on the ESC module. Don't know what it actually...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-14-2008, 09:48 AM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Well I find it an interesting little project, but I'm about to go away again and may not get back to it for weeks or even months.

Couldn't agree more! I'm a case in point. Around 1980 I...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-14-2008, 09:09 AM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

I'm interested to know what you mean by this and how you did it. Any clues?

My instinct is to run music wire down the main boom and have it exit where the fishing line comes out. The holes in...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-13-2008, 06:40 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Hi raginredneck93

Had a more careful look at the electrics from my SkyFly. There are four PCBs: ESC, motherboard and two servos. The motherboard contains the radio and what I'd call a decoder,...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-13-2008, 10:54 AM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Hi raginredneck93, and thanks for your thoughtful response and useful insights.

Re the SkyFly TX
I have looked around inside the TX and don't think it's worth the effort to convert it to Mode...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-12-2008, 12:07 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Sorry for the ambiguity. But effectively, opening the throttle does lift the nose. This is the opposite sense of what the elevator would do if it was on the same stick.

Imagine yourself falling...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

06-12-2008, 11:14 AM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Hi all

Thanks to those who replied to my post way back on 6 May. As yet, I haven't had a chance to fly my Skyfly, because I've been away a lot and when I have been around here, it's been too...

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

05-06-2008, 12:37 PM

Replies: 396

Flyzone Sky Fly

Views: 68,015

Posted By cjcorben

RE: Flyzone Sky Fly

Hi All

I'm a newbie to this list and to RC flight. Total experience only about 20 flights with an Electrafun XP in Australia. The Electrafun is similar to the SkyFly in configuration, but with...

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