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Forum: Kit Building
03-11-2016, 03:09 PM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

My build was interrupted when I got laid off Jan...

My build was interrupted when I got laid off Jan 2014, picked up a temp engineering job in April of that year, started a new real job August that year, only now am I coming up for air.

I'll...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-13-2014, 03:43 PM
Replies: 1,992
Views: 265,186
Posted By CNY_Dave

Could it be they are binding a bit and the...

Could it be they are binding a bit and the current sense is activating, thinking the retracts have finished retracting?

Can you measure the current?

Also, what is the actual voltage during the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-07-2014, 04:31 PM
Replies: 1,992
Views: 265,186
Posted By CNY_Dave

Can you get a good pic? Any components that...

Can you get a good pic?

Any components that look like they got 'hot'?

Did you check the servo wires where they go to the board?

Maybe the company can replace the circuit board?

I am...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-07-2014, 09:17 AM
Replies: 1,992
Views: 265,186
Posted By CNY_Dave

If you ever gave the wires coming out a good tug...

If you ever gave the wires coming out a good tug it could be the wire separated or pulled out of the circuit board.

If you over-voltaged a component that gave up the ghost it might be repairable....
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-03-2014, 09:33 AM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

If you power a servo from a different source, and...

If you power a servo from a different source, and that source goes dead (or even shorts after dying), is little enough power sent down the signal lead that it doesn't draw excessive power from the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
01-01-2014, 05:48 PM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

The LADO retracts on my spit are built to stop...

The LADO retracts on my spit are built to stop when the motor current reaches a certain level- that's how they normally stop at full extension or full retract.

It taxied funny one day, realized...
Forum: Kit Building
12-23-2013, 05:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

I have been through a flightstar-40 trainer (DX5...

I have been through a flightstar-40 trainer (DX5 power switch killed it), and am currently flying a Fokker D-VII and a kyosho 50 spitfire.

This plane is for relaxing, beating on, general...
Forum: Kit Building
12-23-2013, 10:36 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

One wing mostly built, need to add rib W1, cut...

One wing mostly built, need to add rib W1, cut the dihedral, and cut off the excess spar on the tip end ... mulling lessening the dihedral, and bolt-on method.

Going to get the other wing to the...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
12-23-2013, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

Joe, what do you mean by the nose 'comes up too...

Joe, what do you mean by the nose 'comes up too easy'?

Dave
Forum: Kit Building
12-16-2013, 09:56 AM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Anyone else find either the balsa pieces cut for...

Anyone else find either the balsa pieces cut for the upper and lower spar doublers are too long, or the first rib past the doublers is cut wrong?

My doublers end right past the rib, the rib is cut...
Forum: Kit Building
12-12-2013, 06:26 AM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Oh, for some reason in my head I had it that sig...

Oh, for some reason in my head I had it that sig used two pins, not one tongue... I was thinking a single tongue might cause the wing to twist under high loads, as with the rubber bands the wings are...
Forum: Kit Building
12-06-2013, 07:08 AM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Hey, thanks! I have a lot of experience...

Hey, thanks!

I have a lot of experience fixing and modding (pile o balsa post crash, convert to electric, typical stuff), but this really is my first build.
I'm hoping it comes out looking...
Forum: Kit Building
12-06-2013, 06:12 AM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Lots of great info guys, thanks. Nylon bolts...

Lots of great info guys, thanks.

Nylon bolts in shear might have different considerations than in tension.
Forum: Kit Building
12-05-2013, 04:32 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

My biggest concern at the moment is actually, how...

My biggest concern at the moment is actually, how do you secure what the wing bolts to?
Can't just glue some built-up ply angle brackets to the former just behind the wing, I assume.
Forum: Kit Building
12-05-2013, 04:32 PM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

My biggest concern at the moment is actually, how...

My biggest concern at the moment is actually, how do you secure what the wing bolts to?
Can't just glue some built-up ply angle brackets to the former just behind the wing, I assume.
Forum: Kit Building
12-05-2013, 04:22 PM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Pics would be great. An LT-40 is pretty retro in...

Pics would be great. An LT-40 is pretty retro in the club, mostly big and fast stuff!

The ARF manual
http://www.kavanrc.de/instructions/sigrc67egarfkadetlt40eg.pdf
Shows one wing pic where the...
Forum: Kit Building
12-05-2013, 01:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

Flaps, no, but spoilers maybe. Cant both ailerons...

Flaps, no, but spoilers maybe. Cant both ailerons up a bit and it reduces effective camber.

Come to think of it that would take two channels for the ailerons on the RX as well as two servos.

I...
Forum: Kit Building
12-05-2013, 01:24 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

Ailerons are exactly the same way as the newer...

Ailerons are exactly the same way as the newer models.

Someone somewhere posted spoilers were useful in the wind to get the plane to come down, that spurred the thought that while I wouldn't use...
Forum: Kit Building
12-04-2013, 01:46 PM
Replies: 3,856
Views: 495,422
Posted By CNY_Dave

Pen me in as member #896! I am just...

Pen me in as member #896!

I am just starting a build of an LT-40 kit, 1990s vintage.

Will be electric, 700kv on 5S.

My other 2 planes are draggers so I'm going to keep this one 'trike', I...
Forum: Kit Building
12-04-2013, 01:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 762
Posted By CNY_Dave

Post 1990s vintage LT40 build thread

Am going to build my first kit, an old LT40. Been sitting in the box in a barn since the '90s.

The piano wire is a bit rusty, but that's the only flaw I see so far.

I have gotten as far as...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
10-03-2013, 10:40 AM
Replies: 1,992
Views: 265,186
Posted By CNY_Dave

I emailed Christophe through the new website...

I emailed Christophe through the new website (contact page) and found him to be responsive.

http://www.e-retract.com/en/

http://www.e-retract.com/en/contact-us
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
10-01-2013, 05:36 AM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

It will snap at the top of a full-el...

It will snap at the top of a full-el full-throttle loop with the current throws, I haven't really tested the stall behavior yet.

I had a model experience a for-real unintended spin early this...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
09-30-2013, 11:27 AM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

That's the way it is set up, that's how I know...

That's the way it is set up, that's how I know its me! Set to recc throws, conservative CG, etc.
The travel is much less than the previous owner had set up, he liked to really throw it around,...
Forum: Kit Building
09-30-2013, 10:45 AM
Replies: 2,142
Views: 257,248
Posted By CNY_Dave

Actually I think I will put together a '90s...

Actually I think I will put together a '90s vintage LT-40 kit (not arf, wish it were!) I have first, I need something simple to throw around for awhile to get rid of some bad habits and to re-build...
Forum: RC Warbirds and Warplanes
09-30-2013, 10:43 AM
Replies: 4,345
Views: 640,440
Posted By CNY_Dave

Over the weekend, I see I seem to have a pitch...

Over the weekend, I see I seem to have a pitch control problem- me, not the plane. I can be trimmed for level flight and I still porpoise it, I'm not sure when I started doing that, or maybe I always...
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