top flite wire wheels
09-24-2006 | 06:53 PM
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From: orangeville,
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top flite wire wheels
Hello All
Question, since i have been in RC all my wheel have been plastic hubs and all control rods have been metal to plastic. This is to prevent static electric discharge that may cause radio interfearance. This is what i believe the reason was anyway. I am building a scale Pietenpol and have purchased Top Flite wheels when i was fiting them the light went on these have metal hubbs and landing gear is metal, the engine vibtation will cause static . Is this a problem with modern radio's or is this a problem from early RC radio's
Thanks for your input
Tom
Question, since i have been in RC all my wheel have been plastic hubs and all control rods have been metal to plastic. This is to prevent static electric discharge that may cause radio interfearance. This is what i believe the reason was anyway. I am building a scale Pietenpol and have purchased Top Flite wheels when i was fiting them the light went on these have metal hubbs and landing gear is metal, the engine vibtation will cause static . Is this a problem with modern radio's or is this a problem from early RC radio's
Thanks for your input
Tom
09-25-2006 | 11:22 AM
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RE: top flite wire wheels
Hi!
Are you sure the wheels hubs are metal..? Very few if any are made of metal except some scale wheels.
Interference will be no problems with modern radios though.
Are you sure the wheels hubs are metal..? Very few if any are made of metal except some scale wheels.
Interference will be no problems with modern radios though.
09-27-2006 | 06:14 AM
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From: Bairnsdale, AUSTRALIA
RE: top flite wire wheels
Tom,
Yes, they are metal hubs - at least my pair are. Metal-to-metal is still a no-no with modern radios too, and best avoided.
That said, I've used brass sleeved wheels on piano wire axles for years without problems. Have never heard of wheel/axle vibration causing interference, but I wonder if steel-on-steel may be tempting fate.
As an aside, I had a persistent "glitching" with my JR computer radio a few years ago, and traced it to the metal clip on my neck strap rubbing on the metal lug in the tranny. Silicone tube over the clip stopped the glitches. So, anything's possible!
Cam
Yes, they are metal hubs - at least my pair are. Metal-to-metal is still a no-no with modern radios too, and best avoided.
That said, I've used brass sleeved wheels on piano wire axles for years without problems. Have never heard of wheel/axle vibration causing interference, but I wonder if steel-on-steel may be tempting fate.
As an aside, I had a persistent "glitching" with my JR computer radio a few years ago, and traced it to the metal clip on my neck strap rubbing on the metal lug in the tranny. Silicone tube over the clip stopped the glitches. So, anything's possible!
Cam
07-01-2008 | 05:42 PM
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RE: top flite wire wheels
Im told by very educated folks that metal to metal contact is not an issue with the 2.4 radios.... Metal to metal interferance resonates in a band much lower than the 2.4 ghz radios but it will affect the 72 mhz equipment.
Mike
Mike
