cbk07 wrote:Kurt Bozarth wrote:Now that I have sorted through the myriad of timing and deck height comments, I have a new question: where should I set my needle? 2 o’clock? 2:30? 5:00?
Kurt
Kurt,
You have to be very careful setting your engines using the clock hands method. It can get very confusing depending on what time zone you are in and even more so depending on whether you are in an area with or without daylight savings. If the race happens to fall on the weekend the time is changing, forget about it!
I have also heard that the difficult tuning <phenomena> known as “Muncie Air” actually is caused by the proximity of the field to the line separating the Eastern and Central time zones.
In an effort to simplify things I have started using the compass method. Simply peak your needle in the morning then open it until it is pointing exactly due East. Works every time. Most Phones have a compass these days, but I have also had decent results approximating based on the location of the sun. Before you know it, you will throwing away your Tach! When using the Compass Method, it is recommended that SAS users open their needle an additional half turn (or Due West). While this is not mandatory, it will help to level the playing field. This of course only applies to the guys actually using SAS, not the ones that sit around and write about it all day/night on the internet.
Hope this helps!! See you at a race soon
Craig
Korsen,
Just like I taught you (and thousands of others) how to sheet and build Quickie wings, now I'm going to teach you how to fly, and within a year, win a race.
My goal is to spank you and others at the AMA Pylon NATS in Q40. If not in 2019, by 2020.
My goal I set in 2012 was to be flying Q40 in my 60th year (this one). And be ultra competitive in 2020.
Speaking of time ... I had never, ever, done anything setup wise with my OpenTX Taranis X9D Plus until last night. I got to it at 10:20 pm Thursday night. By 12:00 am I had installed the needed software on my Windows 10 Desktop, had backed up the Tx, updated the Tx to OpenTX V2.2.3, had bound a FrSky S8R (stabilizing) receiver, and was moving servos. By 1:00 am I had telemetry set up and displaying voltage on the Tx via the balancing lead. By 1:30 am I had stabilization working. By 2:00 I had accidentally wiped all my drone models that Irwin had setup. By 2:30 am I had everything back and working. Except for display of each cell in the motor battery. Finally went to bed at 4:30 am. Got up at 6:30 am so I could be here at the hospital for my every 4 week $42K Remicade IV Infusion treatment.
If the loudmouths that are having s*** fits over SAS and Telemetry would just read some, play with the equipment and learn how to really use it, they might get somewhere beyond BS.
Now I'm at the hospital in my chair getting my monthly maintenance fix-up, and getting ready to load all of the OpenTX software that will run on a Mac, onto "Smashie", my MacBook.
See the thread at
Tutorials for Stabilization and Telemetry on Spektrum, Futaba, Hitec, FrSky Taranis X9D, and more for more lunch and learn.
After I get the OpenTX stuff on Smashie, I'm going to start writing a document on how to use these forums because a lot of people don't know how to properly attach photos, link to other pages and photos, create nicely formatted messages and other stuff that I've been doing for years. I created the RCPRO forum software that uses the same BBS message tags as this forum. Back in 2003 ... it has never lost a message or photo. So I have a reference of things I have done, even though RCU has fallen apart.
And to the guys wanting Estrellita EF1 / Shark EF1 / Proud Bird EF1 fiberglass parts, the molds will be done by Sunday night except for the opposite side of the cowl molds. Some parts will be ready by a week from now.
I have to bust butt this weekend because we're down to 16 or less 8 ounce Cab-o-sil in the Amazon warehouses now.
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Part of my Q40 plan all along was to acquire molds so I don't have to spend $500 to $800 on composite airframes. The male molds for the Mako Shark Q40 stabilizer will be ready tomorrow morning. Then I start on the right wing panel this weekend. Whatever problems people thought they were having with that plane will get fixed. If not, I plan to do a Stegall Minnow Q40. I'm looking at doing the Wasabi F1 for Q40 using the Shark wing panels. The wing is just an SD6060, so any perceived problems with the Mako Shark engine runs will become a non-issue.
I already have the PVA in the 2nd version of the Stegall Minnow F1 molds that I'm going to build as an electric. Making the foam cutting templates for the Minnows, the El Bandito, and the T/V BOBCAT this weekend. I want to have the electric Stegall Minnow built for Dad's 85th birthday on July 7 and show it at the NATS.
I wrote the June 2018 Model Aviation pylon feature during one of these sessions a year ago January. Can do is not equal to Have Done ... so I can write ... big deal ... I think the pylon gets benefit from the things I do.
And soon I will be using the info in this thread to get my N40 Q40 LS engines ready to race.
Today I have learned how to take all kinds of screens shots on the Mac. I wanted to be started on loading the OpenTX on the Mac by noon ... looks like I may make it.
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