eric's model flying blog

First thing to do when setting up any plane is  to set up transmitter to output 1000-2000 us pulses, with 1500 us at the mid-position. Then set all the servos to their respective  mid-positions. The servo horn should then be perpendicular to the housing (within 1 tooth snap of the horn), except for the servos for the flaps, if applicable. Those last ones will generally be at the flaps up position. The left servo horn could maybe be turned clockwise by one click This ensures equal control surface deflections in either direction when anything else than mid-range is output, and symmetrical deflections of the control horns, and therewith control surfaces, w.r.t. the mid position. Aileron pushrod Flaps servo The next thing is to align control surfaces by adjusting push rod length. For the flaps, the adjustment should be done in the flaps up position, ensuring that the servo does not make a buzzing sound, while the  flap surface is as good as possible in lin...

Rebuilding my Durafly Tundra took longer than expected, and the result was not good enough. So my plan was to do things right, this time around, and get new parts wherever needed. That ended up in me buying a new Tundra all over again...

RC flying is crashing. Flying, Crashing, Repairing, Repeat indefinitely! That's how to best describe this hobby. Simply because that is how it works. It has been really awful weather here in the Netherlands last two months. Especially in the weekends, of course! So I did not get much flying time in, lately. It has been storming, with all sorts of precipitation, combined with temperatures now nearing the freezing point. Those few flights I got in with my  Bfight 210 , however, were very "educational"! I already knew that the receiver range was not much more than 150m, with a clear line of sight. I leaned that the same holds for the video transmission signal. On one occasion, I got a little disoriented, because of the limited periferal view through the goggles. I was flying along at the clearing next to the camping. The one with only two trees. I was sitting under one tree, because I did not want to be too prominently in my flight footage. And I thought I was cruisin...