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Ok another one off the board finally... Two actually. Here is the first.
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They are straight now, I was trying to keep them out of the mess I made with the canopy glue. Maidened it this morning, just wish I had some of that good flying weather you guys have out that way this time of year!
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Thanks. Nice weather isnt something we get a lot of this time of year. Here is the other one. A 2.5M ASW28. Hopefully will get to maiden it soon, but looks like rain all this coming weekend.
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Thanks. Hopefully it flies that well also.
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Worst X10+RFU Installation
Experimental actually.
This is how you behave when you want to get that first test flight in. As the afternoon of a beautiful NJ December sunny Sunday with low winds wore on I worked for several hours performing final setup tasks. Before it got dark I decided to give it a go and slapped the RFU on top of the wing with painter's tape. The plane flew well and the receiver stayed on for two flights. Four A123 cells powers her and a Castle BEC supplies the power for the airborne electronics. The motors are RC Man Child 2212-1000kv with 20A ESCs intended for quadcopters but they don't know they're on an airplane. 9x5 counter-rotating props. The X10+ is under the wing on the side of the fuse. 54" span and a bit over three pounds. One drawback of quick and easy foam parts is that everything goes on the outside. The RFU will be relocated to the tail in the final setup. Such fun. |
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Ok, better now...
I hope winding the extension around the carbon fiber tail boom has no negative effect on the RFU's operation. |
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Jim,
Hope your Christmas and New Year holiday is going well. Can you please confirm for me which of the two Nano orientations is best for reception in the diagram below. I'm pretty sure it is "B" but I want to make sure. Also, I suppose the best position for the Tx antenna would be as close to vertical as possible? Thanks, Paul |
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It's interesting that you posted this. I spent the weekend testing this very thing. At 1' away, the Nano in position B has a -7dBm signal strength. In position A from the same distance, the signal strength is about -20dBm. The RFU shows absolutely no difference in signal strength at any position in relation to the transmitter when the antennas are placed 90 degrees from each other.
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