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Time to dress 'em up!
Since we have the equipment, I figured........why not?
Vacuformed ABS .060" top and bottom covers, held on by a single 1/4-20 nylon screw. The battery alarm buzzer sticks out of the top, piece of lucite pipes the light up so it can be seen. You could do the same with the gyros if you wanted. Makes a nice flat spot to put a camera if you like. Cleans things up nicely, doesn't it? |
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Hey Gene... I was thinking of forming some nice pods out of ABS as well with my vacuum former... What do you usually use for molds that's easy to work with? I've been using plaster-paris but am looking for something easy to form...what do you normally use?
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Well, from my personal experience, as little as one degree of tilt will vector the thrust causing the aircraft to move about. if the movement is circular, the tail (yaw) can compensate for it but it is better in my opinion to have the motors square with the frame. So, getting out the bubble leveler is a good idea. |
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I got in a quick flight today before Gene sent the rain to lower Alabama. I did another re-calibration of the rear ESC and things seem back close to normal. I also changed the steps for my ELEV trim to 2 from 4 to give a finer resolution of trim. Ad, you raise an interesting idea about calibration. So far I've calibrated by using my spare throttle channel, set to a straight linear curve (0-100). When I get better weather, I may try your idea of calibrating to the "flying" chnl for each ESC. Anybody else tried that procedure? Tom |
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Believe me, it doesn't harm to have everything square from the beginning. If you are using square wooden rods, there is little to worry about, but if you are using round tubes, it is time to bring out the levels and squaring tools. |
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Ok.. I was going to do some vacuum forming but I decided to go to the dollar store first and see what I could find... well... as luck would have it I found a perfect cover... just perfect... so I'll forget about the vacuum former for a bit...
Here it is.... A pizza slice container at the dollar store. Some velcro pieces on it and the tri base and vuala.... a perfect cover... I will paint mine black to make it look bad-ass and will get the same thing for the bottom since I have a bunch of electronics down there as well... What do you guys think? |
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I really like your cover too...it looks really cool....... What 40 size plane was it off of?
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