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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    What, did you stop working on this??
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    They'll fit in far better at the Tri Cities Huck that I'll be at August 31-Sept 3 :D
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    Video from this weekends shenanigans:
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    What a fun weekend. Went out and 'test flew' the new Multiplex Easy Glider 4 RR, took the girlfriend out and let her get some more stick time on her Multiplex Heron, and of course got some more stick time in on the Pilot Edge. I've got the CG on the Edge just about where I want it :)
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I have the smallest straps PureTech makes (2" ID) and they are still too large, I have some other velcro straps that should work, come to think of it... o_O
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Worked on these 2 ladies last night. First up, the Yak. Still waiting on my new parts from Tony at Pilot RC but in the mean time I still had some stuff to do. Slapped the HS-7955TG back in the wing that I bent a gear tooth on, then got to work on opening the bottom fuselage exhaust vents. I...
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    GSN GIVE-A-WAY Hangar 9 35% Extra 300X Assembly

    I asked Colton about the special tuning instructions and he said it's a special carb for those with can issues, does not pertain to most of us.
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    GSN GIVE-A-WAY Hangar 9 35% Extra 300X Assembly

    I honestly don't know why some guys will fire their engine up and then immediately run it wide open before any heat has been generated. This is the worst thing you can do for an engine, especially these 2 stroke air cooled engines. They need to have heat in them before turning the RPM's. I fire...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Well I spent a few minutes inspecting the servos on my Yak post-crash to make sure they were all good, was working the right panel when suddenly the aileron locked in place at about 30* of travel :eek::eek: Moved the stick on my Tx back out and they free'd right up. The inboard servo seemed to...
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    Sorry, I was mistaken, it's the same V3 but with different schemes other than the Hamilton scheme. http://pilot-rc.com/ProductShow.aspx?id=128 Some of the original Edge 540's had flat stabs. (borrowed from alamy.com, hope they don't mind).
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    So flat stabs?? :p
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Straight servo grommets don't allow for proper servo frequency modulation in the case set which can transfer irregular undulating vortexes through the brass eyelet stabilizers via mounting screws and cause airframe sinusoidal wave like motions during high-G deposits upon the servo itself...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Decided that a 3" offset arm just wasn't enough on the Edge, so I went to a 4.5" offset arm. Now just to move my rx packs behind the wing tube and I think this airplane will be dial'd :)
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    You can still buy it directly from Pilot. The new V4 coming out looks really sweet though.
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    Cool The I'm going out flying thread 2017

    Tried a CG change with some lighter batteries in the Edge today and found that it flies better. Going to mount my batteries behind the wing tube.
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    To follow up on the current draw thing, an individual servo probably won't draw 75-150 amps (just take my word for it ;) ). A single servo plug is capable of 3 amps continuous current, and can handle upwards of 10 amps burst for a few seconds. Some people have tested some plugs to 10 amps...
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    Rob, those Fromeco cells have a rated 2C continuous discharge rate. That means that the 5200's are rated at a massive........ 10.4 amps continuous discharge. Times 2 and you're at 20.8 amps continuous current capability from those LiIons. LiIon and LiPo have similar discharge rates so if you...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Got the 120 bolted back to the Yak last night. Normally you would just run the bolts through the firewall, slap some washers and locknuts on the backside and call it good. Well I've been using a different method on my last 3 airplanes where I overdrill the bolt holes in the firewall and insert...
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    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I have to say that I have also always gotten excellent service from Joe Mitchell who ran the former ZDZ USA. Every question or concern I had he had a definitive answer for me and always gave extremely sound advice, it's just a shame that he couldn't continue on the ZDZ USA business. Hopefully...
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    Sport The Behemoth Yak gets a Behemoth Brother/129" Pilot Yak (2)

    I actually had a thread on this posted a while back, lets move the convo to there: https://giantscalenews.com/threads/post-your-servo-receiver-and-battery-setups.3457/page-3
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