IMAC Double Build, Carden Pro 124" Extra 300 40%

[thurmma]

There are no switches on the outside of the plane at all Nice and clean.

 

[Rusty 73]

I'm thinking about the optial kill switch from Smart-fly for the ignition .
They don't supply a schematic on work it wires up , i believe the battery power is separated from the receiver power just ne wiring diagram .

 

[orthobird]

Hi there @thurmma , I just noticed something, regarding your batteries and your set up. Quick question. Have you ever seen your telemetry or the displayed telemetry set, to be able to tell you the voltage, as in, there are two different voltages. Accu voltage, which measures the voltage going into the receiver, and then, there is another voltage you can look at, which is the Rx Voltage. Which is the actual voltage that makes it to the receivers.

nest time you are with your airplane, look to see, if you can display both voltages and let me know what you see.

 

[orthobird]

Just made two extensions. These will connect the batteries to the Central Box 400

 

[Rusty 73]

Nice work you did looks like ten inch length and are you use 16 gauge wire ?
Now some heat shrink tubing to seal the solider joints and power her up .

 

[orthobird]

Hi Rusty, it says 14 AWG on the cable.

 

[Rusty 73]

Cam your voltage drop shouldn't be a lot with that gauge of wire
Still freezing here at -13f/-22c , the deep freeze is here!!!

 

[Xpress]

Just made two extensions. These will connect the batteries to the Central Box 400

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How are you gonna put heat shrink over the MPX connector solder joints?

 

[orthobird]

How are you gonna put heat shrink over the MPX connector solder joints?

i first covered the black lead with electrical tape:

then heat shrink:

here is the end result.

 

[orthobird]

here is something cool. I am prepping to cover the stabs, and routine for me, after sanding, is to blow off the sand dust with air compressor, meanwhile, using a brush, then, i wipe it down with a tack cloth.

But this time, I took advice from Mark Bogus, and decided to, as a final step, wipe it down with a brand new clean cloth with mineral spirit. I was impressed.

you can see, after wiping it down, even still more dust came off, even after using the tack cloth.

the rag on the left, is fresh out of the bag, the one on the right was a fresh one, but I wiped down all 4 surfaces (stabs and elevators , one pair).