Servo operating the Choke
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Servo operating the Choke
Now although I am in the lower end of the giant scale, i have not done the gasser yet but I am putting together a plan. I have been around the big gassers here since i started this a few years back but never really paid much attention to certain items.]
Usually when they start these up ,they stick their finger in their and manually run the choke. Somebody here lately either had on or suggested a choke run by a servo and a switch on the TX. This sounds like a good idea which i am going to consider on my setup. Any comments on it? Thanks
Usually when they start these up ,they stick their finger in their and manually run the choke. Somebody here lately either had on or suggested a choke run by a servo and a switch on the TX. This sounds like a good idea which i am going to consider on my setup. Any comments on it? Thanks
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
I use a separate choke servo on all my gas A/C as well. There are many resons for having it the most important being a backup incase you can not kill the engine with the throttle. The rules for gas engines I believe require you have some sort of kill from your transmitter. I use the choke instead of any of these electrical devices on the market. But the best reason for the servo is the ease of starting. No more reaching under the plane to turn on the choke and getting gas all over your self.
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
Cyclic Hardover-
Throttle cut off works great as long as your throttle servo is funtioning properly, But it is best to have an alternative source to kill the engine, so the choke servo double's as a kill switch in the event of a throttle servo failure plus the convenience of not using you fingers to push-pull the choke. Ricky
Throttle cut off works great as long as your throttle servo is funtioning properly, But it is best to have an alternative source to kill the engine, so the choke servo double's as a kill switch in the event of a throttle servo failure plus the convenience of not using you fingers to push-pull the choke. Ricky
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You know its really amazing how much people are influenced by others. Now we have some real IMACC Giant scale pros here and I mean this. There is one particular man who is basically the humble pro and all go by his lead yet not one of them have this servo operating their chokes. Go figure!
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
I am pretty new to the giant scale scene but i was thinking on putting these three in my plane: servo choke, servo on/off for ignition battery, and throttle cut off. do you guys thing this is overkill or not [sm=thumbup.gif][sm=thumbdown.gif] (it is going in a 35% Extra 330, if that makes a diffrence). thanks guys.
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
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While you can never be too safety conscious, I think the servo operated on/off for the ignition battery is a little much. I personally like having the option of manually switching off the ignition when the plane is on the ground. If you set up the throttle servo so it will kill the engine when fully closed and you have a choke servo as well, chances are extremely rare indeed that you will ever need a third option. If both of these options were to fail in an emergency, you've most likely had a complete electrical system failure in which case a servo for on/off ignition would be useless anyway. Smart-Fly (and others I'm sure) makes an optical ignition cutoff that kills the engine if a complete loss of battery power or receiver failure occurs. I personally like to put things together with a reasonable safety cushion while at the same time keeping it simple.
While you can never be too safety conscious, I think the servo operated on/off for the ignition battery is a little much. I personally like having the option of manually switching off the ignition when the plane is on the ground. If you set up the throttle servo so it will kill the engine when fully closed and you have a choke servo as well, chances are extremely rare indeed that you will ever need a third option. If both of these options were to fail in an emergency, you've most likely had a complete electrical system failure in which case a servo for on/off ignition would be useless anyway. Smart-Fly (and others I'm sure) makes an optical ignition cutoff that kills the engine if a complete loss of battery power or receiver failure occurs. I personally like to put things together with a reasonable safety cushion while at the same time keeping it simple.
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
I'm not new to gas but new to Zenoah. What do you guys do for them? No ignition battery or module. Do you just use a servo for the choke or is there any other way to kill a magneto other than a manual switch?
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But it is best to have an alternative source to kill the engine
I saw something slick where someone used a standard radio servo and ran a nyrod to the switch for isolation. Cheap, but you save weight by leaving out the choke servo.
Basically both work and it is a matter of preference. Servo isolation is important and it is only necessary to do one or the other. choke servo or kill switch.
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
ORIGINAL: RickP
This is where me and Ricky see eye-to-eye. You have one mechanical method to kill the motor (throttle) a mechanical linkage to the choke is a good secondary but it is still mechanical and subject to the same mode of failure. Worst case being if your mount comes loose and the mechanical linkages are now ill-adjusted. You can still kill the motor with an electrical cut off.
But it is best to have an alternative source to kill the engine
I use a throttle kill switch instead of the throttle trim for the mechanical shutdown via the throttle servo. I also use a ignition kill switch as backup to the mechanical setup. And I use a servo operated choke mainly for the convenience of starting, but it also provides another method of shutdown if ever required. When I hit the throttle kill switch it turns off the ignition via the ignition kill switch, offsets the throttle linkage to fully closed, and operates the choke servo to fully closed. All three methods assure the engine is stopped. The choke servo is also closed momentarily by pushing the snap roll button for starting. Once I hear the engine cough with the choke on, I just let go of the button and it continues to run.
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
After 3 years of flying with the choke servo in there, I have yet to have a problem. But then I do regular maintenance in case something is coming loose, or bad wires etc.
Remote choke to keep the finger away, and a perfectly good kill switch. By the way, at the end of every flight, I shut the engine down with the choke servo.
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Remote choke to keep the finger away, and a perfectly good kill switch. By the way, at the end of every flight, I shut the engine down with the choke servo.
choke servo
Roger
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RE: Servo operating the Choke
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But then I do regular maintenance in case something is coming loose, or bad wires etc.
But then I do regular maintenance in case something is coming loose, or bad wires etc.