Jmb t7-a (non-xxl)
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Jmb t7-a (non-xxl)
I know there is an XXL thread, please do not merge/move this thread, mods...
There are very little posts on this plane. I can't be the only one with it... What do you guys think about it? I have a Swiwin 120 I will be putting in it with a 24oz auxilary tank and a Cortex Pro. I am curious how to set it up with the Cortex Pro, but also just curious about flight characteristics. It's a BEAUTIFUL plane. Can't believe there isn't more talk about it. I've only connected the Rx with a battery to test servos, but things seem pretty good. A bit pricey for what it is, but not too insane. Though it is my first composite jet, so I am not really one to be able to talk.
There are very little posts on this plane. I can't be the only one with it... What do you guys think about it? I have a Swiwin 120 I will be putting in it with a 24oz auxilary tank and a Cortex Pro. I am curious how to set it up with the Cortex Pro, but also just curious about flight characteristics. It's a BEAUTIFUL plane. Can't believe there isn't more talk about it. I've only connected the Rx with a battery to test servos, but things seem pretty good. A bit pricey for what it is, but not too insane. Though it is my first composite jet, so I am not really one to be able to talk.
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I know there is an XXL thread, please do not merge/move this thread, mods...
There are very little posts on this plane. I can't be the only one with it... What do you guys think about it? I have a Swiwin 120 I will be putting in it with a 24oz auxilary tank and a Cortex Pro. I am curious how to set it up with the Cortex Pro, but also just curious about flight characteristics. It's a BEAUTIFUL plane. Can't believe there isn't more talk about it. I've only connected the Rx with a battery to test servos, but things seem pretty good. A bit pricey for what it is, but not too insane. Though it is my first composite jet, so I am not really one to be able to talk.
There are very little posts on this plane. I can't be the only one with it... What do you guys think about it? I have a Swiwin 120 I will be putting in it with a 24oz auxilary tank and a Cortex Pro. I am curious how to set it up with the Cortex Pro, but also just curious about flight characteristics. It's a BEAUTIFUL plane. Can't believe there isn't more talk about it. I've only connected the Rx with a battery to test servos, but things seem pretty good. A bit pricey for what it is, but not too insane. Though it is my first composite jet, so I am not really one to be able to talk.
Let us know how it goes.
David
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RadialWacko (12-07-2021)
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Fudge. lol well It's only my second jet, and it's "on stand by" for next summer. I was recommended it by Dirk and Pacific Jets as a second jet when I was on the phone with him. I never did ask him if he has flown it himself.
I have read it can be a handful with gear down, but that's all I've really been able to find on it's characteristics.
Just out of curiousity, where did you hear that? Like I said, I can't find much of anything about it online.
Zach S
, apparently he has it pretty dialed in with taileron settings and what not. I wonder how much of people saying it's a handful are just winging it with the software configuration. Just looking at it, you can tell it's going to be a nightmare to program. But that's part of the fun, right? ...right, guys...?
I have read it can be a handful with gear down, but that's all I've really been able to find on it's characteristics.
Just out of curiousity, where did you hear that? Like I said, I can't find much of anything about it online.
Zach S
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My son, Louie, has one. He has a couple of flights on it so far, but the winter has basically interrupted our flying schedule.
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
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RadialWacko (12-07-2021)
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My son, Louie, has one. He has a couple of flights on it so far, but the winter has basically interrupted our flying schedule.
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
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My son, Louie, has one. He has a couple of flights on it so far, but the winter has basically interrupted our flying schedule.
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
We had a lot of problems with the gear. It was unreliable and would often stick in the up or down position. Either way was not good - getting stuck up (usually only one of the mains) has the obvious problems, but getting stuck down wasn't too good either. The main gear doors have *very* powerful digital servos on them, and if they try to close with one of the gear down, things get broken.
We put a Xicoy gear controller on it and did a few minor mods and repairs to the gear and I think we have that worked out, fingers crossed.
That video you posted is Zach Spychalla's model. He has quite a few flights on his. He's using a Flexinnovations Aura FCS on his. I talked to him at length and he actually gave us his setup for the Aura - we're using an Aura 12 Professional on ours. Also, Marco Benincasa, the editor of RCJI Magazine, did a 4-part article on setup and flying of this T-7A model. You should definitely get copies of that and read the article.
Here's the bottom line on this aircraft as I see it. First, its very neutral on the roll axis, maybe even a bit unstable. In addition, the ailerons (flaperons) are large and effective. The combination leaves a plane that is very squirrely in roll - unless you have a gyro on it, which I highly recommend.
Second, the directions mention flaperons and tailerons, but they don't mention how to set them up properly. Here's what they should have said:
- if you use flaperons, you do NOT want any tailerons mixed in when the flapperons are up - normal aileron control is more than enough (with a gyro). If you have tailerons here, hang on for a *wild* ride.
- at 1/2 flapperons down, you still don't want tailerons, aileron control with the 1/2 flapperon setting still works OK. You should set the ailerons to move up more than down though, if your radio can do that
- with full flapperons you MUST mix in tailerons - or you will not have roll control (see Marco's article on his first flight for details).
In the two flights we've had, the first one was done with the gear down all of the time. We did not notice any adverse control actions with the gear down, other than the squirreliness in roll. The second flight, we did pull the gear up. When we did that. the roll issues became even worse and Louie had to turn the gyro on the make it more flyable.
Both flights ended with perfect landings - but Louie's heart was beating pretty fast! :-)
We're looking forward to getting it back out in the spring. Both Zach and Marco's experience show that its a decent flying plane, once its setup correctly. You might want to consider not using flapperons, at least to start out with. There is a flyer down south in Carolina that just got one back in October and that's how he's going to set his up...
Bob
I could certainly see it being very prone to being squirrely on the y axis. Just looking at the plane, with how small of a wingspan on such a long plane kinda hints at how that could be... But I think that's part of why it looks so cool. It's kinda like a new generation of an F-5 mixed with an F-22 or something like that. I want to see a real one at an airshow! They seem to be pretty capable for being a trainer.
Could you please find out what model xicoy gear sequencer Louie put in it? Would this work? https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=265
Makes sense, as the airframe it's modeled off is for training for 5th generation fighters. Glad to hear it's characteristics are true to life. I did enjoy the F35 EDF I had. Can't wait to try the high alpha maneuvers.
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Wow, thanks for taking the time to write all this up! That's a lot of great information. I've talked to Zach, I didn't know he was using the Aura! That's kinda funny because I JUST mounted the one and only Aura8 I have into a plane this week. But I have a Cortex I was going to put in the T7-A, so maybe I will have to take it out... I do like how programmable the Aura8 is. Do you think the professional version is necessary, or will the normal version work?
I could certainly see it being very prone to being squirrely on the y axis. Just looking at the plane, with how small of a wingspan on such a long plane kinda hints at how that could be... But I think that's part of why it looks so cool. It's kinda like a new generation of an F-5 mixed with an F-22 or something like that. I want to see a real one at an airshow! They seem to be pretty capable for being a trainer.
I could certainly see it being very prone to being squirrely on the y axis. Just looking at the plane, with how small of a wingspan on such a long plane kinda hints at how that could be... But I think that's part of why it looks so cool. It's kinda like a new generation of an F-5 mixed with an F-22 or something like that. I want to see a real one at an airshow! They seem to be pretty capable for being a trainer.
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Viper1GJ (12-07-2021)
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#11
Just curious, but why not? I mean I know the Cortex setup is easy for standard airframes, but why not Aura8? It seems pretty good to me, so far... I've talked with Rocky at Flex Innovations, and they seem very competent over there.
Cool, thanks. I have Frsky x20. While it's fairly unconventional, so far it has been able to do everything I've asked it to. I really can't find anything the x20 can't do. For $400 it's way up there in quality IMO.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I plan to setup the T7-A in the next month.
Thanks for the replies everyone, I plan to setup the T7-A in the next month.
Last edited by RadialWacko; 12-07-2021 at 08:23 AM.
#13
The first gyro I tried was the Aura 8 in an HSD Super Viper turbine foamy. It works great with a Jeti R3. Also have one in the Flex QQ Extra with an R3 that works great. But I would rather do the programming in the Tx as with the Cortex and Jeti Assist.
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Wow, thanks for taking the time to write all this up! That's a lot of great information. I've talked to Zach, I didn't know he was using the Aura! That's kinda funny because I JUST mounted the one and only Aura8 I have into a plane this week. But I have a Cortex I was going to put in the T7-A, so maybe I will have to take it out... I do like how programmable the Aura8 is. Do you think the professional version is necessary, or will the normal version work?
I could certainly see it being very prone to being squirrely on the y axis. Just looking at the plane, with how small of a wingspan on such a long plane kinda hints at how that could be... But I think that's part of why it looks so cool. It's kinda like a new generation of an F-5 mixed with an F-22 or something like that. I want to see a real one at an airshow! They seem to be pretty capable for being a trainer.
Could you please find out what model xicoy gear sequencer Louie put in it? Would this work? https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=265
Makes sense, as the airframe it's modeled off is for training for 5th generation fighters. Glad to hear it's characteristics are true to life. I did enjoy the F35 EDF I had. Can't wait to try the high alpha maneuvers.
I could certainly see it being very prone to being squirrely on the y axis. Just looking at the plane, with how small of a wingspan on such a long plane kinda hints at how that could be... But I think that's part of why it looks so cool. It's kinda like a new generation of an F-5 mixed with an F-22 or something like that. I want to see a real one at an airshow! They seem to be pretty capable for being a trainer.
Could you please find out what model xicoy gear sequencer Louie put in it? Would this work? https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=265
Makes sense, as the airframe it's modeled off is for training for 5th generation fighters. Glad to hear it's characteristics are true to life. I did enjoy the F35 EDF I had. Can't wait to try the high alpha maneuvers.
No, the Xicoy 12s that you link to isn't the one you want as it doesn't do the doors. You want the LGC13 at least as it does the doors as well. If you go with the LGC13, you'll need the data terminal to set the gear currents and setup the gear doors. You can get them together here:
https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=758
You could also get the LGC15 or LGC19 if you wanted more flexibility and a gyro on the brakes. Whichever you get, get them directly from Xicoy. The "3rd party" versions, like Electron or Prolinks (Dreamworks) do NOT have the same functionality and programmability.
The Xicoy gear controllers that work with the doors have 3 positions that you can set the doors to, gear up, gear down, and gear moving. You'll need those for the T-7A gear. The position for the gear up is obvious. For the gear moving position, you want the doors open as far as the door servos can push them - so that the wheels don't get caught on the doors. However, that works the door servos pretty hard, so for the gear down position, you can let the doors come in a bit towards the gears so that the door servos aren't buzzing and drawing a lot of current. You'll see what I mean when you set the doors up with the Xicoy controller.
Bob
Last edited by rhklenke; 12-07-2021 at 04:48 PM.
#15
I will probably use same kind of throw values for xxl version as the smaller one uses. With Jeti I just put separate flight modes with different percentages taileron mix.
Slow flight and high alpha may need more throws maybe.
I will be using smoothflite arxl but all programming in tx.
Slow flight and high alpha may need more throws maybe.
I will be using smoothflite arxl but all programming in tx.
#16
As far as roll stability is concerned, if you look at the wings, it actually has slight anhedral, which reduces roll stability as well...
No, the Xicoy 12s that you link to isn't the one you want as it doesn't do the doors. You want the LGC13 at least as it does the doors as well. If you go with the LGC13, you'll need the data terminal to set the gear currents and setup the gear doors. You can get them together here:
https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=758
Whichever you get, get them directly from Xicoy. The "3rd party" versions, like Electron or Prolinks (Dreamworks) do NOT have the same functionality and programmability.
The Xicoy gear controllers that work with the doors have 3 positions that you can set the doors to, gear up, gear down, and gear moving. You'll need those for the T-7A gear. The position for the gear up is obvious. For the gear moving position, you want the doors open as far as the door servos can push them - so that the wheels don't get caught on the doors. However, that works the door servos pretty hard, so for the gear down position, you can let the doors come in a bit towards the gears so that the door servos aren't buzzing and drawing a lot of current. You'll see what I mean when you set the doors up with the Xicoy controller.
Bob
No, the Xicoy 12s that you link to isn't the one you want as it doesn't do the doors. You want the LGC13 at least as it does the doors as well. If you go with the LGC13, you'll need the data terminal to set the gear currents and setup the gear doors. You can get them together here:
https://www.xicoy.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=758
Whichever you get, get them directly from Xicoy. The "3rd party" versions, like Electron or Prolinks (Dreamworks) do NOT have the same functionality and programmability.
The Xicoy gear controllers that work with the doors have 3 positions that you can set the doors to, gear up, gear down, and gear moving. You'll need those for the T-7A gear. The position for the gear up is obvious. For the gear moving position, you want the doors open as far as the door servos can push them - so that the wheels don't get caught on the doors. However, that works the door servos pretty hard, so for the gear down position, you can let the doors come in a bit towards the gears so that the door servos aren't buzzing and drawing a lot of current. You'll see what I mean when you set the doors up with the Xicoy controller.
Bob
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Buying direct from Xicoy is easy too, and he ships quickly. All my orders from him came within a week to 10 days.
Bob
#21
I just started building mine, had it hanging from the ceiling for awhile. Got the Xicoy LG15 setup to the wheels today, still a lot to do... But very happy with the LG15 so far. The gyro nose steering and adaptive braking seems like it will be a dream.
Did you get one??
Did you get one??
Last edited by RadialWacko; 08-12-2022 at 02:00 PM.
#22
I just started building mine, had it hanging from the ceiling for awhile. Got the Xicoy LG15 setup to the wheels today, still a lot to do... But very happy with the LG15 so far. The gyro nose steering and adaptive braking seems like it will be a dream.
Did you get one??
Did you get one??
#23
Hey all, I finally got around to finish building this and now I'm having issues with the gear doors on the Xicoy LG15. When trying to set the end points for the servos they hardly even move, and one doesn't even move at all. I have plugged the doors into a regular rx port to test them and they work fine. I've also tried the stock jp sequencer and not having any luck with that either. I can only get the nose gear to open up like 10mm... Not sure what's going on?
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Hey all, I finally got around to finish building this and now I'm having issues with the gear doors on the Xicoy LG15. When trying to set the end points for the servos they hardly even move, and one doesn't even move at all. I have plugged the doors into a regular rx port to test them and they work fine. I've also tried the stock jp sequencer and not having any luck with that either. I can only get the nose gear to open up like 10mm... Not sure what's going on?
Do you have another brand of servo that you can plug into the gear door output of the controller and see if it responds to the commands from the controller properly?
Bob
ps, the stock JP controller is basically junk IMHO - I was never able to figure not how to properly adjust it to get the gear and doors sequence correct...