by theeurofoxy » Wed May 09, 2012 9:05 am
well axn mark 1, is being replaced today, partially due to a slight control problem which resulted in it being lodged in a tree about 80 odd feet off of the ground, turns out the slight control problem was the aileron separating from the wing, most likely caused by landing in wet grass about 20 mins before,
So i ordered mark 2, which arrived from HK in about 3 days, really quickly i might add given i am literally on the other side of the planet..
so on mark 2, i am implementing a few changes, on the original i had fibre glassed the nose to protect against damage but all this seemed to do was force the impact zone back which resulted in a lot of wrinkles around the canopy, so i am just going to add some tape and try not to land nose first...
i am also replacing my futaba receiver with a corona one, as its too expensive to loose it up a tree if it happens again, as mark 1 was up there for almost 3 days before it came down by itself...and i am thinking about adding a some longer control rods to the ailerons as i did have a crash which pulled them out of the little holders, which then took ages to re trim as it was quite windy that day...
any ideas about what i could add, i am not going to add any voltage gear to this one, but i am going to buy a kit later this year and might add some voltage protection gear to that, maybe a fpv setup but will see,