Oops wrote:Sorry for the late reply, missed this posting. I like XT60 better then the Deans because I managed several times to bent the flimsy spring part of the connector. Watch the soldering that you do not melt the plastic. I usually stick the contra in to supply cooling and to keep it in line in case.
I ordered the connectors from HK, both bare and wired. The wired types are difficult to unsolder if needed.
The dimples under the wing are of lesser concern. 2/3 of the lift is created by the top part of your wing so keep that clean. I "laminated" it with sticky tape, the leading edge with the re-enforced clear tape, the rest with the very smooth and cheap clear tape for packing boxes(?). For all the pressure- and stress points I used the strong tape.
Sid, what happened to your Phoenix? Would have been a nice setup as well for the FPV if you have tiny fingers to put all the stuff in.
I've got some XT60 connectors now and have soldered one on a lead from my charger and also on my esc's. I too used the other half to act a heatsink so as not to deform the connector while soldering.
As for the axn, that's almost together, just have to cut the foam for the bigger battery and mount the Rx. I have strengthened the H stabiliser with a length of 4mm carbon rod and used fibreglass tape on the leading edge of the wing and underneath for landing protection.
I didn't use the stock prop and prop saver, but bought an APC 6*4E prop and a 3mm collet adaptor. Keeps the vibrations to a minimum and gives better performance than the standard prop.
Btw, there are two nice wikis on the asx here:
http://beta.ivc.no/wiki/index.php/AXN_Clouds_Flyhttp://beta.ivc.no/wiki/index.php/AXN_Clouds_Fly_SetupAs for the phoenix, that's all ready to go, just waiting on my headless spinner and prop blades to show up and for the weather to clear. If the spinner doesn't show this week I'll drill out the original spinner collet to accept a 4mm shaft, cut the spinner's nose off for cooling and use that for now.
What goes up...better bloody stay up (until I say otherwise).