Last Question before maiden with Swift

[gaeric]

Hey everyone,

I bought my Swift used and just finished adding the V3 landing gear w/ the spacers in the back, and drilled holes in frame to add the 3rd bearing block fix, tomorrow I need to add new shaft and spindle, then I need to place electronics.

That is my question, where do you guys put electronics in your Swift. I know with my Trex it is a delicate art to separate things, so I would like to see some setup that have worked.

Thanks,
-Eric

[Coolice]

Hi Eric,

You'll really enjoy your Swift once it's all put together, I am looking forward to going out later today with mine assuming the UK weather stays dull like it is now and not rainy :arggg:

Electronic placement wise, I feel the layout I have is one of the best and has not given me any problems.

http://www.helifreak.com/album_mod/upload/eabc6c0c0e6e793907b3ac3f80d967d4.jpg

This picture shows the radio layout to date. The big white zip-tie you see holds the Castle Creations ESC to the side, on the bottom of the radio tray with the battery wires going out towards the front of the machine.
The motor wires you can see I have routed backwards and up for connection to the motor. As another safety measure I have added another ferrite ring to the CC60's Rx. connection wire and also the supplied small one (found under the heat shrink) I managed to poke the wire through a 3rd time to give another loop around the ring. Probably not needed as there are many people flying with them stock from the factory, but I like to be safe than sorry.

The rest you can see, the GY601 amplifier is at the back infront of the motor and the JR R1000D receiver is up front with the Rx. battery directly underneath.

One area I have found to cause glitching is the battery wires, as the recent Clubman 3D my fellow flier and indeed later winner of the event, Adam Turner was still suffering with glitching on his Swift. After some experimenting to trace the cause, we found that with the excess battery wire coiled under the tail servo that the model would glitch while on the ground even. Moving the wire away from the servo and everything was fine.
I re-wired the model to resemble mine and also shortened the LiPo fly-leads to half their length, I have my LiPo orientated with the wires going forwards to the front of the model. This picture shows it better what I mean :

http://www.helifreak.com/album_mod/upload/0345c95c0ed73e5f7b64e0f825fa4827.jpg

Notice the short wires from the battery and the opposing plug poking out from under the canopy. Any wires which carry high power currents can cause interference by creating an electro magnetic field, the shorter the wiring the less chance of problems I feel.

Hope this helps, there is no real black-art as such to proper placement but I know mine works well and so it will for you to.
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[gaeric]

Thanks so much for the lengthy reply and pics. I will work on placement this weekend and hopefully get her up in the air!

-ERic