Askman

[Randallhurd]

Does anyone know what ASKMAN mount I would need with the TREX600N.
I went on the web site and can't make heads or tails of it.

[Tonystott]

http://www.askmanap.com/panaplg.html
.30 size will be right for you.

[Efliernz]

I got the 50-size pan/tilt and it really is overkill (strength/weight) for anyone that knows how to land properly. I'm "lightening" mine extensively before flying.

[bullaculla]

You know Pete, with all the holes I drilled and screws I cut down, I only saved a handful of grams with mine. Plus the G-10 is hard on your drill bits!
Unfortunately its the lens/electronics that are heavy. The mount itself is pretty light. But yeah, 30 size should work fine on a stock bird.
:thumbup:

[Efliernz]

Thanks Iven.

I'm changing the legs to 6mm tube like I use on my diy mount. I'm not sure if I will bother changing anything else. I've just given both the 600's a workout in "my park" after adding orange and green bling to the AP ship. I realised that I'm still using original rubbers in the T600 head and they are sloppy. More work.

My attention may have wandered after I picked up my 500CF last night. There's just something about a set of new servos/gyro/kit.... ahem... for AP purposes of course!!!

[bullaculla]

My attention may have wandered after I picked up my 500CF last night. There's just something about a set of new servos/gyro/kit.... ahem... for AP purposes of course!!!

...you bastard.

[Efliernz]

:YeaBaby: :cheers:banana:dance:tongue:tongue:tongue

only eclipsed by the air tickets to Oshkosh 2008, my lovely wife gave me for my 40th / Christmas

[Randallhurd]

I have a 4 ft X 4 ft Super Crazy Light Strong Metal sheet that I'm going to try and fab a Mount with. I have no Idea what it's made of, Maybe Magnesium or something,,
I'll show pic's when I Fab a Cam Mounts with Skidz...

[bullaculla]

:YeaBaby: :cheers:banana:dance:tongue:tongue:tongue

only eclipsed by the air tickets to Oshkosh 2008, my lovely wife gave me for my 40th / Christmas

Yes. I saw the pics of the Texan. I hate you.
J/K man! :nanabobo
It looks like too much fun! :thumbup:
I'm in no rush with the trex500. I had a few chances to buy one. once my 700 gets sorted out, i'll get me one for some hard core play time! :smokin:
My second play Trex600 is slowly becoming my backup 360 pan helicam carrying the Askman mount. So i'll have two dedicated AP ships, and one blinged out, over powered 500 to tear up the skies with :YeaBaby:

[Wbird]

[QUOTE=vMy second play Trex600 is slowly becoming my backup 360 pan helicam carrying the Askman mount. So i'll have two dedicated AP ships, and one blinged out, over powered 500 to tear up the skies with :YeaBaby:[/QUOTE]

I like the way you think.

[Randallhurd]

My TREX600N is getting a Brand new AP2000I today with the IR sensor.
I have a OS50 Engine on the TREX600N Pro, and I think I made a Boo Boo.
I had the fuel turned out, about 3 turns and the Engine was binding. I pulled the Glow Plug and Blew out the fuel. Has anyone ever had that happen????
I'm still pretty new to Nitros,,, .

[Wbird]

Sounds like you flooded your engine. It's called a hydralic lock. You can actually destroy your engine if you have too much fuel on top of your piston and force it to turn over. Once the fuel is trapped on top of the piston there is no place for it to go and you can't compress a liquid so the connecting rod could bend or the piston could break.
Best way to fix is like you did. Remove the glow plug and hook your starter on and spin it over a few times till fuel stops comming out the glow plug hole. Reinstall your glow plug and start as normal. Sometimes just loosening the glow plug to the point where you can see fuel comming out (with hand pressure on the crankshaft turning it) works but you must leave the glow plug loose until the engine is started if not taking it right out. You can turn it in with the glow driver once it starts and then tigten it with the wrench.

[Randallhurd]

I know that it's getting to much fuel. I've been taking the glow plug out and spining it over. It only does it after it's been sitting a while. So from now on, I'll automatically pull the plug and spin it a few times. I don't know whats doing it, I have a Hose clamp on that line and the Screw that's suppose to have a 1 1/2 turn is all the way in when sitting there, but then again, it only does it when It's sitting there for an hour or more..

It's also very hard to start, or when It is started the Idle is to high. The throttle is bearly open. I know it's a fuel mixture problem, I just haven't nailed it down yet.
The Only screws that I've turn is the big silver one. Have touched the little mixture screw.

Here are some photos of the set up. Everything is brand new.

[Wbird]

I don't have experience with Heli engines but had a couple of nitro trucks a few years back and have a half a dozen planes now, 2 2-stoke and 2 4-stroke engines. If Helis are anything like planes OS makes an awesome engine and is fairly easy to tune. My understanding is that the heli engines run a bit on the rich side so that they don't stall as easily and don't overheat. You should be able to lean it out so that it gets a smooth high pitch sound and still a lot of smoke out the pipe. Run it up and hover close to the ground for a minute then land and check the head temp. Should be around the 250 F range. If not hot enough lean it a bit. If too hot rich a bit. For the idle you should lean it a bit of a turn at a time and then run the throttle up to do a clean out, then back to idle for a couple seconds then fairly quickly back to full throttle. Might want to 0 your pitch curve or maybe even -1 accros the board so it doesn't lift off. When going back to full throttle if it dies it is too lean. If it stumbles then revs up it is too rich. It should rev up fairly smooth and quick. Set your low speed so it runs good and leave your high speed rich for break in. Just don't let it idle too much. After adjusting your low speed the high speed may need a couple of clicks to tweak it. BTW the book is just a guide to get the engine Started. May work fine a Sea level but here at 2500 feet with different hummidity, etc. some engines need a lot of adjustment.

Again my experience with Heli engines is limited but this is how I would attempt it.

[Wbird]

BTW. 1/8 of a turn is a coarse adjustment. 1/16 or less is fine tuning. Sometimes if you are close and you go 1/8 of a turn or more you will go right past the sweet spot and can really mess with your head. Be warned.

[Aerial RC Photog]

I had to change profiles,,
Don't know what happened to the other one,,
I did figure out what happened to the OS 50 Hyper.
I had the AP2000I set up at 30% Gain on the askman AP2000I
I reset the gain on Pit / Aile / Elev to 65 % and I got 11.5 % on pitch gain.
Originally at 30% gain I only had 4.75 pitch or pretty close to it.
I fired it up two days a go with the new gain settings and the cool thing about it was that I heard the engine bog on throttle dump.. :YeaBaby:
The AP2000I Spartan assumes control at all aspects of cyclic, but Rudd is not.
Failsafe lock on the AP2000I is set at 25% Throttle. I don't know how that works since it's not plugged into the Spartan..
Any Ideas. :confused: