All done and flying nice! new gyro mount idea

[Cryofix]

Just finished up my 200

HS 45 Cyclic
2100T LTS-3100 tail
FP 2s 800 mah

Trimmed it all up and added some expo because this thing is fast!

also made a mod to the frame to fit the gyro, I will have to take pics but right behind the anti rotation bar in the back I dremeled out some of the frame to make a flat surface, then gut a piece of G10 and CA'ed it ot the frame, then sat the gyro on it flat. I am nervous because it a top mount and potential flybar strike looms but I am very happy with the results.

Now to charge up more packs anf FLY!!

[mjr_larkin]

fun! have a good first flight. i'm thinking about putting the gyro up front and the battery back underneath in my 2nd build :)

[SurfCity]

fun! have a good first flight. i'm thinking about putting the gyro up front and the battery back underneath in my 2nd build :)

Do you mean underneath the battery tray? Like, between the skids?

[mjr_larkin]

Yeah, or right next to the motor if it'll fit. I'd be concerned about the battery banging the ground on a hard landing if it were between the skids.

[Cryofix]

Only problem I have with hat is if the skids break and puncture the pack

[Mikej]

Putting the Rx at the back will probably make it very tail heavy - check it first

[Cryofix]

I am almost able to fully compensate for the weight, I am very slight tilting back right now on CG

[xrbcoronalogoflyer]

test flew my completed 200 today...gusty 15mph conditions, but flight was impressive...gy2100 and fut2.4 rx under the main gear, battery on a mount made with credit-card stock zip-tied at top and bottom...-25 expo on aileron and elev...cg ok...ken

[psindrup]

test flew my completed 200 today...gusty 15mph conditions, but flight was impressive...gy2100 and fut2.4 rx under the motor, battery on a mount made with credit-card stock zip-tied at top and bottom...-25 expo on aileron and elev...cg ok...ken

Looks great.

Could I ask you to take some more pictures of your battery tray "arrangement"?

Peter

[psindrup]

Just finished up my 200

HS 45 Cyclic
2100T LTS-3100 tail
FP 2s 800 mah

Trimmed it all up and added some expo because this thing is fast!

also made a mod to the frame to fit the gyro, I will have to take pics but right behind the anti rotation bar in the back I dremeled out some of the frame to make a flat surface, then gut a piece of G10 and CA'ed it ot the frame, then sat the gyro on it flat. I am nervous because it a top mount and potential flybar strike looms but I am very happy with the results.

Now to charge up more packs anf FLY!!

Sorry, but what is G10?

Could I ask you to take a close-up picture of the "G10 arrangement"?
(Building my Gaui 200 right now, and OMG it is small!!)

[xrbcoronalogoflyer]

Looks great.

Could I ask you to take some more pictures of your battery tray "arrangement"?

Peter

hi peter...ok...i just added two more pictures to my post...ken

[psindrup]

hi peter...ok...i just added two more pictures to my post...ken

Thanks Ken

I still think I prefer to have the battery on the original battery tray, and the gyro where crabfu has his. Do you think it has to be absolutely horizontal to work? Or could I just install it without Dremling the frame down?

Peter

[xrbcoronalogoflyer]

hi peter...if you're referring to the gyro, i'd install it on a platform that is 'absolutely horizontal', as you stated...i selected my batteries (tp, common sense, hyperion) so they fit between the frames...although with my battery mount, i can attach wider batteries with no problems...ken

[Cryofix]

Sorry, but what is G10?

Could I ask you to take a close-up picture of the "G10 arrangement"?
(Building my Gaui 200 right now, and OMG it is small!!)


G10 is is very similar to carbon fiber, a bit heavier but stronger, and is non conductive.