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Firedogs2x · 01-19-2013, 10:14 AM

Hello everyone I just got done reading all 204 pages. All I can say is wow!

Nightflyr I would like to ask some questions.

1) When you created your field case and you showed the power supplies you are using. I can not find the page again but are they computer supplies. If they are how is it that you can wire them for 24 vdc and not have one supply isolated from the other. Could you point me in the right direction so I can find out more about them.

2) I believe it is on your 1000 you show a video were you have two switches. You turn on the BEC and then you have the spark arrest switch and a resistor. Do you have a wiring diagram for that set up?

Thank you for all of your help and all of this useful information you have posted.

I hope every one had a nice and safe New Year!

Firedogs2x

Firedogs2x · 01-19-2013, 10:43 AM

Hello, I wanted to let you know I found you thread on the power supplies.

Thank You.

Firedogs2x

nightflyr · 01-19-2013, 11:03 AM

Hello everyone I just got done reading all 204 pages. All I can say is wow!

Nightflyr I would like to ask some questions.

1) When you created your field case and you showed the power supplies you are using. I can not find the page again but are they computer supplies. Yes, 4 Feathermerchant 12V 47A supplies

If they are how is it that you can wire them for 24 vdc and not have one supply isolated from the other. One of each set of supplies are isolated, I used G-10 spacers along with Nylon packing tape between each set of supplies. I also cut the ground lead from one of each set of power leads

Could you point me in the right direction so I can find out more about them.

2) I believe it is on your 1000 you show a video were you have two switches. You turn on the BEC and then you have the spark arrest switch and a resistor. Do you have a wiring diagram for that set up?
The wiring for the anti-spark is quite simple...
From the NEG ( - ) off the ESC you will run a separate lead wire that get connected to the anti-spark resistor, the other end of the resistor goes to one side of a N/O momentary switch, The other side of the switch will wire into the NEG ( - ) of your main battery.

Once done, you will plug in the POS ( + ) of your battery to your ESC....
Once connected, switch the anti-spark on to charge up the caps of your ESC.
Release the momentary switch and connect your NEG ( - ) battery lead to your ESC with out having a massive spark.

One item to note..
Use a set of bullet connectors between the anti-spark and the main battery pack, so that you can disconnect and remove the flight battery(s) for charging.

Thank you for all of your help and all of this useful information you have posted.

I hope every one had a nice and safe New Year!

Firedogs2x

Firedogs2x · 01-20-2013, 01:10 AM

Thank you for the quick reply.

Have a good weekend.

Firedogs2x

runesb · 03-08-2013, 11:55 AM

This is good

4 pc of gears cutted, 2 for prod tetsting and 2 for use in heli.
now draw up center and inside profile.

nightflyr · 03-08-2013, 02:46 PM

What MOD?, tooth count?

runesb · 03-08-2013, 03:08 PM

Mod 1 118 teeths

nightflyr · 03-08-2013, 04:57 PM

Keep us posted!

nightflyr · 03-08-2013, 05:09 PM

Rumors that the "Lab" has gone still.. have been grossly exaggerated..

It was time to get back to some basics...

And working on a little surprise.....

runesb · 03-08-2013, 05:22 PM

A vintage project ??? It has FLYBAR.

Stumblebee · 03-09-2013, 08:58 AM

If night is building it, I strongly suspect there will be a surprise or two "under the bonnet". Great to see the lab active in time for Spring.

pril250 · 03-09-2013, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stumblebee

If night is building it, I strongly suspect there will be a surprise or two "under the bonnet". Great to see the lab active in time for Spring.

This sure brought us folks out of hibernation

nightflyr · 03-09-2013, 09:58 AM

After a clean up of the "lab"....
It turned out that there were more than a few projects that were forgotten about.
With more than enough electronics floating around and spares that could resupply a dealer.
Thought I would kick it " old school "

The surprise has yet to be revealed.. but trust me.. more than a few may well be kicking themselves for what's to come...

Stumblebee · 03-09-2013, 02:41 PM

Night, we wouldn't expect anything less from you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightflyr

The surprise has yet to be revealed.. but trust me.. more than a few may well be kicking themselves for what's to come...

Stumblebee · 03-09-2013, 02:47 PM

I had a great morning. Just performed the maiden of install of NazaH GPS in my TRex 550 FBL. It works! Took it up to about 50 feet and switched on the GPS. It just stayed where it was at, hands free. Everything worked as it should. All is good!

Valkman · 03-10-2013, 01:12 PM

The hard part is letting go of the sticks, flicking that switch, and hoping the guy on the other side of the world is happy with his wages! Though it does not take long to build confidence in the product.

Stumblebee · 03-10-2013, 05:05 PM

Ah, you know that moment! That twinge of gut-wrenching fear when the sticks are released. I figure after they made the first dozen of these units, "the guy on the other side of the world" was replaced by a robotic assembly process.

You are correct about letting go of the sticks. It is counter intuitive to everything I know about flying helis. I took the heli out this morning and went through eight lipos. As soon as you flick that switch and see the heli have that little twitch, you know all is good. One does tend to gain faith in these embedded systems. The NazaH/GPS first got my attention when Night started commenting about it. I figured if he was using it in his aircraft, the system was worth serious consideration. Today my faith was confirmed when I flew almost an entire lipo in various forms of nose-in hover. I was completely relaxed for the entire process. Normally for me that is at best a four second white knuckle process.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkman

The hard part is letting go of the sticks, flicking that switch, and hoping the guy on the other side of the world is happy with his wages! Though it does not take long to build confidence in the product.

Navigator53 · 03-11-2013, 10:24 AM

aramb · 03-26-2013, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightflyr

After a clean up of the "lab"....
It turned out that there were more than a few projects that were forgotten about.
With more than enough electronics floating around and spares that could resupply a dealer.
Thought I would kick it " old school "

The surprise has yet to be revealed.. but trust me.. more than a few may well be kicking themselves for what's to come...

Any update, Richard?

nightflyr · 03-27-2013, 12:51 AM

Rome wasn't built in a day....
The preliminaries are looking promising, But it is almost a sure bet this little diddy hasn't been tried before....
So stay tuned...

01-19-2013, 10:14 AM	#2041 (permalink)
Firedogs2x Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2012	New Year Continuation Hello everyone I just got done reading all 204 pages. All I can say is wow! Nightflyr I would like to ask some questions. 1) When you created your field case and you showed the power supplies you are using. I can not find the page again but are they computer supplies. If they are how is it that you can wire them for 24 vdc and not have one supply isolated from the other. Could you point me in the right direction so I can find out more about them. 2) I believe it is on your 1000 you show a video were you have two switches. You turn on the BEC and then you have the spark arrest switch and a resistor. Do you have a wiring diagram for that set up? Thank you for all of your help and all of this useful information you have posted. I hope every one had a nice and safe New Year! Firedogs2x

01-19-2013, 10:43 AM	#2042 (permalink)
Firedogs2x Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2012	Question one answered Hello, I wanted to let you know I found you thread on the power supplies. Thank You. Firedogs2x

01-19-2013, 11:03 AM	#2043 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	Hello everyone I just got done reading all 204 pages. All I can say is wow! Nightflyr I would like to ask some questions. 1) When you created your field case and you showed the power supplies you are using. I can not find the page again but are they computer supplies. Yes, 4 Feathermerchant 12V 47A supplies If they are how is it that you can wire them for 24 vdc and not have one supply isolated from the other. One of each set of supplies are isolated, I used G-10 spacers along with Nylon packing tape between each set of supplies. I also cut the ground lead from one of each set of power leads Could you point me in the right direction so I can find out more about them. 2) I believe it is on your 1000 you show a video were you have two switches. You turn on the BEC and then you have the spark arrest switch and a resistor. Do you have a wiring diagram for that set up? The wiring for the anti-spark is quite simple... From the NEG ( - ) off the ESC you will run a separate lead wire that get connected to the anti-spark resistor, the other end of the resistor goes to one side of a N/O momentary switch, The other side of the switch will wire into the NEG ( - ) of your main battery. Once done, you will plug in the POS ( + ) of your battery to your ESC.... Once connected, switch the anti-spark on to charge up the caps of your ESC. Release the momentary switch and connect your NEG ( - ) battery lead to your ESC with out having a massive spark. One item to note.. Use a set of bullet connectors between the anti-spark and the main battery pack, so that you can disconnect and remove the flight battery(s) for charging. Thank you for all of your help and all of this useful information you have posted. I hope every one had a nice and safe New Year! Firedogs2x __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

01-20-2013, 01:10 AM	#2044 (permalink)
Firedogs2x Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2012	Thank You. Thank you for the quick reply. Have a good weekend. Firedogs2x

03-08-2013, 11:55 AM	#2045 (permalink)
runesb Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011	1.stg of gear prod. This is good 4 pc of gears cutted, 2 for prod tetsting and 2 for use in heli. now draw up center and inside profile. Attached Thumbnails __________________ SA1000E . MiniVolt-500.CncEfects: K7-1000E K6-800E. K700E.K550-600 Align:2x Trex 450 Dominator 6s. 2x Trex 550E 4× BeastX- 3× Vbar- 3× Spartan VX1n- 1× Sk720

03-08-2013, 02:46 PM	#2046 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	What MOD?, tooth count? __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

03-08-2013, 03:08 PM	#2047 (permalink)
runesb Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011	Mod 1 118 teeths __________________ SA1000E . MiniVolt-500.CncEfects: K7-1000E K6-800E. K700E.K550-600 Align:2x Trex 450 Dominator 6s. 2x Trex 550E 4× BeastX- 3× Vbar- 3× Spartan VX1n- 1× Sk720

03-08-2013, 04:57 PM	#2048 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	Keep us posted! __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

03-08-2013, 05:09 PM	#2049 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	Rumors that the "Lab" has gone still.. have been grossly exaggerated.. It was time to get back to some basics... And working on a little surprise..... Attached Thumbnails __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

03-08-2013, 05:22 PM	#2050 (permalink)
runesb Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2011	A vintage project ??? It has FLYBAR. __________________ SA1000E . MiniVolt-500.CncEfects: K7-1000E K6-800E. K700E.K550-600 Align:2x Trex 450 Dominator 6s. 2x Trex 550E 4× BeastX- 3× Vbar- 3× Spartan VX1n- 1× Sk720

03-09-2013, 08:58 AM	#2051 (permalink)
Stumblebee Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2010	If night is building it, I strongly suspect there will be a surprise or two "under the bonnet". Great to see the lab active in time for Spring. __________________ MQX Quad,Align 550E/NazaH/GPS,Align450 Pro/CPII, Flame Wheel F450 Quad NazaM/GPS/GoPro3, Blade 350 QX/ GoPro3 Never lend money. It causes amnesia.

03-09-2013, 09:58 AM	#2053 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	After a clean up of the "lab".... It turned out that there were more than a few projects that were forgotten about. With more than enough electronics floating around and spares that could resupply a dealer. Thought I would kick it " old school " The surprise has yet to be revealed.. but trust me.. more than a few may well be kicking themselves for what's to come... __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

03-09-2013, 02:47 PM	#2055 (permalink)
Stumblebee Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2010	It LIVES, Igor! It LIVES!!! I had a great morning. Just performed the maiden of install of NazaH GPS in my TRex 550 FBL. It works! Took it up to about 50 feet and switched on the GPS. It just stayed where it was at, hands free. Everything worked as it should. All is good! __________________ MQX Quad,Align 550E/NazaH/GPS,Align450 Pro/CPII, Flame Wheel F450 Quad NazaM/GPS/GoPro3, Blade 350 QX/ GoPro3 Never lend money. It causes amnesia.

03-10-2013, 01:12 PM	#2056 (permalink)
Valkman Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2012	The hard part is letting go of the sticks, flicking that switch, and hoping the guy on the other side of the world is happy with his wages! Though it does not take long to build confidence in the product.

03-11-2013, 10:24 AM	#2058 (permalink)
Navigator53 Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Mar 2008	The Mad Professor is BACK!! __________________ When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. ~Benjamin Franklin ~

03-27-2013, 12:51 AM	#2060 (permalink)
nightflyr Registered Users Thread Starter My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island, NY	Rome wasn't built in a day.... The preliminaries are looking promising, But it is almost a sure bet this little diddy hasn't been tried before.... So stay tuned... __________________ MSR x1 / mCPX x2 / 450 x4 / Chaos600 test bed / Chaos600 Air-Wolf / American WereWolf 800 / KFrame800/900/1000 / Assorted Fixed Wing JR9303 / JR9503 / Futaba10CHP

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