Left - old version with overshoot
Right - newer version.
photo from blood keith blog
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
SAPAC L39 70mm EDF
Friday, April 09, 2010
Viper vs A4
Both have similar power and powered by 3300mAh 4s @70A.
A4 is smaller and it accelerates faster.
Viper has flaps that makes it much easier to land at lower speed.
A4 is smaller and it accelerates faster.
Viper has flaps that makes it much easier to land at lower speed.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
F18 90mm EDF midair collision with 1.5m glider
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Harvesting the 3mm EDF fan adapter from old J-power EDF
The stock motor rated at 250W and has to be replaced by current powerful >520W BL. I have to "harvest" the pressed fit adapter from the old motor. This is a very difficult procedure without the right tool. I use 2 piece of 5mm shaft (from Trex 450) and a bearing remover to press against a 3mm steel screw inside the 4mm hole on the adapter.
Happy Easter- unlimited flying everyday
2 incidents result in emergency landing.
This is the second time my rafale suddenly cut out power. Last time results in belly landing without damage. Not having investigate the cause, she was put on air again. While doing a low level inverted flight, the cut in happens again. Luckily, she can be recovered from an inverted roll at 3 feet height and land safely.
The root cause is the Hoffman Magnetic ends its life, despite she was kept at 70A @4s. Luckily my cheap 120A ESC does not burnt and the on board BEC does not lock out.
This is the second time my rafale suddenly cut out power. Last time results in belly landing without damage. Not having investigate the cause, she was put on air again. While doing a low level inverted flight, the cut in happens again. Luckily, she can be recovered from an inverted roll at 3 feet height and land safely.
The root cause is the Hoffman Magnetic ends its life, despite she was kept at 70A @4s. Luckily my cheap 120A ESC does not burnt and the on board BEC does not lock out.
Opening the housing and reveal a 3mm screw was somehow suck into the EDF ?? Where does it come from, after 2 mins flight??
Thursday, April 01, 2010
OK Model Type2 70mm EDF
The housing is FG reinforced and is very tought. The design is great to allow more cool air to contact with the inrunner case.
Don't say "One more flight"
The Hobbywing 40A ESC has a switching BEC board over the FET circuit. The 2 circuit board is soldered together, so increase the difficulty to repair components between.
Capacitor burst on crash. This is easy to be overlooked if the heat shrink is not cut open for investigation after a crash.
The specification of 40A is damn correct. I abuse it at 50A and the metal heat sink melt the heat shrink and shut down the BEC. The FET itself shutdown and protect from overcurrent.
A 50 cent repair.
Capacitor burst on crash. This is easy to be overlooked if the heat shrink is not cut open for investigation after a crash.
The specification of 40A is damn correct. I abuse it at 50A and the metal heat sink melt the heat shrink and shut down the BEC. The FET itself shutdown and protect from overcurrent.
A 50 cent repair.
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