Okay guys, I hid a trick in this post hoping that someone would have noticed, having gone to read about how a Carbon Supra was 2.4 tamed. IF you note the first words of post number 3 from Mike Lee to .... DON Barker (not Dick from out West!), the genius who worked out this super simple anyone can do with the supplies they have at home fix, which produced vitually zero Flight Log errors compared to a friendly fuse.... _http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=760393&highlight=mlee8249+2+4 _ (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=760393&highlight=mlee8249+2+4) Oh well, looks like we'll have to keep doing all the work and having all the fun....for you guys :-)
Huge thanks to Don for going after the simplest way to get 2.4 whiskers out of a slip on nose cone fuse. I call this the Sputnik Style, the best defense against an opponent who uses the slip on nose cone style.... versus the Catfish Style, which everyone knows is the best defense against a canopy style of attack. :-) No I didn't come up with those nicknames but they do best describe the result and install techniques...and best describes what the fuse looks like when you are done ! There are about 5 of us sharing on this project and after all the data is in and wires and installs etc verified and reduced to the simplest to do is found, likely you'll see it all in RCSD! Gordy In a message dated 2/27/2008 10:14:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, GordySoar writes: Just got to thinking, since Futa and Airtronics are using a shielded wire, the shielding grounded to the board (same as the negative battery wire) to trick the RX into thinking that there is no extension...the solution mentioned in Mike Lee and Dick Barker's thread might be improved by using small shielded wire (no I don't have source for micro shielded wire to use) . Simply shrink tube the inner wire which will end at the 31mm whiskers along side the existing RX whiskers, and solder a servo wire (black wire) to the shielding. Then plug that into any open port on the rx to make the ground connection. I'm GUESSING that it would make that extension wire of any length invisible to the system as the shielding does on the other brands with their longer whisker carriers. Did I mention I pity the fool who doesn't use a 2.4 RX with a 'tattle tale' device (Flight Logger) in their expensive molded ship? Gordy In a message dated 2/27/2008 9:51:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems like the answer was the same as the 72mhz solution...but the exiting wires are critical in length and location. 31mm. and the attachment for the extensions is not soldered, its just shrinktubed along side the JR/Spectrum RX whiskers. Also the location of the exiting whiskers (antennae) is critical also, keep the phrase "line of sight" in mind when you do your installs...as in the exiting whiskers need to have a line of sight to TX antenna through out the task. Take a look and USE your Flight Loggers to insure/confirm that your installs are working to the optimum. For the exiting whiskers, use super high strand count, silicone insulated flex wire, that will protect you from the wire cracking at the exit point. Some servo wire is made out of it. Let us know how your experiments turned out! Or just buy new 2.4 fuses... Gordy _http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=760393&highlight=mlee8249+2+4 _ (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=760393&highlight=mlee8249+2+4) ____________________________________ Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. _Watch the video on AOL Living._ (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ____________________________________ Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. _Watch the video on AOL Living._ (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)
