I have to ask, what receivers are you guys using? I'm used my hitec supreme in my hades ( which has a carbon boom) for about 2 years and it works great. I can walk far enough away and still have control so that I can barely see the model at all. It however has a boom longer then a 1.5 meter palne as it has a 110 inch wing..
Rhett -----Original Message----- From: Arne Ansper To: Art Mcnamee Cc: Rick Van Clief; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/9/2003 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Antenna configuration > Carbon booms may be single strands or if they are wraped with another > piece of carbon cloth that ties the strands together then your antenna > is inside a tube. This will screw up reception. An ohm meter can tell if > you have single strands or if they are connected together.Don't put your > antenna in a tube. This seems to be typical unidirectional carbon where there are many strong strands in one direction and weak strands spaced 2cm from each other in order to keep the strong strands in place. So I think they are connected with each other. > When testing place your plane pointing away from you or directly at you. > Walk about 150 feet away and with your antenna collapsed and pointed at > your plane try the controls.If things are OK then go fly. If not change > the location of your antenna. It could even be in the wing.The end of > the antenna is the weakest signal. That's why pointing the plane at you > or away from you is the most severe test. Hmm, my tests indicated that the worst position was when the angle between TX and RX antennas was 45 degrees. 90 degrees was also bad. And the best position was, when the RX antenna was directly pointing to TX or away from it. I used helper and fully expanded antenna in my tests. Arne RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
