Maurice, Thanks for your link. I might try a step by step set up tonight. The v-tail problem was in any radio prior to 6/30/02. I bought my radio after that. This is another problem. I only get about 45� of flap travel on the servo arm.
JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:18:56 -0700 > To: "John Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Futaba 9C (Secret untold) > > Hi John > > I believe the problem you are talking about is the V-tail glitch that was > fixed with a modified chip. This caused one side of the ruddervator to have > no compensation is Butterfly. I have never heard a problem with flaps in > Butterfly. > > The untold secret is the OFS function that allows you to change the center > of the servo electronically giving you 90 deg. flap travel. You can read > about this on my 9C set up page which was graciously published for me on the > Soaring index. > http://www.nonsilence.com/soaring/9c/ > > Maurice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Soaring List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:55 AM > Subject: [RCSE] Futaba 9C > > >> I've had a 9C for two years now and I've always struggled to get full >> flaps >> in Butterfly. I've had all kinds of workarounds involving offsets, longer >> servo arms, travel volume, etc. >> >> I finally called Futaba to ask about the situation and they told me to >> send >> the radio in; there is a software update that fixes the problem. I was >> surprised! Anyone else hear of this? >> >> JE >> -- >> Erickson Architects >> John R. Erickson, AIA >> >> >> 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and >> AOL are generally NOT in text format >> > > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
