Airwolf crazy
Senior Heliman
Location: Lancaster, PA
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I have used the stock wire set up with no problems. My scale Airwold and EC 145 use a wire conrtol rod for the TR. It works well to get the tail rotor set up mechanicly before you switch to heading hold. I set the servo end up with approx 5mm of the wire sticking out the end of the connector and then locked it down with blue lock tight. On the TR end I replaced the grub screw with a cap screw so I could use a larger allen wrinch while making adjustments. This got a small amount of lock tight. I cut the remaining wire extra long for play while setting it up. Once the TR was set up mechanicaly at the field I added a tiny bit more lock tight to the screw and then switched to heading hold. I also cut the remaining extra wire to apprix 10mm just in case.
Be careful not to tighten the screws too tight. I did that once on one and the connector broke! I had another connector so it was a fast repair.
When you add the connectors to the servo arms you want them to turn freely in the hole but not sloppy. Watch how tight you make the nut. Add a drop of lock tight to this nut. I found that my Futaba servo arms had to be drilled out just a bit to get the free movement; yours may or may not.
I did upgrade my trainer to the push pull system Vario sells, Ord.No. 21/30.
This was a friday night conversion and I finished the mechanical set up at the field on sat. morning. This is nice because you have a ball link to make the mechanical adjustments to lock in the TR before switching to heading hold.
I hope this helps.
Christopher |
