swimmer
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Post by swimmer on May 4, 2008 5:03:38 GMT 1
What is the proper way to deploy the antenna. Loop it through the holes on the tail section or let it dangle behind?
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Post by SCC on May 4, 2008 11:35:02 GMT 1
I had mine threaded through the tail. Keeps it nice and tidy.
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rcski
Flying officer
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Post by rcski on May 5, 2008 17:22:09 GMT 1
I used some tape and folowed the grove right up and over the vertical stabalizer. It has a little tail that hangs overthe rudder. It works great and now I don't step on it any more. Lost about 3" stepping on it when I went to pick it up.
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mikejbb
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flying should be in winds greater than 10mph
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Post by mikejbb on May 6, 2008 5:46:27 GMT 1
I second that motion. Now I put the antenna wire thru the pre-punched hole in the tail because I also stepped on it a couple of times. Same thing on my slo-v that I don't get to fly much.
Mike
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aek42
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Post by aek42 on Jun 13, 2008 18:41:58 GMT 1
I saw in another forum that a person wound up his antenna inside the fuselage and it worked fine. Does anyone have experience with this?
Alan
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Post by flydiver on Jun 14, 2008 2:02:47 GMT 1
Lucky person. Antenna doubled back on itself loses range. Coiling it effectively makes it very short. If you want some good info on this read this article: www.rc-cam.com/ant_exp.htmI tape it along the top of the fuse and put it through the tail holes. fly |
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dracus
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Post by dracus on Jun 20, 2008 7:10:55 GMT 1
Hey mine came undone and got stuck in the prop... It cut it so can i just reconnect the two wires and it will be fine?
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Post by cjg on Jun 21, 2008 14:53:26 GMT 1
I was under the impression that winding was ok, as long as the wire does not cross over itself. They wind it neatly around a straw to acheive this. His test data showed a significant loss of range and signal in theory.
Many have had success doing this, although I haven't tried it myself.
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Post by flydiver on Jun 21, 2008 15:49:20 GMT 1
It cut it so can i just reconnect the two wires and it will be fine? How did you do that, let it flop around? Yes. A small amount missing won't compromise the signal much. You can even use different wire. Check out the many types of different wire used on various RX's sometime. Corona and Berg use really skinny wire. Length DOES make a difference. Read the link above! Whether a modification will affect you depends on your flying style and your field environment. I have flown with a GWS R4PII on my slow stick (19" stock antenna-500' range). Occasionally I'd get glitches, some days badly. Switched to a 4-ch Berg. Never had a glitch again. Just yesterday tried out a JR R700 with a short base loaded antenna-never have used one. You can be sure I did a GOOD range check. Seems fine, flew fine but I didn't push the range. We'll see. fly |
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