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Post by killioughtta on Mar 8, 2010 20:05:40 GMT 1
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Post by killioughtta on Mar 9, 2010 1:37:32 GMT 1
I took the SC to the park to see how this gear holds up. The front wheel is not big enough to ROG off short grass. I hand launched it and checked its behavior (AOA, Trim, etc.) since I had not flown on wheels since like 6 months ago and had to re-balance it. It's a little rocket, this one!  And she floats, too! I love this setup I have now.  I came in for a landing and the gear was just perfect. I've never flown a model with trike gear; it IS a lot easier to land, constantCrash! It settled down easy and came to a stop quickly Tomorrow I have to run to the LHS and get that front gear!  The two flights were fantastic and, short as they were, I had a blast. Love the new gear; it's a keeper.  |
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Post by killioughtta on Mar 22, 2010 4:38:27 GMT 1
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Post by skivit48 on Mar 22, 2010 13:11:17 GMT 1
Very cool. Do you like the HobbyKing TX/RX? No problems with it?
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Post by killioughtta on Mar 22, 2010 21:37:56 GMT 1
Awesome radio. Very strong signal, range and easy to use. Can be programmed pretty easy too.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 14, 2010 20:38:46 GMT 1
I've been contemplating converting my Cub to have a trike gear, just for the reason of experimenting, but I'm not going to build a steerable nose wheel.
Would you say that it's worth it if you leave out that function?
Also, how is your setup working out?
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Post by Legot on Apr 15, 2010 2:45:45 GMT 1
in my mind, it is totaly pointless to make the SC a trike landing gear without the stearable nose wheel. my point being, that if you take away the steerable tale wheel, there is almost no way to steer you cub on the ground, unless you let the front wheel spin freely...
hope this helps
~Legot~
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 15, 2010 11:45:56 GMT 1
Yeah, having the wheel turn freely would be my first choice.
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Post by jbess on Apr 15, 2010 12:28:32 GMT 1
So instead of mounting another servo, wouldn't it be possible to add another push rod to the rudder servo and run it through the firewall?
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Post by ginginho on Apr 15, 2010 12:43:52 GMT 1
So instead of mounting another servo, wouldn't it be possible to add another push rod to the rudder servo and run it through the firewall? That's an option, it's how I did my TS. The wheel pushrod should come off of the opposite arm to the rudder to get them to work together. |
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Post by killioughtta on Apr 15, 2010 14:16:22 GMT 1
I've been contemplating converting my Cub to have a trike gear, just for the reason of experimenting, but I'm not going to build a steerable nose wheel. Would you say that it's worth it if you leave out that function? Also, how is your setup working out? I flew it without the steering option a couple of flights while waiting on the servos to arrive and, though it can land and take off just fine, it was no fun having to point the Cub in the dirrection of the wind by hand and all that. Steering is also vital when flying in some wind since the plane will get tossed around the runway when taking off or landing and it would suck to crash then. It wouldn't really be worth the effort if your nose wheel won't be steering. |
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Post by killioughtta on Apr 15, 2010 14:18:23 GMT 1
in my mind, it is totaly pointless to make the SC a trike landing gear without the stearable nose wheel. my point being, that if you take away the steerable tale wheel, there is almost no way to steer you cub on the ground, unless you let the front wheel spin freely... hope this helps ~Legot~ That would only work while in higher speeds like landing where the rudder can turn the whole model. You wouldn't be able to taxi around so easily like that. |
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Post by killioughtta on Apr 15, 2010 14:28:16 GMT 1
So instead of mounting another servo, wouldn't it be possible to add another push rod to the rudder servo and run it through the firewall? YES! That's exactly what I did the first time (in these pictures but you can't see it). I put a wire push rod (or snake, as they call it the other side of the pond) but I changed it when I installed it because I noticed it was too much load for the servo. I used a wire that was pretty thick and I think it might have been better to go with something all Nylon but that's the one I found and I had three extra servos on the way and three more radio channels to spare so I went this way and it works great. |
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Post by killioughtta on Apr 15, 2010 14:31:15 GMT 1
So instead of mounting another servo, wouldn't it be possible to add another push rod to the rudder servo and run it through the firewall? That's an option, it's how I did my TS. The wheel pushrod should come off of the opposite arm to the rudder to get them to work together. That depends on which side your control horn is on the gear end of the steering. In my case, it worked by putting in a longer servo arm and putting the push rod to the new outer hole. But like I said before, the whole rig was never used anyway ;D |
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 17, 2010 9:33:10 GMT 1
Thanks for the feedback! Looks like I'll work on my landing techniques instead. I can almost always keep the plane from tipping over now. |
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And she floats, too! I love this setup I have now. 
