DX7 and SC BNF Setup

[boomoperator]

New to the hobby and I have a DX7 radio. Anyone that can suggest the best setup for the new SC BNF I would be truly greatful! Boom down 1977, boom stowed 1998.

[SCC]

Hi Boomop. Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry I cannot help with the DX7 BNF question as I do not use that equipment, but I'm sure someone will be along soon.

Mar 9, 2010 7:58:03 GMT 1 boomoperator said:

Boom down 1977, boom stowed 1998.

I'm interested in the above quote. Whats the meaning, something to do with retirement?

[jbess]

Mar 9, 2010 10:33:20 GMT 1 SCC said:

Mar 9, 2010 7:58:03 GMT 1 boomoperator said:

Boom down 1977, boom stowed 1998.

I'm interested in the above quote. Whats the meaning, something to do with retirement?

Yeah, Boomers. They are they own breed, just like Medical. Boom down refers to the fuel boom being lowered into position to refuel. Boom stowed, all done. 21 Years in the AF, thanks for your service Boomer. I'm reenlisting this month for 5 more. I got 6 in, might as well go for the full 20 now.

[boomoperator]

A Breed of our own is only because we are not that many. I was not able to retire do to medical reasons, I missed retirement by 13 points with the Air Guard. I was also active duty and reservers tried them all before 11 back surgeries took me out. Stay in and finish with a good retirement, I know everyone tells you that but 20+ goes by very fast and rank can come fast as well. E-7 was a decent paycheck. Anyway I'm guessing from you two no help setting up the radio huh? Take care and serving the years I did I would do it all over again if I could!

[jbess]

Sadly, no help on the DX7. I use the stock radio. Are you looking for what control maps to control surface?

[boomoperator]

I have read on another forum that I belong to not to worry about settings for the DX7, just go out and fly it. This is what I will try to do as soon as the wind dies down here. Thanks anyway!

[foo]

I have a DX7, so will answer any specific questions you have.

Biggest thing is just to make sure the servo's aren't reversed and reverse them if necessary. You can set the servo throws to a comfortable rate (less if you're just starting out, more when you are more experienced). Just make sure to set the throws to less than where the servos start "straining" or where the rudder or elevator control surfaces start jamming.

Once you've flown a bit you can adjust as necessary. Depending on your speed controller, you might want to use sub trim and throws for your throttle. With my previous ESC I had to change these so that I could have a nice linear throttle response, but with my new ESC this wasn't required.

But yeah, if everything "looks" fine, just take her up and have fun, keep fiddling with the radio for when the weather is less than ideal

[boomoperator]

Thanks foo if I have any further questions for the Dx7 I guess you will be the go to person on it. As soon as the weather will allow I will try to fly. Boom stowed on this subject!!

[belem]

Yeah, maybe a little expo if you're new to flying. Other than that you don't need any programming.

[Doug B.]

Hi. I'm new to the board. I'm jumping in here because I wanted to relay a story about being on a KC135. My friend was in the CA Air Guard stationed at March AFB in Riverside. They had "Bosses Day" and he asked if I wanted to play his boss one day. I said, "what the heck." So, I drive out to the base and check in. They walk me to a really nice briefing room with about a dozen others. I notice pilots start arriving in their flight suits. This is now getting interesting. Then a boss comes in and welcomes us and proceeds to tell us we are all going up in a KC-135 to do some refueling. Hell yes! At this point I did not provide ID or anything. Just said I'm here for bosses day. So, after the briefing they start walking us out to the flightline. There I see my big KC135. Walk on up the boarding ladder and they sit me down. For the next four hours we flew all over, eventually refueling a flight of F-16s out over Mammoth, CA and the high sierras. Totally cool. I fly planes so this was really interesting to me, especially since the planes recently received glass cockpit upgrades and I was able to spend a lot of time in the cockpit talking to the pilots and looking at their panels. The sgt operating the refueling boom was a really good looking woman who also modeled on the side. We were able to slide down there next to her and watch the whole process. It seemed like we could reach out and touch the F-16 pilots while they reclined in their laziboys. Awesome time. The funny thing was the lack of any security. If they asked I would have told the I was born in Tripoli, Libya (on Wheelus AFB, but few people remember when we had a base there). Obviously this was before 9/11.

[ginginho]

HI Doug and welcome. That's a great tale, an experience I bet you won't forget for a long time.
I'm rather jealous.

[john66]

Jul 16, 2010 1:40:01 GMT 1 Doug B. said:

The sgt operating the refueling boom was a really good looking woman who also modeled on the side. We were able to slide down there next to her and watch the whole process. It seemed like we could reach out and touch.

Dammmm, I wondered what you were going to say next ;D

Welcome and great story.

John