I made your CG rack. Works perfectly. Your instructions were right on. I only made one addition. I dipped the heads of the carriage bolts into plastic Dip to cover them with rubber so the plane won’t slide off. Great Grip. Thanks again for sharing.
Aileron trim way out of wack. Happens all the time. Do a repair or make any change, you're retrimming. It's hard to adjust a severe trim problem on a fast plane while it's in the air. The pilot did the right thing, he landed.
Lets see if you are still out there? I have an E-flite Valiant and a DX6i. the Valiant uses a AR631 with Safe and AS3X. The flaps move when the plane initializes but after that I can't get them to work. Can you have flaps with safe and AX3x (and the DX6i)
You should be able to use the flaps still. Before adjusting any settings, make sure your plane model is set to Acro mode, and then make sure flap settings are: NORM: ⬇️ -100 Flap, and LAND: ⬆️ 100 Flap. Also, the flap servo wire should be plugged into channel 6 on the receiver.
Do you know of someone who is knowledgeable, reliable, trustworthy, and would do this back light installation for a reasonable price to help a old fart continue modeling for a few more years....the ole eyes could use a little help seeing the DX6i screen....looking for someone in the US Thank You Tony C
So the most recent comments before mine are 3 yrs ago, most are 6,7& 8yrs ago. I’m wanting to do my Spektrum DX7s and seems I should be able -this instructional here is Awesome. Thank you.
Thanks so much. I was looking for a tool to balance planes and was going to buy one from China for $26 and about 3 weeks shipping time. After watching the video I built one from parts I had on stock and saved money.
If you're planning to convert to brushless, there are many 400 or 480 size brushless outrunner motor options (will require a new motor mount), and a 40amp or greater ESC will work. You'll want to make sure the ESC has a built in BEC (preferrably a "switch-mode" BEC). You'll want to upgrade your battery for this, since the original 1300mah stock battery won't be able to handle the current demands and could heat up and puff up, which is not good. I'd recommend an 1800mah-2200mah 3 cell LiPo battery that is rated at 30C or more (slight mod to the battery box is needed, check out one of my vidoes for this). Lastly, converting away from the stock setup would require a different radio system (receiver and transmitter) if you have the 3 channel setup. If yours came with a Spektrum 4channel radio, you might be able to get away with just a new Spektrum 4ch receiver and bind it to the 4ch transmitter. Enjoy!
I know this was a LONG LONG TIME AGO. But, do u happen to remember where the CG was after switching to brushless? I just completed my conversion on the old Cub!
I've got the hobbyzone super cub, stock lipo set up. Would this battery work in the stock model? Currently the stock battery is the pkz 1033 model (11.1 volts, 1300 mAh 13.4 Wh, 15C continuous and 20C burst)
Unfortunately, not without cutting an openning in the battery bay. I had to cut an opening in the battery bay to be able to stand the longer battery up. To cut the openning, I used an exacto knife with heat applied to the blade, so it cut through the plastic like butter
U made this video 8 years ago eh wow! Just as helpful today in Feb. 2020! Thank you it helped me out! I have an Arrma Kraton 6S and the esc on it (blx185) has a busted internal BEC I believe. It’s sending up to 18v to the receiver and I’ve busted couple servos and receivers already which sucks. I have now a Traxxas transmitter with #6533 receiver and I don’t want it to burn out. I have a castle 10 amp output BEC laying around and I’m thinking of installing that so that I don’t have to replace the ESC which isn’t cheap. Hopefully it works if not then I’ll replace the blx185 with HobbyWing max8 or max6. Thank you h2oman .... cheers
great balancer!! I'm going to build one...put the bolts in the other way and get some rubber vacuum caps from an auto store...no damage, reduced slippage
I was thinking the exact same thing and so glad you brought the rubber vacuum caps into the conversation. Haven't made this yet, being new to the hobby after retiring, and wondering if it works well for you or anyone else out there that has tried it.
Dude....on mine, I hooked the backlight power wires up just the way you said to do it and it didn't work. The polarity was reversed. Switch the wires and it worked fine.
Ok - this setup is if you don't want to unplug your flap servos from receiver's Ch5 (gear) and plug them into correct Flaps Channel (Aux). What I don't get is why there is a separate Flaps menu item in the DX6i setup, in addition to the Travel setup for Aux channel. Always been hard getting clear "why's" of the DX6i setups - the manual certainly doesn't explain things well. It tells what you can do, but not why. I am always seeking better explanations.
