@shoreline8686 funny you asked, after the last fatal crash of my Fox, I'm just putting another one together now. Weather doesn't look favourable but I'm hoping to maiden my replacement Fox this weekend, hopefully I'll find someone to video the take-off, I'll take pics of the dolly for you too.
I've got the same plane. Fell in love 5 seconds after seeing it. My only RC experience is sailplanes. I've only flown with the rudder and elevator on the right stick. Will this plane fly rudder and elevator as I am accustomed? I'm afraid to fly the Fox if I change the controls. I've got lots of time with a Night Radian but I can't figger out how to move the rudder control to the left stick. I think its a BNF thing. I move the rudder to the aileron port but get nothing. Would you fly the Fox with rudder and elevator on the right stick and throttle and ailerons on the left? Subscribed! Seeking to do FPV too once I get the hang of flying the Fox.
Well, three channel is a concept I hadn't considered for this Fox lol Generally speaking, most decent sized three channel gliders, with my limited knowledge, requires decent dihedral or polyhedral main wings for natural stability. This Fox is an aerobatic glider, not unlike the full scale, so I'm thinking it isn't likely to naturally level out easily with dead straight & level main wings. The biggest challenge would be with low airspeed, if it starts to mush you won't have ailerons to level the girl. And so landing could be interesting, without crow or such mixes she floats a *lot* in ground effect and even with barn door flaps I am deadstick all the way from the downwind leg to final, and still she uses a lot of ground to get her to settle. I also fly a three channel 100" Sig Riser, uber lightweight compared to these 3000mm Foxes so the Fox carries an amount of mass induced energy- shes a porker lol, although she still surprises me how well she floats given her weight. Next time I fly, if I remember, I'll try using just rudder and elevs and see how she goes.... but to be honest I think you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't embrace four channel at some point, it's great!
@@aristocraftboy Thank you for your summary and I agree with all your points. I'm having difficulty with what I think is modes. I've seen video of pilots changing modes (What's on which stick) without doing it mechanically in the box but I can't find it. I think I'm gonna Jailbreak my AR-631 and make a new model from scratch. I programmed the Fox 3000 with no problems at all. All the controls work exactly as I want them to but I've zero experience using the rudder on the left stick which means a few crashes. I'd prefer to learn what I don't know by crashing the radian. Thank you!
@Navigator777777 personally I fly mode 2 ie ailerons and elevator on the right stick. I fly three channel gliders with rudder and elevator on the right stick with throttle only on the left stick. All I do is put the rudder servo plug into the aileron channel on the rc receiver, assuming your controller is mode 2 already, no mods are required. I don't fly Spektrum so if your receiver is SAFE gyro assisted, not sure how that would work...
@@aristocraftboy I get it. I've got a Fox 3000 I'm afraid to fly because I've never flown with a rudder on the left and aileron/elevator on the right. I don't know how I set up the Fox 3000 properly but I did it with an AR-637T. Everything works properly! My BNF Night Radian must have programing that prevents me from doing what I want...because I'm positive I didn't have to open the transmitter to change modes. I think I'm gonna buy Tower's new ASW-28 as a trainer or buy the SPMA 3065 and reset the AR-631 in my Night Radian. I'm freaked about flying anything without first getting muscle memory.
Nice video! What about the video transmitter temperature, doesn't it get too hot? How did you ensure that it can cool? very nice to build everything in the cockpit. I also have a Fox and DJI system and want to install it, but I'm afraid it will get too hot.
I have a small 12 volt fan mounted on the Air Unit video transmitter, blowing down into the au with a small air gap between the fan and the au. I power my au from a dedicated 3s lipo, power for the fan is spliced of this. Make sure the vents in the cockpit floor are not blocked. I'm putting another Fox together at the moment, I'll likely add a couple of small scale-ish holes in the canopy to draw air in and exit our the rear of the canopy. With the fan on the au, which I do with all my dji air units anyway, I have never had any overheating issues, even in summer. The fan runs when the au is powered up so I never forget to turn the fan on lol
