Redwing 30cc Yak55 Buid Log

[3dNater]

Can you vive more details on the ibec? Does it get power from the battery directly? Or does it get power through the rx?

 

[3dmike]

3dnater - IBEC's get power from the rx. I personally don't use them and like to have the ignition powered by it's own separate power source. Just my personal opinion. Although, it does mean one less battery to monitor and keep charged which is a plus.

Herb - Great looking build log man! Plane looks great!

 

[3dNater]

I just wanted to make sure it wasnt on a separate power lead from the same battery as the rx. I learned that lesson the hard way.

 

[SnowDog]

Herb, first of all, the build looks awesome.

Did you flip your carb? I seem to remember on my DLE-35RA that the mixture screws are on the other site, but perhaps I'm getting confused with my DLE-55RA?

Regarding the IBEC, I'm confused...are you talking about a regular ignition kill switch such as the RCEXL Opto Gas Engine Kill Switch? Or are you referring to the Tech Aero Ultra IBEC device?

Either way, both devices allow operation from a single source and provide isolation via a fiber-optic coupler. I use the RCEXL Opto Kill Switch on my 30cc and 50cc planes without any trouble at all.

As the others have already mentioned, I'd appreciate more details on which device you are using and how you plan to wire it.

Thanks
Mike

 

[3dNater]

Mike the regular rcexl opto kill switch is not designed to run from the same pack as the rx. The isolation is only effective on the rx lead... not on the battery lead. All this is assuming you are using the same one I had that caused me multiple lockouts and a crash. If running the regular rcexl opto kill switch you need to have a separate ignition battery.

 

[SnowDog]

Funny that's not what the diagram shows nor my experience.

 

[3dNater]

My problems went away when I switched to an ibef that got power through the rx.

 

[SnowDog]

I'm not denying that...I'm simply stating that the diagram that comes with the rcexl opto kill switch shows that it supports a single battery setup and so does my 2.5 years of experience with that configuration...but I'm using Airtronics equipment which is perhaps the difference?

 

[SnowDog]

By ibef do you mean an opto kill?

 

[3dNater]

Yes that is possible. Perhaps the rcexl opto kill is just not that high of quality in the first place. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone after my experience.