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  1. Tom Hintz

    Soloshot anybody? Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

    The "setup" is complicated but you really can do it pretty quick using their procedures but I think we are going to have to modify those steps to get this thing to "see" high enough. One of the things I want to try is to use the top of a treeline out in front of our flight line as the "center...
  2. Tom Hintz

    Soloshot anybody? Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

    I really thought we had researched this thing enough to be relatively sure it would work, at least better than it did. I don't spend money lightly these days but this looked like it had the potential to make some of the site work easier. I will continue thrashing with it. Now that I have...
  3. Tom Hintz

    Soloshot anybody? Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

    I have been fighting with the SoloShot2 and am way less than impressed with it as it applies to RC planes. See the whole story and the "video" a the link below. I was very hopeful that this would work but now have $600+ in brand new equipment I sort of wish I didn't have...
  4. Tom Hintz

    3D to iBEc or not to iBEc that is my question

    Yes, the IBEC was just one part of the overall system that had too many switches, connections (because of add-ons) rather than one unit. Go rid of all the add-on stuff and all works fine.
  5. Tom Hintz

    3D to iBEc or not to iBEc that is my question

    I used IBEC's on my planes until recently when I noticed the servos beginning to stall at speed. I had 7.4V packs and used no regulator but still they were stalling. I went to a Smart-Fly Power Expander system with their Failsafe Access Panels and poof, the servos had plenty of power because so...
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