measuring throws, incidence, and others

[wedoitall]

on my planes so far ive been measuring with a steel ruler and using a cheap plastic protractor. the protractor i have can be a pain, when trying to move and hold sticks on Tx, hold protractor and measure.

what are you guys using to measure your throws AND incidence and do you have any tips or tricks that would help out a noob?

was looking at one of these two.

http://aero-works.net/store/detail.aspx?ID=274

or

http://www.amazon.com/Hangar-AnglePro-Digital-Throw-Incidence/dp/B000BOCTXG/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356317322&sr=8-2-fkmr3&keywords=rc+plane+throw+meter

 

[SnowDog]

One of these works very well for me:

http://www.3dhobbyshop.com/AJ-Throw-Meter-for-Measuring-Control-Surface-Throws_p_15454.html

on my planes so far ive been measuring with a steel ruler and using a cheap plastic protractor. the protractor i have can be a pain, when trying to move and hold sticks on Tx, hold protractor and measure.

what are you guys using to measure your throws AND incidence and do you have any tips or tricks that would help out a noob?

was looking at one of these two.

http://aero-works.net/store/detail.aspx?ID=274

or

http://www.amazon.com/Hangar-AngleP...22&sr=8-2-fkmr3&keywords=rc+plane+throw+meter

 

[morefuel]

I have one of the aj throw meters and personally dont like it all that well. At least for ailerons. I like to just double stick tape and tape the aileron to the end of the wing and put a dot on the wing where the protractor is at 90 degrees. This allows me to easily check the throws both ways. I still haven't come up with a good method for the elevator though.

 

[Av8r RC]

This is what I use to measure and make sure my throws are the same both directions and side to side.
http://www.harborfreight.com/multipurpose-angle-finder-1028.html

It's got a handy brass knob that you can tighten so that the angle doesn't change accidentally on you.

But I like that one from aeroworks. I may have to make one of those on my 3d printer.

 

[gyro]

This is what I use to measure and make sure my throws are the same both directions and side to side.
http://www.harborfreight.com/multipurpose-angle-finder-1028.html

It's got a handy brass knob that you can tighten so that the angle doesn't change accidentally on you.

But I like that one from aeroworks. I may have to make one of those on my 3d printer.

Nice! I use the same one as you

 

[wedoitall]

i ended up getting both that aero-works sell. getting ready to try them out in just a few minutes.

just put connectors on my watt meter. now if i can figure out how to use it. haha

 

[helicow]

This is what I have used. Nothing fancy, and basically free

http://www.GiantScaleNews.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1322801&postcount=43

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

I have the AeroWorks one and it works fantastic, much better than the Harbor Freight and 3DHS ones because they are tough to precisely hold accurately because of the airfoil. The only problem is the AeroWorks one is a little heavy for planes in the 48" size. I just started building a 60" Extreme Flight Edge that I will start posting pictures in a new build thread tonight. I have been fooling with a new method that looks very promising and it is very accurate and very free. I will post back later tonight.

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

I saw something someone posted and I lost the link so I cannot give proper credit to them (sorry) for this. Very simple and costs basically nothing. Below is a file for a protractor that has been re-done to be used for RC. I brought this into Adobe Illustrator to have better control of the dimensions but with fiddling around in a graphics program you can scale this to suit your needed sizes. Anyway size one for each surface to read close to the numbers for the width of the control surface at the gap line. I spray mounted this printed paper to some folder stock to make it stiffer and I cut the protractor on that line close to the 90º dimensions. A little double stick tape on the back and place it in the gap against the fixed part of the plane and align the centerline and the "0" position to the control surface and you have a nice and easy way to set your surfaces. I will run this tomorrow and double check this with the throw meter. If you are on a budget or find this easier than what you are doing now have at it.

If someone knows who originally posted this protractor please let me know so I can give them credit here please.

 

[wedoitall]

i done pretty much the same thing to measure my rudder. i really like it.