Yippee! What the postman brought

[pawnshopmike]

I thought that towerhobbies did not exist anymore.

Yep they are still around.

 

[49dimes]

I thought that towerhobbies did not exist anymore.

They do. But Horizon "Owns" them now.

 

[acerc]

I agree with you people are making it a lot more complicated than it needs to be. What you are suggesting works just fine. I am not home right now but if you are interested in the one I make up for myself let me know, if are I will make up sketch.

I figured it would do so I ordered the arms and linkage.

 

[Jetpainter]

@acerc The self adjusting tray gives you one feature you can't get in the hard link. If one servo locks up, quits, or goes hard over one direction, you still have some rudder control. Even if one goes hard over one way, opposite stick will center the rudder. Also, the purpose of the third (bellcrank) arm, is to take the cable load off the servo bearings. I've seen a 40% Sukhoi kill the lead servo's bearing in less than 20 flights. Might have been a fluke, might not. The same airplane has flown many, many times with a 2 servo SWB self adjusting tray with no issues.

 

[Snoopy1]

Yep they are still around.

They do. But Horizon "Owns" them now.

Thanks for that just have get them on order.

 

[Jetpainter]

I would bet one "Dead Franklin", if you get hold of Tony with pics of damage he will get you handled. Then again, it should be the shipping companies responsibility to cover the damage. But we already know how that will turn out. Jump through rings of fire, wait until the flesh has rotted from your sun bleached bones and have dried and returned to dust blowing in the wind. More rings of fire, more waiting only to be told, "We dont cover subsequent parts of the original item shipped". "Only the original item itself"! Shippers...gotta love/hate them. Lol

My friends 180" Pilot Decathlon was also nearly perfectly covered. And that's a lot of plane brother. Pilot RC has really made great strides to become one of the best RC airplane suppliers.

I'm going to send some pictures to the guy I've been dealing with at their US warehouse and see what he says. I agree it's the shipping company gorillas fault, XPO Logistics, but if they would have had a piece of cheap Masonite lining the box like they did on my Pilot Edge, the damage wouldn't have happened. One layer of cardboard just isn't enough.

Even the driver admitted the guys that work on the loading docks for his company aren't careful at all.

I did have one really good result with USPS damaging something. I bought a used but unflown Goblin helicopter off of Helifreak from a hobby shop, and when it got here the canopy was cracked in several places. I called the guy and he told me he would put in a claim. I figured that was the last I would ever hear of it. A few weeks later a brand spanking new Goblin canopy showed up in the mail.

 

[acerc]

@acerc The self adjusting tray gives you one feature you can't get in the hard link. If one servo locks up, quits, or goes hard over one direction, you still have some rudder control. Even if one goes hard over one way, opposite stick will center the rudder. Also, the purpose of the third (bellcrank) arm, is to take the cable load off the servo bearings. I've seen a 40% Sukhoi kill the lead servo's bearing in less than 20 flights. Might have been a fluke, might not. The same airplane has flown many, many times with a 2 servo SWB self adjusting tray with no issues.

Do you think I could mount a bellcrank arm to the ply, I have one and could add it? The pic is from the manual.

 

[Snoopy1]

Do you think I could mount a bellcrank arm to the ply, I have one and could add it? The pic is from the manual.

Just so I understood you correctly your plan is to use two servos on the rudder.

 

[acerc]

Just so I understood you correctly your plan is to use two servos on the rudder.

Yes.... PAU recommends 400oz, I have two 200oz so two servo's it is.

 

[Jetpainter]

Got some more RC goodies for the 78" Extra in. The new VVRC fuel tanks are nice. The fill line is all metal and goes to the bottom of the tank. Pick up line is backed with an anti flex sleeve and has a fuzzy clunk.

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Looks pretty nice. Check out the one that came with my new Pilot Decathlon. This is the first stock tank I've ever wanted to use before. Aluminum cap, brass fittings, brass line in the tank, and a filtered clunk. The fuel dot is pretty neat too, it's uses a magnet to hold the center in, not an O-ring.