Re: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303
Thanks Mike, I will give those a try. At 06:40 PM 9/26/2004, Michael Lachowski wrote: Check out the Horizon pages. You can get longer sticks and you can get them in gold, red, and blue. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303
Jim McCarthy and I had our 9303's out at the SOAR Hampshire field today, Jim was setting up his Fazer and I was setting up an ICON lite. Jim (yelling across the field): How do you turn off Aileron-Flap mix in landing mode Me (yelling back): I'm not sure (mine doesn't have it on) Jim: So what you are telling me is you are no help to me... Me: I didn't say I couldn't help you... 8-) Looking over Jimbo's shoulder we enter the AIL-FLP M menu and I see he has CRU and BTF switched on, I tell him to turn off BTF and he has a big smile on his face. We both range check our radios and walk out to the winch. I get a normal launch, but I am more sensitive on the ailerons than I am used to and my landing mode is ballooning like crazy. It doesn't help we are flying in gusty conditions with major helpings of schmeg. Everyone is leaving their models in the tall grass, well, except for TK. The response of this radio seems a little quicker than my 10x, Jim thinks it's fast too, I am not sure why it seems like that. I start dialing in my model, I appreciate the ease of use on the field with it. I am trying out 100% diff in launch mode, a suggestion from Mike Lachowski. Wow, that is different, I see the idea. I also work my way up to 100% aileron rudder mix in that configuration so I the right stick is very effective. Every landing I don't have to stretch my way home I dial in the landing compensation a little more. Slowly but surely I am getting my new 9303 to feel like I expect it to with a known model. I need some more time on it before I contest it, I will have it out on Friday at FRU flying it, and anybody is welcome to check mine out over the weekend there in Muncie. Craig Greening, I intentionally left the 9303's LCD panel in the sun while I took a lunch break. Came back out to fly and I had to dim the contrast a bit, it did get darker, but it was easily controlled. Hans, the 10x is still a very capable radio. I could probably make identical setups (scratching head), but it is just simpler on the 9303. Flight Modes are not new, but I like the way they are implemented on the 9303. It has been fun exchanging email about setups with everyone, I have been learning some new tricks, and it has been forcing me to try things on the radio I wouldn't have otherwise taken on so quickly. I put 2:08 of flying in on the 9303 today, and had the opportunity to range check it pretty decently at altitude... 8-) I am still liking this radio quite a bit. At 08:28 PM 9/24/2004, James V. Bacus wrote: Who is going to be flight testing the 9303 tomorrow? -= this guy =- Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303
Jim, Check the stick length, they are set at the shortest length from the factory and that makes the TX feel hot on the controls. Tom Copp Composite Specialties www.f3x.com 949-645-7032 -Original Message- From: James V. Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303 snip The response of this radio seems a little quicker than my 10x, Jim thinks it's fast too, I am not sure why it seems like that. I start dialing in my model, I appreciate the ease of use on the field with it. I am trying out 100% diff in launch mode, a suggestion from Mike Lachowski. Wow, that is different, I see the idea. I also work my way up to 100% aileron rudder mix in that configuration so I the right stick is very effective. Every landing I don't have to stretch my way home I dial in the landing compensation a little more. Slowly but surely I am getting my new 9303 to feel like I expect it to with a known model. I need some more time on it before I contest it, I will have it out on Friday at FRU flying it, and anybody is welcome to check mine out over the weekend there in Muncie. Snip RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303
Tom, Thanks, both Jim and I had increased our stick lengths before flying. I took mine out to approximately the same place as my 10x. It still feels hot. Jim At 10:08 PM 9/25/2004, Tom Copp wrote: Check the stick length, they are set at the shortest length from the factory and that makes the TX feel hot on the controls. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] Flight testing the 9303
Which by the way is just to the edge of the threads showing. At 10:21 PM 9/25/2004, James V. Bacus wrote: I took mine out to approximately the same place as my 10x. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
