After sifting thru all the experiments of fellow modelers (on the place where nobody signs their names).... guys who unlike me actually have some ingenuity, I finally got to the simple, safe solutions to adapting a JR/Spectrum 2.4 system in soon to be extinct Carbon Fuse sailplanes. First it turned out there were two install solutions needed. Nose cone and canopy. Canopy turned out the easiest...the need for only the smallest amount of shrink-tubed on extension wire to insure the 31mm rule would be observed. Nose cone was the bigger and most daunting of challenges, Quacker's solution ended up at one end of the fix system and Don Barker at the other. Both worked...and thanks to both for going after the solution and publishing them. Quacker's involved lengthening aux wires for the remotes out in the wing tips and minor surgery to the tail to hide a remote there.
Don boldly used on-hand servo wire to run shrink wrapped whisker wires from both RX's nestled in plain site and access thru the firewall along the ballast tube, then the sacred 31mm out four holes space around the circumference of the pod. Don used the Flight Log to verify the install and ended up with numbers on average well below the mythical worry mark of 400's...with no holds after an awful lot of flying his Supra on his own back yard flying site. I want to apologize to Quacker and his alter ego Ira who felt that winning the title of Goofiest solution was harsh, rude, mean, and dis-respectful...even though he played the most important part of the solution. I figured I better recognize his part in all of this and let him know that we all, (yep me too) appreciate his contribution and that no disrespect was meant in all fun of the hunt. I'm trying like heck to make it to F3J in the Rockies in a few months, partly in order to give him and opportunity to crush my scores, and for him to have a proper opportunity to say...."IN YOUR FACE!!!" For the record Quacker was cool with the whole tongue and cheek deal but Ira was pissed ! So I'm looking forward to flying with one of em for sure :). Good Job both of you! Gordy **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
