Adam W Hampton (2 followers)
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Eflite Night Radian LED Strip problem
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem as me. The LED strips are not working properly any longer. It's almost like they are not getting enough power to them or something. They freeze up at times, one wing works, the other doesn't. Some lights will work and others don't then all of...
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Hey guys, I was putting on the floats for the turbo Timber evolution and the back rudder spring caught on the carpet. Could someone take a close up photo of how these springs are supposed to attach? I see the little plastic clip but theres no tension. Thanks.
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Max Trimble
Hi there, I’ve had the same problem, just try to bend it towards the float and then that little slot, it just sits in there exactly how it is in the pic… just with the tension
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Austin Langley
I’ve had this problem with the spring too I just take it out and bend it around a screwdriver and that seems to fix it
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Aaron Shell
There is no need for any tension. The idea is the water rudders sit in the water at slow speed and as you accelerate on the water they automatically retract and skip across the surface of the water. If you put tension on them they won't come up. It is ideal to have them up for high speed operations ...
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Well, this was about my sixth flight on the TTE and when I did a touch and I heard a snap. When the plane took off again the gear was dropping. I landed on our grass section of the runway to be safe. The plane is fine but the spring broke right at the top of the coil. I didn’t even hit our runway th...
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Eric Pipenger
We have experienced several of the same spring failures at our field - even on soft landings - maiden flights.
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Richard Alpert
I have also broken the spring on a soft landing. Stock up on them when they are available.
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What a great flying plane. Even after moving the esc forward it still runs hot. Just purchased a cooling fan from HH. Hopefully that will help.
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Charles Thorne
Hi Adam. It's one of my favorites too. Got it right when it came out. My esc was getting hot too so I moved it about half way up so it wasn't completely under the battery tray then cut a plastic spoon in half and used its contour to cut a hole below the nose as pictured. I've since glued the the tip...
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Charles Thorne
Sounds like a good plan. I'd been flying it on 4S 2200's and wasn't even pushing it and the temps would hit 160 to 170's every time. This made a huge difference even when flying on hot days. Since you're mounting the fan I think your speed control would be even more forward towards the bulkhead whic...
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Charles Thorne
Nope, we have a paved runway but that's a good point if you do. Still given the holes location, size and being shrouded by the scoop, I just don't know how much water would get splashed up in there from the floats. I wish we did have a lake or pond to try though. Our club is the Music City Aviators....
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