I have lightning and still not a drop of rain. What do we do now Doctor 
Oh drink beer 
Very nice mate
Those things handle like a dream 
Good project for a rainy dayā¦
ā¦ whenever that actually happens! 
Been a very busy couple of days, and luckily was home when the white van pulled up with another bag load of parts.
Still not the REFLEX V3 Iām waiting on to finish the Corsair wiring, but random bits for the other Aircraft that were ordered a while back.
A couple of more sets of Nav Lights and another 10 Channel RX/TX.
I could add extra aircraft to these same TX units that I already have by binding and programming each model into the menu list of the TX, as they allow you to store settings for up to 20 individual Aircraft on a single Transmitter,ā¦but knowing my luck, Iāll manage to forget to switch programmes for the particular aircraft Iām flying and crash something into the ground! 
The 4 different switches and VRA/VRB Dials can also be swapped around depending on the Aircraft set-up as well, even further complicating the possibility for confusion and disaster!
EG: Switch C is a 3 position switch that is set up on the RANGER to switch between the GYRO/STABILISED/OFF settings on the REFLEX V3 as it isnāt equipped with Flaps or Retractable Landing Gear requiring that switchable channel to operate them, whereas on the CORSAIR I am using Switch C to operate the Half/Full/Retracted Flaps positions and another switch for the Retractable Landing Gear which both the RANGER/MAULE also doesnāt require ā¦ but I have the Flaps on the MAULE set on the simple Down/Retracted 2 position Switch A!
So you can see where it can get confusing switching programs that move around the Switch positions for different Aircraft on the same Transmitter.
Much easier just to have a seperate TX fully set-up and labelled for each model so I know 100% that they are fully programmed for the particular aircraft that Iām flying.
Spent almost 3 hours last night going through the set-up for the Corsair and getting all the mixes correct BEFORE I even attempt its maiden flight, as this is where most people crash and burn, not taking the time to go through EVERYTHING to ensure that all the programming is correct and corresponding properly to the mechanical controls.
Iāve had to do a few minor mechanical changes to get all the Servos and flight surfaces operating to my expectations, as mass produced assembled Aircraft DEFINITELY shouldnāt be trusted out of the box!
Elevator Servo was a tooth out of alignment off centre, which doesnāt sound like much, but when testing and watching all the movements of everything, this means that the Corsair had a tonne of down Elevator, but limited up Elevator because the Servo was hitting its end point too early due to the Servo arm being that one position off from centre.
This meant that when I mixed a little elevator into the takeoff/landing flap positions, I actually ran out of any Elevator up control with the Flaps in full landing deployment and limited movement in the half takeoff Flap settings.
Just programming the RX/TX is a bloody University length Thesis in itself, so PLENTY of homework has to be done BEFORE even thinking about actually getting it into the Air!
(Interesting side note: These FLYSKY systems are actually rebranded and sold under the TURNIGY banner, but at twice the price! )
It will rain one day, I posted off something you need today for all the rain you get as I have no use for it
That is the exact transmitter I bought years ago, the Turnigy 9X for $40 aud (back when I bought it) is a copy of the Flysky.
I thought I mentioned that, Hobbyking thing which seemed to have jumped the price lately and discontinued for higher priced TX/rx.
Iāve had the 9x for over a decade and the Flysky was over $100 aud at the time. Could have been dollar value too. Fk knows who cares.
You can as I do label every model with what it is. Like, I put Clod, Extra, Trainer, Baja 5B, Spitfire as you donāt want to mix those fkers up haha
I spent time doing adjustments, set your trim on the TX to zero, then check your control surfaces and often adjust them before first flight, horn, linkage, to get your flight surfaces as even you can before first flight by eye with a slight positive up.
Power on the ground and see how the servos centre again. More adjustments at TX zero. Then launch and you have TX leeway to adjust in flight.
Unless you forget to tighten the grub screw on the linkage, uh oh houston we are going down
It does take some time getting used to the Flysky menus and setting it up right. But once you are familar with it like rebuilding a Holden 6, itās childs play
Itās a budget TX, so the menus are clunky. But you can update the firmware and stuff. Lucky you donāt have the LCD screen shitting the bed era when I started. LOL then you are fucked Luckily I did not as had the updated version.
And the Flysky recievers were and are twice the price. Was just a business thing that HK did with Flysky which has all changed now 
Thanks for the detailed reply mate, and yes, you did tell me previously that the FLYSKY and TURNIGY Systems were the same thing under different brand names
I set up all my Aircraft exactly the same as you described, spending many hours on the mechanical controls and flight surfaces to get them set and operating perfectly first, then connecting the RX/TX to fine tune the mechanical linkages and Servo arms if required to keep everything as mechanically perfect as possible, allowing for the full range of Trim Controls if required once off the ground and in the Air. 
The only issues I have faced so far is the ānon-waterproofā status of the ESCās and Servos causing a couple of pretty bad crashes on the poor old RANGER test mule, but was a good learning curve on what I need to look out for when converting these Ground Aircraft into water based Float Planes on my larger and more expensive models.
No doubt that thereās gonna be plenty more crashes in the future, but hopefully thatās just me making mistakes and not the Electronics failing at the most critical moment!
Not forgetting the Factory weak points that require attention as well, where separation of glued components from the Airframe has led to a few Air Crash Investigations also!
PS: Forgot to mention that I also label ALL my transmitters as well!
Hereās some of themā¦
Nice one Thought you do something similar
Sorted out my lights on the Landcruiser this arvo. Lights, camera, action!
Thatās looking awesome mate!
Much better than the standard offerings 
Still trying to work out with the ex-missus to be able to spend a weekend with my Son fitting the upgraded Lighting Kit to his MN82 that I got him last Xmas!
Cool something to work on in the future.
Why I work quicker to get that all out the way to work on toys haha
Went for an original look, didnāt like some of the others online had blue and green for fog lights or spotlights. Looked a bit funky to me. Got the orange fog lights as thatās pretty factory looking ish.
I aint looking for street cred
Was a bitch wiring it up as confined spaces and I got hammer hands but got it done without breaking anything
Another plane thing I was going to mention if you didnāt know already. Thereās a setting in your TX called Flaperon.
Handy for those models without flaps as you can mix it in to set your ailerons via a TX button to put some Flap authority on your ailerons. Works well for landings or take off then just hit the button to take it off and set your ailerons back to normal.
Cheers mate
Yeah I was looking at the Flaperons at the time, but was getting late after a long night and didnāt want to start messing around further with such a fuzzy brain!
To tell you the truth, Iāve never had any experience flying with all this modern day digital Electronics wizardry, only the old clunky mechanical crap operating from basic FM Transmitters back in the 1980ās!
Iāve been relearning to fly without ANY of that standard stuff like Mixes/Expo/Dual Rates/Servo Sweep angles etc etc, just jumped into the deep end and trying not to Drown! 
Sure that I have to be extremely precise on the Sticks and have to ālearnā how to fly each individual Airplane, because they all have different flight characteristics, and apart from trimming them out once in the air, I am yet to set up any of those modern digital āhelpersā to assist in my Flying. 
Iām actually going to wipe all the Flaps/Elevator mix settings off the RX for the Corsair that I spent all those hours mucking around with the other night, as I havenāt even flown it yet, and only making assumptions from the way the Takeoff/Landing Flap deployment affects the MAULE in the Air.
It was more an exercise in learning more about how the FLYSKY RX programming works before I start mucking around with the settings on the MAULE itself, as well as when I get to set up the next few Airplanes when they eventually arrive.
The only modern digital assistance Iām using are the Stabiliser/GYRO units, which I didnāt even know what they were until the RANGER came with one fitted from the factory, simply because we never used to have such technology!
I donāt use them all the time, hence making sure that I can set them up to be able to turn on or off, especially when the RANGER was constantly losing Wing Struts, you DEFINITELY donāt want to be trying to fly an Aircraft with the GYRO/Stabiliser ON with one Wing flapping in the breeze!
For sure, only sharing my experiences.
Oh man this morning was gold and I was oh fk perfect flying weather, I should get that Piper up in amongst it.
But I havenāt assembled it, swapped over to metal gear servos yet and I have kilometers of fence drift to grader blade off so I actually have a fucking fence instead of 1 fut off the ground they just walk over.
Feed the sheep some hay while I was at it. So I burnt Diesel instead.
My day will come when itās wheels up, got too fkn windy this arvo that was no fly zone for sure would have been splat
Iāll shove a big pack in it and fly to Beemers house
Iām actually still sitting up at the Weir watching the Sunset after another good day in the sky and on the water. 
Only issue is that the port wing Aileron Servo is glitching out sporadically, obviously not liking all the swims its had in the past!
Certainly made for some interesting Stick Work to keep it in the air! 
Rgr esky wingo tango, we have to abort mission
Was a perfect morning ah fk work to do. My time will come.
Just grading off fkn drift sand from the bullshit wind that has buried my fences. As you do Power on.
Had the site supervisor in my way all the time so all safety standards were adhered to
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