HOOO YAH!! just decided to flip all the rx plugs and boom All Good. Just like the first parachute jump after packing your own chute that you put together from parts. You'll never know if it works unless you grab ahold of yer balls and step out the door, of a perfectly good aircraft. I got lites and bells and whistles all over the machine now. The servos and shafts go crazy. Press the viper set button within the two second blinking time. Green lite on th ADF2 solid red on the transmitter no lights on the lypo guard, at this point.
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... and I wish I had a dollar for each time I did a bone-head thing like that. Sounds like you're making good head-way, Dave.
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Headway is relitive. 2 steps back one step up. About where I started before the switch issue. Could you e me your phone number? I might be up in the area next month around Memorial day. Also have some Navy gedunks to send ya. I have the D&E address. I was hangin with some Gilmore crew this past weekend up in Naples Fl. Good times skylarkin and skuttlebut. Old geezer stuff snivelling about everything these days. Everybody runnin around on old body parts that are out of warranty. Still kicken tho.Comment
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HOOO YAH!! just decided to flip all the rx plugs and boom All Good. Just like the first parachute jump after packing your own chute that you put together from parts. You'll never know if it works unless you grab ahold of yer balls and step out the door, of a perfectly good aircraft.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Headway is relitive. 2 steps back one step up. About where I started before the switch issue. Could you e me your phone number? I might be up in the area next month around Memorial day. Also have some Navy gedunks to send ya. I have the D&E address. I was hangin with some Gilmore crew this past weekend up in Naples Fl. Good times skylarkin and skuttlebut. Old geezer stuff snivelling about everything these days. Everybody runnin around on old body parts that are out of warranty. Still kicken tho.
Phone is 757-468-4687; address is 835 Holly Hedge Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23452. We screen calls so play nice, Ellie has an exceptionally short fuse.
Any of those GILMORE surface pukes worked the steam-shop (Mk-14 and Mk-16 repair), they might remember me as the guy who cross-decked from Weapons there to the TRUTTA a few piers down. I could not get out of that crummy boy's-club quick enough!
I got some goodies on this end for you too, you nasty old Spook.
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Next month, on the 16th is Armed Forces day. I'll be at Nauticus all day with the Elite Fleet club running our model boats and submarines -- making the Koi pond safe for Democracy. Come along, you can drive my boats. We break about five in the afternoon, then I'm all yours.
Phone is 757-468-4687; address is 835 Holly Hedge Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23452. We screen calls so play nice, Ellie has an exceptionally short fuse.
Any of those GILMORE surface pukes worked the steam-shop (Mk-14 and Mk-16 repair), they might remember me as the guy who cross-decked from Weapons there to the TRUTTA a few piers down. I could not get out of that crummy boy's-club quick enough!
I got some goodies on this end for you too, you nasty old Spook.
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Ughhhh. T-10; jump, dangle, thump! No steering, no flare, no feeling in legs after landing! After several hundred jumps on that thing (T-10/D) they finally gave me a square - hallelujah!Comment
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My brother was the head of the dive program at the Florida Keys Community College up until 3-4 years ago (or somewhere about that point). I will have to ask him about "Ding". I had the pleasure to dive the galleon that was transplanted to their bay. It was after a hurricane went through. I was helping my brother inspect the ship for any obvious signs of damage. Ask "Ding" about William or Bill Chalfant. It is too small of a place that they did not cross paths.
Although I remember steering on the T10 (it was a pig) and flaring (not like the parafoil). Some landings where pretty smooth others, well thank goodness you keep your knees bent and roll out as you land.Last edited by trout; 04-28-2015, 12:56 AM.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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TM 3 Lingle, Kenneth W. aka (dingaling) was there in about 70-71. The other 3 guys were one wire electricians in the rewind shop around decomissioning and went to the barracks on some decomissiong team when Howie G left. "Ding" is the divemaster at the Fl Keys Colledge. Been at that job since he got out in the 70s. Still breathing mixed gass/ Dont worry, I wont spook Ellie. I still remember a little Tagalog from back in the day. Outfitted some PTFs "Nastyboats" near Subic, actually Sangley Point (out of the way little navy base across the bay) before we took them over to RVN " Operation Market Time" 64-65
I was assembling a control-line model kit in the shop (after hours, of course) when the poo-poo hit the fan.
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My brother was the head of the dive program at the Florida Keys Community College up until 3-4 years ago (or somewhere about that point). I will have to ask him about "Ding". I had the pleasure to dive the galleon that was transplanted to their bay. It was after a hurricane went through. I was helping my brother inspect the ship for any obvious signs of damage. Ask "Ding" about William or Bill Chalfant. It is too small of a place that they did not cross paths.
Although I remember steering on the T10 (it was a pig) and flaring (not like the parafoil). Some landings where pretty smooth others, well thank goodness you keep your knees bent and roll out as you land.Comment
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Ask Lingle if he remembers the salt-water flooding of the Mk-45, SubRoc, and MK-14/Mk-16 shops when a dumb-ass Gunner's Mate got the PMS checks on the fire-supression system wrong. What a horror show that was for many weeks after the incident -- salt-water and raw steel decks don't mix!
I was assembling a control-line model kit in the shop (after hours, of course) when the poo-poo hit the fan.
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We went to MC-1 (steerable T-10) and finally to MT-1XX which was soooooo much nicer. Only using the old round canopies for mass, static line jumps now, everything else is square. PS when did you ever go to an Airforce base (that's anyone's airforce by the way) that didn't look like a golf course!Comment
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We went to MC-1 (steerable T-10) and finally to MT-1XX which was soooooo much nicer. Only using the old round canopies for mass, static line jumps now, everything else is square. PS when did you ever go to an Airforce base (that's anyone's airforce by the way) that didn't look like a golf course!Comment
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I retraced the power wires for the Lypo and re soldered them to the battery after the power switch instead of the post fused power to the motor connection previously. Everything lights up now with the switch.Todays delema is the set up priority. Code matching, would be the initial, I assume. What is confusing is your suppose to turn on the TX prior to the RX. I did this, then the Viper did the flashing routeen and I set the button before the time limit. The rx red LED lit up and I pressed the set button on the rx and the orange and red started flashing. Dont know what that means. Tried to set the throttle to no avail. The failsafe setting instructions say turn on the receiver first then turn on TX wile holding set button. Recognition green on the TX is suppose to blink. Not. The other delima is the sensitivity adjustments on the transmitters lower right. Dont undersand how they function. They look like sliders but dont move with a stylus. I didnt want to force any so I only lightly tried to move them. Suggestions?Comment
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I think you are confusing yourself on setup, turnon and binding. I fly airplanes and basically use the same equipment. When we bind a TX to a RX we need the battery plugged into the battery and a plug (shorting wire for simplicity) into another channel !!consult your instructions!!. Your RX will be "ON" as soon as the batterry is connected. The TX will then be turned on and the RX will lock to it after a few seconds, by indication of LEDs. Now this my "bind" your RX only to this TX, and model number but all functions will work. Now that you did this lets set up:
After you did the above.
Setup: You turn on your TX first and then your RX. There are a lot of beeps and sounds come from the RX and soon after they are done beeping I move my servo leads to see what moves. My TX and RX appeared to be talking to each other as soon as I went to setup. I only had to change direction of a servo to make it correct for one of my servo movement. The ESC was correct at turnon and needed no adjustments. Reason to turn on TX first is so that you dont have your throttle servo on takeoff position, if you turned on your RX first it would literaly take off! Until the TX slaves it to cutoff, by this time it would be to late and a few dollars in the trash.
You should not have to bind again, unless you get another TX, RX or just want to.Comment
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