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Offline Tim Wescott

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I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« on: July 11, 2014, 06:41:34 PM »
Does anyone need a custom-made metal tank for an ARF Nobler that goes clockwise?
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2014, 08:03:42 PM »
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2014, 08:21:51 PM »
Is it made from soup cans?  LL~ Steve

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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2014, 09:14:43 PM »
Hey Tim,, just as a comment,, ESC and Timers dont require biasing for direction,, just sayin,,

might call Leo
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Offline Tim Wescott

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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2014, 09:18:54 PM »
Quote from: Steve Helmick on July 11, 2014, 08:21:51 PM
Is it made from soup cans?  LL~ Steve

It says "Powermaster" on it someplace, and has a price tag from Hobbies Unlimited for $19.95.
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2014, 09:34:04 PM »
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2014, 10:39:23 AM »
flip it over and move the vent.
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2014, 01:51:38 PM »
Quote from: Don Curry AMA 267060 on July 12, 2014, 10:39:23 AM
flip it over and move the vent.
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It's asymmetrical, to make room in the tank compartment for the electronics.  I could have flipped it end-for-end, but I made a mistake in the pick-up tube location, too (I put it in the right spot for a venturi, but not for an RC carb).

It's for a TUT test pig, and space is tight.  The photo shows the backwards tank off to the right, and the Nobler stuffed with tank, servo, TUT, battery, and regulator.
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2014, 07:24:42 PM »
HAHAHA, wouldn't you beleive it, I did exactly the same thing.

I even manged to get to the field and fly a lap or two, before I realised what I'd done. :o
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2014, 08:40:23 PM »

 If anyone ever tells you that I've measured, marked, and drilled the needle valve hole in the wrong side of the cowling before, I have no idea what they're talking about. ;)
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Offline Tim Wescott

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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2014, 11:16:40 PM »
Quote from: wwwarbird on July 12, 2014, 08:40:23 PM
If anyone ever tells you that I've measured, marked, and drilled the needle valve hole in the wrong side of the cowling before, I have no idea what they're talking about. ;)

That was just an observation port to make sure the fuel tube was filling up correctly -- right?
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2014, 03:57:52 PM »
Tim, why the electronic items?
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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2014, 04:54:13 PM »
It's Tim's Universal Timer.

It times flights, it lets you play games with other timers (it can be programmed to sometimes routing the other timer's signal to your ESC or servo, then at other times hijack the signal and put in its own), it senses cutoff loops and turns your airplane off when and where you want it instead of wherever it wants to, and it logs useful flight information for later downloading and perusal.

I think I may be able to make a better inertial speed controller than Igor Burger's timer, but the jury's still out on that (I think I'm smart and I think there's enough information to do it, other people who I think are smart think there isn't).

Other than that it's just kind of a boring circuit board with a blinking light.
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Offline Steve Helmick

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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2014, 05:20:18 PM »
At least, it's a cool logo, Tim...  VD~ Steve
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Offline Tim Wescott

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Re: I'm so grateful that I never mess up
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2014, 11:05:54 PM »
Quote from: Steve Helmick on July 14, 2014, 05:20:18 PM
At least, it's a cool logo, Tim...  VD~ Steve

Yes, indeed. Untold numbers of product development efforts fail before a cool logo has been produced -- I wanted to make sure that would not happen to me.
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