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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Carrier => Topic started by: Joe Just on August 25, 2013, 07:04:33 PM
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Can somebody draw up or send pictures of how to use 2.4 for hook release on a profile? I pretty much can assemble the throttle set-up, but due to impending senility I am having trouble seeing or creating a 2.4 hook release on a profile. Help!
Joe
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well Joe I haven't done it but you could just connect a line from a servo such as I have done on a slider release. Of course you would do this with a different (second) channel than the throttle.
john
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I'd use a second channel with its own servo. If you're still using that Hobby King transmitter, connect it to the steering channel. When you want the hook to release, just give that big ol' wheel a twist.
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Joe, look at the picture. Notice the rod that releases the hook. Instead of it being attached to the elevator pushrod, just run a dedicated hook release pushrod up to a servo in the fuselage or wing. Like Tim said, twist the steering wheel, drop the hook.
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Bill, please advise wire diameter you use for the hook spring.
Thanks
Wayne
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Typically .032. If the hook doesn't have to pull the line slider, the spring can be lighter (.025).
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Thanks Bill and John. Just what I needed. I will be using a flexible push rod to the hook from an additional servo. Tim, I already knew about using the steering "wheel" on the transmitter.
Joe