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Climb And Dive Timer Revue
John Rist:
I ordered one of the Climb and Dive Timer and it arrived last Tuesday. Paul Emmerson of CircuitFlyer is the creator. His web sight is www.circuitflyer.com. As he puts it: "Low Cost DIY Control Line Timer".
The version I am working with can be found at:
https://circuitflyer.com/Climb_and_Dive/?fbclid=IwAR0wxqiBZNI9x9bxpHJQJImJiuBe0froxsrsUwXNtd_GKrlOwiGQkaj1J7E&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
I am a big fan of the KR Timer. The Climb and Dive Timer appears to be similar to the KR in that they both have a connection to the motor leads to sense motor RPMs. This allows the use of a cheep ESC. One that does not have constant RPM control built in. However the Climb and Dive Timer has an onboard accelerometer provides a programmable active boost in power during a climb as well as a decrease in power in a dive. If this works it should give the Climb and Dive Timer an edge in performance. The KR timer uses a program stick to program and is easy to program. The Climb and Dive Timer is programed via an app on a smart phone.
Anyway as time goes on I will pass along what I learn about the Climb and Dive Timer as I build, program and fly this unit.
To start with lets look at what came in the package. See photo Dsc_7532.jpg The package contained two PCBs, 3 header pin connectors, and a JST connector with cable.
John Rist:
Assembling the parts of the Climb and Dive controller.
First step was to down load and print the assembly instructions. They can be found on the left side of the screen at https://circuitflyer.com/Climb_and_Dive/?fbclid=IwAR0wxqiBZNI9x9bxpHJQJImJiuBe0froxsrsUwXNtd_GKrlOwiGQkaj1J7E&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Under Assembly.
I have good setup for soldering PCBs. It consists of a temperature controlled soldering iron and rosin core solder. One must have a small tipped soldering iron for this job. A soldering gun is not the tool for this one. See DSC_7537.jpg for a picture of my setup.
Per the instructions the next step is to solder the 5 pin right angle header to the PCB. Observe closely the correct orientation of the connector per the instruction picture. I held the connector in place with an alligator clip and then soldered the 5 pins. See DSC_7536.jpg.
Finally you assemble the two PCBs and the two 7 pin headers. Once again the instructions pictures are very clear. Make sure you assemble everything per the pictures. My first attempt to solder this assembly was to hold it together with alligator clips. Things had slipped and I managed to plug a couple of the holes in the bottom PCB. I managed to clear the holes with a de-soldering tool. Once again this is small PCB work and some skill is required. On my next attempt I held the assembly together with a rubber band. I then soldered the 4 corner pins on both sides of the two PCBs. I removed the rubber band and soldered the rest of the pins on both top and bottom. See picture DCS_7540.jpg and DCS_7542. I cleaned the residual flux off with alcohol.
Final step is to clip off all of the remaining pins except the touch pins. Do this per the instruction picture. As I have stated over and over the instructions are clear and the pictures are easy to followed. The Climb and Dive is now ready to install in an aircraft. See DSC_7543.jpg
Paul Taylor:
Thanks John.
I got one ordered today. Looking forward to your flight report. 👍🏼
bob whitney:
Lets program the whole flight and leave the Gassers home
Dave Rigotti:
Bob,
You are amazing! Programmers won't EVER get dizzy, unlike us.....
--- Quote from: bob whitney on January 23, 2023, 06:13:14 PM ---Lets program the whole flight and leave the Gassers home
--- End quote ---
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