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[earthwormjim]

That looks very well built, I wish I could drill lightening holes that accurately what's it all made of?

Cheers Joey.
It is made from 1.5mm woven glass fibre sheet.
As for the holes,I mark them out with a fine marker,then I tap each hole using a wood screw and a hammer,just to give a guide for the drill.Then I start with a 2mm hole and go up in 1mm increments until I have the right size. Takes a while,but I love that sort of thing!

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

There's usually some sort of engineering award at an AWS. Looks like someone might give Pete a run for a change.

[earthwormjim]

There's usually some sort of engineering award at an AWS. Looks like someone might give Pete a run for a change.

LOL! Kind words,but it's got to work first!!!

[peterwaller]

I am on chassis number 3 so far! I am waiting for sussex model centre to get some more glass fibre board in,as I have gone through their entire stock!! (they dont keep alot in stock! )

I have a couple of offcuts of the 1.6mm thick pcb material what sort of size are you after.

[andrea.taras]

That's neat! Is that flipper good for self righting also?

[earthwormjim]

I am on chassis number 3 so far! I am waiting for sussex model centre to get some more glass fibre board in,as I have gone through their entire stock!! (they dont keep alot in stock! )

I have a couple of offcuts of the 1.6mm thick pcb material what sort of size are you after.

I am after a piece 40mm x 50mm,and a piece 60mm x 90mm.
But to be honest,they are not that important.
I would however like some info on tx mixing,with a dx6i.
I have the elevon wingtailmix activated,and although it does work as expected,it is definately not at full speed in any direction.
Is there a pre set mix that works? or do you need to set up the mix levels by hand.And if so,does anyone have a list of the settings????
I got Bruce wrking fine setting up mix1 and mix 2,but the same settings are not working with the gear motors!?!
Any help much appreciated.

[earthwormjim]

That's neat! Is that flipper good for self righting also?

Hi there.
Yep,in tests it will self right with the flipper at about 50% reach,no problem. I will post a vid when I get a mo.

[daliad100]

I built my first ant from PCB that came from maplin. They're more likely to have a larger stock of it than SMC although you might want to remove the copper from them before using them.

[earthwormjim]

quick vid of self right mechanism (done slowly)...
Self right test

[peterwaller]

I have just posted a couple of bits of PCB off to you.
If it is a DX6i you are using you have to set the two mixers as follows.
Mix the Aile(left/right) with the elev(forw/back) and then the Elev with the Aile see below for menu options.

MIX1
ELEV + AILE ACT
RATE L -100% R -100%
SW ON TRIM ACT

MIX2
AILE + ELEV ACT
RATE D +100% U +100%
SW ON TRIM ACT

That self right is brilliant.