Futaba 9ZAP Problem

Ron Van Putte vanputte at cox.net
Thu May 6 16:54:57 AKDT 2004


On May 6, 2004, at 5:44 PM, Wayne Galligan wrote:

> Ron.... what are we going to do now at the BudPro Shop on Friday night 
> now
> that you have all your problems solved?

We can ask Buddy to explain in detail how to safely land an airplane 
which was taken off without the aileron servos plugged in.  That should 
take a while.

Ron Van Putte

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Futaba 9ZAP Problem
>
>
>>
>> On May 5, 2004, at 12:22 PM, Michael Ramsey wrote:
>>
>>> Make sure your throttle trim is all the way down. If it's all the way
>>> up,
>>> the ESC thinks the throttle is on, and as a safety won't start the
>>> motor.
>>
>> And we have a winner!  That was it.  My throttle trim wasn't all the
>> way to the top, but it was 1/4 of the way up to the top.  I hit
>> throttle trim down about four 'clicks' and the throttle worked!   Now,
>> whenever I can't get the throttle channel to work on my airplane or
>> others I'm helping, I have another 'magic pill' besides reversing the
>> throttle channel.  Thank you all for your help.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:15 PM
>>> Subject: Futaba 9ZAP Problem
>>>
>>>
>>>> All - I have tried everything I can think of and still can't solve a
>>>> problem.  I have a Futaba 9ZAP transmitter and was using it in the 
>>>> PPM
>>>> mode to fly a GWS Slow Stick, using a GWS R4P receiver.  Everything
>>>> was
>>>> fine until one day I went to fly the Slow Stick.  The aileron,
>>>> elevator
>>>> and rudder servos worked fine, but the motor would not work.  I 
>>>> tried
>>>> everything I could think of, including trying an unused model in the
>>>> 9ZAP.  Nothing worked.  Then I tried a different Futaba 9ZAP
>>>> transmitter and everything worked fine.  Huhhhhh?  Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Ron Van Putte
>>>>
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