Futaba 9ZAP Problem

Del Rykert drykert at localnet.com
Sun May 9 16:51:57 AKDT 2004


I also did that once and it rolled into 70º knife edge after liftoff but did
manage to land without breaking anything, even the wooden prop.

                         del
               NSRCA - 473

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: Futaba 9ZAP Problem


>
> 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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