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I think he was saying that you could use a separate battery, through the "bat" connector to power your ailerons. The ARM/BAT would be used to synchronize the servos (the ARM function)... and I would assume that once you have them properly synchronized, you can use that port also for a battery connection? I dunno.
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I wonder if this IM14 has signal filtering capabilities for those long leads like a 50% plane has?
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Smart-fly has the PowerExpander Eq10, with servo matching on all 10 channels, and is only $249. http://www.smart-fly.com/Products/Expander/expander.htm |
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I have an EF Extra 104 with 4 servo`s onAIL and just bought the IM22. I think I have misunderstood how this works. I thought it was like a programer for servo`s. Just like the Hitech programmer ( I am running my planes all on 79XX servo`s). So this unit stays in the plane while you are flying ? I wonder how this works since I have Smart-fly power boxes ? Will it match or just add one more thing to go wrong?
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Yes, this unit acts like a matchbox or smart fly servo equalizer or like a Powerbox servo matching. It is not like the hitec programmer. This is not a programmer. It stays in your airplane and you connect your receiver , let's say aileron port, to this units input. Then the unit has two outputs for the two servos on that wing. You insert the " bind plug" to train the slave servo to the master servo. In the 1st page of this thread, there is a video explaining this. You may want to look at it. Very good video in explaining how it works.
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very nice, however, Would like to see this built into a power expander, it could be similar to what power box sells, however, it would have 5 matched banks (3 banks with 3 ports and 2 banks with 4 ports) as long as it would be under $250.00 it would be a steal.
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I have been running ganged servos 5955, 7955 and 7950's for years and hundreds of flights with an eq6/10 or matched using inline voltmeters and haven't burned out any servos or even replaced gears (love them hitec titanium gears). I have no need to match the other 97 points. This product is great for people who don't want to go through the hassle of setting up servos and programming them properly |
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Add to your list People who do not start with first: proper mechanical set up. Btw, I am not promoting this product since I have never seen one, touched one, or operated one. Based on my highly limited knowledge of this product, it sure does sound good. Now, let's talk about smart fly!! I have set up Ganged servos and also never burned one up with the eq 10 However, when I set up in high rates, then I set lo rates, clearly there is binding. I redo the matching in lo rates. Turn in the high rates, now there is binding, so, I just lived with it. I stopped using eq10 and moved on to Powerbox Wow, much easier to program than a smart fly But, this is purely my opinion, as you will soon see, I have been evolving. With the Powerbox, easier to program, but, this problem persists. It may still bind on low rates. If you get your mechanical linkage as similar to each other as possible, the binding issue becomes less. An example, let's say you are setting up a wing with two aileron servos. Easy to glue in g10 horns, but, before you do that, pay special attention to the fact that most aerobatic airplane ailerons/wing taper in thickness from root to tip So, the control horn in the root , it's hole will be farther from hinge line than the control horn closer to the wing tip You need to find ways to overcome this before you glue it in, so that both are same distance. Ok, I will not belabor this point, I moved on to jeti, and this has been, in my opinion, the best way to match servos. Just amazing, wha you can do with this radio system. I can match center and end points, then use a servo balancer to get as many points in between that I want. |
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That would be me. I have been running ganged servos for years without one failure. But screw sitting there messing with all that crap. Plug it in, set the end points and let technology do the tedious stuff. |
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