The radio components position in the airframe have now been worked out. Most of the hardware will be in the nose behind the instrument panel, leaving the 14 ch receiver and Eagle Tree Guardian under the wing.
This requires two power leads and one servo lead to be routed from the nose to under the wing along the inside of the fuselage, possibly attached to the underside of the 1/8 X 1/4 side stringers. The power leads will be from the 20 Amp magnetic switch to the receiver with one lead “Yâ€ed to the Sky Melody TE vario located in the nose. The magnetic switch will be actuated by a R3SW receiver from the DS16 transmitter. A 20 Amp master switch is required to kill all power from the battery to all systems to prevent draining of the battery (it has happened) below it’s threshold by accident.
Actuating this switch was left to the spoiler lever located on the left side of the cockpit front. Starting with a boss epoxy to the diagonal brace so creating a pivot for the aluminum spoiler lever. Possible remove-ability was behind the mounting of the switch and actuating lever in case it was required in the future. To test feasibility the switch unit will be removed for the painting of the airframe and then remounted before covering.
The spoiler lever will be glass-beaded and clear coated before the final assembly.
This requires two power leads and one servo lead to be routed from the nose to under the wing along the inside of the fuselage, possibly attached to the underside of the 1/8 X 1/4 side stringers. The power leads will be from the 20 Amp magnetic switch to the receiver with one lead “Yâ€ed to the Sky Melody TE vario located in the nose. The magnetic switch will be actuated by a R3SW receiver from the DS16 transmitter. A 20 Amp master switch is required to kill all power from the battery to all systems to prevent draining of the battery (it has happened) below it’s threshold by accident.
Actuating this switch was left to the spoiler lever located on the left side of the cockpit front. Starting with a boss epoxy to the diagonal brace so creating a pivot for the aluminum spoiler lever. Possible remove-ability was behind the mounting of the switch and actuating lever in case it was required in the future. To test feasibility the switch unit will be removed for the painting of the airframe and then remounted before covering.
The spoiler lever will be glass-beaded and clear coated before the final assembly.
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