Subj : New hobby
To   : Amcleod
From : Pistolgrip
Date : Wed Jan 10 2001 05:49 am

RE: New hobby
BY: Amcleod to Pistolgrip on Wed Jan 10 2001 06:31 am

 > If you have an old four-channel radio, then you should be able to mix the
 > aileron/elevator controls on the right-hand stick and use the left stick for
 > throttle, and ignore the fourth channel on the left stick.  Or if flying an
 > unpowered (3C?) ignore channels 3, 4 and do the elevon mixing on the right
 > stick on ch. 1, 2.
 > 
 > What you _don't_ want is an old 2-ch radio with one stick left/right only fo
 > "rudder" and the other fore/aft for "elevator".  The Hitec radio shown on th
 > Zagi site is a 3-ch radio but channels 1, 2 on a single stick rather than tw
 > separate sticks like some other 2 or 3-ch radios.  I'm not sure how you cont
 > ch-3 on the Hitec though.  It's supposed to be fully proportional, but the
 > picky is too small to see if there is a separate slider or what for the
 > throttle.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it would work, but I'm used to the reverse operation
where flight controls are on the left and throttle on the right.  This could be
backwards compared to the 'norm' but I used to fly this way, well I didn't fly
very well.

I opened-up the box eariler that holds the remains of one of my trainers and I
was shocked at how much destruction there was :) I don't think I'll be fixing
that one anytime soon :)

 > I hope to be meeting eith the head honcho at the local aero-modellers club
 > today.  <sigh>  Beureaucracy makes life so much harder!

Heh... good luck... if they give you any trouble have them talk to your nurse
:)

PG

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