I’ve got one in my avanti,works great! I would easily recommend this product to anyone that flys on grass or travels to different areas. Takes away a little workload it’s very dependable,always tracks straight
Tim, unfortunately I would say u have hooked it up wrong. It only goes between the nose gear and the receiver/blue box, not between the receiver and blue box. I would say thousands of people have used this and have not had issues. I guess there could be a one off but who knows. It has nothing to do with the rudder.
@@timothygiggey399 couldn’t tell you. I am not sponsored by RC Castle so it appears your mad at me for making a vid on these. I as I stated before have them in my Mig 29, 80 FMS Bae Hawk, F14 and no issues. Nor has anyone else that commented here. The world is not immune nor am I to hooking things up wrong or incorrectly. I have fried many things in my day. My fault. If your sure you didn’t do anything wrong contact RC castle and see what they can do for you. Not sure why hoping this into your nose gear wire would feed back and fry everything. Doesn’t sound feasible to me. Again you can be mad at me, I am just the messenger giving you my honest thoughts
Dang that's amazing!!! Our field is NOT the smoothest and this would really come in handy! Thanks for the review and I'll be buying TWO! LOL just bought 4!
EDF #1 with the Assan Steering Gyro is in. And by golly I think it works too. That was an extra bonus! I put it in the Freewing Me-262 next to the receiver facing forward as is the AR637T. All I did to test it was rotate the front end of the plane holding the jet and the front wheel constantly tried to make corrections. Again, I think it’s in correctly. Next is the Flightline P-38 and the 80mm a-10. (Just putting the steering gyro in the big, “Id rather not crash this”, expensive planes) Hope you and yours had a great Christmas. Bother you again soon.
Awesome! I so need this product. My grass field is an old farming ground and their are bumps all over that throw off my planes tracking down the runway. I just flopped my FMS A-10 this morning because of this problem. Purchased immediately!
Looks like it works great for tricycle gear planes. Sure hope they figure out how to get something out there for Warbird guys. Something like this would be fantastic for taildragger folks that are constantly battling ground loops.
Any flight stabilizer will help. For a $25-30 solution, I recommend the Lemon RX 7-channel versions. I have them in all of my taildraggers and they make a world of difference for ground tracking (and in the air). My larger gas taildragger and tricycle gear planes have Aura 8’s in them with the sane ground (and air) benefits.
Just ordered one for my Avanti and grass field. They are on pre-order now. I’m guessing it will help with tracking on landings too. Once you touchdown.
I was given a Freewing 70mm F-35 because the previous owner got so frustrated trying to take off without the plane zigzagging and tipping. I had researched to see what the issues were. 1. I made sure the main gear was "toe-in" 2. i reduced rate and expo so there was very little movement 3. I tried to tighten and take "slop" out as much as i could. I was successful for the first several flights, in would roll out relatively straight on take off, but then the issue started coming back. The front nose gear on this plane seems to wobble pretty good when you grab it by the nose, it just sways back and forth, so I'm assuming this is what is causing the squirrely take offs. There is a brace support that some people have installed to keep the nose gear from wobblying. I went ahead and ordered that and am waiting to install. But then I came across your video and was intrigued, It makes a lot of sense so I went ahead and ordered the gyro from RC castle as you suggested. (its coming from China so who knows went it will get here), but i'm just wondering how it will help it keep the nose gear straight if the erratic tracking is caused by a wobbly nose gear. I'm hoping the "brace support or/and the gyro will solve the issues, the only other fix, would be to buy a new nose gear, but i'm hoping not to have to do that once i install the first 2 fixes. thanks for you video. and if you address my issue regarding the gyro working with a wobbly nose gear.
I have one and couldn't getting it to work. So I put it way was on the shelf for weeks. Then decided to give it another try still couldn't get it to work. So I tried something else when I move the throttle stick the gear would go up. Then I realize something was wrong there turn out it was label incorrectly. Now I have it working. Hope to be able to try it out this weekend.
@@JustPlaneCrazy I had bought two. The Avanti is the only plane I have that doesn't track straight. Good to have a spare. After seeing your video is what made me decide to try connecting the gyro again. Thanks for the video.
I have a Cessna trainer with a fixed landing gears. No retracts. The front gear steering is controlled by the rudder servo. Will this gyro still work with such configuration?
I won't do that on your Cessna. Because it is designed to only work for nose gear steering that has an individual steering servo. First of all. It will work, you may need to plug a gear channel into it, so it knows when your "gear" is down(the gyro will start to work 10s after you lower the gear). HOWEVER, if your nose steering is controlled by the same servo as your tail rudder. By connecting that servo to this gyro. When the gyro is active you will have RUDDER SURFACE MOVEMENTS. I would not recommend doing that. The tail rudder will function with a heading hold from the gyro. And rudder heading hold is rarely used in any flight gyro at all. Because it does not provide a liner performance(unlike Aileron and elevator. Rudder inputs will result in two factors of aircraft movements, bank, and yaw). And might result in a crash. With that being said. If you really want to have it in your Cessna, you could add a separate steering servo for the nose gear, and plug the gyro into the steering servo's side of the Y lead from your receiver.
@@JustPlaneCrazy yah, the problem is he would have rudder movement in the air. Since his Cessna uses a single servo to power the nose gear and the tail rudder at the same time.
I was on RC-Castle’s website and trying to figure out how many of these to buy. The next thought was which planes/jets are a pain to track straight on takeoff. This is where the trouble started- I started to think which is never good. I fly an Eflite Twin Otter on floats 10-20 times a month. Unlike the Timber 1.5 and Turbo Timber on floats the Twin Otter only has 1 water rudder. I spend as much time adjusting the water rudder on the Twin Otter as I do flying. My question is, do you think this device will help on the medieval pushrod from the nose gear to the plastic rudder on the back of the float? If so, I’ll get one of these just for the Otter.
It’s worked flawlessly on everything I have put one in. I was floored at how good they are. They only work on front nose gear planes. No tail wheel setups. If your water rudder is linked to the nose wheel give it a shot
@@JustPlaneCrazy The nose gear controls the rudder on the back of the float with a 24ish inch pushrod. What the heck, I’ll buy an extra one and give it a try. If it doesn’t work, it gives me an excuse to buy another expensive jet to put it on. (Thinking ahead when Ms Henderson see’s another jet and asks, “Where did this come from?!?! I’ve worn out “The internet. It was free.”)
I bought 5 because the shipping was free. If you buy one the shipping is 20 times the unit price. Weird. I found planes to put them in and it makes life just easier. Esp at narrow field or planes that are wicked on grass bumps
I have the E-flite HABU SS EDF. It has fixed gears and therefore no retracts. The front wheel has its own servo (rudder has its own separate servo too). Will this Gyro work on my front wheel to keep it straight?
Not that I am aware of. Rc castle at times has free expedited shipping if you order 5. Then they come in about a week. Something like this I usually order 5 and I am not in a hurry.
I just put one in my Viper 70mm but it is turning the nose wheel in the same direction that the nose is going. Push the nose to the right it corrects farther to the right. Could it be because of the AS3X on the Spektrum receiver?
With the gyro keeping the plane straight for take off does he gyro correct the direction when in flight. If for example the plane is banking left does the unit correct this by giving opposite rudder . Would this result in a degree of yawing ? Would you need to turn it off to prevent this occuring. Appreciate yours or anybodies comments
It definitely is operational when taxiing , when the gear is down the gyro is on.. it works wonderfully but it has limited my control while on the ground .. that why I asked if it can somehow be placed on a switch to be turned off while taxiing?
@@JustPlaneCrazy the gyro works perfectly as advertised, I just installed a new one in my Zeus . I was just asking IF IT CAN BE PLACED ON A SWITCH TO TURN ON OR OFF? Sorry for the caps but the question isn’t being answered l
Not sure why people say that. It only works on takeoffs. I can’t see a device that helps people get a plane off the ground in a straight line taking the fun out of flying. I think crashing on a takeoff takes the fun out of flying. I understand not everyone needs one but some do
@@JustPlaneCrazy I didn't say it takes the fun out of flying, on the contrary it clearly makes it more fun & easy. Its just that, as a pilot, it takes the achievement out of taking off and flying using our skills alone. Its mans mastery of his machine that makes it all worthwhile:) It is certainly a benefit to some, but most can take off straight & everyone should strive for that, that's what piloting is. As a flight instructors & pilots, we don't necessarily like to do things because they are easy, but rather we do them because they are hard! :)
Have to agree with @rcinformer....i HATE how all this tech has crept into the hobby from Drones....so many pilots out there with AS3X and Gyro's with ZERO basic flying or handling skills. The way its going if you love this tech, just as well put a flight controller in and let it auto takeoff and auto land, then you dont have to even do that🤷♂️. The fun of flying is the challenge of it IMO....and all this tech removes the challenge and makes a 140mph EDF fly like a 10mph supercub-why do these "basic flying skills" matter you ask, well short answer is "when things go wrong unexpectedly YOU know how to save your plane. Look at SAFE as a good example, lots of guys have stalled and crashed, or crashed on landing due to SAFE not taking the throttle position into account. No substitute for experience guys-hate me all you like but you know its true!
@@JustPlaneCrazy 🙈🙈🙈"safe select" safe my EDF this weekend. Guys if the technology is out there, use it on demand. On that note, you wouldn't use your simulator, since the old timers didn't had one. For example my new air field is what a call a Narco runway 🙈🙈🙈🤦♂️🤦♂️ (short - Narrow and dirt) what a better way to help me have a good experience while a get the hang of the field Kudos for spreading the word on new tech that helps you be a better pilot and have more fun.
@@Johnn_T I agree 100000% "there is no substitute for expirience" I have been flying since the early 90's (Imagine my first ✈️✈️✈️plane was an eagle tow trainer with a super tiger engine) I couldn't have imagine how far along technology has come along . I still remember when mixing, expo, was a thing of sci-fi, proper flight Sims, telemetry FPV, etc. It's inevitable (you push your own limits and others self and others push the limits of technology) In my part of the world ( Panama) technology has helped to raise interest in the hobby on young kids, and not sacred them away by having the tools to avoid an early crash in their intro to the hobby.
Nice! But I would much rather pilot the model than be assisted. Learning to keep the model straight on take off should be a must to master on your own.
I don’t disagree. I think some people just may never get there and this unit helps pre ent them from expensive damage. Thanks for watching and commenting. Always love discussion
@@JustPlaneCrazy sorry but ya lost me a bit. where would you set heading spec. im thinkin its just independent of your gyro and once airborne it basically doesnt do anything maybe. id love to know
True it’s independent and will work by itself. But doesn’t AS3X offer gain and heading lock. Which if you set the rudder heading lock percentage higher I think it does the same thing.
This is a stand alone unit and just plugs into the steering so it effects nothing else. Depending on your current gyro you may already be able to achieve the same feature with heading lock
I have one installed on every one of my jets and it works flawlessly. Also check out check out their electronic brake controller combo side slip gyro all in one unit also really cool. I had that installed in my F-14. By the way love the 2100kv FMS update on the F-14 the performance is night and day difference. Cheers
I appreciate that but I don’t worry about associate links. I do everything with no ads and links, free really. I send out my tshirt ad link from teespring. If people wish to support or through PayPal brendenmccormick@att.net it’s always appreciated but not needed. Like share and thank u for watching. teespring.com/stores/just-plane-crazy-3
@@JustPlaneCrazy I’m on it. It’s the least I can do for the really helpful videos I’m about to take advantage of. Thanks again taking the time putting the videos together.
On the Arrows T-28, I got everything working on the front end. Steering gyro is doing it's thing, front gear retracts, but I noticed when I was patting myself on the back, and saying, "I didn't need any help with this!" I noticed the rear gear servo leads aren't plugged in. Where do I plug in the rear left and right gear? What am I forgetting????
@@JustPlaneCrazy gotcha. (LemonRx. I’ll throw the rear gear on the bind port) I was thinking I’d try a “Tri-Harness” and tie all 3 retracts together, but I’d thought I’d check with you first. What’s the worst that could happen, the wheels don’t come down on approach and I crash into the retirement home at the end of the field, or petroleum storage tanks at the other end?
Just Plane Crazy Perfection comes from practice, and the more these models get automated the less people are able to gain basic flying skills. Several months ago I had an elevator servo fail just after takeoff I was about 80 feet in the air, if I had any form of stabilisation in the plane I would have totalled it,But because I have basic handling skills because I refuse to use stabilisation I was able to land the aircraft almost perfectly using nothing but the rudder and the throttle. These are the basic skills this technology is stealing from people-The ability to handle unexpected failures like that. I've had aircraft with flight controllers in , you don't even have to launch it because it has auto launch and autoland all I needed to do was connected to a laptop and plot the course before it took off.... what a boring hobby that is! I agree that this technology is good for getting people into the hobby but at the same time people should be encouraged to use it less as time progresses-Lots of guys out there have had crashes and blamed AS3X or similar, when in actual fact a lot of the problem is they have no basic skills because they depend on that very technology far too much. Even this device is redundant when you think about it-You can put the nose wheel on a separate channel to the rudder And trim it so that the plane tracks straight-Then slave the steering channel off the rudder channel. People are getting very lazy because of technology I'm sad to say
I’ve got one in my avanti,works great! I would easily recommend this product to anyone that flys on grass or travels to different areas. Takes away a little workload it’s very dependable,always tracks straight
Hey hooked this up in my freewing f-14 it disabled my rudders all my gear so I disconnected it and NOW NOTHING works
Tim, unfortunately I would say u have hooked it up wrong. It only goes between the nose gear and the receiver/blue box, not between the receiver and blue box. I would say thousands of people have used this and have not had issues. I guess there could be a one off but who knows. It has nothing to do with the rudder.
That’s nonsense Why is it that NOTHING is working on the plane after I DISCONNECTED it
@@timothygiggey399 couldn’t tell you. I am not sponsored by RC Castle so it appears your mad at me for making a vid on these. I as I stated before have them in my Mig 29, 80 FMS Bae Hawk, F14 and no issues. Nor has anyone else that commented here. The world is not immune nor am I to hooking things up wrong or incorrectly. I have fried many things in my day. My fault. If your sure you didn’t do anything wrong contact RC castle and see what they can do for you. Not sure why hoping this into your nose gear wire would feed back and fry everything. Doesn’t sound feasible to me. Again you can be mad at me, I am just the messenger giving you my honest thoughts
Dang that's amazing!!! Our field is NOT the smoothest and this would really come in handy! Thanks for the review and I'll be buying TWO! LOL just bought 4!
That demo sold me ... I'm ordering a couple of those right now.
I love em. They work great
EDF #1 with the Assan Steering Gyro is in. And by golly I think it works too. That was an extra bonus! I put it in the Freewing Me-262 next to the receiver facing forward as is the AR637T.
All I did to test it was rotate the front end of the plane holding the jet and the front wheel constantly tried to make corrections. Again, I think it’s in correctly.
Next is the Flightline P-38 and the 80mm a-10. (Just putting the steering gyro in the big, “Id rather not crash this”, expensive planes)
Hope you and yours had a great Christmas. Bother you again soon.
Thanks, Hope you had a Merry Christmas as well. Anytime
Awesome! Thanks a lot for that full and complete review Brenden 👍🏻😉
I've used 1 or 2 of those ASSAN GYROS over the past 2yrs. They work amazingly well
Such a cool little device
Will decently have to get some. Guess this would be good for cross wind take off as well. Thanks die letting us know 👍🏻
Nice! Getting two. Thanks Brendan
Awesome! I so need this product. My grass field is an old farming ground and their are bumps all over that throw off my planes tracking down the runway. I just flopped my FMS A-10 this morning because of this problem. Purchased immediately!
Looks like it works great for tricycle gear planes. Sure hope they figure out how to get something out there for Warbird guys. Something like this would be fantastic for taildragger folks that are constantly battling ground loops.
Any flight stabilizer will help. For a $25-30 solution, I recommend the Lemon RX 7-channel versions. I have them in all of my taildraggers and they make a world of difference for ground tracking (and in the air). My larger gas taildragger and tricycle gear planes have Aura 8’s in them with the sane ground (and air) benefits.
Just ordered one for my Avanti and grass field. They are on pre-order now. I’m guessing it will help with tracking on landings too. Once you touchdown.
As long as you stay off the rudder on you touch down it will stay going in the direction
great little product
I was given a Freewing 70mm F-35 because the previous owner got so frustrated trying to take off without the plane zigzagging and tipping. I had researched to see what the issues were. 1. I made sure the main gear was "toe-in" 2. i reduced rate and expo so there was very little movement 3. I tried to tighten and take "slop" out as much as i could. I was successful for the first several flights, in would roll out relatively straight on take off, but then the issue started coming back. The front nose gear on this plane seems to wobble pretty good when you grab it by the nose, it just sways back and forth, so I'm assuming this is what is causing the squirrely take offs. There is a brace support that some people have installed to keep the nose gear from wobblying. I went ahead and ordered that and am waiting to install. But then I came across your video and was intrigued, It makes a lot of sense so I went ahead and ordered the gyro from RC castle as you suggested. (its coming from China so who knows went it will get here), but i'm just wondering how it will help it keep the nose gear straight if the erratic tracking is caused by a wobbly nose gear. I'm hoping the "brace support or/and the gyro will solve the issues, the only other fix, would be to buy a new nose gear, but i'm hoping not to have to do that once i install the first 2 fixes. thanks for you video. and if you address my issue regarding the gyro working with a wobbly nose gear.
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I have one and couldn't getting it to work. So I put it way was on the shelf for weeks. Then decided to give it another try still couldn't get it to work. So I tried something else when I move the throttle stick the gear would go up. Then I realize something was wrong there turn out it was label incorrectly. Now I have it working. Hope to be able to try it out this weekend.
You will love it. Just bought 5 more myself
@@JustPlaneCrazy I had bought two. The Avanti is the only plane I have that doesn't track straight. Good to have a spare. After seeing your video is what made me decide to try connecting the gyro again.
Thanks for the video.
Tried mine out this pass weekend. I must say I make a world of a different for this plane.
Glad you like it
Watched your video 2 months ago. Now I have 10 of them in all of my tri gear planes. lol
Awesomeness. Glad u like them
I have a Cessna trainer with a fixed landing gears. No retracts. The front gear steering is controlled by the rudder servo. Will this gyro still work with such configuration?
Yup
I won't do that on your Cessna. Because it is designed to only work for nose gear steering that has an individual steering servo.
First of all. It will work, you may need to plug a gear channel into it, so it knows when your "gear" is down(the gyro will start to work 10s after you lower the gear).
HOWEVER, if your nose steering is controlled by the same servo as your tail rudder. By connecting that servo to this gyro. When the gyro is active you will have RUDDER SURFACE MOVEMENTS. I would not recommend doing that. The tail rudder will function with a heading hold from the gyro. And rudder heading hold is rarely used in any flight gyro at all. Because it does not provide a liner performance(unlike Aileron and elevator. Rudder inputs will result in two factors of aircraft movements, bank, and yaw). And might result in a crash.
With that being said. If you really want to have it in your Cessna, you could add a separate steering servo for the nose gear, and plug the gyro into the steering servo's side of the Y lead from your receiver.
@@JustPlaneCrazy I don't think it's a good idea to hook up the tail rudder with this gyro.
I don’t see really any difference honestly. Using the rudder or the nose to steer on the ground is the exact same thing.
@@JustPlaneCrazy yah, the problem is he would have rudder movement in the air. Since his Cessna uses a single servo to power the nose gear and the tail rudder at the same time.
Yup! Got 6 of them in my EDF jets for the last two years.
Any problems with shipping from RC Castle? I just purchased the Pro version from Brick City Hobby.
Nope. That have always come quick. But… they have two different types of shipping. One is slower
I was on RC-Castle’s website and trying to figure out how many of these to buy. The next thought was which planes/jets are a pain to track straight on takeoff. This is where the trouble started- I started to think which is never good. I fly an Eflite Twin Otter on floats 10-20 times a month. Unlike the Timber 1.5 and Turbo Timber on floats the Twin Otter only has 1 water rudder. I spend as much time adjusting the water rudder on the Twin Otter as I do flying. My question is, do you think this device will help on the medieval pushrod from the nose gear to the plastic rudder on the back of the float? If so, I’ll get one of these just for the Otter.
It’s worked flawlessly on everything I have put one in. I was floored at how good they are. They only work on front nose gear planes. No tail wheel setups. If your water rudder is linked to the nose wheel give it a shot
@@JustPlaneCrazy The nose gear controls the rudder on the back of the float with a 24ish inch pushrod. What the heck, I’ll buy an extra one and give it a try. If it doesn’t work, it gives me an excuse to buy another expensive jet to put it on. (Thinking ahead when Ms Henderson see’s another jet and asks, “Where did this come from?!?! I’ve worn out “The internet. It was free.”)
I bought 5 because the shipping was free. If you buy one the shipping is 20 times the unit price. Weird. I found planes to put them in and it makes life just easier. Esp at narrow field or planes that are wicked on grass bumps
I have the E-flite HABU SS EDF. It has fixed gears and therefore no retracts. The front wheel has its own servo (rudder has its own separate servo too). Will this Gyro work on my front wheel to keep it straight?
Yes.
OMGOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be great on a hard runway because it's so much harder to control tricycle gear planes on hard surfaces.
Does anyone in the US sell these? Usually anything like this from RC Castle takes a minimum of 10 days, and up to a month or more.
Not that I am aware of. Rc castle at times has free expedited shipping if you order 5. Then they come in about a week. Something like this I usually order 5 and I am not in a hurry.
I just put one in my Viper 70mm but it is turning the nose wheel in the same direction that the nose is going. Push the nose to the right it corrects farther to the right. Could it be because of the AS3X on the Spektrum receiver?
I don’t remember how off the top of my head but they list in the direction how to reverse it
Will these work in conjunction with safe systems?
Yes they are completely independent of any system
I think it's awesome
With the gyro keeping the plane straight for take off does he gyro correct the direction when in flight. If for example the plane is banking left does the unit correct this by giving opposite rudder . Would this result in a degree of yawing ? Would you need to turn it off to prevent this occuring. Appreciate yours or anybodies comments
Nope. It only ties into the nose gear
Is there a way to have the gyro on a switch .. so I can turn it off while taxiing?
It isn’t operational when taxiing. It’s only once g force is detected
It definitely is operational when taxiing , when the gear is down the gyro is on.. it works wonderfully but it has limited my control while on the ground .. that why I asked if it can somehow be placed on a switch to be turned off while taxiing?
Then I would try running the auto config again per instructions. I have no limitations on any of mine while steering on the ground
@@JustPlaneCrazy the gyro works perfectly as advertised, I just installed a new one in my Zeus . I was just asking IF IT CAN BE PLACED ON A SWITCH TO TURN ON OR OFF? Sorry for the caps but the question isn’t being answered l
No
Hi do you think it s possible to put in warbird for tail wheel ?!thanks
Unfortunately it is not. This setup is for nose wheel steering planes only
@@JustPlaneCrazy right ...but why....nose wheel, tail wheel...same job?!🤔😜
The input into the gyro will cause the adverse effect on a tail wheel and cannot be programmed out
@@JustPlaneCrazy ah ok no reverse possible.....
What type battery connectors are you using? Can you send link? Are they anti spark?
Yup 7mm amass 150 anti spark. Check eBay and Amazon. I buy whoever is cheaper
Sweet! Nice video Brenden, But it kinda takes the flying out of flying:) Use the left stick & do some of that pilot sh*$:)
Not sure why people say that. It only works on takeoffs. I can’t see a device that helps people get a plane off the ground in a straight line taking the fun out of flying. I think crashing on a takeoff takes the fun out of flying. I understand not everyone needs one but some do
@@JustPlaneCrazy I didn't say it takes the fun out of flying, on the contrary it clearly makes it more fun & easy. Its just that, as a pilot, it takes the achievement out of taking off and flying using our skills alone. Its mans mastery of his machine that makes it all worthwhile:) It is certainly a benefit to some, but most can take off straight & everyone should strive for that, that's what piloting is. As a flight instructors & pilots, we don't necessarily like to do things because they are easy, but rather we do them because they are hard! :)
Have to agree with @rcinformer....i HATE how all this tech has crept into the hobby from Drones....so many pilots out there with AS3X and Gyro's with ZERO basic flying or handling skills. The way its going if you love this tech, just as well put a flight controller in and let it auto takeoff and auto land, then you dont have to even do that🤷♂️. The fun of flying is the challenge of it IMO....and all this tech removes the challenge and makes a 140mph EDF fly like a 10mph supercub-why do these "basic flying skills" matter you ask, well short answer is "when things go wrong unexpectedly YOU know how to save your plane. Look at SAFE as a good example, lots of guys have stalled and crashed, or crashed on landing due to SAFE not taking the throttle position into account.
No substitute for experience guys-hate me all you like but you know its true!
@@JustPlaneCrazy 🙈🙈🙈"safe select" safe my EDF this weekend. Guys if the technology is out there, use it on demand. On that note, you wouldn't use your simulator, since the old timers didn't had one. For example my new air field is what a call a Narco runway 🙈🙈🙈🤦♂️🤦♂️ (short - Narrow and dirt) what a better way to help me have a good experience while a get the hang of the field
Kudos for spreading the word on new tech that helps you be a better pilot and have more fun.
@@Johnn_T I agree 100000% "there is no substitute for expirience" I have been flying since the early 90's (Imagine my first ✈️✈️✈️plane was an eagle tow trainer with a super tiger engine) I couldn't have imagine how far along technology has come along .
I still remember when mixing, expo, was a thing of sci-fi, proper flight Sims, telemetry FPV, etc. It's inevitable (you push your own limits and others self and others push the limits of technology)
In my part of the world ( Panama) technology has helped to raise interest in the hobby on young kids, and not sacred them away by having the tools to avoid an early crash in their intro to the hobby.
Hey hooked this up in my freewing f-14 it disabled my rudders all my gear so I disconnected it and NOW NOTHING works NOT HAPPY!!!!! Hey
I got one somewhere but I forgot to install it
I was very surprised by it’s ability
Is RC Castle a safe website? It's located in Hong Kong, so I have worries about purchasing product from here.
I have had no issues. Good company. Sometimes shipping does take a bit
what is the voltage operating range, will it work in an HV set up
I used mine on high hv setups
I think the bumps made that happen✌
Nice! But I would much rather pilot the model than be assisted. Learning to keep the model straight on take off should be a must to master on your own.
I don’t disagree. I think some people just may never get there and this unit helps pre ent them from expensive damage. Thanks for watching and commenting. Always love discussion
does it work with a plane thast has a gyro already? i.e. as3x or safe
Interesting question. I would think you could set the heading spec to handle the same thing already?
@@JustPlaneCrazy sorry but ya lost me a bit. where would you set heading spec. im thinkin its just independent of your gyro and once airborne it basically doesnt do anything maybe. id love to know
True it’s independent and will work by itself. But doesn’t AS3X offer gain and heading lock. Which if you set the rudder heading lock percentage higher I think it does the same thing.
@@JustPlaneCrazy ill try to get more info. In the mean time if you find out the right way to make it work id appreciate a heads up. Happy flying
Hello, Does it support HV servo's please ?
I am not sure of the voltage limits. You will have to check the site. Good question.
@@JustPlaneCrazy Did that before asking you but still no answer back from RC Castle...
Per the instructions
SPECIFICATIONS
1. Operating voltage: DC 3.3 ~ 9.0V
@@JustPlaneCrazy thanks man, still no answer from RC Castle, good there are people like you :)
Don’t forget to share the channel. Ty
Just bought 4 on your rec
Thanks for watching. Those things still amaze me.
Can this be used if you have a Gyro already in the plane?
This is a stand alone unit and just plugs into the steering so it effects nothing else. Depending on your current gyro you may already be able to achieve the same feature with heading lock
I have one installed on every one of my jets and it works flawlessly. Also check out check out their electronic brake controller combo side slip gyro all in one unit also really cool. I had that installed in my F-14. By the way love the 2100kv FMS update on the F-14 the performance is night and day difference. Cheers
Thanks for watching. I appreciate that people comment that things I have done help them.
Are you set up so we can purchase items from your site so you get credit/paid for items you’ve reviewed?
I appreciate that but I don’t worry about associate links. I do everything with no ads and links, free really. I send out my tshirt ad link from teespring. If people wish to support or through PayPal brendenmccormick@att.net it’s always appreciated but not needed. Like share and thank u for watching.
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@@JustPlaneCrazy I’m on it. It’s the least I can do for the really helpful videos I’m about to take advantage of. Thanks again taking the time putting the videos together.
On the Arrows T-28, I got everything working on the front end. Steering gyro is doing it's thing, front gear retracts, but I noticed when I was patting myself on the back, and saying, "I didn't need any help with this!" I noticed the rear gear servo leads aren't plugged in. Where do I plug in the rear left and right gear? What am I forgetting????
There has to be a y harness to another receiver channel
@@JustPlaneCrazy gotcha. (LemonRx. I’ll throw the rear gear on the bind port)
I was thinking I’d try a “Tri-Harness” and tie all 3 retracts together, but I’d thought I’d check with you first. What’s the worst that could happen, the wheels don’t come down on approach and I crash into the retirement home at the end of the field, or petroleum storage tanks at the other end?
Please do an install video.
That is the install video
You just WATCHED it
Ok after that I see the value
I wish everyone could be neutral open minded
The last takeoff I meant
How to achieve perfect take offs? 🤔
Throw out all those gizmos and learn to use the rudder (read up a bit on P- factor as well)
Do jets have PFactor.? Is everyone perfect? Some people can use a little help.
Just Plane Crazy Perfection comes from practice, and the more these models get automated the less people are able to gain basic flying skills. Several months ago I had an elevator servo fail just after takeoff I was about 80 feet in the air, if I had any form of stabilisation in the plane I would have totalled it,But because I have basic handling skills because I refuse to use stabilisation I was able to land the aircraft almost perfectly using nothing but the rudder and the throttle. These are the basic skills this technology is stealing from people-The ability to handle unexpected failures like that. I've had aircraft with flight controllers in , you don't even have to launch it because it has auto launch and autoland all I needed to do was connected to a laptop and plot the course before it took off.... what a boring hobby that is! I agree that this technology is good for getting people into the hobby but at the same time people should be encouraged to use it less as time progresses-Lots of guys out there have had crashes and blamed AS3X or similar, when in actual fact a lot of the problem is they have no basic skills because they depend on that very technology far too much. Even this device is redundant when you think about it-You can put the nose wheel on a separate channel to the rudder And trim it so that the plane tracks straight-Then slave the steering channel off the rudder channel. People are getting very lazy because of technology I'm sad to say