Wiring Schematic For Falcon ESC and Elite T70

A Visual Aid

If you are a visual learner diagrams are always a benefit! Check out these wiring schematics that show two options on how one might connect a Falcon ESC with the Elite T70 and operate it through your transmitter.

Usage with integrated touch button. The button turns on/off the T70. You are able to turn on/off the ESC separately using a spare channel from your receiver (EX Bus). It’s like an advanced kill switch.

Usage with a switch (RC Switch, magnetic switch, or mechanical switch).  The switch turns off both the T70 and Falcon ESC simultaneously.

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Best Use of Small Spaces

How To Install a Gear-boxed Motor in Your Hotliner

Check out this motor and ESC installation we finished! This beautiful hotliner was in need of some decent equipment, but space was clearly an issue. To solve that problem, we direct soldered the Jeti Phasor Motor and Jeti Mezon ESC with an inline configuration. This type of soldering job allowed us to keep the motor and ESC in a straight line, and close to each other, leaving room for the batteries. Check it out below!

Little Added Protection for Our OV-10 Bronco

Snug As a Bug In a Rug (Our OV-10 Bronco Build)

This Elite wing bag added that perfect final touch to our project. What would be the point in adding all the beautiful customizations to our OV-10 Bronco if we weren’t going to protect it any way we could? Clearly, we do not want to risk any damage, so we found the perfect solution. By connecting the wings with a wing spar, we were able to safely transport them to the field inside the Elite Universal Wing Bag (we used the 64″ bag). Not only does it protect it well, it looks good too!

Check them out here!

New Servos from KST

With So Many Great Options – There is Bound to Be One For You!

Introducing new servos from KST!

Servos from KST Technology offer ultra-efficient brushless motors, steel gear trains, aluminum case, low current consumption and constant output power. They are the perfect match for almost any high performance or racer pilot. Operational voltage: 4.8V – 8.4V

KST Technology servos utilize mini 25 tooth (Futaba) output spline for maximum compatibility with the large variety of aftermarket control horns.

Let’s see what is new! Check out the line of KST Servos HERE.

KST X12-708 High Speed Torque Micro Servo

KST X12-708

KST X20-1806 Speed/Torque Low Profile Servo

KST X20-4208

KST X20-4208 Ultra High Torque Servo

KST X20-4208

Flight School: Control Surfaces

But How Do I Make It Move?

In the last Flight School blog we learned about how we use “radio control” in radio control flight, but just what are we “controlling”? In this blog we will dive a bit deeper into the common control surfaces of fixed wing aircraft.

A control surface is a part of an airplanes flying surface (wing or tail), typically hinged, that is moveable1. Movement of the control surfaces cause the airplane to react in a particular manner based on the movement. This movement is known as deflection or throw1. The four common control surfaces are ailerons, flaps, rudder, and elevator.

They main movements of an airplane are Roll, Yaw, and Pitch.

Pitch, Roll, Yaw
4Photo Credit: https://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/roll-pitch-yaw

Ailerons

Ailerons are located on the outermost part of the trailing edge on your wings. The ailerons control the roll of your airplane and work opposite of each other. When one aileron goes up, the other goes down, resulting in the airplane the wing loosing lift on one side (the aileron that went up) and gaining lift on the other (the aileron that went down). Not all airplanes have ailerons. Those that do not, will rely more on rudder and the angle of the wing (dihedral) to roll1.

Ailerons and Roll
1Photo Credit: https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html

Flaps

Ailerons are found on the outermost part of the wing, but some airplanes have an additional control surface between the fuselage and the aileron1 called flaps. Flaps are meant to help an airplane get more lift or reduce speed, depending at what time they are engaged and to what extent. Like ailerons, flaps can be found on the trailing edge of the wing, but unlike ailerons they move together. Moving together allows them to function without altering the planes “roll attitude”1 . Attitude is described as the aircraft’s “orientation relative to the horzion”2 . Roll, pitch, and yaw all effect the airplanes attitude. There are different types of flaps that work in slightly different ways. The types include conventional, split, slotted, and fowler3. Split flaps – where the top of the flap doesn’t move but the bottom swings down – are popular with warbird aircraft. You can read more about the different types of flaps here.

Flaps
1Photo Credit: https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html

Rudder

Rudder is the hinged surface on the vertical stabilizer1 . The vertical stabilizer is the part of the tail that “keeps the airplane lined up with its direction of motion”5 . When you move the rudder, you change the yaw of the plane, which “makes the nose of the airplane point to the left or right”1. The use of your rudder is very important control when taxiing, taking off, or landing. When left rudder is engaged, the plane will go to the left – right rudder will direct it the aircraft right.

Rudder
1Photo Credit: https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html

Elevators

The last control surface that I will be covering are the elevators. One of the most important control surfaces, the elevators are responsible for controlling the pitch of the airplane. Pitch is the up or downward movement of the aircraft. The elevators are located on the horizontal stabilizer – the part of the tail that “keeps the airplane aligned with its direction of motion”5. Elevators move the same direction of the nose, so when the elevators are deflected up, the nose goes up and vice versa. Elevators will also effect the airspeed of the plane based on how and when they are engaged1.

Elevator
1Photo Credit: https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html
Sources:
1 Carpenter, Pete. “RC Plane Controls.” R/C Airplane World. Retrieved from https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-airplane-controls.html (March, 2023)
2 Anonymous. “Attitudes and Movements”. Studyflight.com. (2017) Retrieved from URL https://www.studyflight.com/attitudes-and-movements/ (March, 2023)
3 Anonymous. “4 Common Types od Wing Flaps (and How They Affect Flight)”. Wings Over Camarillo. (June, 2020). Retrieved from URL https://wingsovercamarillo.com/types-wing-flaps-affect-flight/ (March, 2023)
4 National Air and Space Museum. “Pitch, Roll, and Yaw.” How Things Fly. Retrieved from https://howthingsfly.si.edu/media/roll-pitch-yaw
5 National Air and Space Museum. “Control Surfaces.” How Things Fly. Retrieved from https://howthingsfly.si.edu/flight-dynamics/control-surfaces (March, 2023)