We're newbies. Using the steerix elite. What is the"wire" coming from the underside and wrapped around the landing gear?
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That would be the antennae for receiving a signal (commands) from the control box.
891546
That is the antenna for the helicopter (for communication with the controller).
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The black wire should be the ground wire. I believe it should of had a round "ring" end, I'm guessing it got left off at the factory by accident.
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Hi, the entire thing, steering tube and all is made of carbon. Also, make sure that the amount of 'rake' to the fork, i.e. the amount of bend in it, matches your existing one fairly closely, so that the wheel isn't too close to the down tube. Although this problem might be unique to my application--a mid-racer recumbent. Allen is right, you will need the expanding tube plug to go into the end of it. It inserts then expands as you tighten it with an allen wrench, to grip the inside of the steerer tube. Although I notice that I can't really reduce my steering play by tightning it, as you can with an all steel setup.
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Also, meant to add that you should remove your stem from steerer tube, not your bars from your stem. That way, when you reassemble you don't lose your fit/bar angle.
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If you look carefully on the back of the light by the connector, the words "GROUND", "TAIL", and "STOP & TURN" are embossed in the plastic near each of the connector pins corresponding to those functions. On the wire harness kit that came with mine (you might want to check yours), GROUND = White, TAIL (Running) = Black, and STOP & TURN = Red. The wires coming out of the bottom of the connector also roughly line up with the connector pins left-to-right; i.e., Black on left, Red in center, White on right.
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No Daniel you use the same ESC...the wiring is different though so make sure you read the instructions carefully before starting. Also...DJI use a very high temp. Solder and its a real pain to resolder so what i did was cut the wires halfway and solder the new connections on to the cut wiring. It saved me the grief of messing up my ESC. Hope this helps you out bud.
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I use the yoke "electric trim" toggle for trim, I get a better feel for trimming the aircraft. It might be that its just my personal preference. I don't have a conflict on my setup.
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I installed this on my winch in an enclosed trailer, which I have stored at the present time, so I can't easily look at how I dealt with the excess cable. I believe I just coiled it and put plastic ties around it. I installed the antenna unit in a cabinet in the trailer, and once that is done and hooked up, all you have is your hand held remote, everything else can be out of the way. I would assume if you were really serious about having no excess cable you could shorten the wires.
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The black wire should not be loose. Both the red and black wires are attached at both ends to part of the copter and battery post.
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As it happens, I did not. That having been said, the wire included is a VERY small gauge wire. I will probably replace it with a heavier wire at some point as the suppl;ied wire seems to be drooping in places where the distance between anchor points is greater than 5 feet. My installation is approx. 3 months old.
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My predatory reading indicated thee video features were tied to a gyro and motion would terminate video display. I opted for an after market ground wire that plugged directly into wire harness. Worked great!
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Where does the compass go? Not where you need it to. With any of these longer, wider landing gear the original compass cable is about two inches too short. The wide/tall landing gear I purchased has legs that are too thick at the lowest point the compass/cable will reach-- about 3 inches off the ground. I've experimented with small rubber O-rings to secure the compass, and have thought about hacking the leg with a Dremel to make it small enough for the compass bracket. What I really want is to find both a longer compass cable and Can module cable, which also has the same issue with the after-market landing gear. Where does the compass go? Not where you need it to. With any of these longer, wider landing gear the original compass cable is about two inches too short. The wide/tall landing gear I purchased has legs that are too thick at the lowest point the compass/cable will reach-- about 3 inches off the ground. I've experimented with small rubber O-rings to secure the compass, and have thought about hacking the leg with a Dremel to make it small enough for the compass bracket. What I really want is to find both a longer compass cable and Can module cable, which also has the same issue with the... » Read More Where does the compass go? Not where you need it to. With any of these longer, wider landing gear the original compass cable is about two inches too short. The wide/tall landing gear I purchased has legs that are too thick at the lowest point the compass/cable will reach-- about 3 inches off the ground. I've experimented with small rubber O-rings to secure the compass, and have thought about hacking the leg with a Dremel to make it small enough for the compass bracket. What I really want is to find both a longer compass cable and Can module cable, which also has the same issue with the after-market landing gear. « Show Less
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thank you for all your replies..surely everyone also has mixed views about where the hot side is..i think im better off opening one and post my finding here..the problem with my needs is im going to use this on my rc plane transmitter.dont want the wrong side pointing outward cause my plane has no return to launch feature..i just rely on my telemetry beeps when going out of range.
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There is some minor assembly required. For example, the wingtips have to be taped on, as does the tail fin, and you'll need to charge and install the included battery. You'll also need to install the landing gear if you intend to use them.
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How did you secure the car seat to the airplane seat? That was another big problem of mine. You said, "one of e harness solutions." I only know of one that's FAA approved for takeoff and landing. What ones do you know of?
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The purpose of raising the landing gear on one side is feverish effort to counteract the ground effect slip to the left on take off. It stays that way because the Gyros have placed it in that position as LEVEL. On my birds, (I have (2) 911s) I simply took a pair of scissors and clipped the tabs off. Even so, one of the still fly slightly tilted until I did a weight shift on the entire frame. (Don't do that, it takes away from flying time because of added weight.) Having said that, let me say this:(Learn the characteristics of each of your birds. If it has a tendency to slip left on take-off, give it a quick shot and release of right aileron to correct it. Do the same thing for the birds slipping away in any other direction. The gyros will take over from that point and you will be able to enjoy your flights as I do now. ALL Rotary Winged Aircraft with a tail rotor produces thrust to the left on take off because of the countering forces between the main rotor that want the aircraft to spin left and the tail rotor that says, Oh no you don't!!
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I used the Stinger Ground Loop Isolator successfully without connecting the brown wires at all. They are in my opinion grounding cables, however the shields around the signal cables connect through the Stinger by the shiny cylyndrical part of the plugs and to the ground at the signal cable source and receiver, which appears to work just fine without the additional connection of the Stinger with the brown wire. I suggest to try this out, if it works well, end of the story.