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New Single Stick Project
- Thread starter Wayne
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Wayne,
Regarding Ethos being installed on the remaining kits, what would be the effective date of that? My kit arrived last Thursday (order date was 10/03) so it would good to know if Ethos is on it already. Thanks!
Mark
Wayne,
Regarding Ethos being installed on the remaining kits, what would be the effective date of that? My kit arrived last Thursday (order date was 10/03) so it would good to know if Ethos is on it already. Thanks.
Mark K.
I'm not Wayne but I think I can answer your question.
On August 31st, in post #99 in this thread, Wayne clarified that the single stick kits come with Ethos already installed.
This was in response to a post I made the same day, asking for clarification, as the store website description of the kit at the time - as I read it - had the buyer installing the operating system. Wayne clarified that ETHOS is already installed and he recommended keeping it. The buyer can install something else if desired.
Michael in Ontario, Canada
Here's my attempt to post an image of the wood panels from my single stick kit.
I used a water based dye - red mahogany - from Lee Valley Tools. Over coats were a solvent based polyurethane.
The front, top and right (control) wood panels are just the dye and poly..... I like the way the grain and color pops out and will go with this
The other two small panels were an experiment with adding .75 ounce per sq. yard fiberglass cloth and laminating resin, with a top coat of poly. The cloth was to add scratch resistance but I don't like the relative dullness of color and will surrender any doubtful extra protection. (I applied the fiberglass cloth to the inward facing side of these two pieces; the outward facing sides are finished per the other pieces and appear like them.)
If you click on the image, it should enlarge and you can better see the wood grain "popping".
(If someone can rotate the image so the top of Tx front panel is at the top, it would help.....smiley)
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Doc J
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Hawaii Sloper
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That looks great! nice work. the finish should wear well also.
Kelly
jure
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like this ?
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Scott Page
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I posted my project to an otherwise sleepy EdgeTX forum and it generated a TON of interest. The concept of a single stick was so novel to many - despite OG 3D heli guru, Curtis Youngblood, being a single stick guy.
Doc J
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Thank you Michael. I must’ve missed that post! Your panels look great too!
Mark
Jure,
Thanks for the rotating the picture of my red mahogany dyed wood face panels for the single stick.
On your post of donating 1/16" mahogany veneers for use as wood face panels...... the picture of the 1/16" veneers is great.... the color is as good or better than my dyed panels.
Just to clarify, the kit panels are not a veneer... they are a plywood, made of 3 veneers (likely of birch).... the ply panels are thin ... about 1/20 of an inch or .94mm.... and because they are a ply there are fairly stiff and the sanded surface is pretty hard.
While a veneer would likely be more fragile to handle (until adhered to chassis) and likely be more fussy to cut with typical shop tools, I don't see why a veneer would not work. I would use a veneer close to thickness of kit's plywood pieces... I think a 1/16" veneer would be fine but a 1/8" veneer might not be as some the components are anchored to combined chassis/wood panel thickness and others such as the trims might be a bit buried.
Michael in Ontario, Canada
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Hey Scott - Sorry for the slow response!! Yes, just flip the 2 wires and you should be good to go. Will have to research this as I'm told we are calling out the wire colors in the manual.
PLEASE put Ethos on it. If you like, send it back to us and we will install Ethos for him. It will be much better for him.
Doc J
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Hawaii Sloper
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I might be able to get some Koa or Mango wood from a friend here on the island.
Kelly
Kelly
gp49
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There used to be a wood supplier/vendor in the same neighborhood as Costco in Kona. A little pricy but good selection and service..
Hawaii Sloper
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Yes! You are correct. We have two there now. Both have a really great selection of wood but are definitely expensive. I’m actually surprised at the variety we can get here.
Kelly
STAIN?
I used a water based (red mahogany) DYE, in part on your recommendation in post 80 in this thread that a stain caused blotching (messed up a clear appearance of the wood grain).
This blotching is not surprising as stain sits on top of the surface and some wood species, such as birch, typically will blotch when a stain is used. I suspect the panels are a variant of Baltic Birch.
A dye, however, penetrates the wood pores, and is less subject to blotching. I am told - but have no personal experience - that a gel is also less likely to botch on tricky woods.
Also a dye is very easy to use ..... want a more intense color, brush in a bit more dye; want to lighten an existing dye color, a brush with water only will remove some of the color intensity.
Michael
Scott Page
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Today I sorted the backwards connections between THR and RUD. I moved the wires in this connector -- swiching the signal leads of the two inputs -- so blue went to yellow and vise versa.
I also connected the momentary switch to the gimbal -- all is well and ready to maiden.
I also connected the momentary switch to the gimbal -- all is well and ready to maiden.
