I guess when I fly combat I push to hard on the digital trim buttons. I went to change aileron trim on my transmitter and pushed the switch right through the case.
Those who know me know I am electrically challenged but this time I had to do something because you can't test fly new planes if you can't trim them out. I opened the tranmsitter case and found that the stanchion on the outboard side of the trim switch had broken off. When pushing on the switch it simply bent downwards and would not change settings.
The stanchion is made of plastic and gluing back in place might have worked but it was in an awkward location and I really didn't trust that glue would hold.
The final solution turned out to be simple if somewhat crude. I drilled out the screw hole in the circuit board the size of a 4/40 bolt and drilled it through the front of the transmitter case. A long 4/40 was run from the front of the case through the circuit board and secured with a nylon washer and locknut. Works pretty darn good!
Broken Digital Trim Switch
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Bilinski dropped a door he used as a portable bench on his transmitter! Shoved the gimbals right into the case! Man, I lauged so hard as the contest was over. He had it repaired and still uses it to this day.
I still prefer the mechanical trims on my Prism7x compared to the digital trims on my Eclipse. With mechanical, you kinda know how far you have gone...
Lou, box it up and ship it out for repair, but then I guess you already know this.
Want to have fun, in the old days I would modify a Tx to use with a PC..well no don't LOL!
I still prefer the mechanical trims on my Prism7x compared to the digital trims on my Eclipse. With mechanical, you kinda know how far you have gone...
Lou, box it up and ship it out for repair, but then I guess you already know this.
Want to have fun, in the old days I would modify a Tx to use with a PC..well no don't LOL!
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