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ch701builder
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Location: N38.9947,W105.1305,ALT. 9,100'
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 Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: CH701 Wing Leveler |
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Les Goldner,
Since the matronics 601 group have been having the discussion on AutoPilots, how has your wing-leveler been working out with your 701?
Any inverse-yaw actions?
Just curious, and hope you are making sure that there is more air time under your tires than ground time 
Keith
CH701 -- scratch -- finishing up rear fuselage, ready to finish cabin sides, and work on forward fuselage.
N 38.9940
W 105.1305
Alt. 9,100'
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lgold(at)quantum-associat
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: CH701 Wing Leveler |
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Keith,
My Trio EZ autopilot worked great keeping the wings level and the plane
on-course. EZ a great product with good support. I took a 3000-mile round
trip flight into a lot of high-wind conditions without having to put my
hands on the stick except to adjust the trim tab and to land. Notice that I
used the past tense here because I no longer have good GPS input into the
EZ. When the EZ worked, I was using my Lowrance 1000 GPS output to control
it. Then I made a bad mistake by selling my Lowrance & purchasing a fancy
do-everything, AnyWhereMap GPS that operates on a Windows tablet PC.
AnyWhereMap assured me that their product would work with my EZ but it
doesn't! The plane now swings back and forth up to 15-degrees off-course
under the control of the AnyWhereMap. AnyWhereMap won't give me back my
money without hitting me with a hefty restocking fee. Its been 3-months
since I purchased the unit and they still haven't fixed the problem! (You
may want to consider putting this firm on your no-buy list).
Les
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ch701builder
Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 119
Location: N38.9947,W105.1305,ALT. 9,100'
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: CH701 Wing Leveler |
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Les,
Thanks for the info. I still have my pictures of your installment, and will put them to good use when I get to the point of installing my control equipment.
Thanks again,
Keith
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Subject: RE: CH701 Wing Leveler
Keith,
My Trio EZ autopilot worked great keeping the wings level and the plane
on-course. EZ a great product with good support. I took a 3000-mile round
trip flight into a lot of high-wind conditions without having to put my
hands on the stick except to adjust the trim tab and to land. Notice that I
used the past tense here because I no longer have good GPS input into the
EZ. When the EZ worked, I was using my Lowrance 1000 GPS output to control
it. Then I made a bad mistake by selling my Lowrance & purchasing a fancy
do-everything, AnyWhereMap GPS that operates on a Windows tablet PC.
AnyWhereMap assured me that their product would work with my EZ but it
doesn't! The plane now swings back and forth up to 15-degrees off-course
under the control of the AnyWhereMap. AnyWhereMap won't give me back my
money without hitting me with a hefty restocking fee. Its been 3-months
since I purchased the unit and they still haven't fixed the problem! (You
may want to consider putting this firm on your no-buy list).
Les
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Geoff Heap
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 266
Location: Lindenwold, New Jersey
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:05 am Post subject: Re: CH701 Wing Leveler |
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Les/Kieth
With your knowledge of the install. How difficult would this be as a retro fit
as opposed to a original install? I'm not finished yet and could do it now or start flying first. do you recall the cost? thanks.... Geoff
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lgold(at)quantum-associat
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: CH701 Wing Leveler |
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Geoff,
Almost all wing levelers are retrofits. I have attached a picture of the
servo installation from Trio (EZ) so you can see how easy it is to install.
This pic shows two servos but for wing leveling you only need the gray one.
It took me about 1/2 day to install (and I'm slow). The biggest part is
attaching the wires. I added a kill/set switch on my control stick.
Les
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