Deflectometer (oz14953)
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Deflectometer.
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Quote: "G'day Steve and Mary. Given the interest in the vacuum table article, then I offer you a useful gadget that I designed a few years ago. I suspect that this might get the download counter clicking over.
Although it looks simple it is deadly accurate - a friend who flies precision aerobatics remarked that it picked up a few degrees of discrepancies with his aileron and elevator servo's (one to each surface).
This shall probably be its primary use and it is also useful for people who program multiple rates into their transmitters and want to test the results
Regards, Danny"
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Just to keep things cheap, instead of Turbocad, google for Librecad (it's free)Daithi - 28/11/2023
Also QCAD is free, I've tried installing and using that.
SteveWMD - 28/11/2023
Free this, free that! Oh, the cheapskatery! The space probes NASA sent to infinity and beyond would have to be Kinder Surprise Egg trinkets, no? :))
Miguel - 28/11/2023
True modelers don't have much money, thus they build, and have to find ways and improvise with what they have (e.g. McGyver), so yeah, a lot of "cheapskatery" goes on in this magnificent hobby. BTW... not to be confused with cheapsteakery, which is the art of hopping from one restaurant to the next in search of a cheap steak (modelers are known to practice this a lot too).
RC Yeager - 28/11/2023
My version of TurboCad was free, it came with an electronics magazine a few years ago (I like cheap). Use any simple CAD program you wish, it is the principle that I was trying to impart.
My friend uses a Deflectometer to set up his multi-servo wings and dual rates etc. and he commented that it can pick the difference between two (supposedly) identical servos.
Danny
Danny M2Z - 28/11/2023
Before I get the rotten vegetables treatment, For many years I used Draftsight from Dassault Syst. (yes, the same Dassault!) which was free, but I had to give it up when it went to 'paid'. It now starts at 300€.
Then some 5 years ago I was in need of a true 3D package, and what I bought lightened me at 995€. Since then I missed some chance of an upgrade, my version ceased having support, and the new version is another 995!€, so thank you very much :(
Now, before I get entirely sidetracked, the deflectometer is a fine invention, thank you, Danny! It should work nicely as a warpdetector too :)
Miguel - 29/11/2023
Attached 2 photos [pics 003, 004] for the Deflectometer (oz14953) also a short video, see https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3huGDT17vb8. Thanks to Dave for this nice tool idea. For building the tool I needed less than 1 hour. Regards from Germany,
Juergen Platt - 01/12/2023
Thank you Juergen, your video shows what I was trying to teach to aeromodellers that something simple can be very effective. I am glad that you liked my device.
Danny M2Z - 02/12/2023
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