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Son of Loki

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 Based on Loki.. and offsprings are bigger and better 😀 It is hotwired EPS foam vacuum bagged with fiberglass, CF .. It has a 16mm UD CF tape laid on top and bottom surface acting as a built-up spar. Dimensions   Airfoil :- TL16 110% thickness Initial CG (@7% SM) is at 20cm from LE apex Highlights 1. It has a 3x1mm CF strip slotted and epoxied into the LE...  prevent dinks 2. The bottom hinged elevons also have a top mylar gap seal ...  reduce drag  3. The servos, servo horn and push rods are embedded and completely enclosed within the wing. The  push rods run through tunnels with the wing, and come out just near the TE ..... reduce drag. 4. The battery and electronics are aligned longitudinally in the center of the fuselage top. It is just a 5cm strip.... keeping maximum surface of the wing clean for lift .. and reduces drag. 5. The vertical fins are 2mm balsa , carbon fiber, fiber glass composite . They are strong/rigid, light, and thin...... less d...

Restoring a bricked RadioMaster TX16s

  The radio suddenly switched OFF and would not not switch on. Upon pressing the ON button there was a faint ticking sound but it would not switch ON. Software is EdgeTX 2.6.0. The following steps were taken:- 1.      1.      Boot and software reinstallation (2.6.0) through EdgeTX companion in DFU mode after running Impulse RC Driver Fixer .           - Radio is switching on , warnings are audible, button sounds are audible,   but Display not working (dark screen). 2.       2.    EdgeTX version 2.8.5 was flashed in DFU mode and the SD card formatted and configured for 2.8.5 ver.              -    Radio is switching on, no sound and   Display not working (dark screen) 3.      3.  EdgeTX version 2.6.0 re-flashed in DFU mode, SD card reconfigured.           -  Radio is switching ...