Flying with Link Cable

[Aidi]

Howdie,

Finally managed to get a 3G update dongle. We all know its a pain in the butt to plug in etc, so i was wondering if anyone is actually flying using the y harness cable?

Geek mentioned about it to me at the field the other day.

Anybody tried this or know of a reason why it would not be practical? Only downside i see is the fact it has a join where the lead splits into two.

Rgds
Aidi

[tourerjim]

Yep done it! two of my heli's are 3g the 500 is not too bad to get to but 250 is a pain so the Y lead I've left connected permanenlty on the 250 & waiting for another Y lead to do same on my 500.

[coolice]

Hey.

Yeah it's perfectly fine to run with the 3G Y lead in place of the normal one and saves a lot of bother removing plugs from the main units. At some stage I'm going to get spares to do the same with my models.
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[millerman]

hmmm sounds like a plan !!

[Geek]

I haven't yet but think I will as will be a pain to keep plugging in and out.
So y cable might be safest the changing cables all the time

[Aidi]

After our chat about it the other day Paul, its what i am going to do.

Have read on other forums others are doing the same, so seems good to me.

[inferno]

Silly question... When updateing doesn't the instruction ask you to plug one at a time in, for software updates ect, so ull still need to unplug them later...

[Aidi]

Thats correct of a firmware update, but you can also change the parameters on how each control surface works hence leaving the cable in place.

With a bit of forethought, Align really should have put a mini-USB plug on the Controller

[NEAGRON]

When you leave the Y lead in place make sure you have it connected so that the joined by the single sensor&controll box are long cable &leave the single piece hanging down as i had a crash&I think it was caused by the joint in the middle moveing, hope this makes sense.

Yours,

Martin.

[tourerjim]

Fastlads have got the 'Y' lead in stock I ordered two should be with me tomorrow.