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- Freewing's latest model the L-39 Albatros comes with a new Multifunction Control Box and James here to break it down and show you what you can do with it.
Link to Stuarts landing light video mentioned below:
• Landing Light Mod - Fr...
VERY nice little box! Loving the steering servo disability when the gear's up! Awesome!
Excellent video, James. Purchased today to use with my 70mm FMS T-45 Goshawk kit.
Don't understand any of it, yet still enjoyed watching and listening.... haha :D
I'll take that as a compliment! Thanks! ;)
Excellent vid James! Thanks for your time making this vid and informing us, really appreciated! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium (Icarus the 2nd)
Thanks so much Geert!
Love what they are doing with these boxes. Really makes it easy to setup the plane. My only complaint would be there’s no way to change the way the lights work thru the ribbon cable. It would be nice to have a switch or jumper to allow either landing lights or always on lights thru ribbon cable instead of running extra wires. Maybe In the future they will. But right now it’s still a great new control box.
Tech is always changing, but the plane has to work right stock out of the box. It's nice to at least have the option available though for the simple cost of some extension leads.
I just got my L-39. My radio is a Radiomaster TX16s. The rx is a Frsky S8R. I got nothing but problems with this MCB-E box. I got twitchy servos and losing RSSI 40 meters away. Total lock out 45 meters from the transmitter. If i move the rx away from the MCB-E box the servos stop twitching. MotionRC support told me to bypass the MCB-E box. Witch tells me that they know that there MCB-E box has problems. I am not the only one having problems with this box. They also told me that this box does not play well with all radio systems.
I am now flying my brand new L-39 with out the MCB-E box and with the same Frsky S8R rx as when i had the MCB-E box in the airplane, and it is flying like it is on rails. No twitching and no RSSI problems.
The idea behind the MCB-E box is nice, but it does not work with all radio systems.
Think twice before you fly with this box, i might cost you the airplane...
Hmmm. I opened up the MCB-E box in my new OV-10 Bronco and there's an ON/OFF switch in there that looks like it was soldered in after manufacture. It's in the ON position. Wonder what that's for?
Oh, and I think they should have designed these to be powered directly from the BEC, with a separate feed from the BEC to power the receiver, and then single leads from the receiver signal pins to the MCB-E. Why feed the power for everything through the receiver? It's not what I do when I install an external BEC on a model.
This will help a lot of us to understand the MCB and how to use it. But many of the comments on RCGroups are about the robustness of the unit and glitches that are causing some costly crashes and concerns about whether or not to bypass this unit with Y-harnesses. This is a critical flight essential part, that must be 99.999% tested with NO FAILURES. Until we are convinced this isn't a time bomb waiting to go off inflight, many of us will rewire.
We believe in the unit and if there is ever a known issue of it failing then you can certainly count on us to get it fixed. I've flown 2 L-39's over 50 times now and it works like a charm.
Thanks for your reply. I have the MCB in my FW A-4 Skyhawk from you. It's much simpler and seems to be made better than the MCB in my FMS P-40. I'll leave the one in my A-4 alone unless or until there's a glitch, which hopefully will be never. :-) The MCB in my P-40 was recently replaced after several unexplained crashes. If my A-4 does well over the next year, a MCB from it may find its way back into my P-40.
I watched the entire video expecting mention of the wing ribbon cable connectors but not a word. The ribbon cable connectors on the MCB are not identified as left/right but the location on the wing implies a left/right orientation. Is there a preferred location or is it a "if it doesn't operate in the correct direction, just reverse the servo direction"
Very useful, thanks a lot.
Wow, that thing is awesome
It's definitely a cool unit. Want to go back into some older models and update them now
Motion RC yes, look forward to being able to buy it and the bigger one also.
Found it!!
I am thinking about attaching a landing light for my T33. Thanks a lot for the info. Interesting that the slot for a landing light is referred to as a takeoff light.
Top notch communication, keep it up! Please, please, please put a bug in someone's ear to make a Flightline TBM/TBF Avenger.
I'll place the bug, not sure if the ear is deaf or not though. ;)
Roger that brother, never hurts to ask!
Excellent video sir! Well done man :)
I don't know if you (MotionRC) has any input on the development of these, but would it maybe be an idea to replace the inputs with a single Sbus / PPM input? Yeah.. would probably be a bit more costly..
One way you could accomplish this, and give yourself more utility, is to use a Pixhawk or PixRacer and go into the AP with your SBus, then run all your normal connections from the Pix to the MCB-E.
interesting little box. what i'd be interested in though: is there a smaller box without the servo outputs, just for light control? :D
My gear retraction with landing light and nose steering works upside down.
When the gear is up the nose steering and the LED are ON and vise versa.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks
How is it powered? Back through lines connected to the reciever by way of the direct throtle connection?
I hope you will start carrying the SR-71, b2, and f117
You mean produce? We can't carry what doesn't exist unfortunately
I have a MCB-D of the T-45 V2, but the delay on the gear is up to 30 secs, meaning when i switch gear down nothing happens for 30 secs then the gear retracts or extends normally. Is there any way to reduce that delay to 0 as it should be?
Will this box work in any plane regardles of manufactuer or model thinking of e flite otter just to tidy them damm wires😂
Nose wheel steering does not shut off retracted??
Interesting
In order to leave the wingtip light permanently on, couldn't you just move the LED connector over one place, on the Wing Control Board, from "Take off light" to "Light"? According to your video, it's not occupied in the L-39, so shouldn't it function as normal? It's pulling the signal and power from the MCB-E, right? You shouldn't need the extension at all if the labels are correct and the MCB-E is sending power via the ribbon cable to the Wing Control Board.
Can you use smart spektrum receiver with safe with this box and still use safe?
Yep, this box is just a junction. Will not inhibit any thing else
Can this box go in any thing.I have a older corsair that I have never flown. It is the one that come out before the one that has the white tanks.It is a park zone with the DX5e.
Is there a link to the MCB? Id love to buy one for my project
Could you do the same with the AL37 because I dont know how to Set it up with the light. A little cable goes out of the throttle cable and I dont know where it goes, so could you maybe do a short Video about it?? Thanks
Throttle cable would go into your receiver. You best her is to call customer's service tomorrow when we open.
Other than lights, i don't see anything a y connector couldn't solve. Also if you have a gyro even worse. You can buy a ribbon cable for wings. I have one 6 space. Ail, flap ,gear, gear doors and lights.
Nice video. Have a question .. When installing a 3 axis gyro ok to install it between the receiver and the Control box?
yes, just treat the leads coming from the MCB-E/Control box like you would the leads coming straight from the plane.
so in other words, the leads from the box that would normally go to your receiver go to the Gyro first (aileron/elevator/rudder)
James can you relocate the blue box?
Depends on the plane and the space you have but yes, it just screws down wherever you would like it
Do these boards work with Futaba SBus? If so, where would you plug it in?
No. The just use the standard connections. These boxes are designed to eliminate some clutter in the aircraft and the need for y-leads etc.
What good is the unit for other manufacturers without the wing mounted ribbon cable boards? You should provide those too.
The MCB-E seems specific to the L-39 and its use with the L-39's installed wire harnesses. As stated in the video, the future release of the MCB-D may be used in future Motion RC products with installed wire harnesses and, if you review the MCB-D spec sheet on the video, you will see that most of the wiring harness functions can bypass the need for a harness by connecting wires directing into the MCB-D, making it useful on other manufacturers' products. This is actually a brilliant idea!
Can you use this with a 3- axis gyro as well?
Certainly. The ail, ele and rud ports coming out of this go into the gyro and then into the receiver. When you install a 3axis gyro on any stock aircraft where this is preinstallled you will be doing just that
@@MotionRC much appreciated!
@@MotionRC What if you have 2 leads for Aileron, where do they plug into the board if using a non Freewing Jet? Do we just not use the Aileron port and go direct to Gyro then to Rx? Seems like the only logical path. I assume the 2 flaps would be the AUX ports on board. Thanks.
Cool subject hideous soundtrack
Its good James can change the format up a bit, even if the soundtrack for one video doesn't suit you it'll change up. I like the fresh blood in the company.
I mean it's just ambient background noise. I would put AC/DC on everything if I could
@@MotionRC stick with silence dude