ORIGINAL: RaptorXben

Man, this never ends... So I installed my new Spectrum DX6 and programmed it, got the Raptor flying descently. I was having a bit of an issue with it turning to the left, then my battery died (the low power indicator was pretty cool, since the RPMs dropped without changing pitch the heli did a 180 due to the increased torque but maintained altitude and I safely landed).

I went to recharge it and my charger was making a weird buzzing sound (the hoooby.com anodized blue charger), the charger would turn on just fine and sounded ok but as soon as I attached the battery you could hear the fan spin down until a buzzing occured. I let it charge for a while anyway since I was desperate to fly (and I couldn't find any burns on any boards in the charger), eventually the charger just died, no lights, no fan, nothing, (still no burns on the board so I'm assuming a failure in 1 of the transformers windings)... Then I went to fly and slammed into some power lines, I thought the heli was between the lines and me and my father was saying watch those lines, so I turned to fly away from them and slammed into them since the heli was on the FAR side of the lines . The rotors were toast but they were just scavenged damaged rotors from my scrap heap, and my new metal tail was knocked loose but seems ok. I'm just bummed about the charger, my new blades were already in transit but now I'm going to have to wait on a charger.

I'm done with buying chinese garbage, other than the metal parts (which aren't high quality but they're cheap and pretty durable) and rotor blades... basically if its electronic, and from china its garbage.

So anyone have a good suggestion for a new charger (my cheapo 10C 2200mah battery still seems great but I should probably pick up a new batt too)? Sorry to vent.. just frustrated.

Ben

ORIGINAL: Fireman69

Thanks for the info Helifan06 , But i noticed my tail blades are spinning backwards and i don't know how to correct this!!

ORIGINAL: imnew4321

hey helifan, yes align has a charger and it is great. it is really small but great. it takes 1.5 hours to charge a battery and has all of the bells and whistles. I would definatly reccomend it. I posted it earlier in this thread. You can charge all types of batteries to. it isnt really expensive either. here it is [link=http://www.helidirect.com/product_info.php?cPath=116&products_id=881]the magnifico[/link]

ORIGINAL: BladeBrkr

Hello everyone. I bought a Raptor G2 SE a month ago and wrecked it during maiden flight which lasted about 2 seconds. At the time I knew very little about RC Helicopters and have since, from this and the Walkera 36 forum, learned a great deal. When I tried to fly the helicopter it slid left across the floor so I gave it more throttle and a little right cyclic to try and get it up figuring it was sliding due to rotor wash and it started sliding even faster, came off the ground about a foot, and slammed into a chain link fence resulting in busted main blades, blade holders, mixing arms and bent main shaft & flybar. Looking back on pre-flight I recall the flybar paddles were not at at the same pitch, main blades did not seem to change pitch the same, one did not to move as much, and one of the link rods to main blade holder was slightly bent. Well being a newbie and wanting to try it out I ignored these things. My new CNC head and other parts should be here anytime and I am anxious to get it back together and DIALED in. About the only thing I did before first flight was adjust swashplate and check correct function of servos. I look at this as part of the learning curve so I am not disappointed and know that there are several more crashes to be had but they will not be due to the heli not being DIALED in mechanically, that lesson is over and I am looking forward to the next one.

ORIGINAL: BladeBrkr

Thanks Helifan06 a new Tx/Receiver and servos are on my priority list, I will check out those vids too. Will Hitec HS-55 servos work fine all the way around or should I use something different for the Gyro?