Heli stuff and fellowship
Jim
Dang it my tractor is down again and I have to mow this field. A belt I replaced last year and as you know it just happens to be the one you can't get to. Today is great so far though. We hve had a lot of storms and rain so no flying for me this week. I may go later today after I fix the yard eq. I want to trim the Gaui. My nitro is still broken. This month is slow when it gets to receiving payment from the corprations because of tax time so daddys pesos are low for now and I have to hold off spending. I think I have enough helis for now. Ha!
Is anyone going to the Joe Nalle fly-in in SC?. I go every year. Let me know and we can meet up. It promises to be a lot of helis this years as they have opened up a heli flight line.
Jim
still no news from the Police so i'm just carrying on as "no news is good news!"
good to hear everyone is fine, my brother is visiting at the moment so it's pretty good timing to have some family support!
everyone enjoy the good weather
Matty )<>}}}}}]@>
WHATTT!!!! Look down on someone because they love flying machines of all types. Oh No, that is not going to happen with me and I am sure the other members feel the same. Planks have been a big part of my flying hobby and I can assure you that JD has some real nice planes too. Flying is flying and we here all appreciate and admire fine machinery of all kinds. Hey, we even tout about our cars, motorcycles and other examples on here. Love your quarter scale bi-plane Mike. Looks like you have put in the work and I can see a lot of attention to detail in the construction. I would love to see that bird fly.
Another windy day here so I won't be flying any little helis. However, I will be taking the black beauty up for a romp this afternoon. It has been through it's scheduled service and I will be doing a checkout of things today. I am going to take advantage of the flight and find a nice secluded place for a picnic lunch somewhere out in the canyons south of here. I need part of a day to be lonely and unwind after all the recent events. I know of a spot with a nice pond that has a fat bass in it waiting for me to offer it a fine fat worm. I will be hopping up and down the rivers here starting Monday to map and log the usual spring changes in them. They move around quite a bit out here in the flatlands and the state keeps the ranchers updated on the conditions on and next to their grazing lands. Easy work and good money. The first week of June I will be flitting around for the railroad again. They have a massive amount of work going on their mainlines across Nebraska and Wyoming and the suits and ties like to see it all from the air. Again, easy work and good money.
Have amassed a pile of "stuff" for the Harley. Got the saddle bags, toolbag & fork bag yesterday. A sissybar/backrest today and the new "two up" seat should be here soon. I'll have her all set up to be comfy for two people real soon. Rode the heck out of it yesterday and had a lot of fun. There are a lot of motorcyclists here and I have been spending a lot of time proudly showing them all the shiny bits on that scoot.
Gotta head for the hangar. Have the best of days me friends.
Hang in there Matty.
Jay, don't buy up all the shiny go fasters for the putter. Did Donica get to Ga. yet?
I flew all day yesterday, well after I got the tractor fixed that is. I flew till dark. Nice day in the mid 70's light winds.
Jim
Well, the black beauty was her wonderful self today. As always Ames and his crew had her up to snuff and ready to zoom. Took her out south about thirty miles and landed on a nice flat spot next to a big stand of trees and that pond I mentioned. loafed around next to the pond and had a light lunch. Drowned about six worms trying to coax up a fat bass. Caught several small ones but no trophies. Oh well, just being out there alone and peaceful was all that mattered. I think I am recharged now and ready to get back to a normal scheme.
It was quite windy all day here so I didn't try to fly any of the small birds. I sat and stared at the A Star parts some and fiddled with the T Rex frame I am trying to fit it to. I have really slowed down on that project but will get it done. I have been thinking that I am accumulating too many helis again and may be culling the herd some soon. The old wrecked 'mutant' is still piled in a box. The T Rex 500 has been ignored lately. The completed helis have been getting all the flying time. I need to do a complete go over of the T Rex 450 SE V2. It has a lot of flyig time on it and I am sure something needs attention. Donicas Copter X is still like new. I was looking around the workroom today thinking it needs a thorough cleaning. It is messier than I usually let it get. I love it. always something to do in there.
Me Cajun beauty rolled out of El Paso this morning heading for Macon. She is going to take her time as she has plenty of that for the trip this time. Spoke with her on the phone about two hours ago and she is feeling good. She says "hay theah" to you all. She told me that she forgot to pack her battery charger and that she called the hotel about it. They are going to send it to her hotel in Macon for her. She said she just plain forgot that it was on a shelf in the kitchenette area of her hotel room and thought of it after she was on the road. It will be going by UPS so it should get there about as fast as she does.
JD,
I think I have everything for the Harley now. I am waiting for the new seat t arrive and that's the last part I need. I will spend a day after it arrives getting all the stuff installed. It rides nice now but that seat is honestly quite uncomfortable for two people. Kind of crowds things and there is no backrest for the passenger. I think it will be much better now and still look good. I plan to take it out for some scooting tomorrow.
Matty me bucko,
How you doing matey? I hope you are doing OK. I kind of miss your sharp wit around here. Kind of wish I could get together with you, get stinking drunk and unload some stress. You know about that old therapy system. Tip some ales with a pal and do some yelling and whooping. That always vents some nerves.
Time to sleep me friends.
Please‘splain to me what needs to change in the settings/adjustments of my 450 Shark.
The rotors are 0 degrees at rest.
Motor off, all sticks seem to be articulating Swash Plate and rear rotor the way they should, but only one blade changes pitch with throttle movement.
When I power up the Heli, (move “B†switch away from me with the “A†switch away), it starts at about 400 or so RPM and will increase to several thousand RPM but makes no attempt to lift.
If I flip “A†switch towards me, the motor turns on to full RPM. I am real fast on the “B†switch to pull it towards me to shut off the motor.
Here are the settings on the TX:
I’m using the terms/spelling in the program that I downloaded
End Point = 100% all channels.
Revsev = No boxes checked.
Sub Trim = all 0
DR = All 0
Stick Model 4
Type = Heli 120
Thro Curv = 0,25,50,100, (norm and ID same).
Pitch Curv = -3,-1,5,7,10, (norm and ID same).
Swash AFR = all 0%
Mix = Mix1, C3. Ch3, 2% and 50%
Switch “A & B†= Null
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My suspicion is that I have a inexpensive TX that is being difficult to set.
I have not been working for over a year, (except for ~ 7 hours on a house stand by generator), so $ are tight.
When you increase Throttle speed I’m guessing that the transmitter is supposed to change the Blade pitch so the bird will lift off, yes?
All help is appreciated
One thumb
[:@]Hey guys getting back on helis they love wind.
Mar
Let us know. If you can post picture we may get an idea what the trouble is.
Marg: oooooooooppppppsssss. yep planks do not like the wind. Helis do.
Jim
See You,
Jim
helllloooooo!
sorry for the long gap in communications! the s**t really hit the fan here as PADI now have me on a Q.C. investigation due to some accusations made! so i basically can't do anything apart from sit in the shop or fill tanks as they've put me on "non-teaching status" until the Q.C. board have heard my case on the 21st May!!
unfortunately have also just said goodbye to my brother and sister in law and put them on the plane back to Blighty after their 2 week stay! really good to see them though, especially at this time and even better to be able to say "we'll see you in a couple of months" !!!! bad bit is they've taken my heli home for me in a nice new ally case they brought over, so i have no heli to use as stress relief!!! well, you never know i may get up to Donica's standard on the sim!???????
speaking of whom, did you get a listen to any of the Blues in Macon, Donica? from what i could gather in our brief visit there, it being quite a hub for the genre!
Jay, glad you've got work dude! we, as a company and island are extremely quiet! we're running maybe one boat a day with sometimes as few as two people onboard!
Mr. J.D.: how is ya sir? good to hear your gigs are still a cert.! 26 degrees of pitch travel!!!!! wow! that's a serious head set up! don't think my poor little E-Flite outrunner would cope with that, it would probably be waving the white flag after the first ballistic lift off! hee hee
to everyone else who reads this, thankyou for your kind words and thoughts on my current situation! i have a very good woman behind me and the love of a beautiful daughter along with very good friends who've helped me keep my sanity in a very illogical series of events and hopefully in the very near future i will be back to my old bouncy self!
as usual, it is always a good 'off-gas' to talk with you guys!
hope everyone gets some good air time in
Matty )<>}}}}]@>
Bet you can't wait to fly that Gaui!!! It wants to fly, let it free and if it comes back to you, you know it's truly yours, if it doesn't, it never did. Have fun at the fly-in!
Hope everyone can enjoy some nice weather and fly high!
The fly-in was great. I got to hob-nob with Curtis Youngblood and several other pros. If you have a chance to see these guys fly the smoothness is awsome. When they do 3D you do not see the jerky bale out looking 3D that you see me or else where. AND LOW head high most of the time. We did get the pleasure of seeing the big boys pile a couple in including Curtis, twice. See, we all do it so don't despair. We had a couple of receiver lock outs so we are not sure what happen. With 5 flightlines running you never know. Funny, only helicopters were affected.... UUUMMMM. As Curtise said: Yep, i dumped it!!. We all DON'T blame radio falureLOL As a note, Mr. Youngblood checks evry singlr bolt andevery inch of his helis before every flight.. Lesson learned! He also had a couple of Rave 450 helis. Wow, makes the Align products look like cheap toys. Speaking of Align. Thenew 450 pro is out and issuper nice. The carbon frames arebeefer. The servo mounting insures same length control rods but are the devil to install and the heli is not repair friendly as far as the SE. To install or remove the servos you have to removeframe parts to get at the screws. YUCK. The Tail has a little slop in it and it has a single slide ball on the tail shaft and that was a disappointment. The tail uses a torgue tube and that is a plus and it is very smooth. athe main shaft does not use a top collar. It has a welded ring built into theshaft. You have to install shimes to tighten up theshaft mounting. The head, tail, swash and all the rest of the metal parts are awsome. The beefy frame is very narrow and the canopy is new style looking good. I saw it fly and it is super smooth and banging in the hands of the pros. The tail servo mounts on a plate that is located between the frame in the rear and give a better straight through run for the control rod. The motor and controller are different. The heli reminds me of a shrunk 500/600.
Jim
Hi all,
Jim and anyone else.
Im up to having 11 Lipo battery packs and I find that my Tritan Jr isnt working fast enough for me. So as you might expect, Im shopping around for a second charger. It should be able to do more than one pack at once. One of my buddies has an ElectricFly Poly Charge4. He has been using that charger exclusively for many years and claims that it works without any problems.
http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/701353.asp
Anyone have any experience with this chrger, or brushed elbows with anyone that has? Also, what other multy pack chargers would you recomend. Value is great, but I like leliable performance. Thanks for your input.
Here is a video David posted from two weeks ago. Kinda long, but you may get a kick out of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0e5AcRxGQ
Flyerbug
Jim
Hey Jim,
Im taking my batteries into low voltage cut of. I fly for about 6-7 minutes on one Rhino 25C 2250mah, pretty agrressively. Good point. I should not drain my packs to that level, its probably killing my batteries.
I was also looking at the hyprion EOS061I. Ouch! That thing costs way too much as sweet as it is. Dont think I want to spend that much.
Thanks for yor recomendations. I will take a closer look at the cell pro4.
Bug
Hi to you all!
Yesterday I had (for me) a major accomplishment.
In my last post I had asked:“When I power up the Heli, (move “B” switch away from me with the “A” switch away), it starts at about 400 or so RPM…”.
Jim said: “It should not take off 400 rpm without input from you.”
So I took apart the transmitter and reset the potentiometer for the throttle control. Now when I power up the TX and flip “B” switch there are no blades spinning until I move the stick up.
Jim, is this next question the normal operation?
Motor off, all sticks seem to be articulating Swash Plate and rear rotor the way they should, but only one blade changes pitch with throttle movement.
If a picture will help what detail should I capture?
Thanks for the advice.
KarlJim
That is a new field David and I found. Its great.Close to home and nobody is ever there on the weekend. Its great for the fixed wing aswell. So I've been looking at the cell pro 4 and the Cellpro 10S.. Im unclear if I can chargetwo 3s lipos at the same time, and start them at different times. In other words, does it work as 2 indipendant chargers in one. If it does, I have a winner and for only10 bucks more, than buying twoCP4.This way I will have room to mature into larger power needs, like my future TREX 500. I havent had the time to do all the research yet.
Hahaha! You watched the YouTube post. Finally flying helis is getting to be fun. I havent crashed in over a year. I try to leave the box ever so subtely, meaning I in troduce new moves very slowly.
Time to research.
Hi Jay, Donica and the rest of ya'l.
Over and out.