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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

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ORIGINAL: rikybob





You got that right! Yah, I kinda laughed about your snobby noise ordinances down under but alas, the lady that gives me access to her beach would NOT want to hear that loud B T C H hauling around her pond!!!

In lieu of I got THIS and THIS! (HK site is down)

No muss, no fuss!

The actual muss and fuss is HERE as I have to re-do the hull!

As for the other forum, the character ''Boomer'' is really nice and PM'd me some very helpful info! Shame others aren't as pleasant but know this. These are predominantly a bunch of old codgers! Yah, the are rich (many of them) too! In the back ground of one guys piccy at his house is a freakin' ROCK STAR BUS RV! Yet they work HARD to be cheap as hell (kind of folks after my own heart now that I think about it!)!

If you ain't careful yer gonna have a huge fleet-o-little helicopters!!

b

I hear you regards the noise. Years ago I had a nitro car when I was in the Army. I got permission to use the parade ground but only on weekends.

As the barracks were right next to it you can guess how popular I was running that thing around at 7 in the morning. Lets just say after a few floggings I stopped using it till after lunch time.

Looking forward to seeing it tearing up the pond. 

Im being careful not to jump into another small heli but if Rob, Jonesy or Phil gets one and starts spruiking there worth then Im afraid Im gone.

Wonder if the HK site is down for Chinese new year?  Might be a pain to get stuff this time of year.

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ORIGINAL: rikybob




(Floggings, Heheheh)

Yah, I have been the victim of peer pressure by you b a s t a r d s on more than one occasion! Grrrrrrr!

Well wifey has the "lurgy" and I'm taking the opportunity to sand the beast down with 200 grit and prime it! It will be dry soon and I will sand with 400 grit and paint the top half my favorite color, forest green!

In the mean time, Monty Python's "The meaning of life" is on netflix!

As for HK who knows? I mused to myself how humorous it was that given their negligible parts (not always but sometimes) that they may be using negligible servers! I slipped in, in time to order the ESC and the BIG HONKIN' motor and the site failed again. Good thing is, is I ordered state side and it says my goodies are packed and ready to be shipped!

All the best!

b

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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

 Well it looks like the heli gods were on my side today. After getting home I found one of the screws holding the tail box to the boom had snapped and it was close to falling off.

Had the wind not come I would have kept flying and the tail would have ejected mid flight.

Did a good preflight on it and nothing was loose so it must have snapped during the flight.

Maybe thats the reason it was all over the place, because its usually a lot better in the wind. All fixed now and from now on will do a check between every flight.

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ORIGINAL: Rob2160

PHENOMENAL - AWESOME!!!! - DON"T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!! BUY ONE!...

The New Brushless MCPX from Blade.

WOW.. and I mean WOW!...

Here is my mini review..

Very slightly larger than the original MCPX, rotors seem about 1cm longer and the boom is about 1cm longer also.

Absolutely TONS of power and NO hint of any tail blow out regardless of manouver and how hard you slam the pitch up and down..

What I like about it....

1.  It feels so much more solid than the Nano CPX - I love the Nano for indoor flips and inverted but in any wind above 5 kts it really gets blown around.. it is very light.. the Brushless MCPX handles 15-20 Kt winds with EASE and is a blast to fly even in gusty conditions. .

2. My BL MCPX cost $239 BNF which is just $60 less than the 130 X.  For some reason the 130 X never grew on me.. It flies ok, but has a terrible tail drift and gets the death wobbles often... the BL MCPX is just rock solid, zero tail drift, super locked in and smooth as silk to fly..

Did I say it has TONs of power???

The book says 100% flat throttle curve on Idle up and I flew it like that several times.. It has a better power to weight ratio than the 130X and is completely locked in at all times.. (even doing flips in a 20 Kt gusting tailwind.. it never even blinked)

I have now set a flat 80% throttle curve and for me it feels super sweet and still outperforms the 130x

3. It has everything you loved about the original MCPX and none of its vices..  the tail will NEVER blow out and it will NEVER bog down.. even on 80% flat curve you can pitch pump through the entire lipo with no change in performance or Head Speed. 

It is now my new instant favourite Heli... I still found it needed a few tweaks different to the manual to make it fly the way I like it. But that is only for my own personal preference (I like to hover with the collective stick a few mm above neutral..)  for anyone interested here are my settings..

1. Unwind all three collective pushrod linkages one full 360 turn outwards (IE to give you more positive pitch)

2. No Dual Rate, no Expo

3. Aileron / Elev and Rudder travel all 110% both ways

Throttle curve
Normal 0 50 60 70 80
IDLE UP 80 80 80 80 80

Pitch Curve 
Normal 30 40 60 78 96
IDLE UP 0 30 60 78 96

These are just my preferences and it flies great also on the stock settings.. but WOW..  Just get one!

EDIT.. Just had a few more flights after using a tiny amount of Labelle oil on the main gear / swash and bearings... Super Sweet!... Vid review below. 



 

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98

Glad you found and sorted out the problem before it became problematic.

Nothing going on here ATM. Waiting on the crap weather to go away and I am also waiting for my motor bearings and oil order from HK.

Another quick question, I have the HK401b Gyro on my #1 helicopter. I have upped the gain until it stops wagging which is nice, but if I give a really quick rudder input the tail bounces back and is inaccurate. Do I need to add some delay? I have the same problem with the Beast helicopter and that doesn't have a HK401b.

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ORIGINAL: Rob2160

PHENOMENAL - AWESOME!!!! - DON''T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!! BUY ONE!...

The New Brushless MCPX from Blade.

WOW.. and I mean WOW!...

Here is my mini review..

Very slightly larger than the original MCPX, rotors seem about 1cm longer and the boom is about 1cm longer also.

Absolutely TONS of power and NO hint of any tail blow out regardless of manouver and how hard you slam the pitch up and down..

What I like about it....

1.  It feels so much more solid than the Nano CPX - I love the Nano for indoor flips and inverted but in any wind above 5 kts it really gets blown around.. it is very light.. the Brushless MCPX handles 15-20 Kt winds with EASE and is a blast to fly even in gusty conditions. .

2. My BL MCPX cost $239 BNF which is just $60 less than the 130 X.  For some reason the 130 X never grew on me.. It flies ok, but has a terrible tail drift and gets the death wobbles often... the BL MCPX is just rock solid, zero tail drift, super locked in and smooth as silk to fly..

Did I say it has TONs of power???

The book says 100% flat throttle curve on Idle up and I flew it like that several times.. It has a better power to weight ratio than the 130X and is completely locked in at all times.. (even doing flips in a 20 Kt gusting tailwind.. it never even blinked)

I have now set a flat 80% throttle curve and for me it feels super sweet and still outperforms the 130x

3. It has everything you loved about the original MCPX and none of its vices..  the tail will NEVER blow out and it will NEVER bog down.. even on 80% flat curve you can pitch pump through the entire lipo with no change in performance or Head Speed. 

It is now my new instant favourite Heli... I still found it needed a few tweaks different to the manual to make it fly the way I like it. But that is only for my own personal preference (I like to hover with the collective stick a few mm above neutral..)  for anyone interested here are my settings..

1. Unwind all three collective pushrod linkages one full 360 turn outwards (IE to give you more positive pitch)

2. No Dual Rate, no Expo

3. Aileron / Elev and Rudder travel all 110% both ways

Throttle curve
Normal 0 50 60 70 80
IDLE UP 80 80 80 80 80

Pitch Curve 
Normal 30 40 60 78 96
IDLE UP 0 30 60 78 96

These are just my preferences and it flies great also on the stock settings.. but WOW..  Just get one!

EDIT.. Just had a few more flights after using a tiny amount of Labelle oil on the main gear / swash and bearings... Super Sweet!... Vid review below. 



 

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

Hi guys.....not much in the way of hobbies going on here at the moment.  I havn't flown for the past week as the weather has been bad and I've been busy the last few days.  

Some sad news....we had to say goodbye to our family dog Jesse yesterday. He's been by our side everywhere we went for the past 14 years.  He lost his hearing and eyesight in the last 12 months and also became a diabetic and we could not let him go on the way he was.  He was a great mate and he'll be missed. 



Some exciting news...our little girl is now 12 weeks and smiling at everyone.  She's growing up so fast... and she's definately got mummy's dimples..lol



I cracked it with my lipo charger last week after not using a few of my charged batteries and I had to discharge them.  My charger only does 2amps discharge which takes for ever on one battery let alone a few. I used a couple of 35w halogen globes in my charge board as a discharger with the battery also plugged in.  I tested this on an old battery with my lipo alarm connected to stop at 3.8v per cell and it worked great.  Took about 10 minutes for 1 pack.  Can anyone see any reason why this would not work or be harmfull to my packs etc ?


 

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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

Hi guys.....not much in the way of hobbies going on here at the moment.  I havn't flown for the past week as the weather has been bad and I've been busy the last few days.  

Some sad news....we had to say goodbye to our family dog Jesse yesterday. He's been by our side everywhere we went for the past 14 years.  He lost his hearing and eyesight in the last 12 months and also became a diabetic and we could not let him go on the way he was.  He was a great mate and he'll be missed. 



Some exciting news...our little girl is now 12 weeks and smiling at everyone.  She's growing up so fast... and she's definately got mummy's dimples..lol



I cracked it with my lipo charger last week after not using a few of my charged batteries and I had to discharge them.  My charger only does 2amps discharge which takes for ever on one battery let alone a few. I used a couple of 35w halogen globes in my charge board as a discharger with the battery also plugged in.  I tested this on an old battery with my lipo alarm connected to stop at 3.8v per cell and it worked great.  Took about 10 minutes for 1 pack.  Can anyone see any reason why this would not work or be harmfull to my packs etc ?


 

Sorry to hear about your dog. They are great friends and its like losing a family member when they go.
I know how you feel as I was shattered when I had to have mine put down when she got to old.
What a cute smile your daughter has. Its great when they start getting a bit older. Always something new to amaze you.
Your packs should be ok using that method. Just make sure they dont over discharge. You could always put a lipo alarm on them and use a heli to run them down.
Im working away at the moment   here.     Have my helis with me but been to hot to do much flying.
But after putting the new board on the Nano Im loving it. The original board must have been faulty as I never liked flying it.
Now it is great and enjoy it more than the MCPX. 

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

Has anyone seen this ?  Only on top gear right... lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsoWpTO2qg