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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

 @  Joaquin. Hope you get some flying in soon.  I know how work gets in the way.

@ Brian. Glad you enjoyed your weekend. I had the same thing in Thailand but I think the wants might have been a bit different.
Hate to say it but Ill be glad when your walk of shame starts. Been a bit quiet in here and your blather will be welcome.

@ all.  Went out again this morning and found a bigger patch of ground to fly on. Weather was great and really enjoyed it.
Vids uploading now but no blather as I was kinda expecting a crash as Im going a bit beyond my comfort zone.
Sorry to report no crashes but on the last flight it glitched again so Ill upload it for you to take a look at.
Seems to be the same symtoms as Simons, flying into the wind and giving elevator it just takes off.
Luckily Im only trying to level out not do a loop as Simon is when it glitches.

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ORIGINAL: Ddaddy

I'm a little surprized there's not been much response on RCG about the 3.5 pitch especially since Simon's vid's are refferenced so much. I'm not experiencing it on my 3.5 but it's on a 500 and it's had other issues ($) I've been working through. My 450 has original cx1000 and I'm not touching it!

It is clear there's a problem though from watching the vids. 

Goodnight everyone,
Ken

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ORIGINAL: hugj

I have a cx1000 on my 450, gaui 425 a beastx clone on the trex 500 and a beastx on the swift 550.
the only issues i had were with the cx1000 on the gaui droped the gains and flys great.
 both the clone and orginal beastx work great i like them better beceause you can program them with out a computer.

 I got the 550 back in the air this last weekend flew great. I'm a little gun shy though come to find out the tail linkege is a weak link
I can upgrade to cnc but it is $$$$ also i may convert it to the gaui design if it will work tail shafts are the same size.
I think i will take one off and see if it will work, if it does i can get a cnc gaui set up for less money.
   Raining again so i think a little mntc. is in order.
  Hugh

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98
Hey guys, having a bit of a problem as far as my MT kit goes...
Just spooled up the motor to check if it was spinning in the right direction, and something didn't sound right. It sounded as if something was restricting the movement of the motor and the motor RPMs were going up, then down even though my stick was in the same position.
So I checked the belt tension, all good. Meshing between the pinion and main gear was good. However I am not sure about the meshing of the tail drive gear and tail belt gear. This seems to be the problem because when I spin the head in the opposite direction, it is not smooth unlike both of my GT frames. A tad frustrating, but oh well...

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98

I assume mtnc = maintenance...DOH!


Finally got my big box full of parts for the quad copter. 11x4.7 props are deceptively big, as too the DT750 motors off HK!

Will hopefully program the quad board and also wire up the escs.

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98
Hey guys, having a bit of a problem as far as my MT kit goes...
Just spooled up the motor to check if it was spinning in the right direction, and something didn't sound right. It sounded as if something was restricting the movement of the motor and the motor RPMs were going up, then down even though my stick was in the same position.
So I checked the belt tension, all good. Meshing between the pinion and main gear was good. However I am not sure about the meshing of the tail drive gear and tail belt gear. This seems to be the problem because when I spin the head in the opposite direction, it is not smooth unlike both of my GT frames. A tad frustrating, but oh well...

I'll throw a few suggestions...something may help.

- Watch out for soft start on ESC...this can be a little confusting if your giving throttle and nothings happening then it revs up.
- Take your main gear off and spool the motor to check to see if it's free and working as per normal.
- Check you have not overtigtened the main gear bolt as this will warp your tail drive gear (autorotation gear) and it will have a tight spot with your tail belt gear.  You may just have a warped gear which is highly likely.

Sounds like the problem is the mesh between the autorotation gear and the tail drive gear.  These gears tend to be warped and will wobble a bit but still maintain good contact with the tail gear.  It's when it's warped the othe way (ie oval instead of round) that you get a tight spot.

Hope that helps

Jonesy

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ORIGINAL: jnail

Hey guys, I haven't been around much lately due to life....

I know its a late invite, but our flying club is hosting our anual fall fun-fly this weekend. I would like to invite anyone who is anywhere near northen MN to attend. It is usually a really fun event for both plankers and heli pilots. I think the highlight of the weekend this time though will be the full-contact foamy delta combat. We are hoping to start with at least 30 airplanes, and end with 1! You can find the info on the link I posted, or PM me, and I will give you more info.

On a more somber note, for me anyway, I have found out that my job is ending at the end of this month after 10 years of loyalty. So I am kind of in freak-out mode over what to do next. Hopefully I will be able to keep something in the air during this time to help fend off the depression. I will try to keep in touch with everyone, but keep me in your thoughts.
Jeff

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ORIGINAL: Edmund2

Mnem, where did you get Kakked in the English vocabularly? Great version of an Afrikaans word (my language) and  reading your sentence the meaning (end result) is exactly the same when we ad the "ked" to it. Implication being not good quality and it got busted.
(SNIP)
Edmund

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98
Hey guys, having a bit of a problem as far as my MT kit goes...
Just spooled up the motor to check if it was spinning in the right direction, and something didn't sound right. It sounded as if something was restricting the movement of the motor and the motor RPMs were going up, then down even though my stick was in the same position.
So I checked the belt tension, all good. Meshing between the pinion and main gear was good. However I am not sure about the meshing of the tail drive gear and tail belt gear. This seems to be the problem because when I spin the head in the opposite direction, it is not smooth unlike both of my GT frames. A tad frustrating, but oh well...

I'll throw a few suggestions...something may help.

- Watch out for soft start on ESC...this can be a little confusting if your giving throttle and nothings happening then it revs up.
- Take your main gear off and spool the motor to check to see if it's free and working as per normal.
- Check you have not overtigtened the main gear bolt as this will warp your tail drive gear (autorotation gear) and it will have a tight spot with your tail belt gear.  You may just have a warped gear which is highly likely.

Sounds like the problem is the mesh between the autorotation gear and the tail drive gear.  These gears tend to be warped and will wobble a bit but still maintain good contact with the tail gear.  It's when it's warped the othe way (ie oval instead of round) that you get a tight spot.

Hope that helps

Jonesy

There are about 1 ex South Africans in London and about half that in Aus. So yes that word has gone around a bit.  RAIN  wonderful rain over here. now I will get mud on my shoes and no more dust!!!!

Edmund

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ORIGINAL: Edmund2

There are about 1 ex South Africans in London and about half that in Aus. So yes that word has gone around a bit.  RAIN  wonderful rain over here. now I will get mud on my shoes and no more dust!!!!

Edmund

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ORIGINAL: ingleburn

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ORIGINAL: Edmund2

There are about 1 ex South Africans in London and about half that in Aus. So yes that word has gone around a bit.  RAIN  wonderful rain over here. now I will get mud on my shoes and no more dust!!!!

Edmund

In Australia we use it as well. But as usual we add a bit so to us its cactus. Well I thought it was spelt that way but maybe its kaktus?

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

Another new heli from blade.  The Nano CP X.  Smaller than mcpx but runs same motors apparently.  Look like a neat bird for inside.

http://www.bladehelis.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdId=BLH3300
 (SNIP for brevity's sake)

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98

Hey guys, I have a small issue to which I am absolutely perplexed!

I have a HK401b Cyro and a HXT900 servo for the tail. When I give right rudder, it piros left and vice versa. If I flip the Direction tab, it piros out of control because it is compensating in the wrong direction...

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ORIGINAL: ahamay

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ORIGINAL: Kozzy_98

Hey guys, I have a small issue to which I am absolutely perplexed!

I have a HK401b Cyro and a HXT900 servo for the tail. When I give right rudder, it piros left and vice versa. If I flip the Direction tab, it piros out of control because it is compensating in the wrong direction...

Reverse the rudder channel direction in your tx.

Jonesy