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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/21/2004 4:01:28 PM   
Sao


 

Posts: 549
Joined: 10/21/2003
From: RCHelispot, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		I fly

Hornet 2

Logo 24

Eolo Pro

Have flown Pic Pro and Pic FP and a Gensmantle Micor Heaven all since retired as i progressed

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/21/2004 4:29:41 PM   
joeb102072



Posts: 1074
Joined: 6/17/2003
From: Coventry , RI, USA
Status: offline 		I fly the GWS Mini Dragonfly right out of the box EM150 Motor Gear drive tail. The only thing I changed out was the battery pack, I now use a 2 cell 1320 MAh 7.V Lipo pack. It increases my flight time to almost 18 mins. And it hovers fantastic right in my living room.

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/21/2004 8:42:58 PM   
G dog


 

Posts: 26
Joined: 8/3/2004
From: DeFuniak Springs, FL, USA
Status: offline 		Hirobo Shuttle ZXX (8 years and still going)
Enya 35 (just won't die)
Futaba 8UH TX ch 29
Futaba R127DF 7ch RX
Futaba 401 gyro
Futaba 9202 servos (5)
Hydramax 4 cell 1450 mah NiMH

flies like it's on rails

Shogun/Zoom 400
Himaxx 4200
CC Phoenix 25 ESC
Hitec electron 6ch RX
Hitec HS55 (4)
Futaba 240 gyro
Evo Flight 11.1V 1600 mah LiPo
also under control from Futaba 8UH TX

not as smooth as my Shuttle but flies very well

also 2 electric and 3 nitro planes in my hanger.

Happy Flying,
G dog

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 2:00:03 AM   
camra88



Posts: 485
Joined: 7/18/2003
From: Roseville, MN, USA
Status: offline 		I fly an E_sky Honeybee (FP). Oh fun fun fun!!! I need a new rotor head, so no more flying till i get some money... I nick named it the "heliflopper" cuz when i first got it, the tail motor caused the mixer board to malfunction, causing it to loose all control, almost every time i took it to the air. But now it doesnt do that. yay!!!

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 2:10:21 AM   
J-a-s-o-n



Posts: 47
Joined: 7/21/2004
From: Jackson, TN, USA
Status: offline 		I fly a Jabo II.

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 2:28:53 AM   
Ozydego



Posts: 172
Joined: 8/1/2004
From: Westerville, OH, USA
Status: offline 		I fly a Piccolo Pro with the only stock being the chassis, piccoboard pro and 410 brushed motor.

titanium rods, 100T oneway gear,
cnc machined head, swashplate, blade grips, and flybar ball ends
ducted fan tail motor
lightened flybar paddles
1200mah 3 cell lipo

not a bad setup, except I spent my money not going with seperates, like I should have. Now I have a $900 underpowered heli that is way too heavy in the back end from the ducted fan (14 oz. of counterweight on the batt. at the front), and I still haven't learned to fly the durned thing. I have finally had a 20 second flight, before the ducted fan blew the heli too far away, yes the ducted fan blows my heli sideways... at a very good rate. I have to mess with the gain settings, but I may switch back to just a direct drive... Too bad I CA'd the fan to the tail boom...

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 2:59:54 AM   
racemiata



Posts: 90
Joined: 7/19/2004
From: Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Status: offline 		I've flown an esky honey bee stock for no more than 10 stock battery charges. Have gone thru' 2 tail motors and 1 rotor head centre hub. This video was shot just before the 2nd tail motor went south. I figure that any unnecessary friction and vibration on the rotor head mechanism means more power required by the tail motor and shorten its life.

Once I tune-out all the unnecessary friction and vibration on the rotor head mechanism and when my DD tail and 2-cell lipo come in, I'll see how long the DD tail will last.

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 3:44:08 AM   
SexyPizzaMan



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Joined: 6/16/2004
From: Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
Status: offline 		NICE FLIGHT. I just bought a hummingbird. These micros dont look like very stable hooverers as stock. But not to bad in forward flight. I got 2 2cell lipos for the hummingbird. Its comming in a week. Cant wait. Have you flown outside yet?

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/22/2004 9:23:24 PM   
racemiata



Posts: 90
Joined: 7/19/2004
From: Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Status: offline 		Thanks Pizzaman.

With some fine-tuning, I think these little helis can actually hover pretty stable. Sometimes I was able to hover more stable than in the video but I'm new to RC aircraft so I'm not consistent yet, still learning and practising. I found that rotor head vibration hurts stable hover, can confuse gyro and I get waggy tail which hurts stable hover even more.

I started learning to hover from the included simulator and later outdoor on my big driveway. While learning, I find any mild wind to be scary so once I was a bit more confident I hovered in the garage and then proceeded to my bedroom.

Here're some pics taken when I was playing on my driveway before I proceeded to bedroom.

Once I get my DD tail and lipo and dialed-out as much vibration as possible, I'll try hovering outdoor again. An experienced pilot friend of mine have flown my heli in figure 8's nice and smooth and pretty fast so I know the heli is capable.

< Message edited by racemiata -- 9/22/2004 9:27:53 PM >

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/23/2004 12:07:29 AM   
barelias


 

Posts: 164
Joined: 10/31/2003
From: Burnaby , BC, CANADA
Status: offline 		i got two pico tiger moth and an upgraded pt electric with magnetic mayhem motor and GD600 gearbox its wonderful

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/23/2004 2:59:30 PM   
Sao


 

Posts: 549
Joined: 10/21/2003
From: RCHelispot, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		Update

Retired the Piccolo Pro, got sick of it flying like a dog and blowing apart mid air in aggressive manouvers.

Now I'm Flying

Hornet II
Twister motor and Esc
3 Cell liths from various manufacturers
CSM560 Gyro
Duzi Head, Bell Hiller and Swash
Heliup tail blade holders
Home made CF servo plate
Futaba S3108's on Cyclic HS50 on the tail

Logo 24
Plettenberg A300/30/A4
MAH 605mm
Otherwise stock
Now on 10s Liths!!!! Woo Hoo! The power!

Eolo Pro
K&S Paddles and Ally holders
10Cell CP1700's
Hacker C40 9L

2 Cool EPP Bipe
24" Gryphon (Wing)

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/24/2004 3:15:04 AM   
Kermy7803



Posts: 49
Joined: 8/6/2003
From: Tehachapi, CA, USA
Status: offline 		I fly a Nexus 30, and now a hummingbird v3 as of yesterday.
Stupid antenna wrapped up in my tail motor and burned it out my first day....stupid antennas :-)

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RE: What Do you fly? - 9/25/2004 9:09:12 AM   
Mhale71


 

Posts: 647
Joined: 10/8/2003
From: sydney, AUSTRALIA
Status: offline 		i fly a feda dragonfly and an ep concept, the ep concept is being done up at the moment, but im giveing it a good brushless motor (twist 33 / 37) some 3s2p lipos and a 40 amp speedo, it should zoooom then.

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