racemiata
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The paddles should be parallel to the plastic rectangular frame the flybar mounts onto. Initially I used to tune-in some angles to track the blades on my honey bee. However, I later found out that it seemed much better to hair-dry and bend the main blades to do the job.
On another note, I got the EDP 50XC DD tail and 1750mah 2-cell Li-Po last week. Man! What a difference! The lighter battery means less lift required which means less vibration and more stable and therefore less power required for the tail motor. With the 3X capacity, lighter weight and more efficient DD tail, I could hover for half an hour no problem (vs 6-8min on the factory NiMh). The lower voltage (7.4 vs 8.4) is not a problem on power output although the lower head speed required to haul the small weight can be deceiving. I can probably lift the heli faster at full throttle w/ the Li-Po than the NiMh.
The EDP 50XC is excellent. Lots of power even w/ the lower voltage Li-Po. In fact, when I first didn't seat in the blade fully for testing, the thrust was so great that the blade shot out of the shaft and cut my lips. Heat is not an issue w/ my home-made heatsink and blow-thru' setup. However, I've probably put too much heat when desolder/solder the wire on setup 'cuz last nite I found out the 50XC was losing power. I thought that was it for the little motor after only about 5 Li-Po charges. I dismantled the motor and found out 1 of the brushes was dislocated together w/ the external connector as 1-piece. It's all good after the fix. In the meantime, I noticed that the 50XC actually runs brushes as opposed to cheap copper contacts on the factory motor. Now I have no doubt that the 50XC will last much longer than the factory junk.
The only thing I don't like the DD tail setup is that the smaller blade means high revs and high-pitch buzz (just like the name says -- honey bee). I bought the 3030 blade at the same time and found out the 3030 runs a higher pitch than the included 3020 blade. Even with a smaller surface area, 3030 provides more thrust at lower speed. However, at this point I don't know how much extra load is asserted on the factory ESC so I just use the 3020 blade for the while. Besides, even the 3020 blade is running probably less than half power since I get more right rudder power from the 50XC than left rudder power from the main rotor torque. I'll just live with the high-pitch buzz for now.
With the Li-Po and DD tail, I tried to set a record and hovered 15-min STRAIGHT before I needed to take a break physically. That just used up about half that battery charge and the 50XC was even cooler than the main motor. I am impressed! I highly recommend the DD tail and Li-Po for these little electric heli's.
< Message edited by racemiata -- 9/29/2004 1:33:31 AM >
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