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Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/22/2005 4:35:56 AM   
FlyingFish



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Status: offline 		Was wondering if anybody has test flown the Ikarus Eco 7. aside from wondering how it flies, I wanted to know if it was collective or Fixed Pitch? Also I understand it has a tail motor, Any problems with the tail motor burning out premature?
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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/22/2005 3:16:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would say go here to find out I am sure they would be better suited to tell you things about it. http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/22/2005 11:00:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have A Eco 7. It hovers good as for as flying I can only fly forwards and backwards. It seams to fly very good to me. A lot more stable than a Fixed Pitch micro. It's a collective Pitch set up with the GigaTronic board in the helicopter. The GigaTronic is set up ready to fly with a 4 ch radio all of the pitch settings ready to go . It comes with software & cord to plug in to your home PC to change the setting or you can use a better computer controlled radio with 6 CH . As fore as the tail motor burning out prematurely I don’t know I have only had it about 3 weeks.[

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/23/2005 8:59:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the info! Did you have to balance the rotor blades or set the tracking in any way, or was that already done "out of the Box"?
Also is that Bell Ranger fuselage made out of plastic or styrofoam?
Also, did you have to make any adjustments to the gyro?

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/24/2005 1:38:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		The body is made of Styrofoam. To tell the truth I was not happy with that Intel. I made a hard nose landing on the front of the skids causing the mane blade to hit the ground. Unsnapping one of the link arms from the mane blade causing a tail strike. The only damage was an indention in the tail. Better than having to buy a new mane blades and a tail boom!


I did need to set the tracking the gyro was ok.
Let me say this there is a little set up to do. To let the GigaTronic know what ch radio you are using.


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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/24/2005 4:26:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Okay thanks again! But I think I'll just stick with my 2 Corona 120's................

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/24/2005 11:55:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		I understand that the Corona is one of the best beginner helicopters you can get. I looked into geting one but was not able to find much info . Than I came a cross the eco 7 and fell in love with the look. What's the fuselage length on the Corona. I was unable to find out its size.
Thanks

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/24/2005 4:49:48 PM   
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http://www.roffeetvhobby.com/

http://www.helihobby.com/html/remote_control_helicopters.html

You can find Corona 120's at the following links above. But the Corona is 30 inches long with a 30 inch main rotor blade span. You can also get different custom fuselage covers for it, including the Bell Ranger 206.

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 3/24/2005 10:09:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the info

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/25/2005 6:24:07 PM   
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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/25/2005 6:30:02 PM   
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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/26/2005 11:18:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi guys. I also have the Eco 7 and so far I'm very impressed with it! A very stable bird even when there's a breeze, the current position I am in when it comes to flying is completing the hovering stages which I have now done and intend on doing some forward flight with this very soon. Loveing it - ensure that when the battery is connected that the heli is on the ground. It allows for the gigatronic unit to setup correctly. (Im sure you knew this already but was informing you just in case)

the only thing that has been playing up is the Ikarus battery pack you get with it. I think the unit has a dead cell so it needs to be replaced. But my Sanyo 2400Mah battery pack works fine except the temperature when finished using is very hot. You can keep it in your hands for a couple of seconds then it becomes too much. So my question is are these battery packs supposed to get so hot? I am also wondering if the Milliamps is less than required meaning it's working alot harder than the standard Ikarus battery (3000Mah) and therefore becomes very hot to touch...

thanks for the help and I hope this information is of some use to you.

With regards,

Ian


p.s a picture of it before take off i love this pic!!!



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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/27/2005 4:05:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Glad to hear from some one that has a eco 7 also. Did you try charging your Ikarus battery at a 1 or 2 amp charge. The reason I ask is because I was charging my battery a 4 amps giving me a 45 min charge however it got to where I was loosing flight time. So I set the charger to 1 amp 3 hour charge and then for the next charge 2 amps 1 and ½ hours. That worked for me. As for as your 2400Mah battery getting that hot I don’t know. I do know that my battery pack after flying gets hot! I can hold it for about to the count of 5.


COOL photo! They look so sweet!

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/27/2005 9:53:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		thats something i have yet tried and will do later, thanks for the help mate! do you have any other pictures or video clips at all? The only other good pic I have is the heli fleet - thought i'd share it with you guys.



cheers,

Ian

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RE: Anybody have the New Eco 7.....??? - 4/27/2005 10:00:30 PM