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    • All Forums >> RC Helicopters >> Electric RC Helis >> Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc.. >> ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 *
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    ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 *
    THE WORST HELI IN THE UNIVERSE
      7% (22)
    VERY VERY VERY BAD
      4% (13)
    DOING MY HEAD IN
      6% (19)
    ACCEPTABLE
      12% (35)
    OK
      10% (28)
    OK
      5% (15)
    GOOD COULD BE BETTER
      23% (65)
    GREAT HELI
      17% (50)
    ABSOLUTLEY LOVE THIS HELI
      8% (24)
    THE BEST HELI IN THE UNIVERSE
      2% (7)


    Total Votes : 278
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    ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 1:19:55 AM   
    NOZZARCHELI



    Posts: 67
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    From: newportGwent, UNITED KINGDOM
    Status: offline     		HI GUYS, I have just purchased a wakera dragonfly 36 with brushless/lipo setup and the transmitter i got with it was duff.....when i push the right stick to the right it clicks and the sick doesn't go back to the center....I was a little annoyed....i have emailed my supplier form ebay and am awaiting a response.....hopefull he will exchange the tx for a working one.....as i am really looking forward to flying this little thing.......HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS OR ANY SIMILAR PROBLEM??.......


    PLEASE POST ANYTHING IN THIA THREAD CONCERNING THE DRAGONFLY 36

    CHEERS MATT.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 12:37:33 PM   
    upperkingjr


     

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    Status: offline     		from what i have read on many forums the walkera's electronics are junky and you should only buy the heli without them and install your own..

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 2:03:23 PM   
    Tiger27


     

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    Status: offline     		Theres a whole thread about them already, you just have a mode 2 stick by the sounds of it which can be rewired to work as mode1(Ithink Ive got that right ).

    I have a 36 and I am very happy for the price, Ive had no electrical issues so far and best of all it actually flies. Some people on these forums have a bit of an elitist attitude about there expensive helis when for me I couldnt have afforded to get into the hobby without these cheap knock offs.

    I must say though, they are far from ready to fly and if you dont enjoy fiddling with them I wouldnt bother, as they do really need a thourough going over, but Im still quite a lot of money in front of what an original would have set me back and Ive been having a lot of fun for a couple of months with only a couple of sets of new blades and a decent charger as extra cost, from what I read you would need that no matter what type you go with.

    Only my opinion though.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 2:50:48 PM   
    NOZZARCHELI



    Posts: 67
    Joined: 9/21/2005
    From: newportGwent, UNITED KINGDOM
    Status: offline     		Yo guys....and to everyone who's voted so far......I Fixed the problem with my tx........i opened the back and the right stick had come unclipped from the part which makes it spring bak to the center....All i had to do was clip both sides into their holes and reattach the spring.....Problem Solved..............Im gonna chatter on now......Iv been interested in heli's for about two years....My first heli was a Kalt spae baron nitro heli....but by the time i had assembled it and all the equipment for it i had lost intrest.......i reently bought a dragonfly 4FP which i re-learned the basics on and i have just purchased a DF36..LINK BELOW

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5999446978&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

    This is the 36 i got from ebay...including brushless seup,carbon blades,2200mah lipo,etc etc.......i think it was a good deal considering i didn't have to import it from china.......£215 THE LOT........Not bad concdering that it comes ready to fly/ish......after some tweaking....I must say i agree with TIGER27 that these are good for the money....especially if you can't afford to pay £350+ for a T-Rex/Zoom....even though they are better.......i think i will upgrade my heli's slowly as i am a student with only a part time job...and hope that the walkera electronics hold up until then......Thanks again guys

    MATT.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 4:38:29 PM   
    NOZZARCHELI



    Posts: 67
    Joined: 9/21/2005
    From: newportGwent, UNITED KINGDOM
    Status: offline     		HI Guys/Gals............iv got a walkera dragonfly 36 (more info on my setup above) Could you give me any info on what i should do to properly set up this heli and any other tips which may be useful..........i know most of you don't want to say these things again.........so far i have leveled the pitch plate, sorted the arial and cheked all the servo's and the gyro are working and move in the correct direction/s..........INFO on blade leveling.....and also ???????***MY TAIL SERVO MOVES RIGHT FINE BUT,WHEN I MOVE IT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO IT'S LIMIT AND STARTS GITTERING......ANY HELP PLEASE.....I DON'T THINK THIS IS NORMAL?????*****

    Iv got some pics here guys of both my dragonfly 36 and 04......PLEASE POST YOUR PICS TOO!!!

    http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8150/pict01368fq.jpg

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    HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THEM...!

    THANKS MATT


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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 9:59:48 PM   
    thecheatscalc



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    From: fayetteville, GA, USA
    Status: offline     		ok ablsoute necessitys:abs blades (invencible), brushless motor. you already have one of those so you're doing fine, ok how does it fly for you? I thought it flew quite nicely, after completly dissasemling this heli my idea of it is that it's built well, my electronics are in great condition and work great. when flying it make sure you remove the screws on the servos, this will alow the horns to pop off if you crash saving your servos. as for your tail servo make sure that the gyro movment rate isn't too high, this only controls how much you can move this servo si if you turn it way down you can't spin fast. ok besides that make sure you're blades are aligned and the paddles are at the same legnth, never more than 2 degrees. The main blades should never get more than 14 degrees. and for best reception wrap the antenna around the rear servo mount and the horizontal fin taping the last cm pointing straight up. that should be it please post if you have any more problems.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/28/2005 11:33:01 PM   
    NOZZARCHELI



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    Status: offline     		Hi thecheatscalc, Thanks for the tips......Does removing the screws from the servo's mean the heli might become uncontrollable as the linkages might come off......*****??How do you ajust the rudder/rear servo to work correctly....the rudder works fine when i push he stick on the tx to the right but when i push it to the left the servo pushes the tail to it's limit and still has room to move....hepe you understand where im coming from....advice from anyone welcome....thanks....Matt

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 9:19:48 PM   
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    Status: offline     		try removing the gyro to get rid of the problem. also YES if you remove the screws and the linkages pop off you will lose control and may crash. don't worry about that though, your servo links should be pretty sung and will stay on until you crash, though once they losen up a bit you'll want to put the screws back in.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 9:43:32 PM   
    sparkling_fist


     

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    Status: offline     		er if u remove the gyro.. wont that make ur heli very hard 2 control?

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 9:56:16 PM   
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    Status: offline     		well a bit more cordinated, but just try to see if that's your problem, then if it is contact your seller if it is. I've flown with out the gyro (ok maybe not it was on the esc plug for throttle control....oops) it flys just fine but it's MUCH more sensitive so you need to get used to it by bumbling around on the ground for a pack or two until you feel comfortably then just take off.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 10:10:58 PM   
    sparkling_fist


     

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    Status: offline     		yeah but lets say u increase your pitch to go up..

    the torque will increase and the tail speed will reduce just like the head spead..

    this will make the heli turn..

    and it will always do this each time u go up and down

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 10:40:07 PM   
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    Status: offline     		not if you have a powerful enough motor, on mine I didn't have any problem with that, and it bobbed quite a bit as I had the gyro on the ESC! so every time I turned I'd bob.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/29/2005 11:16:32 PM   
    NOZZARCHELI



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    Status: offline     		I sorted out the rudder servo problem guys...........what i had to do was trim the heli the the left slightly so the servo didn't go past it's limit and then reset the receiver by unplugging the battery, once i did this i could trim the heli properly again....no problems so far................................people have said you have to do loads of trimming to setup the heli for a first flight......all i did was level the pitch plate by eye and trim the tail slightly,ajust the PLT - 9+deg and PZT-11+deg then on my first flight it flew perfectly.........no jumpy throttle....no chattering servo's.....it flew perfectly,the heli also has a very stable hover and no unstable ground effect.......also.......my stock blue li-po is great.....charges fine and gives me a stable continuous hover at about 6ft for about 10-15mins continuously......i must just be lucky...... because reading other threads this heli sounds rubbish......iv had a very good experience with this heli so far and hope others get as much fun out of it as i have..........if i get that rudder servo problem again i will try that GYRO technique, thanks thecheatscalc......the poll looks to be in favour of the walker dragonfly 36 so far...thaks MATT.

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    RE: ** WALKERA DRAGONFLY 36 * - 9/30/2005 12:49:51 AM