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Tornado - 9/28/2005 7:03:32 PM   
Lureman


 

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Status: offline 		Hi would like to know how long the heli will fly on a full charge and what kind of connecter is on the battery
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RE: Tornado - 9/28/2005 7:21:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		About 10 min on battery. Battery lead is standard medium output like the one in this pic.



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RE: Tornado - 9/29/2005 9:55:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thx for the come back.

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RE: Tornado - 10/10/2005 5:05:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Can you provide specs on the main motor and tail motor? I'm curious to see if the LHS or Radio Shack has these on hand.

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RE: Tornado - 10/11/2005 5:01:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		TTT ??????????????????????

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RE: Tornado - 11/12/2005 4:29:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Has anyone ever tried one of these helis? What's the consensus on this one? Good or bad?

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RE: Tornado - 11/12/2005 4:21:17 PM   
msken


 

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Status: offline 		As a beginner, should I consider the Tornado? Also is the manual complete enough and understandable enough for a beginner?

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RE: Tornado - 11/12/2005 4:25:02 PM   
1LO64


 

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Status: offline 		Both of you should check out the electric helicopter section

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RE: Tornado - 11/15/2005 2:00:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		My son and I have flown the GWS and similar elecrics and the Tornado is definately better. More durable for sure and is way more stable than my GWS. We recently replaced the motor as we simply wore it out and also switched to a 3 cell lipo pack. So far it's going really strong!

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RE: Tornado - 11/15/2005 11:23:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well my Thuderbird/Cyclone/Tornado is apparently DOA. I charged up the battery and tried to run the heli and it will just spin on the floor. I get no response at all from the tail rotor. Could be my tail motor is bad, or the esc's,gyro or my luck a combination of all...Have no clue what to do as OMP doesn't seem to want to help fix this problem...

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 12:07:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		You do realize that this is how FP helis work. The motors only spin 1 direction and torque off the rotor for the other direction.

Can you put some juice right on the motor to see if it's bad?

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 12:13:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes I realize that's how FP helis work. The tail rotor will not move at all when I give it rudder from the TX. Nothing...The first time I powered it up and gave it some throttle to see what settings needed to be done on the gyro, the heli started spinning counter clockwise. There was no tail rotor spinning at all, either by itself or when I try and give it rudder control from the TX. I know these tail motors are gonna give quickly, but this one yet to do anything. I'm guessing the ESC is bad...

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 12:15:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you think it's the ESC then plug the tail rotor into another RX.

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 12:45:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Easier said then done as I don't have another RX readily available to check it. I'm taking this in tomorrow to my LHS to have them check this out. My question is once they find the problem and I end up having to pay whatever to get new stuff, whether it be the motor, gyro or esc, will OMP be reimbursing me for this?

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 1:37:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		we will replace anything defective. if you just want to pack it all up and ship it back, we'll send you another new one.

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RE: Tornado - 11/16/2005 2:07:31 AM   
msken