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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 12/28/2006 7:09:01 AM   
fourfeet



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Status: offline 		hi everyone, i just bot an aluminium central holder upgrade for my lama but dun know how to change it. any advice on the procedure? cheers.

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 12/28/2006 8:37:59 AM   
fourfeet



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Status: offline 		Hi everyone, I was hovering my lama perfectly in one place in total control, and suddenly it just dropped straight down to the floor. I checked but everything looked fine, then tried to fly it again but it can never lift no matter how much I throttle up. Has anyone ever experienced this? I was on my 2nd battery when this happened. Did one of the motors blew or something?

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 12/29/2006 7:11:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've had my lama (v3) for about a week now and I'm enjoying flying it. However, I've noticed that it doesn't actually fly straight when I push the right stick forward. It flies forward and left, as though it thinks the nose of the heli is left of where it actually is. If I give it a litle right at the same time, it flies straight.

Is this normal, or do I have some sort of trim/balance issue?


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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 12/31/2006 7:10:04 PM   
34Ford



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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 12/31/2006 9:50:03 PM   
ccpmheli



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Status: offline 		Hello Folks, The blades on the Lama seem extremely brittle to me. Does anyone know of an alternative blade for these birds. If the material was just a little more flexible, these blades would survive a crash better. Thanks. -ccpmheli

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/1/2007 7:46:32 PM   
fett


 

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Status: offline 		Hello,

I just got an Esky Lama 2 from my girlfriend for Christmas. It was flying great for the first few days (broke a few blades, crashed/banged it into things a few times, but it's been flying well so far...). This morning I turned it on and there is no green light. Ive tried everything I can think of: changed the battery pack, changed all of the batteries, but still no power...

Has anyone experienced this? Any ideas?

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Fett

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/1/2007 8:03:30 PM   
fett


 

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Status: offline 		Just to add to the above post, what I get is a steady red light, instead of the steady green. I have servo control with the right stick, but no throttle with the left stick. Thanks.

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/1/2007 9:03:59 PM   
ccpmheli



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Status: offline 		Hello fett, Are you sure your throttle stick and trim are all the way down. These helis have a "safe-start" logic in the RX, and if the throttle and trim are not at zero when powering up, the motors won't start. This is a safety feature. BTW- That's a good girlfriend you've got there. Good Luck!

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/1/2007 9:55:31 PM   
fett


 

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Status: offline 		ccpmheli - After bringing the throttle trim all the way to zero I got the green light again. thanks!

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/1/2007 11:11:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Your welcome. Glad to hear it. These little helis are a blast. One thing I've noticed is the blades are easily broken. You might want to pickup some spare blades, I think Hobby-Lobby has a pack of 6 for around $8. I have never broken the ones on top, so I am just going to buy replacements for the bottom blades. Have Fun!

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/2/2007 12:14:34 AM   
hscrugby


 

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ORIGINAL: ccpmheli

Your welcome. Glad to hear it. These little helis are a blast. One thing I've noticed is the blades are easily broken. You might want to pickup some spare blades, I think Hobby-Lobby has a pack of 6 for around $8. I have never broken the ones on top, so I am just going to buy replacements for the bottom blades. Have Fun!

Hah
You haven't tried landing on the side of a house yet then.
Try that, and let me know about the blades
(I know you shouldn't fly it in the wind, etc etc)
It kind of popped up a little above the "sheltered" area I was flying it in. driveway was surrounded by trees, house, and a garage, so it was fine, until it got up into the wind

Then I also got a blade caught in a pillow with the threads on the edge. That took out some more.


Then to make it worse, USPS is closed on Tuesday too, replacement blades were supposed to be here Friday. But they weren't. So now Wednesday

But yea, it's a blast.



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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/2/2007 1:17:40 AM   
ccpmheli



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Status: offline 		I wish they made the blades out of the same material my Esky HoneyBee's blades use. That material is a little flexible, but rigid enough for their duty. I am going to search for a more durable alternative. I even made a tail out ouf strofoam because I thought the hard tail boom was breaking the blade during a boom strike. I have broken a blade with the new tail, and the tail is pretty soft.

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/2/2007 5:03:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think the blades would be alright if they were just a little bit thicker. Check to see if your flybar is hitting your bottom blades it doesn't seem like it will reach but it does. I shortened my flybar and lightened the weights on the end but you could always bend your flybar up some on the ends if you don't want to cut it. Now my bottom blades only break when I crash into myself and other things.

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/2/2007 5:18:38 AM   
Allstar DF37


 

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Status: offline 		Here is a pic of my LamaV3 with a fresh set of blades with a sticker that cautions.

WARNING!
Don't lose control of your model!

I just thought that was funny.

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RE: E-SKY LAMA 2 THREAD - 1/2/2007 5:55:42 PM   
hscrugby


 

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I think the blades would be alright if they were just a little bit thicker. Check to see if your flybar is hitting your bottom blades it doesn't seem like it will reach but it does. I shortened my flybar and lightened the weights on the end but you could always bend your flybar up some on the ends if you don't want to cut it. Now my bottom blades only break when I crash into myself and other things.


Oh yea, that is definitely a "contributing factor"
Every catastrophic wreck I've had, the little clip, holding that in place pops, off, so it flops off to the side and down, hitting the lower rotors.
I didn't want to try and "enhance" that clip holding it tighter, because the blades seem cheaper, and easier to fix than something else that might break if that clip doesn't release?

Does yours pop off much? It never pops out from normal flying, (well, it may have on the last one? I don't know what caused it, was flying along normal, then all of a sudden, it did like a half barrel roll, and fell straight down. I was hovering, and then going side to side so the rotors were leaning a lot. {like the "rock and roll" portion on Radd's school thingie. Only not as extreme as he does })

Cheers


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