thecheatscalc
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what do you know, I got my esky in! the first thing I noticed was that miniscule amounts of weight can really affect the "stay still" factor, such as that little coil of wire which I normally would've ignored on my 36 made the thing drift right off! I couln't coil it anywhere as there's not much space for it, so, I just let the whole cord hang as I fly. let's see, I inverted the tail after some coustom drilling and cutting, which by the way, makes this thing look about 50 times better after the rear "prop" and two "stabilizers" are removed. This also prevents most, but the skid snapping drops, t boom strikes as the tail points down instead of up. I too have noticed that the thing spins even with full trim, I've thought of an idea to fix this, but, I need to know, how do you make a simple, decent mold for lead? you see, the "stabilizers" on the tail would make terrific paddles, I've looked at them and they are semetrical, but, are made of light plastic. to attach them to the flybar you would have to twist the metal rod in the plastic black control piece that attaches to the top of the helicopter. this makes those metal hooks that point up and down inside those rubber things point to the left and right in which you could hook the front of the lead pieces in causing you to not have to adjust them (as them rotating would make them level out)
any ways, so far this helicopter is great, that white plastic is really annoying though, it won't accept superglue  I've already broken the front two skids, so, this poses a real problem, fortunatly, rubber cement seems the best choice for temerary fixes, or maybe hot glue, I'm using the cement at the moment. So, GTX, since you seem to be able to make skids already, I think a good next project would be black plastic esky super skids, just a suggestion though 
overall, the thing is really well built and flies great, it's really easy to fly, so I'd would NOT suggest it as a begginer helicopter, unless you want a simulator, or just out for kicks and not wanting to go into an outdoor helicopter, this is NOT the best first helicopter, why? well, if someone who's never flown before can hold this thing in a 6x6x6 ft area pretty easily, then it's really good, personally I can keep it in a cube three inches larger than the helicopter, but only because I have flown other harder helicopters, this thing just doesn't teach the reflexes that a larger one does.  now if you want to fly in your office or in your living room/ want a GOOD simulator after you get your first helicopter and can hold it in a decent tail in hover, then go ahead, this is for you. I'm learning head in with this helicopter, and it's invaluable compared to a computer sim. BUT in all respect, having something so tame and quiet makes me almost afraid to fly my 36! I've already gotten over an hour of flight logged on it and I've only had it for two days! Oh, and one thing, I HAVEN'T noticed the motors getting hot even after a full pack of 5 ft hovering (it's so fun to just bring it 5 inches from your nose!) it's warm, but I can hold my finger on it with no trouble. Hmm I should probably get some spare motors, and blades, I'm going to burn them up in a week at the pace I'm logging hours on it!
PS: why didn't they make the flybar holder METAL, I broke it already when I hit it into the gas cans I was doing circuts around in my garage (those green isreali ones) and I must say, I'm getting pretty good at the trasition into head in from tail in during forward flight, it does like to wander when you get it going fast though... Also, I bought from "autoscafe.com" and when you choose exprss shipping it arives in 2-5 days at my home in georgia (probably faster in the east coast) even though it comes from hong kong, the total price (s/h included) was $133, which seems like a pretty good deal from where I've looked.
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