flyachopper1
Posts: 224
Joined: 10/31/2007
From: North Platte,
NE, USA
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Hey you floatin', flitterin', flyin' fanatics,
Another rainy, cold day in NE. I finished all the work realted phone and computer stuff yesterday so I'm spending today working on helis and doing the 3 1/2 tons of laundry I let pile up. I figured I should do laundry when I found I was down to the last set of unner shorts and socks. Going commando I can stand, but I gotta have socks.
Got notice today that all the T Rex parts I ordered on e bay from that place in Oregon have been shipped except for the 430XL motor and esc. I don't know yet why he wouldn't ship those at the same time. I'm going to try and call him here soon. The motor was my primary reason for ordering from him and the other parts were afterthoughts. Darn, it sure would be nice to have a hobby shop nearby. I get real tired of having to call places to straighten out orders long distance. I'm sure though that this will work out. The guy has a good rep on e bay, 100% positive feedback and has been a seller for a long time. Maybe if the deal comes through for Donica in Baton Rouge I'll be living somewhere near a good LHS. There are times when I'm tempted to freak out one of these far away places that fool around with orders and hop in the black beauty and show up in their parking lot. It would be fun just once to see their faces when a disgruntled customer dropped in on them from the air. Bet they would be quite humble. OK, there,  I let that steam out.
I got a good deal on an Align 430L and 35 amp esc on e bay. They're brand new, came still sealed in the original package and there's not a scratch on them. Won the bid at $55.01 by sniping in at 20 seconds before the auction ended. They were part of the stuff I bought to rebuild the Raptor and they got here in four days.
Oh yeah, the good ol' radio glitches. Today I'm shopping for an R606FS 2.4 GHz receiver for the Raptor so I can use the new radio. I was pondering why the Futaba 6EX PCM/fm system would glitch like it did. It's a darn good radio system and had been trouble free up to that time out at my sister's place. It hit me that the Union Pacific Railroad has a huge classification yard in No. Platte (largest in the world) and they use a plethera of two way communications out there. Every train has a two way radio on it as well as the gizmos on the back of the trains that replaced cabooses. Those gizmos communicate with the head end locomotives via radio signal. I called one of the yard managers out there and he told me that all of their radios and the rear end devices are on fm bands. Even all the trucks, offices, heavy equipment, etc. have the radios in them and they have 3500 frequencies listed on their FCC license. Well now, I think I know why the little fm band r/c radios tend to glitch here. They don't stand a chance against all those high power radios. I called one of the plank pilots in the club here and he told me that they have been seeing a lot of glitching on their radios here in the last coupla years and most of them have changed over to 2.4 GHz. He said the 2.4's are working real good and have shown no glitching. Okay, that's good news. I'm changing everything over including my nitro race car.
How lucky is it to have a lady that wants me to keep all the helis? Lucky is a mild word for having a lady like Donica. She is beautiful, has a great personality, gets into my hobby with me and is smart (you'da thought that part woulda kept her away from me). Top all that off with a good profession, a good sense of humor and great cooking skills. Man oh man. A rare one for sure. And, she's not afraid to or disgusted by a good burp. That little squeak can put me to shame on that. I can't believe that tiny little body can store up so much noise. I've told her that when she gets the national anthem down pat we'll hit the road and she can do it at sporting events. Maybe she can 'expand' into country music. I don't feel just lucky, I feel blessed. I must have done something along the way to make God smile or laugh.
The T Rex 600N is looking like the next nitro I'll likely get. Helismith, I know you suggested the pro version but others have told me that it's kinda old tech and heavy. They have said that it's a real stable bird but the weight makes it sluggish for 3D and kinda slow for sport flying. Some have called the pro a "rocker" saying it kind of has to rock on it's cg to change direction. I've heard some complaints about the muffler and fuel consumption too. They've also said that the shaft driven tail rotor is bad news too. One little touch on the ground and it shells the gears and those are pricey. I've pretty much ruled a pro out of the running. As I have some smaller nitros already (and permission to keep them all  ) I think a 600 needs to be added to the 'herd'. I wonder if Donica would have any objection to a nice enclosed trailer to take everything to the field. Better yet, a motor home  (hint, hint).
I feel a need to bring up something about the Copter X maingear. I checked Donicas and it's not the fan type like on the T Rex. It won't provide air flow to cool the motor. I have three spare sets of T Rex gears and will put one of those on her bird. Some Align motor heatsinks are on the shopping list too.
Mike at US Hobby seems to be a good ol' boy but I'm still waiting to hear from him on my other aluminum case. Guess I'll have to call him too.
Time ta quit yakking on here, get some shirts out of the dryer and manipulate some pieces parts on the T Rex.
Tails in the wind my friends.
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A helicopter is 40,000 loose parts flying in formation, beating the air into submission and scaring the ground away.
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