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Esky Lama V3 - 4/15/2006 3:26:34 PM   
buacc


 

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From: , MB, CANADA
Status: offline 		Just got their newsletter about this model:
http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=86&products_id=3784

Anyone try this model before? The price seems reasonable and I just want to buy it.
But I can't find they provide parts on this model.
Anyone can tell me where i can buy the parts?
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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 4/15/2006 4:09:31 PM   
jez33


 

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Status: offline 		think some one said a few pages back that they are just a lama 2 but with a face lift!

i fly the lama 2 which is a very good heli i think so if you dont already own a lama 2 then get the lama 3

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 5/13/2006 11:46:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Lama V3 is a Lama 2 with a cosmetic facelift so look at the Esky lama thread For lots (and lots) of info. I have one and I really like it.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/30/2006 5:11:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Guys,
How long have you been using your coco lama? I'm thinking of buying one but not sure about the 4in1 unit that comes with it. I have a BCP and it jumps like crazy when the receiver or servo (dunno what else) glitches


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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/30/2006 4:16:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I completely agree with beeper0358. I want to know exactly whats up with people saying that the 4 in 1 burns on the Lama.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/30/2006 10:36:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is the esky lama v3 the same as the coco lama? I found it very confused on grandhobby.com

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/30/2006 11:55:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		The V3 is a "cosmetic face lift" of the co co. Consider them the same.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/31/2006 7:28:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		The Lama 2 (V3) is the good beginners rc helicopter.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 7/31/2006 3:55:15 PM   
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From: dallas, TX, USA
Status: offline 		Weather it is the lama 2 or 3, for around $100 you are getting at least a few 100 hours of flight time before you burn out parts (motors batteries 4-in-ones). I think that it’s a pretty good deal.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 1/7/2007 2:42:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		and the esky lama v4 is coming next month, i'm waiting for it... i got my robins22 from this site and just found that they posted the lama v4 to release on 1 feb... check out the video there too..

http://www.rc711.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=126

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 1/12/2007 2:22:16 AM   
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From: Hurdle Mills, NC, USA
Status: offline 		The Lama V4 looks distinctly like a Blade CX2.

Now, my problem. Hello, folks. I am a new Lama V3 owner and after trimming it out to a fairly stable hover, I tried it outside under no wind conditions. Everything was going along fine when it took an instantaneous nosedive into the ground from about 50 ft. altitude with no control input from me after flying correctly for about a minute and a half. It was a HARD landing. I searched all around the crash site for the stabilizer bar and could not find it anywhere. This leads me to believe that the bar went flying off on its own and the heli immediately crashed. It was either that or some type of radio glitch that shut it down and the stabilizer bar was catapulted into another county. Has anyone had any experience with the stabilizer bars flying off during flight or the radio hiccuping causing a crash? It was only on its 3rd battery charge. These helicopters could be called "flying frailties". They sure are delicate. It will cost me $100 for the helicopter and $500 in parts before I get the hang of it, I think. Comment, please(ref: the possible cause of the crash only).

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 1/12/2007 5:20:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I recently bought the Lama v3.

I love it... when it flies.

I've flown it for a total of 7 flights. On the 4th flight, I was ~20' in the air when the plastic top of the inner shaft broke and off flew the stab bar. I replaced the inner shaft and on the 7th flight, this time around 25' in the air, the plastic top of the inner shaft broke again.

I'm not thrilled so far with the durability. Note: it hasn't crashed and I've been flying it strictly indoors in a large space (50'x50'x100').

Am I doing something wrong in the setup? It flies beautifully for a couple flights, then pop goes the plastic part on the top of the inner shaft. The blades seem to be aligned. I think I was giving it full forward thrust when the shaft top snapped; maybe that's the problem.

I've ordered the aluminum upgrade.

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-Juhan

[picture mid-hover: http://flickr.com/photos/38869431@N00/344745201/]

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 1/12/2007 12:45:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Juhan, I think mine was in max forward flight when the flybar/stabilizer bar flew too. The Blade CX2 has a screw above the stabilizer bar to prevent that problem. The plastic yoke for the stabilizer bar is just not up to the task. I think you solved your own problem with the aluminum upgrade, which is exactly what I am going to have to do. Good luck.

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RE: Esky Lama V3 - 1/12/2007 1:17:14 PM   
rsiaviation


 

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ORIGINAL: retired911guy

Juhan, I think mine was in max forward flight when the flybar/stabilizer bar flew too. The Blade CX2 has a screw above the stabilizer bar to prevent that problem. The plastic yoke for the stabilizer bar is just not up to the task. I think you solved your own problem with the aluminum upgrade, which is exactly what I am going to have to do. Good luck.


Hello,
What happens with the fly bar is that when in forward flight and you turn sudenly you throw the fly bar all out of wack and that causes it to crash. You can see what I mean be running up you motors while holding it and tilt it in one direction then quickly in another. That is what causes your lama to crash. About the fly bar comming off in flight I don't know why that is occuring but it has never happened to me and I have had it since the end of august and it has been great.

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