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Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 4/19/2006 12:51:17 PM   
push rodz



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Status: offline 		Am looking for a biginner heli for wife and kids and am looking at the V3 Lama. Anyone have experience with this bird? I have an Esky Honey Bee CP2 and love it so I figured that maybe this version is of similar quality........... Any response is appreciated.
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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 4/20/2006 6:14:32 AM   
DEFLYER22


 

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Status: offline 		The ESky Lama V3 is same as the Lama 2 (the V3 only change the color and with a very small modification only - you can check the pictures here to see the difference here). So the flying is the same - Lama 2 flying video

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 4/20/2006 7:39:30 AM   
NMTrucker


 

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Status: offline 		I have the Lama 2, which I bought as my 1st heli. Extremely easy to fly - anyone can hover it well with about 15 minutes of practice. As long as you stay inside, out of the wind it's fine. Got caught in a light breeze the other day and had to go and fetch my heli form a neighbor's yard, after a crash from about 30 ft. Damage? Only a broken tail. Enjoy!

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 4/20/2006 2:35:56 PM   
push rodz



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Status: offline 		Thanks for all the responses. I just purchased the V3 online and it should be here this next week. Everyone here locally is flying the Blade CX, which looks like a good little beginner heli, but I wanted something different (of course) for my fam to play with and hopefully get them more involved with flying.

By watching the videos that are out (of the V2), and reading posts on other forums, it looks like the V3 is going to be a winner and every bit as nice as the BCX. Parts availability seems to be there from what I've seen on the internet so that is covered. I just need to get a couple of extra batteries and we'll be good to go.

If anyone else has comments on this heli, be sure to post them here. Once I get mine in and have a chance to fly it, etc., I will most likely give some feed back. Thanks again!

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/6/2006 3:21:48 PM   
push rodz



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Status: offline 		I got the Lama V3 a couple of weeks ago. What a hoot - 2 thumbs up! It is great for an entry level heli and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a less expensive alternative to the BCX.

Once the proportional was tweeked it was very stable and the nose is (more or less) locked in on a freshly charged battery but tends to drift (due to torque) as the battery depleats. My wife and daughter have both tried their hand at it and with a couple of batteries they are able to get it in a hover and control it somewhat. But, they are total newbies to helis and soon become disoriented - which is pretty typical of those learning to fly helis. I think with some practice they will be just fine with it.

There are allot of guys in my club that are flying the BCX when we fly in the gym here locally. Everyone seems to really like them and they are tons of fun. But I think once the "price difference" is discovered many will be looking at the Lama V3 a little more seriously as an alternative purchase. I'm hoping that we can plan to have a fun fly just for this type of heli in the near future. There are so many possibilities here for some real fun and I think it is the perfect heli for a fun fly of this type.

The only thing that I do not like about the heli is the battery tray. It's not that it doesn't do the job, it's just sometimes a pain to lock in to place. I think primarily due to the thin plastic that they had to make it out of. Other than that it's a keeper!

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/13/2006 11:40:13 PM   
robbiecoxm2z


 

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Status: offline 		Look at the Esky Lama thread and you will find loads of good advice about this superb little heli. The V3 is only a cosmetic facelift so everything for the Lama 2 applies.

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/24/2006 5:25:38 PM   
Richster


 

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Status: offline 		As a RC plane flyer, I strayed into the heli world and I got me one of these in the UK at the weekend. Totally awesome - within about 30 mins I was hovering it happily in the kitchen, then progressed to the larger space and soft furnishings of the lounge. It did need lots of right trim to keep the nose straight, but once she's trimmed out it's a breeze to fly and a huge amount of fun. Took into the office and buzzed a few colleagues' desks. I haven't tried a Hirobo ever, but I suspect the slight increase in quality doesn't justify the huge leap in price, so these are probably a great starting point. She's a tough little machine too - mine took a dive from about 20 feet onto concrete after a collision with a railing , broke the tail which CA'd back together with no problems (plus you can get spares if you really gnarl it) plus broke one of the landing skids, but these again are easily replacable (as are all parts it seems). Could have been MUCH worse.

Charge time is about 1.5 hours, then you get a good 10 mins hover time out of that which is not bad for such a tiny machine.

Also I plugged the Tx crystal into my regular airplane controller (Futaba 6 channel) and it works fine, not that the one they supply seems that bad, just the Futaba is better.

10 out of 10 to the E-Sky!

Richard

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 3:10:12 PM   
moonsnake


 

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Status: offline 		Yep I got one yesterday within minutes I was flying it around the kitchen no probems at all, I do agree with push rodz the battery compartment is a pain to get off.

Have fun

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 3:15:53 PM   
moonsnake


 

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Status: offline 		Oh BTW even though it hasn't happened to me yet, if you make a hard landing with the Lama it is easy for the lower rotor blades to snap off the tail frame at the point where the plastic little stabilisers are, so take care.

Happy flying

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 3:28:30 PM   
Richster


 

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Status: offline 		Agreed, I leave my battery in the machine while I charge it (even though you probably shouldn't from a safety POV). Looks like the battery clips wouldn't survive too many battery swaps. Other than that it's a fantastic little machine. Still waiting for my replacement undercarriage

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 3:31:53 PM   
push rodz



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Status: offline 		moonsnake -

If you have a little cheapo 2-cell 700 mAh - like E-Tec - it's thin enough to slide through the front of the heli without having to take off the battery tray. Although I get better run times with the stock battery, the 700 mAh is still a good alternative and worth the $20 (+/-) that you pay for the batt.

I've really enjoyed the little heli and is a good "toy" to play with around the house when you can't get out to fly the planks. I use it kind of like a flight sim for nose in hovering/flying to keep my brain and fingers in line.

When you really get bored, try this. Make a light "tow hook" so you can pick up things and place them from one place to the other. This will definitely challenge your flying skills but is allot of fun and is waaay harder than it looks. I'm trying to develop some fun fly events for the little coaxial helis that should be too much fun. I'm not sure that the tow hook thinggy is a good candidate because it is very difficult to do.

This heli is waaay cool!

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 4:16:15 PM   
moonsnake


 

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Status: offline 		Cheers for that, as for the tow hook errm give me a bit longer I only got it yesterday

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 5:58:07 PM   
moonsnake


 

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Status: offline 		Ooops I opened my mouth too soon, I was flying around the house when a chip inside the 4 in 1 dropped off the circuit board, no damage but the chip is tiny, I'll have to grind down my soldering iron to fix it.

So if you have one stick a bit of glue from a glue gun onto the board to stop it from happening to you.

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RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama? - 5/25/2006 11:16:11 PM   
Richster


 

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Status: offline 		Oh dear - I'm guessing the chip you are referring to are the ones on the output stages of the two motors, so would be passing quite high current. If so I agree the connections don't look particularly beefy for this... Anyone else had this one? Maybe you can get some kind of warranty claim on this? Sounds like a manufacturing problem rather than you crashing it!

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