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2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/12/2006 2:42:55 PM   
tungnguyen


 

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Status: offline 		Hi guys,

Have anyone of you tried this helicopter? I'm thinking about buying it but I need to know some pros/cons about it if possible

All your inputs are appreciated.

Thanks a lot

It has some metal parts that look so great it's about 90 GBP. It's a 6ch helicopter from Colco brand.




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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 8:59:18 AM   
neweheliflyer


 

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Status: offline 		It look the same as the Blade CP and Esky CP2 (pictuers to compare), except it come with a separate gyro

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 9:26:40 AM   
soneebee



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Status: offline 		That heli has the same head configuration as the DF40. but the heliis smaller. it is like the blade CP. in size and looks. I guess its a blade CP with a metal swash.

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 2:00:58 PM   
tungnguyen


 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for your inputs.

yeah you are right, it looks the same as the blade cp or e-sky cp2. However, as neweheliflyer said, it has a seperate gyro, the skid is more durable than the blade cp or cp2. I got a honey bee 4ch, it's easy to break the skid with a light crash. This heli frame has a metal part, it must be stronger than the other copters. The price of this colco is almost the same as the other 6ch heli from E-Sky, Walkera, ...

Is there any idea?

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 2:09:51 PM   
soneebee



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Status: offline 		the heli looks good and the metal parts will make it more stable and better handling. The separate gyro is a plus since you can easily replace it when there is somthing wrong with it. The metal parts seem to be like molded aluminum or other light metal. it is like a upgraded CP with all the addons..

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 2:51:04 PM   
tungnguyen


 

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Status: offline 		uhm thanks a lot.

I think I will give it a try. This helicopter comes with 1 x spare wooden blades, 2 x 1300mah lipo bats, 1 x landing skid, 1 x training kit for just 90GBP. It's not too bad right ?

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 5:11:43 PM   
soneebee



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Status: offline 		It is good for the price, I was looking at the picture and it seem to be appealing. have you seen the motor.. it looks like one of the 540 motors that i had a couple of decades ago on my RC cars, kinda reminded me of my Trinity monster horse power motor where you can replace the carbon brushes and even the end bell for cleaning.. it looks like that motor only bigger.

The head is a hiller type design with a 180° collective interaction on the flybar. I have this type of head on my DF40. it is okay and simple but response is a little slow, it is very good for beginners doing hovering because of the slow response. I am not sure if the links that blade CP did on there heli will fit that it will make it to a bellhiller head. Add 2 more links on it so it wil have a 90° interaction better response.

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 5:28:54 PM   
tungnguyen


 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for your reply, soneebee you seem to have a lot of experiences, I will need your help in the future ^^ i saw some of your video on google video it's cool

I ordered it, hopefully I'll get it next week. I'll post my comments about this heli when I fly it

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/13/2006 5:37:02 PM   
soneebee



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Status: offline 		am not really experienced but I saw how the head works on my DF40 it does have the same head configuration.. it is very easy to adjust and make all mechanicals centered. Yeah please give us your comments on this new heli.. it might have good electrics compared with the walkera


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ORIGINAL: tungnguyen

Thanks for your reply, soneebee you seem to have a lot of experiences, I will need your help in the future ^^ i saw some of your video on google video it's cool

I ordered it, hopefully I'll get it next week. I'll post my comments about this heli when I fly it


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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 8/28/2006 8:03:46 PM   
psychopat


 

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Status: offline 		Hi. I have this same model : colco 380XL lynx. Mine comes with a black canopy. Since I've had it I've had some success flying it around. However there are drawbacks with the electronics - watch out for the mixing circuit in the stock receiver unit burning out! This has happened three times - smoke and all, falling IC chips and holes in the plastic from overheating. I have pictures of the burnt units but its not with me, I'll try to post them in the future. My buddy also has the same heli and his also suffered the same fate. He replaced the stock motor 380 brush motor and the entire receiver unit. His seems fine now.

Mine however still keeps melting on flight and sends my model out of control into a tailspin when it overheats and starts melting components. The guys at my local hobby shop think its the mixing unit inside the revceiver but I have changed it 3 times and same thing. I'm going to try changing the stock motor and the entire receiver unit one more time and see if it works out. It might be a better idea to change the entire receiver set with another model and upgrade to a brushless motor plus esc. I'll see what happens and update if anyone is interested.

In the meantime I've got my honeybee king from esky and that works great - very easy to hover. My colco unit is in the shop and the guys are trying to figure out with the factory if its a defect in a shipment batch or if its inherent in all the models. Anyway just watch out for burning smells... otherwise the colco ccpm works great. Haven't tried the 3D stuff - can't even do it myself since I'm not that great a pilot so I can't say anything on that until I meet someone who has tried it.

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 9/2/2006 6:20:59 AM   
martin loo


 

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Status: offline 		Hi psychopat, I was planning to get the colco lynx, never think it had so much problems...
Honeybee King is really good? Heard the tail has little problem eg. vibrates due to gearings. Do you have that problem too, and where you get yours locally( costs? )?

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 9/2/2006 10:41:12 AM   
psychopat


 

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Status: offline 		Hi martin..

Yup the colco's lynx is really not a good purchase. Today I finally made a deal to sell itr back to the lhs for parts. Got a colco lama iv instead plus two blades for my honeybee king.

As for the honeybee king - i'd higly recommend it for its stabiility and the price. It also has full metal upgrades - I'm trying to get those. But even stock RTF it's great out of the box. The tail does need some fine tuning. I adjusted the length of the shaft for the proportional tail servo to make it stop tailspinning. On my second attemp outdoors i managed to hover it. I have videos but i've not uploaded it yet but I will do so and then I will leave a link. It was taken with one of those canon still cameras so it's not good quality plus its at night. It was a windy night, yet with my limited skills I managed to get it to hover well.

I am VERY happy with my honeybee king. I am considering upgrading the motor as well but honestly for regular flying and beginner's skills the brush motor really works fine. It does get a little hot so I'm getting a heat sink for it. I think you can get the HBking on the net for under USD$300 plus shipping depending where you are. Also my canopy melted because it was in contact with the motor so I'd watch out for that. going brushless with a smaller motor could easily get rid of that minor irritation or just put in a little plastic bracket to push the canopy from touching that stock brushed motor.

Of course before taking it outside I'd fly it on the ground to get a feel of the sensitivity - I did it on my slippery living room tiled floor. Once I could feel how much effort it took to hold the tail, I went outside - I think I hovered on my fifth battery pack - that's not too long considering I am absolutely new to flying rc. I think I got a lot of practice from my colco since that was horrible to control and to keep the tail is really hard. The colco lynx's tx is really bad especially for the rudder control. The unit reaches its full range left and right with only about 30% of the stick either way. That makes the unit too sensitive to get any regular flying done - much less if you want to eventually progress to 3D flying! Its enough to put you off flying altogether!!

I'll update on the lama iv but I believe it'll be cakewalk since its really stable and i've tried it at the hobby store. This is probably the best thing you could get for beginners and it is a coaxial system so it's stable. I'm charging the pack as I type this so I should be able to get it up in a few minutes. At the store on a well trimmed unit the lama iv hovers practically hand free. I'll give it to my wife since she's getting interested in helis now that she's seen me hovering about two storeys high.

Let me know how you get on with the honeybee. Also parts are really easy to get and cheap. So it's a no brainer between the colco lynx and the honeybee. But in fairness to colco's lynx - my friend and I may be the only two losers with a defective product - I am only sharing my experince, not dogging out colco's products. But if you ask me, two is enough for me to say too many times.

I have heard of someone taking the colco, using optic 6 hitec tx/rx and installing brushless for main and tail rotors and hovering the colco and it's apparently very stable that way - but for the cost and having to do all that for a RTF unit just makes no sense unless you have access to so many parts lying around for free. So there's both sides of the coin. I like to be objective so you can make your own mind up.

Cheers.

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RE: 2006 Colco LYNX 380XL 6CH RC Helicopter - 9/2/2006 11:54:02 PM   
tungnguyen


 

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Status: offline 		If I knew the Lynx 380 has some bad problem like this, I would not buy it... but it's late now, I may sell it when it arrives

Colco Lama IV is good, cheap, stable. however, the receiver is mixed with esc, so if it is used for a long time, it will be burn easily... so be carefull when flying, give it some break to c