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do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 3:37:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		hi yet another question i read somewhere if you pick up the heli by the paddles it should hang perfectly level is this correct and will it effect my flight???

I have put a counter weight in the nose and now when i pick it up the heli is level do i need to do this or is it WRONG ??
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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 3:42:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		djmeeg, balancing your heli is a good idea. Always try to keep the weight at a minimum. If you can slide the battery further forward to balance it, then that is always the best idea. If you then have to add weight to the heli to balance it, it's OK. Just don't add too much weight and always try to balance the heli by moving "stuff" around first. ( The battery being the heaviest piece of "stuff".)lol

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 4:59:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Check out my gallery. With the smaller battery I balance perfectly at the upper battery tray. With 180g battery, the CG is even better inside the heli compartent.

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 5:08:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		That bracket is not bad for 3D flight. It should make the heli roll faster and tighter since the weight is now closer to the head. Don't know about that batttery though, man its big! That thing look bigger than a Trex battery!


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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 5:11:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was wondering the same thing but you have seen that video. It roll, flips, invert, piroute, everything....

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/3/2007 8:05:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, I seen it. Have you seen a Hornet X-3D video! The battery is dead on the front of the heli. I know its smaller and lighter, but it pulls off some really good 3D moves. Search them down on the net. They're really cool helis.


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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 2:53:59 AM   
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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 7:03:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dude, Rob, thats hardcore.

You put a 144$ Gyro on a 129$ heli.

Now I am thinking about buying another one, thanks for nothing man.

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 7:08:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well about the gyro .... It was a hard decision to make. I was going to buy a telebee but then I thought I can use it for TREX later. But now thinking about it. If I have a TREX then I wouldn't want to keep pulling components out of my king.

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 7:24:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey, he wanted a REAL head hold gyro. No temperature drifting piezo HH gyro on this HBK2! Now about the look like Turborix GY400, Hmmm.....


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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 8:09:56 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ezveedub

Hey, he wanted a REAL head hold gyro. No temperature drifting piezo HH gyro on this HBK2! Now about the look like Turborix GY400, Hmmm.....

Logitech 2100T............ best darn gryo out there........ better than the 401 and cheaper and smaller....... google it!





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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 9:53:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Actually google some more and you'll find the latest vids of a S9257 with the GY401 & 2100 gyro. Same guys showing how to setup the Logitech, strapped the S9257 and got delayed response. He switched back to the GY401 with this new servo from Futaba, and now seems to be second thinking that Logitech at least from what I found. I guess the Logitech needs some serious tuning to setup as guys are stating. There some more data I'm reading as this is very recent tests.

< Message edited by ezveedub -- 9/4/2007 10:04:26 AM >


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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 10:18:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		2100 does not have remote gain adjust, right ? This feature is really important to me.

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 10:27:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		I believe it does. In the DX7, you adjust the gain percentage in gear 1 for HH and gear 2 for rate mode. This can be very tricky to setup it seems.


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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 10:30:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		And you said I have expensive electronics, your DX7 cost more than a mini titan.

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RE: do you need a counter weight on king 2? - 9/4/2007 3:04:55 PM   
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