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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/20/2008 5:26:43 AM   
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/20/2008 12:51:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		well I think I blew my stock esc at about 18 flights so it's down for a week or until the ups truck rolls through, 4 the money this is a great machine I am really happy with it, but it's starting to turn up alot at the field I wonder whats going to be the next big thing? hope it's a trex 700!!! l8r alll AX

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/20/2008 9:26:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've read some articles about a new Lipo process where they are getting much longer discharge times and fast recharge. as that trickles down to the RC hobby it should make larger Helis more cost affective.

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/20/2008 9:32:24 PM   
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/20/2008 10:36:38 PM   
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/21/2008 10:35:24 PM   
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I couldnt find that podcast. Do you remember which one it was?
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/21/2008 11:48:32 PM   
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 1:17:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just read the review of the 550 in RC Heli. Is it true the flight time is 3 minutes?

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 1:24:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		not on mine. using 2x 2200 mah 25C packs. Get 5 minutes with time to spare in reserve. Getting over 10 minutes on a pair of 4200 mah's.

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 2:23:42 AM   
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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 5:15:56 AM   
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Is that on the stock setup? What Brand and C rating are the 4200 s ?

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 6:16:44 PM   
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6s 2200 3-6 min
6s 3300 7-10 min

It highly depends on your flying style. If you notice the range also depends on your gearing, blade (CF or wood)... etc etc.\

The 3300s are my favorite, power and long flight times + perfect CG to boot.

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/25/2008 7:22:46 PM   
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Cleared2Engage ,
Is that on the stock setup? What Brand and C rating are the 4200 s ?

Thunder Power 11.1v (x2) 4200 mah 15C. Running these two batteries in series costs almost as much as buying one of their 6 cell packs. Not too practical, but I have them laying around from my P-51 before I converted to glow. The Copter is pretty stock except for metal head and Pheonix 60 ESC

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/27/2008 10:23:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the good info. I was hoping that a pair of 2200's would produce a little time. I love the size and the look of the 550 and have one all picked out for my next step. My plan was to use the 2200's I already have to avoid that expense. Looks like I need to re-think the plan and take a look at some of the 30 nitro birds if I want 10. min. Thanks again.

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RE: My Hurricane 550's first Hover - 2/29/2008 3:58:20 PM   
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