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Video: First flights of my Super FP - 6/29/2008 6:49:59 PM   
racin06


 

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From: Westfield, IN, USA
Status: offline 		Due to the rain and 30 mph winds, I never made it outside yesterday to maiden my Super FP heli. So, my daughter offered to record a little flying in the basement. The below video is some highlights from my four flights.

Thus far, I'm impressed with the Super FP. I can't wait to get this heli outside! Turn up your speakers because it sounds great too!

http://blip.tv/file/1033570?filename=Racin06-SuperFPHelicopter109.wmv

Setup -

Main Electronics:

- ARC-20-27-80 Brushless Motor w/9T Pinion
- Pentium 10A Brushless ESC
- Tower Pro 9g Servos x 2
- Spektrum AR6100E Receiver
- Telebee HH Gyro
- Commonsense RC 7.4V 800mAh 10C Lipo

Tail Components:

- Super Boom Titanium Tail Boom
- GWS CN12-RXC Tail Motor
- GWS ICS100E/J Brushed Speed Control 5A
- GWS Tail Rotor Housing & Vertical Fin
- GWS 4530 Tail Rotor Blade

Frame and Head/Main Shaft Components:

- GuruZ Fiber Frame
- Walkera #4 Main Gear w/Main Shaft
- HBFP Center Hub
- HBFP Swashplate
- HBFP Rotor Head
- HBFP Paddle Control Frame (Outer)
- HB CP2 Flybar- HB CP2 Paddles
- 8 Degree Flat Bottom Wooden Blades
- Honey Bee King 2 Canopy

< Message edited by racin06 -- 7/3/2008 4:10:22 PM >
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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/1/2008 10:54:10 AM   
Kelownan


 

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Status: offline 		Can you post a bunch of pics. I would luv to do that to my HB FP

Also a link to that Fibre frame would be cool too.


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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/1/2008 7:25:59 PM   
FFlyer


 

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From: Westa Lafayette, IN, USA
Status: offline 		I got the same frame and got a few CNC components (swash and paddle holder) Everything else is stock. One thing which I don't like about the heli is if you yaw to the right while in a hover the heli moves a lot. It is quite easy to yaw left when the heli is stationary. I wonder if this problem becomes less severe by getting a GWS tail motor.

Also, how easy was it to get the Spectrum receiver on that? I am debating about doing that conversion in the future.

Thanks,

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/1/2008 7:27:12 PM   
FFlyer


 

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Status: offline 		http://www.ka-planes.com/inc/sdetail/17368 link to the frame

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 5:04:47 AM   
Kelownan


 

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 3:00:07 PM   
racin06


 

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From: Westfield, IN, USA
Status: offline 		Kelownan, I'll try to post some pics later this evening.

Yesterday, I finally had the opportunity to maiden the Super FP outside. What a pleasure to fly! The wind picked up pretty good for a few moments, but the Super FP handled the gusty conditions very well. Of course, it's not all about the heli and I believe the pilot should get a little credit for his windy flying skills, as well .

I was very satisfied with the amount of heat generated by the electronics. After an 8 min. flight with an air temperature of 82F and humidity at 40%, I recorded the following temperatures with my infrared thermometer:

Main Motor: 116.8F
Tail Motor: 89.0F
Battery: 97.3F
Main Motor ESC: 92.4F
Tail Motor ESC: 85.4
Receiver: 83.0F

Also, based upon battery power usage, I can squeeze just under a 9 min. flight out of the 800mAh lipo. I currently don't own a set of scales; therefore, I can't comment on the heli's AUW at this time.

Thanks to my daughter for handling the camera duties even with a badly sprained right hand, which she used to operate the video camera. I would highly recommend viewing the high quality version of the videos.

Video #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nus_vPQPs9Q
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/1042469?filename=Racin06-SuperFPRCHelicopter1195.wmv


Video #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfn3EzO8FuA
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/1042511?filename=Racin06-SuperFPRCHelicopter2424.wmv


Video #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7be7aNeW00
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/1042572?filename=Racin06-SuperFPRCHelicopter3430.wmv

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 3:06:48 PM   
racin06


 

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Status: offline 		I forgot I had photos posted over at Runryder: http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t440603p1/?highlight=super+fp

Scroll down the the bottom of the thread for the final build photos.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 4:24:10 PM   
dicharry


 

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Status: offline 		Don't know why I can never get videos on blip. No problem with You Tube, but all I get with blip is a red x in a box. This is even after signing up.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 7:03:42 PM   
FFlyer


 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: dicharry

Don't know why I can never get videos on blip. No problem with You Tube, but all I get with blip is a red x in a box. This is even after signing up.

Just scroll down to the bottom and select the format to be flash.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 9:14:49 PM   
racin06


 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: FFlyer

I got the same frame and got a few CNC components (swash and paddle holder) Everything else is stock. One thing which I don't like about the heli is if you yaw to the right while in a hover the heli moves a lot. It is quite easy to yaw left when the heli is stationary. I wonder if this problem becomes less severe by getting a GWS tail motor.

Also, how easy was it to get the Spectrum receiver on that? I am debating about doing that conversion in the future.

Thanks,


I'm not sure what you mean by "moves alot" when you yaw the heli to the right. Regarding the Spektrum Rx, it was a piece of cake to install.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/2/2008 9:46:44 PM   
FFlyer


 

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ORIGINAL: racin06

I'm not sure what you mean by "moves alot" when you yaw the heli to the right. Regarding the Spektrum Rx, it was a piece of cake to install.

What I mean is that the heli has a tendency to start moving outwards from the axis of the turn. If I yaw left, then the heli will just rotate around its axis. However, if I turn right, then the heli starts moving with the left side drifting away from the turn. I am now waiting for a DD tail motor to see if that will help.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/3/2008 12:33:14 AM   
racin06


 

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Status: offline 		What you are describing is a characteristic of all helis. First of all, it's easier to yaw the heli left (CCW) because this is the opposite direction of the torque created by the CCW turning main rotor blades. It takes more force to yaw the heli to the right because the heli now has to counter that torque. Regarding drifting to the left...that is a common flight behavior of all helis that have CW rotating main blades.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/3/2008 1:37:12 AM   
FFlyer


 

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ORIGINAL: racin06

What you are describing is a characteristic of all helis. First of all, it's easier to yaw the heli left (CCW) because this is the opposite direction of the torque created by the CCW turning main rotor blades. It takes more force to yaw the heli to the right because the heli now has to counter that torque. Regarding drifting to the left...that is a common flight behavior of all helis that have CW rotating main blades.


... and RealFlight was supposed to be real I guess in the sim, the chopper has a lot of tail authority to spin fast enough that it is not very noticable.

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RE: Video: First flights of my Super FP - 7/3/2008 1:43:46 AM   
Kelownan


 

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Status: offline 		NICE!!! thanks for that..


Im gona attempt my own super FP. I m going to add in a belt tail conv. kit from heli hobby.
But im not sure which frame to grab. The Conv kit is for a Blade CP but will work with FP only the
Tail pipe is larger to allow the belt thru. Heres the dilema - The FP frame will only allow the lil' tail pipe. I was thinking of using the
HB King2 fibre frame and that would make ease of mounting the tail kit. but im not sure if the HBee FP mast and control set will just slot in

What you reckon?

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