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Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-26-2006, 04:58 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 4,075
Posted By wired203

RE: e-flite cx is great not junkie any longer

Springwater,
When you cannot hover over a foot off the ground with full throttle you need to land otherwise you can discharge your lipo too far causing it to fail. One thing to...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-23-2006, 11:06 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 4,075
Posted By wired203

RE: e-flite cx is great not junkie any longer

As far as repairing, make your son a part of it. My dad did this when I was younger with electronics and to date I can still rip most things apart/repair/re-assemble it. Course I can recall a few...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-22-2006, 12:44 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 4,075
Posted By wired203

RE: e-flite cx is great not junkie any longer

Sounds like it's time to order a new servo, these servo's are cery small and the plastic gears are prone to getting messed up if you happen to crash. Perhaps you got dirt into it though with the...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-20-2006, 11:23 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 4,075
Posted By wired203

RE: e-flite cx is great not junkie any longer

You can charge the batteries faster with a proper lipo charger and a balance charger lead. I have a dynamite vision plus charger which I connect to the pack via the jst connector, then I plug my...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
06-20-2006, 10:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 861
Posted By wired203

RE: What channel ?

erm how about I help you, Walkera receivers take a initialization to activate them for use, any standard transmitter wouldn't transmit this to the receiver. You need a different receiver or 4-in-1...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-19-2006, 09:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 607
Posted By wired203

RE: cx battery not charging??

Here is how it is, within the pack is a voltage cutoff diode, it cuts at 4.2 volts so as not to overcharge the pack. It calls to cutoff charging when the first cell hits 4.2 volts. This causes...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-19-2006, 12:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 607
Posted By wired203

RE: cx battery not charging??

If you have a voltmeter please check the voltage on each cell, sometimes one cell charges higher than the other, tricking the charger into not charging the pack because it shows charged. When this...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-09-2006, 02:18 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,331
Posted By wired203

RE: blade cx

Zelatio,
Problem with that is the amperage rating, You couldn't charge say you rc cars packs on it or some of the larger lipo's due to amp draw. What me and choppers are referring to...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
06-08-2006, 01:07 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 33,828
Posted By wired203

RE: Anyone Flying Esky V3 Lama?

J-Cube

I don't recall where I had seen the video but when I was researching the lama heli I found a video of the reviewer hovering the heli with just the throttle stick, and he even placed the...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-08-2006, 11:08 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,331
Posted By wired203

RE: blade cx

Astro Flight for the blinky, Don't recall which of the 3 current magazines did their article this month but between Model Airplane News, Fly RC, and Backyard Parkflyer one of them had a article this...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-06-2006, 11:35 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,331
Posted By wired203

RE: blade cx

heh meant charging at the .8 amp rate. I have a blinky balance charger that balances the cells through the charge jack, you then charge the pack through the discharge pack. There are a lot of...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-06-2006, 10:25 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,331
Posted By wired203

RE: blade cx

Actually the charge rate on the stock charger is .5 amp and since it's lipo you can charge at a 1c rate which is .8 amp, I have done this with my balance lipo charger many times and the pack doesn't...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-05-2006, 05:29 PM
Replies: 1,322
Views: 203,082
Posted By wired203

RE: Eflite Blade CX

Fossoman

They are making the upper bearing holder out of aluminum it is due out mid this month. If you check horizons website and look for CX upgrades they have it there. 4-6 bucks with...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
06-02-2006, 10:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 624
Posted By wired203

RE: Need Advice please help

Possibly a faulty ground on one of the 2 allowing for static buildup and the crystal touch discharged it to the one with a good ground. This can easily be tested if it occurs again by touching the...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
06-01-2006, 01:25 PM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

One thing everyone using lipo's can do as well is pick up any inexpensive standard LiPo charger, Create a connector for it that matches the JST connector(the red power connector that goes to the...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
05-31-2006, 03:44 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 827
Posted By wired203

RE: Blade CP ARF

Blades are negative shift which is Futaba where JR is Positive shift so your transmitter will not work with the 4 in 1 receiver.
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
05-16-2006, 10:35 AM
Replies: 1,322
Views: 203,082
Posted By wired203

RE: Eflite Blade CX

rver43,
I just got my astro flight blinky charger yesterday and after some extensive testing, best $25 bucks you can spend and since it's open pins no special connectors required. Fit...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
05-16-2006, 10:28 AM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

Avla,
until you learn the "feel" for proper meshing just take a small piece of standard notebook paper and crunch it tightly between the 2 gears, then turn the gears to get the paper out...
Forum: E-Flite Helicopters
05-03-2006, 11:34 AM
Replies: 1,322
Views: 203,082
Posted By wired203

RE: Eflite Blade CX

First to answer the aluminum bearing holder question, this would be the part that the ef1212 part sits on the plastic bearing cup that never seems to sit just perfect. Now that we got a metal one...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
02-23-2006, 11:07 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,162
Posted By wired203

RE: dragonfly #5-4 v2

Klrwhizkid,
Never discharge a LIPO past 3v per cell or 6v for those packs, as you can cause damage to it and if the discharge is fast enough it has the possibility to catch fire.
...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
02-07-2006, 03:50 PM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

Yeah I love the google conversion, I even use it as a makeshift spellchecker all the time too.
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
02-03-2006, 11:55 AM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

Superskids are on and they look great, as far as the antenna tube is concerned I drilled the mount slightly larger and used a shortened rc car antenna tube, so much easier to feed the antenna...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
02-02-2006, 04:20 PM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

The work day needs to end, My Super-Skids are in my car waiting to get put on the heli. They came in super quick too, received on Tuesday and I paid early Monday morning with pay-pal. Can't wait...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
02-02-2006, 09:50 AM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

I would check the head assembly for the wagging issues, possibly a fly paddle not aligned proper or out of balance, loose blades out of balance could do the same as well. How is the tracking on...
Forum: Walkera Helis - Dragonfly, etc..
01-30-2006, 03:14 PM
Replies: 9,493
Views: 852,174
Posted By wired203

RE: Walkera #4 Fixed Pitch Helicopter Forum

This is the charger I use, I got it for about $90 at my local Hobby Town USA. It's a peak charger for nimh nicad and lipo with adjustable charge rates. It's rated for 2c or 3c cells. The reason I...
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