Sponge Rick,
Sorry to hear you were not able to get the Raptor going today. And, any help from the experts until December, what's up with that?
Yes, it is pretty dead right now. I don't hang out at anyother threads, rarely check others. I've been busy checking out needs for the LOGO 10 I'm building. It's a winter project, so I'm in no hurry on that. As far as where abouts of LOOKYJ, he's probably busy with work, many hours.
TREX: Why did I get rid of the Trex? Make a long story short/long
. The Trex 450 is the most popular heli world wide. So, it's not the heli, it's me. It had more power than I anticipated for my type of flying. Normally, I fly in the basement, garage or in my front or backyard. Not enough area, for such a powerful heli. The HBK2 is just perfect for me under those conditions. I'm not one to pack up and travel a great distance to fly, just me.
Now, you may ask, why am I building a LOGO 10 with a four foot main blade diamater. That's for next year, Liz(the wife) and I are moving to the country with lots of land, so area won't be a problem. When the LOGO is completed, until we move, I'll take it to my daughters place in the country. If the weather is bad, she has a Barn that you could fly anything in. It's about 150 x 60 with a 30 foot ceiling. It's HUGE. Like the good old days.
Love ya Rick,
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: Barrrick
gentlemen OF THE BOB persuasion:
Yes, it is a bit dead around here.
When not in our ORIGINAL THREAD, where are you hanging out at ?
Other places, to learn other things ? - I see CRASHCRASH and ARROWNAUGHTIC are online, but not HERE !
This morning having planned for the RAPTOR start-up : arrived at the R/C field and found 50+ cars = 100 + people present. Had forgotten it was planned for the TOYS FOR TOTS show.
Experts glanced at the RAPTOR and promised to get to it sometime in the future. Maybe in December ?--The heli is in two parts and I am not planning to set it up by myself.
So: came home and hovered the HBK 2 yellow; the white seems to be unbalanced and needs a CRASHCRASH feathering shaft. I don't have 5.5mm thingys so it has to wait.
With the yellow HBK2 I finally was able to try the new tray holding the transmitter. As I expected, the tray works VERY WELL and my control of the flight is much improved,
having removed the weight of the transmitter from holding it with the hand. I recommend a tray for heli flying. it works for me.. I find that the more I practice, the more
tense and nervous I become. Is this natural ? for everybody? ... the CP-PRO is a total washout : it went from a good/fair flyer to a big nofly overnight, Don't know what went wrong overnight ?
The FS-ONE sim is working great, so I am practicing on that.
********I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. LOOKYJ ? anybody knows ?******
Mr.CHOPPERSRULE ? why, "EXACTLY" did you decide to get rid of your T-REX ? [ I keep thinking about just that]
regards from RICK - [&:]