What a great idea, and easy to do too. These threads are great, I'm telling ya! Good job Tall Paul and thanks for sharing, you just cost EFlite/Horizon big bux.


(Hmmm, huge heatshrink available in many different colors down on Electronics Row...Hmmm....)

Looks like your training gear needs a retread

I use the vinyl tape one might have lying around from the odd ZAGI or two, instead of shrink sleeve for the blades I cover.
I tried Monokote, but the tape holds better.
On the handmade stuff, I use the tape for balance, not covering.

IMAC781

Hey Chris

I graguated to lipos finally and had my first
4 minute Hover yesterday. Seemed like a lot
longer than 4 minutes tho. I guess theres a
bunch of us that have enough parts to build
another bird.lol

Bob


dignlivn

The capacity of 1320s is longer than my concentration span haha

Remember when, before you flew helis, when you asked the guy in the LHS "how long will it fly on that battery?"
(2250 mAh in a TRex)
And he says "seven or 8 minutes"
And you said, "Wow, is that all?"
[>:]

My thumbs and brain both were tired and i'm
using the 800mAh. I set my timer for 10 minutes,
maybe someday i'll wish for longer flight times. lol.

Bob

dignlivn

I find my E-Flite 860's both do unhappy stuff not very long after 10 Min. flying with light 3D so my 10 min. timer means "land and charge NOW!"

Hi Fellas,

If you want alot of flight time, just buy a bunch of batteriers. See my collection.[:-]
You always want to set er down after ten minutes or so and give the motor a little time to cool off. Plus, you can then enjoy your favorite beverage, mine happens to be beer.[sm=75_75.gif]


Dave / Choppersrule

choppersrule


Dave, thats quite a collection. Ten minutes is enough
for my skills as of now.lol


Bob

dignlivn

Old jump pilot's rule:

"No drinking within 50 feet of an aircraft, no smoking within 8 hours..."

[sm=bananahead.gif]

I know it's after midnight, but just got home. Wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas anyway. Looking forward to the new year, catching up on the credit cards and starting to feed the habit again. I must confess though that it was well fed this weekend. Although I didn't get to fly, i picked up a new set of BH grips and links and of course a new nitro plane. Yes I know that's considered foul language on this thread, but how could I pass up an RTF for $150.

Haha. A new nitro plane for 150? Thats very good. I love flying both helis and planes. I like the speed and scale looks of planes, and also the challenges of taking off and landing. The helis are just plain fun. You can fly them anywhere almost anytime. I think its amazing that you can take off from a box tear up the sky with crazy 3d aerobatics and then land it right in that small box. I wouldnt trade either planes or helis for anything. I love flying both of them and i guess it makes you a better pilot when you can fly both fixed and rotary wing aircraft lol.

Zooland1

Thats ok, Ive been eyeing the 25 size
Cub that Horizon has. I got a Pro for
Christmas,but the weather is not good.

Bob

dignlivn

Jellyson,

Shouldn't that be the other way around, if not. I don't like that rule.

Take er slow and easy guy,

Dave / Choppersrule

Bob,

I'll practice 3 or 4 times a night sometimes. Fly a little, check e-mail, fly a little check this forum, fly a little pay some bills. Fly a little and then charge em all. I've got 3 charges too. When charged, time for the zzzzzzzz's.[X(] It's all stuff I've got over the last year. Only had one battery go bad in a year, not bad.

Take care Bob,

Dave / Choppersrul

Zoo,
I know I'm late but Merry Christmas to you and your family. Yep, them thar credit cards sure come in handy, but don't go crazy with em. They can get ya in trouble fast. Congrats on the nitro plane, I flew the planks for a lot of years. Tons of fun. Now just the helis.

Take care guy,

Dave / Choppersrule

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!

Been a while since my last post...had to add all the mods to my signature.
I love flyin! These things are way too addictive!

oops! I meant profile addition but heres the dirt anyway:

Blade CP with Eflite CNC Swashplate, Park 400 B/L 3700KV+20A ESC, 1350 15C LiPo, Plasti Blades, 4in1 hacked for B/L ESC, Batt switch mod for safety, Helidirect CNC center hub (modded), supergear + fins, CNC twin tail motors. 16.25oz RTF....And flies like a dream!!!

Dave

I should of said " 10 minutes on a pac" lol
I need weather here.

Bob

dignlivn

Bob,

Yea, 10 minutes of flight time for me is good. More than that, the old brain gets a fryin' anyway.

You mentioned, " I need weather here", Bob, you always have weather, it just may not be what you want. Just being the smart guy, kiddin' ya know.

Weather here in Indianapolis sucks this time of year, cold, rainy, and the worst, windy. No snow yet.

Time for winter projects, tune up all the helis and re-organize all the stuff you have.[8D]

Take 'er easy,
Dave / Choppersrule

Thats a reason i love florida. The whole year its good weather. I surf and fly the models during the summer and during the winter just mostly fly the models. Sometimes it gets a little windy, but most of the time is calm. Especially early in the mornings.

Navihawk,

Sure, just rub it in. Good weather all the time. Oh, just a little windy, must be tuff.

You know I'm kiddin', keep 'er flying and enjoy,

Dave / Choppersrule

Zooland1
orlbuzz
navihawk
choppersrule

After flyn the BCP for 14 months the
Pro is quicker to respond and is oh
so Smooooth. It flew (hovered) right
out of the box. I did put on flat blades
and extra fly bar weights. It will need some
tweaking on the Prop. pot and maybe on
the swash linkage. ( not level from the factory)
Hows the new nitro plane ?

Bob

dignlivn

Question about the Blade CP. I just got a new JR7202 (wow its amazing) and for some reason it doesnt seem to work with the Blade CP? I put it on the same channel as the CP and the light on the reciever just flashes between red and green? Can I not use my 7202 with the blade CP? Is there something I need to set?

negative shift, postive shift, ppm.
3-servo 120 degree eccpm.
and etc.

If you don't know what i am talking about then you definitely will not be able to use that radio.

ive been flying the cx for a while now until recently i got a cp pro. I had a hard time keeping it straight so i bought the g90 gyro and its tons easier. can anyone explain how the gain on the gyro works?