Wheeeeeeee.......... Blade CP!
08-12-2009 | 03:50 PM
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Kyle, Sorry the first flights of the foamy were a bummer. That sux the motor just crapped out[:@] It sounds like you have a whole fleet coming to back it up though[8D]
The Waldo Wright flying experience from Florida is at the Airzoo this summer giving rides in their 2 biplanes. One is a New Standard and the second is a PT-17 Stearman. I went over today with my plane and asked if I could take some pictures for documentation and some perspective shots with my plane. They happily granted my wish and I got some great shots!
Blessings,
Jay
The Waldo Wright flying experience from Florida is at the Airzoo this summer giving rides in their 2 biplanes. One is a New Standard and the second is a PT-17 Stearman. I went over today with my plane and asked if I could take some pictures for documentation and some perspective shots with my plane. They happily granted my wish and I got some great shots!
Blessings,
Jay
08-12-2009 | 08:22 PM
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ORIGINAL: theradioflyer
Thanks Guys!
That was a lot of fun being out there with the real thing and asking a lot of questions
Blessings,
Jay
Thanks Guys!
That was a lot of fun being out there with the real thing and asking a lot of questions
Blessings,
Jay
I am just flabber-gassed at how you "perfectly" mastered the perspective in your shot. As Lookyj said; you can't tell which is life size and which is scale!
Well done there farmer, thats one job of good plowing.........JPEE
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Jay,
Great pictures for sure.. Knowing you for years, your perfection is a given. You are the Craftsman in this hobby without a doubt..
God Bless,
Dave
Great pictures for sure.. Knowing you for years, your perfection is a given. You are the Craftsman in this hobby without a doubt..
God Bless,
Dave
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ok....not doing good. Had 6 fab flights with the Corsair, 2 fab flights with the EXI except it got behind me and I dumb thumbed it....still doing repairs. That's NOT the worst of it. I can handle the crash/repair BUT the wife wanted to show the grand daughters her wedding dress, and I CANT find it!!!!![:@] Jay....gonna need someone to administer last rights....if I cant find that dress....I'm a dead man.[X(]
08-13-2009 | 01:59 PM
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Vic,
Three of us were talking about that very thing, having the heli come past you over your head......well when that happens generally your toast. Thats how I crashed a few weeks ago. A guy this morning got to high for his skill and tacoed his SHARK heli from 30-40 feet easy. We all gather said a word over her grave and picked up the pieces and took everything back to his truck. You would think it was totalled but the main frame was 100%. At first blush he lost, canopy, main shaft, CF boom, both boom struts, horizontal boom wing, flybar and blades of course.
He guys,
While charging all of my batteries today I found an issue! When I put two packs on the Thunder Power within one minute it beeped caution and said; wrong cell count, can explode! Holy cow that got my attention right now. To some up what happened , one of the red balance wires on a pack had become un-soldered thus making that cell invisable. So I opened the top of the battery a bit to get the soldering iron in there and resoldered it, done. But I have to wonder? was that one of the packs in the 500? Did I hit LVC or did that wire come unsolderd in flight? Or was it flown in someting else and just came loose when I grabbed it to for charging. THE LESSON; Ever since I had my first crash with the 500 months ago due to my stupidness of putting one charged and one discharged battery I now always put the tester on the pack. It could be that wire was off or not but because I ONLY check the first cell for 4.1 or more "it is possible" it was off when I installed, I dont know. Nick would know wether it would fly on 5 cells more than me. Anyways.......the moral.......................I will now check both packs, or a pack if in someting else and each cell will be verfied.
Just thought I would share with you guys.
JPEE
Three of us were talking about that very thing, having the heli come past you over your head......well when that happens generally your toast. Thats how I crashed a few weeks ago. A guy this morning got to high for his skill and tacoed his SHARK heli from 30-40 feet easy. We all gather said a word over her grave and picked up the pieces and took everything back to his truck. You would think it was totalled but the main frame was 100%. At first blush he lost, canopy, main shaft, CF boom, both boom struts, horizontal boom wing, flybar and blades of course.
He guys,
While charging all of my batteries today I found an issue! When I put two packs on the Thunder Power within one minute it beeped caution and said; wrong cell count, can explode! Holy cow that got my attention right now. To some up what happened , one of the red balance wires on a pack had become un-soldered thus making that cell invisable. So I opened the top of the battery a bit to get the soldering iron in there and resoldered it, done. But I have to wonder? was that one of the packs in the 500? Did I hit LVC or did that wire come unsolderd in flight? Or was it flown in someting else and just came loose when I grabbed it to for charging. THE LESSON; Ever since I had my first crash with the 500 months ago due to my stupidness of putting one charged and one discharged battery I now always put the tester on the pack. It could be that wire was off or not but because I ONLY check the first cell for 4.1 or more "it is possible" it was off when I installed, I dont know. Nick would know wether it would fly on 5 cells more than me. Anyways.......the moral.......................I will now check both packs, or a pack if in someting else and each cell will be verfied.
Just thought I would share with you guys.
JPEE
08-13-2009 | 04:25 PM
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Vic,
I hope you found that wedding dress![X(]
JPEE,
If the wire was just off of the balance part of the battery it shouldn't have affected the voltage out of the main plug, just the balancing plug. Unless the wires had completely come off on the battery making it just a 5 cell. I would think any way... but y'all know I've been wrong before a lot
Blessings,
Jay
I hope you found that wedding dress![X(]
JPEE,
If the wire was just off of the balance part of the battery it shouldn't have affected the voltage out of the main plug, just the balancing plug. Unless the wires had completely come off on the battery making it just a 5 cell. I would think any way... but y'all know I've been wrong before
a lotBlessings,
Jay
08-13-2009 | 07:22 PM
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Vic,
Three of us were talking about that very thing, having the heli come past you over your head......well when that happens generally your toast. Thats how I crashed a few weeks ago. A guy this morning got to high for his skill and tacoed his SHARK heli from 30-40 feet easy. We all gather said a word over her grave and picked up the pieces and took everything back to his truck. You would think it was totalled but the main frame was 100%. At first blush he lost, canopy, main shaft, CF boom, both boom struts, horizontal boom wing, flybar and blades of course.
He guys,
While charging all of my batteries today I found an issue! When I put two packs on the Thunder Power within one minute it beeped caution and said; wrong cell count, can explode! Holy cow that got my attention right now. To some up what happened , one of the red balance wires on a pack had become un-soldered thus making that cell invisable. So I opened the top of the battery a bit to get the soldering iron in there and resoldered it, done. But I have to wonder? was that one of the packs in the 500? Did I hit LVC or did that wire come unsolderd in flight? Or was it flown in someting else and just came loose when I grabbed it to for charging. THE LESSON; Ever since I had my first crash with the 500 months ago due to my stupidness of putting one charged and one discharged battery I now always put the tester on the pack. It could be that wire was off or not but because I ONLY check the first cell for 4.1 or more ''it is possible'' it was off when I installed, I dont know. Nick would know wether it would fly on 5 cells more than me. Anyways.......the moral.......................I will now check both packs, or a pack if in someting else and each cell will be verfied.
Just thought I would share with you guys.
JPEE
Vic,
Three of us were talking about that very thing, having the heli come past you over your head......well when that happens generally your toast. Thats how I crashed a few weeks ago. A guy this morning got to high for his skill and tacoed his SHARK heli from 30-40 feet easy. We all gather said a word over her grave and picked up the pieces and took everything back to his truck. You would think it was totalled but the main frame was 100%. At first blush he lost, canopy, main shaft, CF boom, both boom struts, horizontal boom wing, flybar and blades of course.
He guys,
While charging all of my batteries today I found an issue! When I put two packs on the Thunder Power within one minute it beeped caution and said; wrong cell count, can explode! Holy cow that got my attention right now. To some up what happened , one of the red balance wires on a pack had become un-soldered thus making that cell invisable. So I opened the top of the battery a bit to get the soldering iron in there and resoldered it, done. But I have to wonder? was that one of the packs in the 500? Did I hit LVC or did that wire come unsolderd in flight? Or was it flown in someting else and just came loose when I grabbed it to for charging. THE LESSON; Ever since I had my first crash with the 500 months ago due to my stupidness of putting one charged and one discharged battery I now always put the tester on the pack. It could be that wire was off or not but because I ONLY check the first cell for 4.1 or more ''it is possible'' it was off when I installed, I dont know. Nick would know wether it would fly on 5 cells more than me. Anyways.......the moral.......................I will now check both packs, or a pack if in someting else and each cell will be verfied.
Just thought I would share with you guys.
JPEE
JPEE.....I've had those wires break off too. The solder they use has a higher tin content it's harder to melt than 60/40. Another thing is they use steel strand wire which in just pulling the plug and putting the plug into the charger work hardens the wire, and it'll break when it gets brittle....just something you gotta watch. When mine breaks, the charger tells me something is wrong, it's the first thing I check, then fix it exactly as you discribed.
Getting behind you with a heli....that ain't gonna happen again (LMAO), especially only being 3ft off the deck. Down for a bent main shaft....that's all, I had everything else.
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Ok guys here goes with the 7C questions. For the most part I have this thing pretty much setup but need some help fine tunning. I had it out back already flying around and making some adjustments. One thing I need to know is, how do I make the feel of the heli more responsive? Is it something within the "end point" I need to adjust? I felt at times almost in slow motion. Not really liking that too much. Do I raise the end point to 120 for further travel or bring them down for a quicker responce but now so much throw?
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Ok guys here goes with the 7C questions. For the most part I have this thing pretty much setup but need some help fine tunning. I had it out back already flying around and making some adjustments. One thing I need to know is, how do I make the feel of the heli more responsive? Is it something within the ''end point'' I need to adjust? I felt at times almost in slow motion. Not really liking that too much. Do I raise the end point to 120 for further travel or bring them down for a quicker responce but now so much throw?
Ok guys here goes with the 7C questions. For the most part I have this thing pretty much setup but need some help fine tunning. I had it out back already flying around and making some adjustments. One thing I need to know is, how do I make the feel of the heli more responsive? Is it something within the ''end point'' I need to adjust? I felt at times almost in slow motion. Not really liking that too much. Do I raise the end point to 120 for further travel or bring them down for a quicker responce but now so much throw?
08-13-2009 | 08:50 PM
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Hello from Minnesota Still on the road to North Dakota just stoppin to sleep.
Joey
Yesterday before I got on the road I ordred that Hawk RC Heli bag
Still on the road to North Dakota just stoppin to sleep. Joey
Yesterday before I got on the road I ordred that Hawk RC Heli bag
08-13-2009 | 10:31 PM
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Well...it wasn't a bent main shaft, it was a bent tail rotor shaft, smooth as silk and I'll be back flying tomorrow. No matter what.....I keep it out in front of me (LMAO). SWEEEEEEEET! Flew the Corsair 3x today, it actually got BORING (LMAO)...it flies that good. I did have a little fun doing vertical climb aileron rolls...that was pretty cool as well as 3ft above ground low run fly-by's. Gonna talk my niece into shooting a video tomorrow so I can post it.
08-13-2009 | 11:26 PM
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Jay and Vic,
I must need my medication AGAIN. As I read what I posted how dumb am I? of course a balance connector won't have any effect on the pack. As yes, if it were off at charging al of my chargers would tell me so (some of my chargers charge and balance through that connector, the others have the EC3 connector and the balance connector). Yes the main black and red were solidly still connected.
Vic, kudos on the flights.
Smiles JPEE
I must need my medication AGAIN. As I read what I posted how dumb am I? of course a balance connector won't have any effect on the pack. As yes, if it were off at charging al of my chargers would tell me so (some of my chargers charge and balance through that connector, the others have the EC3 connector and the balance connector). Yes the main black and red were solidly still connected.
Vic, kudos on the flights.
Smiles JPEE
08-13-2009 | 11:48 PM
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Jay and Vic,
I must need my medication AGAIN. As I read what I posted how dumb am I? of course a balance connector won't have any effect on the pack. As yes, if it were off at charging al of my chargers would tell me so (some of my chargers charge and balance through that connector, the others have the EC3 connector and the balance connector). Yes the main black and red were solidly still connected.
Vic, kudos on the flights.
Smiles JPEE
Jay and Vic,
I must need my medication AGAIN. As I read what I posted how dumb am I? of course a balance connector won't have any effect on the pack. As yes, if it were off at charging al of my chargers would tell me so (some of my chargers charge and balance through that connector, the others have the EC3 connector and the balance connector). Yes the main black and red were solidly still connected.
Vic, kudos on the flights.
Smiles JPEE
LMAO....I use medication as the EXCUSE (causes my brain to skew), not the fix making it better.
Batteries....as I told Dave with these Zippy's I'm running, I've learned a lot. The first time they puff....junk. Watch constantly the heat buildup on the batteries, they can be warm...but not HOT. If they get excessively warm after a flight...the battery is going south on you. Another way to check how good or bad they are is to charge them fully and let them set for 24 hours. Then, put them back on the charger and if the fully charged indicator comes on immediately, they're good. If they take a 5 to 20 minuet charge...something is wrong with the battery...they should maintain a charge without draining in 24hours.
I spent $280 on li-po's last year. I was running scaler fuselages and that's HARD on batteries and life was expected between 3-6 months. Now I run my heli as stock, the batteries never get hot....hoping for a year on these I got now.
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Hey Kyle your going to like that bag. The only thing I was thinking of doing is putting a stiffer piece of plexi on the bottom. The black piece of plastic is rather cheap. Let me know what yout think when you get it.
08-14-2009 | 10:13 AM
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Joey,
Another fix is to do it mechanically which is where you should start. With all throws at the stock 100% in the radio move the linkages to outer holes on the servo, if you have to put larger horns on. This way your not over driving the servos. After you do that check to make sure your head doesn't bind when you move the stick. My T-Rex is relatively touchy at 100% Daul Rates.
Kyle,
Have a safe trip and enjoy your vacation!
JPEE,
I'm impressed you can open up the Lipos and solder the stuff back on. That stuff scares the heck out of me!
Vic,
Getting boring[X(] Roll her inverted and make those passes three feet off of the ground!
Blessings,
Jay
Another fix is to do it mechanically which is where you should start. With all throws at the stock 100% in the radio move the linkages to outer holes on the servo, if you have to put larger horns on. This way your not over driving the servos. After you do that check to make sure your head doesn't bind when you move the stick. My T-Rex is relatively touchy at 100% Daul Rates.
Kyle,
Have a safe trip and enjoy your vacation!
JPEE,
I'm impressed you can open up the Lipos and solder the stuff back on. That stuff scares the heck out of me!
Vic,
Getting boring[X(] Roll her inverted and make those passes three feet off of the ground!
Blessings,
Jay
08-14-2009 | 11:05 AM
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Vic,
Getting boring Roll her inverted and make those passes three feet off of the ground!
LMAO....let me get more used to it first. The ONLY hold back is the field I'm flying in is a little restricted. With the wind at nearly zero yesterday, it was nice to do low fly-by's. When I was brand new to planks, my instructor had a mid wing racing plane he come across the runway full throttle in a knife edge full power at 3ft above the concrete. He didn't hit anything...the plane exploded in front of our eyes. He said the plane was old, he was expecting that to happen one of these days....LMAO.
I got my EXI put back together last night, I'm real happy about that. Seems like I'm going through main rotor blades pretty good this summer.....like 6 major crashes 1 new airframe. I bought 5 sets of blades this spring, they've been gone, order two more, and I got the last set on there now. Need to order some Align skid struts and some blades for sure and with my luck, a couple extra tail booms and other stuff. I remember my first year in planks....I crashed alot. I'm flying pretty decient (first year of real flying) and I push it, so I'm crashing a lot....no biggie.
Getting boring Roll her inverted and make those passes three feet off of the ground!
LMAO....let me get more used to it first. The ONLY hold back is the field I'm flying in is a little restricted. With the wind at nearly zero yesterday, it was nice to do low fly-by's. When I was brand new to planks, my instructor had a mid wing racing plane he come across the runway full throttle in a knife edge full power at 3ft above the concrete. He didn't hit anything...the plane exploded in front of our eyes. He said the plane was old, he was expecting that to happen one of these days....LMAO.
I got my EXI put back together last night, I'm real happy about that. Seems like I'm going through main rotor blades pretty good this summer.....like 6 major crashes 1 new airframe. I bought 5 sets of blades this spring, they've been gone, order two more, and I got the last set on there now. Need to order some Align skid struts and some blades for sure and with my luck, a couple extra tail booms and other stuff. I remember my first year in planks....I crashed alot. I'm flying pretty decient (first year of real flying) and I push it, so I'm crashing a lot....no biggie.
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Well...crashed my heli again, took out the main gear and fly bar, gotta order parts. Looks like the Corsair will get a LOT of air time this weekend, supposed to be low winds all day tomorrow. Nice part is, I got 8 batteries that work in that plane....LOTS of airtime. My neice did record a flight with the Corsair, but the camera is so crappy, you can't see the plane so it didn't work.
The heli I'm considering to buy....dunno yet:
Legend 450 RC Helicopter Barebone Kit from Exceed RC w/ Quiet Gear Design 95% Assembled ARF Kit
The heli I'm considering to buy....dunno yet:
Legend 450 RC Helicopter Barebone Kit from Exceed RC w/ Quiet Gear Design 95% Assembled ARF Kit
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Hey crash I was looking at that same heli. But with already having the HDX head and tail, I just picked up the frame and saved a few pennies but it looks solid. When it comes to looking for a bare bones kit there are too many options. They all look good and for the most part, parts are interchangeable. I also think it's more about what goes into the frame rather than what brand the frame or kit is that'll determine how well it'll perform. So EXI, HDX, T-Rex, CopterX, E-flite.........it's all good. But sorry to hear about the crash, what were you doing?
Update on the Futaba 7C: Everything seems great I just have to mess with the Gyro settings a little and readjust the Sub-Trim for the Gyro and I should be solid. I also adjusted the Aileron, Elevator and Pitch in the Swash menu to 70% and the servos are responding very nice now. Only problem is, my ESC is reaching 180-190. Manual for it says that after 110 it'll drop voltage to help prevent it from shutting off. So this morning at work I'm going to cut a small hole in the top of the canopy to see if that'll help. I know on my Esky frame I had the ESC on the side of the frame and after cutting a hold out so it could breath my temos went from 170 to 110 constant. Also going to swap out the 13T pinion for a 11T and see if that'll help too. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks, Joe
Update on the Futaba 7C: Everything seems great I just have to mess with the Gyro settings a little and readjust the Sub-Trim for the Gyro and I should be solid. I also adjusted the Aileron, Elevator and Pitch in the Swash menu to 70% and the servos are responding very nice now. Only problem is, my ESC is reaching 180-190. Manual for it says that after 110 it'll drop voltage to help prevent it from shutting off. So this morning at work I'm going to cut a small hole in the top of the canopy to see if that'll help. I know on my Esky frame I had the ESC on the side of the frame and after cutting a hold out so it could breath my temos went from 170 to 110 constant. Also going to swap out the 13T pinion for a 11T and see if that'll help too. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks, Joe
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I am definitely not laughing at you Vic, but when I saw your last two posts...
11:05 AM 8/14:
I'm flying pretty decient (first year of real flying) and I push it, so I'm crashing a lot....no biggie.
1:05 AM 8/15:
Well...crashed my heli again, took out the main gear and fly bar, gotta order parts.
It was a bit comical from a literary standpoint. At least you're living up to your name!
So what do you like about the Legend over the EXI, are we talking general schematics, or manufacturing process, or materials? I'm just curious, I've never bought a 95% ARF kit, they look intimidating still, besides...I'd just be throwing stock e-flight parts in them at this point anyways (not that I would, I just haven't gone out and bought the binford 4000 amp fry-your-chicken-and-hover-a-heli speed controller type stuff yet).
11:05 AM 8/14:
I'm flying pretty decient (first year of real flying) and I push it, so I'm crashing a lot....no biggie.
1:05 AM 8/15:
Well...crashed my heli again, took out the main gear and fly bar, gotta order parts.
It was a bit comical from a literary standpoint.
At least you're living up to your name! So what do you like about the Legend over the EXI, are we talking general schematics, or manufacturing process, or materials? I'm just curious, I've never bought a 95% ARF kit, they look intimidating still, besides...I'd just be throwing stock e-flight parts in them at this point anyways (not that I would, I just haven't gone out and bought the binford 4000 amp fry-your-chicken-and-hover-a-heli speed controller type stuff yet).
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Joey...going to an 11T will help a lot. I've learned cutting holes etc, it don't work. Having the right ESC, battery, motor, that counts for a lot.
Eric....I crashed 3-4 times before I could do a loop or back flip. The crashing now is because I set my dual rates too high, I'll put them from 140% back to 125 and 100%, this should take care of it. Thanks to Jeff....he taught me that if you don't push, you don't advance, and he pushes hard. Been doing this heli stuff nearly 3 years...need to advance.
What I like about the Exceed, simply, the belt drive off the main shaft. The bare bones is expensive ($110.00 before shipping). I'll be throwing CNC on it anyway, so the plastic don't bother me. As of right now....I think it'll be a while on the exceed. The reason is, the EXI is still doing great and I put an align tail drive gear set in it, they're pretty solid and don't fail like the stock EXI tail drive gear set.
Eric....I crashed 3-4 times before I could do a loop or back flip. The crashing now is because I set my dual rates too high, I'll put them from 140% back to 125 and 100%, this should take care of it. Thanks to Jeff....he taught me that if you don't push, you don't advance, and he pushes hard. Been doing this heli stuff nearly 3 years...need to advance.
What I like about the Exceed, simply, the belt drive off the main shaft. The bare bones is expensive ($110.00 before shipping). I'll be throwing CNC on it anyway, so the plastic don't bother me. As of right now....I think it'll be a while on the exceed. The reason is, the EXI is still doing great and I put an align tail drive gear set in it, they're pretty solid and don't fail like the stock EXI tail drive gear set.
