PiccoZ Micro R/C heli
12-08-2006, 09:51 AM
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RE: PiccoZ Micro R/C heli
Underneith is for cosmetic purposes also possible we found out, but the a larger area that then is needed becuase of less direct airflow and more twirling air movement , causes less hover and more vibing.
12-08-2006, 04:38 PM
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RE: PiccoZ Micro R/C heli
Ebay:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ooz&category0=
Way cheaper then in Europe (30 euro's) 35 dollar?)
But you do need 6 rechargeable accus, we use GP 2500 mah, many times reload :-) 8 allready on 1 load.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ooz&category0=
Way cheaper then in Europe (30 euro's) 35 dollar?)
But you do need 6 rechargeable accus, we use GP 2500 mah, many times reload :-) 8 allready on 1 load.
12-08-2006, 10:25 PM
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RE: PiccoZ Micro R/C heli
Strykerman, and everyone else, be very careful of what you buy online. My first picoo z was a fake. It flew OK but to this day it marks my mind. If the heli doesn't mention silverlit in the write up it is a fake. period. If people buy up the fakes, why should silverlit pay to engineer new helis or planes? BTW, my fake is substantially poorer in build characteristics. It took a major body mod to get it to fly well. Please buy only real picoo z's. Tim
12-09-2006, 04:21 PM
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I just talked to my lhs. They have knock off piccos. It seems spinmaster isn't going to have any until february. They also said that the knock off flies better. I know Silverlit has asked that we not buy knock offs, but to arrange to run out of these at Christmas is insane. Tim
12-09-2006, 09:50 PM
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I just tried the forward wing as shown on the last page. It doesn't work on my picoos. Tim
Maybe I made it to the wrong dimensions. Stryker-man, can you give the dimensions? Tim
Maybe I made it to the wrong dimensions. Stryker-man, can you give the dimensions? Tim
12-12-2006, 09:01 PM
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Open question. I'm trying to fly all my picoos off of one remote. I'm begining to wonder if that is feasible. Has anyone else tried it. One heli at a time by the way. I seem to be retrimming for each heli. Tim
12-14-2006, 04:32 PM
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Anyone curious about hobbytrons stock of picco z's, are they conterfit or..
interestng google newsing picco, all of them mention hobbytron being the main supplier of this part, but alex at rcg hasn't really mentioned much about what hobbytron is selling
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News
interestng google newsing picco, all of them mention hobbytron being the main supplier of this part, but alex at rcg hasn't really mentioned much about what hobbytron is selling
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News
12-14-2006, 04:47 PM
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RE: PiccoZ Micro R/C heli
Ok my latest spoiler setup:
3 cm 'top side'
5 cm 'downside' I now use clear plastic (weighs a little bit more then carton i used) packaging material.
Straight line from top to bottom is also about 3 cm
The wider part is in front of heli.
It is taped all the way on front side, slightly more to the right side. (So not symmetrical)
It has no room (like first foto shows) from front of heli to front of spoiler.
Spoiler is taped front and back on to 'cockpit'
I also bend my tail rotor (SEE MANUAL > AT OWN RISK) a few times, no more then 30 degrees so tail rotor point down wards (giving upward lift at the back, thus forward movement) After bending a few times it is no longer at 90 degrees angle with front side.
3 cm 'top side'
5 cm 'downside' I now use clear plastic (weighs a little bit more then carton i used) packaging material.
Straight line from top to bottom is also about 3 cm
The wider part is in front of heli.
It is taped all the way on front side, slightly more to the right side. (So not symmetrical)
It has no room (like first foto shows) from front of heli to front of spoiler.
Spoiler is taped front and back on to 'cockpit'
I also bend my tail rotor (SEE MANUAL > AT OWN RISK) a few times, no more then 30 degrees so tail rotor point down wards (giving upward lift at the back, thus forward movement) After bending a few times it is no longer at 90 degrees angle with front side.
12-18-2006, 11:08 AM
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oh crap you mean to tell me i have to read all 23 pages just to find out things about this picco... is there a faq page somewhere.. ?
also i bought 3 of these for my nephews,, has anyone flown more than one at a time.. like in dog fight?
also i bought 3 of these for my nephews,, has anyone flown more than one at a time.. like in dog fight?
12-18-2006, 11:33 AM
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I have a bunch of them. Both knock offs and silverlits and they all perform flawlessly. I am happy with both of them. I got a bunch of them as gifts this holiday season. I use a small weight in the front of mine to get forward motion. They are a bunch of fun for kids. My kids love theirs and so do the cats. I let my cat bat mine down all the time and have had nothin happen to it to date. It's their favorite game......meow.
12-18-2006, 02:59 PM
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Hi all,
After many flights and even more crashes my PZ quit working. It would take off and then stop running at about 1/4 throttle. I had heard of problems with wear on the thrott. contacts and so I opened up the Tx for a look. I found no problems with the contacts. (I had already tried new Tx batt.s and a recharge of the Z). Testing the thrott. response with the Tx very close to the Z seemed to help somewhat. I then blew air through the body (at the power switch panel) of the PZ with a can of compressed air. This solved the problem and showed that a small cell of EPP foam had come lose inside the body and was partially blocking the Rx IR sensor. A temp. removal of the clear plastic main gear set guards allowed removal of this FO. and the PZ has worked fine since.
After many flights and even more crashes my PZ quit working. It would take off and then stop running at about 1/4 throttle. I had heard of problems with wear on the thrott. contacts and so I opened up the Tx for a look. I found no problems with the contacts. (I had already tried new Tx batt.s and a recharge of the Z). Testing the thrott. response with the Tx very close to the Z seemed to help somewhat. I then blew air through the body (at the power switch panel) of the PZ with a can of compressed air. This solved the problem and showed that a small cell of EPP foam had come lose inside the body and was partially blocking the Rx IR sensor. A temp. removal of the clear plastic main gear set guards allowed removal of this FO. and the PZ has worked fine since.
12-18-2006, 08:50 PM
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jaejw1, it could be worse, you could have a new aero ace. That one is 157 pages long. You could try the picco z toolbox. I'm going to try to put in a link, [link=http://www.piccoztoolbox.no-ip.org]www.piccoztoolbox.no-ip.org[/link] I'm fairly certain that that is the only "faq page" available.
Tim
The link doesn't work. Tim
Tim
The link doesn't work. Tim
12-18-2006, 10:11 PM
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rc-sport, the knock offs at my lhs have a rounded canopy. Does yours? I have genuine piccos an a modded out early model that I don't know if it was genuine or an early knock off. Just curious, Tim
Holy Cats, that is a big airplane. Tim
Holy Cats, that is a big airplane. Tim
12-18-2006, 11:13 PM
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well this is the one i bought.. i will have four by christmas http://www.raidentech.com/wosmmimirare.html