>Splinter<

Hi guys! Have any one had the Hx-232 Winner? I have it, It's a great hoverer! But yet not so good in going forward or backwards, infact it doesn't go forward or backwards at all! Can you suggest what i can do to make this go forwards and back???

Dragonuv

My Feedback: (1)

I got mine from ebay for 32 shipped. I thought I got a good deal but the helicopter was a piece of junk. It was too heavy and flew for only about 1 min. Although I reduced the total weight from 64g to about 55g by removing the canopy, it did not improve the flight time.
To improve the forward flight, try removing the ring around the tail rotor then remove the canopy and slide the battery forward.

>Splinter<

What A Nightmare! I bought blade runner blades for my HX-232 Winner and they dont work with it!!!!
£15 for nothing [&o]

>Splinter<

[&o]Does anyone know where i can get the spare blades for my helicopter [&o]

GTX SlotCar

Could you tell us why the don't work? Is it the way they fit on the shaft?

I bought new blades for mine (all 3 of them) here:
http://www.hobbytron.com/Replacement...ter-Cheap.html

Removing the tail rotor ring as Dragonuv says will give the little motor about 30% more rpm. Just remember that the very thing that makes these hover well is what wants to stop them from going forward or back. If you go either way too fast, the main rotors will collide.

>Splinter<

The blade runner blades don't work because they go the oppisite directions to the HX-232 Winner blades, meaning that they push the helicopter down instead of giving it lift. I live in the uk, could you tell me if i can get them in the uk somewhere?

Thanks

GTX SlotCar

Have you tried reversing the wires to each motor so they'll spin the other way?
Your left-right yaw may be reversed if you do this, but maybe that can be addressed as well.

I don't know where you'd get them in the UK.

>Splinter<

Yeh, Great idea, but will that mess it up, is there soldering involved? What are the things that i will have to do, Thanks!

GTX SlotCar

You'll have to remove the body. That means cutting it at the seam with a sharp x-acto knife. There's a lot of glue holding it together where the tail boom goes into it.

If you switch wires, you'll have to solder. If you're really not comfortable soldering in tight places, you could just switch the intermediate gears and posts. The port side motor controls the bottom rotor and the starboard side the top. Switching the rears will reverse this. The drawback to this is that the gear posts may be hard to remove and reinstall. They're a pressure fit.

Hold on a second.....

OK..... Here's a way to do it without even removing the body The hub of each rotor is actually a small gimbal. It has 3 plates, and the center plate determines whether the rotor fits on top or on the bottom or the main shaft (in other words, it's keyed). In your case, switching the blades top to bottom will make them rotate the correct way and give you lift.
The top and bottom plates are held onto the center plate with metal shafts (pins) and they can be removed. Basically, the pin lets the bottom plate pivot on the middle one, and another pin lets the top plate pivot on the middle one. It'll take a little patience, but the plastic can be pulled apart enough to remove these pins. Just switch the center plates on the rotors.

The design of these rotors is OK, but they really suffer in assembly. It's too bad they didn't just sell the parts so we could put the rotors together ourselves, making sure everything was aligned properly.

>Splinter<

Um... lol, i understand the top one but not the bottom, Im a bit new to helicopters, and really don't understand alot of that Can you describe it, so that a newb could understand it. sorry m8

EDIT: I understand now lol, the 3 plates on the rotors, just took a look at it.

>Splinter<

Aha, Great idea! But with the bottom 1 where it fits on, will that work? I mean won't it been the wrong way?

>Splinter<

The Blades are totally destroyed [&o]

GTX SlotCar

I hope what you're saying is that you practiced on the old blades first and those are destroyed.

The plates should be interchangable in the top and bottom rotors.

OK, what does totally destroyed mean, exactly? And, do you have some CA (superglue)?

>Splinter<

Yes the old ones are destroyed, I have glue, i broke the little parts where the they link into the middle plate. I have them glued but they are ok at the moment.

>Splinter<

I have it in the air now But it sways and the blades will clash in about 7 seconds so its very very hard to control, what can i do to prevent this?

>Splinter<

Man, i wanna fly my heli [:@][&o], I didn't think that i would be addicted so much lol, Its so much fun

>Splinter<

I give up! Just broke the hand controller, This set is very very very flimsy, DO NOT BUY THIS!

Never Ever Buy this []

>Splinter<

Just a few pics to show you why you should NOT BUY this helicopter