I just got my Eco 8, I bought the kit with no motor and was wondering what would be a good brushless motor and ESC for this heli. Also any suggestions on servos?
I did a search and only found people bashing on it, so that didn't help. By the looks of it I think it will be fine for my skill level. When I out grow it I'll teach my son with it.
Thanks, Zack

Hey Zack, I bought the same last summer and really had fun buiding the eco 8. The large size with 41" rotor is pretty awesome. It's my first rc chopper... It's an education putting one of these things together but the initimate knowledge of its construction helps put the beast back together when something breaks. I took the simple route and used the "purple bull" motor, servos, and esc recommended by Hobby Lobby, where I bought the kit. As a trainer, I think the mechanical mixer works fine although I had to modify the way the servo links to it. It hovers and flys very well =) I hope to get some images up as I rebuild my personal web page. Ed

hi all i have had my eco 8 for some time now and still not had courage to fly it but i have started to try set her up again after a long break

i have the ikarus sport motor that was supplied with it

i am using a jr 2610 radio

i have fitted a few upgrades as sugested in a lot of forums back when i was assembling it

could someone please help me with a few settings if possible

i can set expo on my tx so i can soften the reactions on tx as i am a bit heavy handed with controls but i am not sure which ones to set

do i leave throttle alone and just set the pitch aerlon and roll think thats what they are called

also i have seen on some videos they set a negative % figure but this was on a futba radio i also saw somewhere but for life of me cant find it now that if you have a jr radio you set a plus figure to soften the controls is this correct ??

i am using a standard 9.6v battery at min

but would like to upgrade to a lippo and a brushless motor and controller any advice please not the very latest as i am on a budget so the cheaper the better as i will not be doing any real fast 3d for a long time

any advice on pitch , throttle curves would be a great help even a base figure for hover and slight 3d settings

as for gyro mine can do normal and heading lock via tx any advice on which would be better for a newb

any help at all much appreciated

thanks