novus cp upgrades??
10-12-2011, 10:57 AM
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novus cp upgrades??
just got a novus cp for 62$ off ebay and been seeing a lot of problems people have been having so i want to upgrade!
any ideas? pretty new to heli's any advice will be amazing!
10-12-2011, 01:28 PM
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RE: novus cp upgrades??
Did the same and bought Walkera 4G3 double brushlesswith metal headfor $ 90here at the buy and sell forum. The helimax cp is rebranded walkera heli.
It is a picky to fly hely, the standard tail brushless motor is marginal so buy the upgrade.
I bought my spares at wow hobbies, think the top upgrades are more fuzz than what they do. After spending other $ 90 in spares and parts probably will recomend: Walkera brushless main motor with 16 tooth pinion, and the bigest tail brushlless option.
Think the metal main post is worst than the plastic as it bends when crashing. So probalbly is best to have all the metal upgrades except the main post. For sure plastic is fine and should save in this upgrades and spend it in the motor and esc, and spares.
The foam blades break very easy, the wood blades last more, BUY SPARES.
Go to the Walkera site and down load their tunning tips for the 4G3
Good luck,
Juan
10-12-2011, 05:36 PM
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RE: novus cp upgrades??
wow!! could have asked for a better reply!! Thank you!
so your saying upgrade everything to metal just not the main drive rod?? i have seen the Heli-Max HMXE7476 Complete CNC Head Conversion Novus CP. is this the metal part your saying not to buy or i can? also this heli when i give little over half lift it starts to spin like crazy and cant stop it also the rear motor makes a lot of noise. doesnt sound good. the wow hobbies has a brushless motor upgrade with carbon fiber stand or something but im not sure what the biggest tail motor is. what ya think about carbon fiber main rotors?
10-13-2011, 12:47 PM
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RE: novus cp upgrades??
The stock brushed tail motor is marginall as the main motor.
Tail Brushless
http://www.wowhobbies.com/tailholder...b-1-1-1-2.aspx
Main motor
http://www.wowhobbies.com/salehm-43b...3a43b-1-1.aspx
Speed control for main motor
http://www.wowhobbies.com/salehm-43b...3b4g3-1-1.aspx
Do google search before you buy any upgrades as you will find most of wow upgrades have reports of quality isues.
Save money and start with the brushless upgrades, and learn to trim the heli.
Think carbon paddles are a waste of money as they are heavy and the lightes the better for this small heli.
Foam blades seem OK once you don´t crash.
The haavier the main blades and the more work the tail motor needs to work to compensate tork.
Idid my own balsa and plywood blades. Just copied the shabe of the foam blades. Since not doing any 3D did them witha flat bottom and all the buttom was 1/16 aircraft plywood and the top balsa. They came lite as teh foam blades, and really tough due to the plywood.
Cheers,
Juan
10-13-2011, 01:22 PM
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RE: novus cp upgrades??
So the wow web site upgrades have quality issues? Just noticed last night the factory motor on the back the gears are stripped making it spin like crazy so i will def have to upgrade! and thank you for the advice on the rotors ill stick with foam and wood blades!
