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Forum: Electric RC Helis
08-09-2008, 04:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,796
Posted By stanza

RE: Helicopter injury

Just reading this thread brings back my memory of my last bad injury with a model helicopter. I was just adjusting my falcon 3D SE in my basement on a rainy day and had it turned on, with the TX...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
07-18-2008, 04:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,305
Posted By stanza

RE: NEWBIE - NEEDS HELP CHOOSING 1st COPTER

This is a really tough question to answer because everyone has such a different opinion on the matter. I remember when I was a newcomer to model aviation I suffered a lot of disappointment from...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
07-11-2008, 03:58 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 681
Posted By stanza

RE: Headspeed, what does it affect?

I found that higher head speed increases the gyroscopic stability of the model to a point. Blade pitch settings will also affect what the head speed is just as much as gear ratio and the speed (kv)...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
06-23-2008, 06:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,032
Posted By stanza

RE: music to listen to while flying?

You'd definitely get some comments at the flying field if your heli was blaring some AC/DC or Alice in Chains tracks :D. Loud gear noise from your drive system might diminish the listening experience...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
06-23-2008, 06:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 858
Posted By stanza

RE: lipo charging tread

That's a nice battery pack that you are using. When mine was brand new, It could keep my falcon 400 SE in the air for about 18 minutes. After about 150 flights, airtimes are down to about 13 minutes...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-30-2008, 11:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 848
Posted By stanza

RE: In Flight failure frustrations!

I really haven't had too many quality issues with my falcon 3d SE. I've heard a number of complaints about quality issues with the more common non-SE version, though. After sorting through my balance...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-29-2008, 04:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 848
Posted By stanza

RE: In Flight failure frustrations!

I understand how you feel. Its easy enough to crash a perfectly fine helicopter, and when a crash occurs just because of a stupid mechanical malfunction, it is even all the more maddening. But I have...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-26-2008, 04:22 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,086
Posted By stanza

RE: so long guys,, nice knowing ya, new hobby

Land vehicles are obviously going to be a lot tougher than anything that flies just due to the inherent nature of design. If you made a heli as strong as your nitro truck, it would probably be way to...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
05-26-2008, 01:10 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,023
Posted By stanza

RE: Thinking of getting one

A common misconception that some newcomers to this hobby is that flying a model heli will be something like flying aircraft on their play station or X box. Not the same at all! I really think that...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-23-2008, 05:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 740
Posted By stanza

RE: I'm hooked! And I'm spreading the disease :)

Now that's the spirit! Many of us have had a bad experience at one time or another with some particular model. But that doesn't mean that every other cp heli is hard to fly.
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-23-2008, 05:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 662
Posted By stanza

RE: Falcon Heli servo arms

Well my intention is never to price gouge anyone. But my time is valuable to me, and that involves fishing through my parts bin, getting it in an envelope to ship, and then finding time to get by the...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-20-2008, 03:06 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,086
Posted By stanza

RE: so long guys,, nice knowing ya, new hobby

Well if your investment in replacement parts is growing to a dollar amount large enough that it might put your marriage at risk, then you probably did the right thing. That first time you ask for...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-20-2008, 01:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 662
Posted By stanza

RE: Falcon Heli servo arms

I have just what you need. I have a lot of spare hardware for the falcon 3D helicopter, and I have the servo arms that go on the falcon's servos. I'll go through the trouble to mail these out to you...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
05-16-2008, 10:23 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,196
Posted By stanza

RE: Why does everyone say...

I look at the cost of repairs as simply an inherent part of the hobby. If you ever are going to progress to the more difficult 3D maneuvers, then you have to get outside the comfort zone and try...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-12-2008, 04:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,080
Posted By stanza

RE: 3d mini pred

Check your starting point of pitch. With the throttle all the way down, the pitch should be slightly positive, and the blades should appear to be almost perfectly horizontal. With the motor...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-11-2008, 06:45 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 554
Posted By stanza

RE: Help triming a Colco Hughes 500

Well what you are describing sounds like what everyone goes through when they are trying to learn at the beginning. So you get the thing off the ground, and you actually hold it in a steady hover for...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-11-2008, 06:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,228
Posted By stanza

RE: Oh Crap. Is This A Problem?

All you need to do is look on your transmitter for some forward/rev switches, and flip the one for the channel that controls the tail servo. I wouldn't spend one more minute attempting to fly until...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
05-11-2008, 06:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 774
Posted By stanza

RE: Are heli ESCs different to plane ESCs?

Most quality ESC's will come with instructions that will tell you exactly how to get the speed controller in the right mode for helicopter. You always want to enable "soft start", because it slowly...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-08-2008, 09:50 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 949
Posted By stanza

RE: Down and Out!!!

Sounds like you are teetering on the edge of having to salvage what's left and start over with an ARF kit. In terms of dollars and sense, when that much damage is done, it is better to just start...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
05-07-2008, 03:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 508
Posted By stanza

RE: Question about changing the battery on the lama

You can certainly upgrade to a battery that has more mah's and get longer flight times. What really matters the most is the increase in weight. As the capacity of the battery increases, it is going...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
05-06-2008, 08:26 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,563
Posted By stanza

RE: Dragonus Review

I am glad to hear you had a positive experience with this thing. I am also a student (first year dental school) and flying when I have a chance is what keeps me sane. I thought about buying the...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-05-2008, 03:57 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 758
Posted By stanza

RE: Need set up help

Well, with a fancy dx6 radio, I guarantee everything that you have should work together if set up right. Your radio probably has different programs built into it for different kinds of models, like...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
05-01-2008, 09:23 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 984
Posted By stanza

RE: Tail Wag

The radio does not have the ability to adjust the gain on your gyro. There has to be a knob or something on the gyro itself, usually in a recessed in a hole and you have to turn it with a small...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
04-29-2008, 10:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 759
Posted By stanza

RE: cooldown time

It really does depend on the model of your heli itself, the type of motor, esc and battery that you are using. In many cases, the airflow around the motor in helicopter applications is pretty poor....
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
04-26-2008, 03:29 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,493
Posted By stanza

RE: Safety First

Well, when checking over your model for safety there is one part that is absolutely critical- seeing to it that the blade grips and feathering shaft are in good shape. I was reading one post the...
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