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Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-31-2003, 11:54 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,957
Posted By imeins

need help on the FEDA mini dragonfly

I have a Feda. Initially I used the stock mixer/esc. My flight times were in the order of 8 minutes. I now have a homebrew mixer/esc running at a switching frequency of 16kHz. Times appear maybe a...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-11-2003, 01:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,900
Posted By imeins

Post Your Pictures

This is a shot of my one and only.. It has landing lights, nav lights including red beacons on the tail and belly..

Ingmar
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-07-2003, 02:21 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Have a look at my balancing photos. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=96539

It's possible that if the battery is really loose then it could start shaking , making the wobble...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
03-04-2003, 12:23 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 642
Posted By imeins

HELP !! Please !! Smartech Skylark

I have the Feda Dragonfly / Hummingbird. My blades have enough resistance that if you hold the heli on it's side the blades will slowly fall from the up to down position, if you know what I mean !...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
03-04-2003, 12:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 556
Posted By imeins

Hover Help

Mike, when I first tried the Impala trainer I thought it was on drugs, or that I should be! It requires "small" corrections on the cyclic, when you see it going (eg) left apply a little right but be...
Forum: RC Helicopter Beginners Forum
03-04-2003, 11:59 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 762
Posted By imeins

I bought a Feda...I crashed a Feda..parts needed!

www.helibobby.com are also carrying parts and upgrades.

Are you using training gear ?

I'm trying to put together helpful info for us Feda newbies at...
Forum: RC Helicopter General Discussions
03-04-2003, 11:55 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 784
Posted By imeins

Thinking of buying a Helicopter,But

ChetRog: I'm an absolute heli beginner, I have fixed wing rc experience spread thinly over many years. I downloaded FMS the free simulator, played and fiddled to get my fingers working right. I then...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-04-2003, 07:50 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

You could try the balancing I did. :)

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96539

Ingmar
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-04-2003, 02:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 927
Posted By imeins

Skylark Flight-time & charge time

On my Feda with it's 8.4v 600mA/H NiMH pack I'm getting about 9 minutes, the last bit in ground effect although enough to surf the breeze outside. I have been charging at either 600ma or 1A, at 1A...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-04-2003, 02:05 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Boyd: the wife did mutter something under her breath, I think it was an ancient Finnish curse or something. :) I don't intend to repeat that performance in a hurry, at least not with her in the same...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-03-2003, 03:36 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Steve: I am getting about 9-10 minutes on my 600mA/H packs as shipped with the Feda/HummingBird. All stock standard. I was playing in the wind this morning and almost dumped the Feda on it's side on...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-02-2003, 10:31 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,013
Posted By imeins

Flying a skylark

I was asking these questions about two months ago when I first became interested (seriously) in buying an electric heli..

First I downloaded FMS, one of the free simulators. I thought that was...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-01-2003, 11:51 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,500
Posted By imeins

Who's cutting landing gear on Hummingbird ?

I just got my Feda DragonFly (aka HummingBird) and it has the gear level. Seems fine but I do have a training u/c on it. Just like moos4bkfst I am automatically compensating at take off.

I love...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
03-01-2003, 11:45 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Yippee!!! I just got my Feda-DragFly today. Built it up and flew!! No problems. This is my first heli although I've been practising with G2. About a minute into the first flight I was hovering in and...
Forum: RC Helicopter General Discussions
02-28-2003, 01:31 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,721
Posted By imeins

Crash , Boom , Bang !!!!

You must be running a different version of FMS to the rest of us !

I have a P3-550 with a Geforce 4 card and the graphics on G2 are brilliant.. :D

Ingmar
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-28-2003, 01:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 916
Posted By imeins

Balancing a FEDA/HUMMINGBIRD

From the FEDA / HummingBird manual under tracking.



You can find a copy on the centuri heli website. :)

Hope that helps, fellow Aussie!

Ingmar
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-26-2003, 04:09 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Just in case there was any question about what the HummingDragonFlyBird is, this is clipped out of the corner of the full canopy shot on Century's spare parts listing. I'm not complaining at all (I...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-25-2003, 12:26 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,233
Posted By imeins

parts for a sky lark?

Worst case scenario if you can't get a response is to go to www.planemodel.com and contact them. They are very quick on the replies and may be able to point you to someone over there that has...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-25-2003, 12:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,001
Posted By imeins

It Flies!

Carl, what type of training u/c did you have on it ? I have my Feda on order (maybe here Friday) and I have built up a training u/c that weighs in at 8g. Nice to hear you are hopping around,...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-24-2003, 09:22 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,304
Posted By imeins

Well aren't I just special? (AKA Smartech Skylark)

Hey Boyd, get ready to laugh at me but I ordered a FEDA today. I'm really hanging out to get airborne. I'm still doing the Corona thing but this is my "I want it right now" solution. I won't even...
Forum: Electric RC Helis
02-24-2003, 07:17 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 7,370
Posted By imeins

Century Hummingbird

Well, I hate to sound like I'm doing a "me too, me too" but I just ordered a FEDA (Hummingbird) from Robert here in Oz. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be terrorising all who live under this...
Forum: RC Helicopter General Discussions
02-16-2003, 10:17 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,817
Posted By imeins

RC Simulators

I have been using G2 for about 6-7 weeks now in preparation for a heli purchase. FMS was okay to get the fingers going, preflight is marginally better but I'm having a ball with G2. You can really...
Forum: LMH Helicopter
02-16-2003, 04:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 677
Posted By imeins

Deans antenna on 50MHz.

I wonder what would happen if I did build a proper resonant antenna for 36MHz, maybe a base loaded whip and feed with mini teflon coax back to the input of the rx. That might be a good experiment....
Forum: RC Helicopter General Discussions
02-14-2003, 04:54 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,033
Posted By imeins

What typ of Helicopter to start with?

I see the fly has moved to New Zealand now ?!
Forum: RC Flight Simulator Software
02-13-2003, 06:10 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,419
Posted By imeins

FMS broke, and my printer too.

Jim, sorry about the delay in returning here.. Glad you sort of got up and running. Still sounds very strange, especially the funny startup problems. Really needs someone to sit in front of it and...
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