Originally Posted by Nitrohuffer

Don't go by the head button. Rotate it and look at the swash for side to side movment, or disassemble it and roll it on a piece of glass or granite counter top.

It's probably ok then, cause in a hover it seems smooth as silk.

It's waggin it's tail a bit, even with the gain turned way down. I'm hoping it's the cheapo servo on the TR and not the cheapo gyro. Hopefully the good stuff shows tomorrow and I can get that figured out.

come to think of it, after i had the balde strike i notice the button was off.. so i thought the shaft was bent,, but i spooled it up and every thing looks smooth
mike

Well, just flew this thing through the fence. Not sure what happened, got a little sideways and it just kept going. I tried punching out but I'm not getting a great climb out of this thing. Guess I'll have to check the gear ratio.

Trashed blades, main shaft, feathering shaft and gear set.

Pics?

Originally Posted by ShortBus

Pics?

Nothing to see really.

Just a quick shout out for rchover.com and helidirect.com

I came in and placed orders for replacement parts and and already recieved confirmation that the orders have shipped.

Now that's fast shipping.

ouch,, mine seems to be sluggish on reacting,, then when i over correct it goes fast.... good luck
mike

Finally got a chance to get this thing back in the air. Put some Futaba digital servos in it and what a difference over the HS-55's that I tried before. Now it actually responds to stick inputs.

Also found out that with the Electric heli's your throttle curve for the Idle up's should basically be 100%across the board, huge difference there also.

Flew two packs through it in the back yard with 15mph gusty winds and I've got to say I really , really like the heli. My skills are still a bit dusty so I didn't attempt anything crazy with it, just pretty much hover and slow forward flight. From what I've seen so far with it, I'm pretty darn happy.

great to hear!! i may have to put diis on mine.. it seems sluggish then once i move enough it moves fast, i have expo at -20% works great! get so vid!'
mike

I'll get some vid if I ever get it out to the field. You may want to reduce your expo a bit if it's sluggish but then over reactes.

the sluggish was before the expo hahah i think i was mostly over flying it.... i got it in a gym the other day and it did good.. just trying to keep a hover hehe if i get into forward flight im ok.... as long as i keep oriention ... it doesnt take to long to get far away haha
mike

I give up on electrics, I may try a Mini Titan because a couple people seem to be having great luck with them, but this thing is a done deal for me.

Took it to the local park. It hovers great, thats about it.

Did one flip with it and a link popped off the swash for aileron control. Not a lot of damage, just a feathering shaft and broken landing gear, tail tube support.

Anybody want it? $180 with the motor.

That stinks. Are you sure there wasn't any binding?

ouch... thats to bad.. i guess itll be a while for me im just hovering eheheheh or trying to..
mike

Nope, no binding. It wasn't a bad crash, got the parts already to fix it. I just want a Mini Titan instead.