New Fancy Foam MX2 !!!

[brandonduley]

yeah thats what i was gonna say =)

[Bunky F. Knuckle]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Edge 540
	I dont think the tail is twisting as much as that picture makes it look.

You will be surprised how easily these little foam tails twist, Skippy.

I don't have the camera in front of me, so I cannot comment on shutter speeds. I do know that the ISO setting it on AUTO. I changed it from 400 to 1600, to AUTO. I feel I get a little better pic on AUTO.

[Edge 540]

skippy?


In any case the mx2's pretty stiff. I havent seen a foamy yet that didn't flex a little but usually not THAT much.

[hpapilot]

The tail on that airplane really is very stiff with the way I do the bracing. The carbon trussing down the tail makes it extremely resistant to torque. Obviously it twists a little, but that picture does make it look exagerated. As I said, I think part of what you see is the tips of the elevator flexing with the roll. That combined with what Stephen said seems to explain it well. If you look at the vertical stab, it doesn't look very twisted at all.

[3D-Seth]

	Quote: Originally Posted by louu
	what happened? are you ok?

Took a T-Rex 450 to the face. Split my upper lip in two from the blades, but the plastic surgeon got me all stiched up good. Little sore, can't eat much, but what do you expect? LOL

	Quote: Originally Posted by StPeteFlyer
	How are you guys attaching the Radical RC control arm? I know the arm lays on top of the stock servo arm and the holes align. Are you guys just putting 2 small screws on each side to hold it on? I didn't know if that would be the best way to doing it.

I take and wrap thread around the servo arm. There is a little slot in the Radical RC arm, and I take the thread through there, then I glue it to the arm as well.

Seth

[HuckinChikn]

A 450 to the FACE?!? Holy crap dude, when did this happen?? Where you flying or someone else?

[3D-Seth]

	Quote: Originally Posted by HuckinChikn
	A 450 to the FACE?!? Holy crap dude, when did this happen?? Where you flying or someone else?

Yeah. JR Fest. Someone else was flying. They think something failed on the heli. Don't quite know for sure. I was working on my MX2 at the time, hence the "1st Shredded" MX2 jokes earlier in the thread. LOL

This picture doesn't look bad at all, but I'm not gonna post the "before" pic. Its kinda nasty. Just really happy I still have both eyes!

Seth

[louu]

man thats a hard core helicopter, good thing it dident hit you in the eyes. glad your ok for the most part.

hey what do you guys mean by aileron differential? does that mean one moves further than the other at full through?

[3D-Seth]

	Quote: Originally Posted by louu
	man thats a hard core helicopter, good thing it dident hit you in the eyes. glad your ok for the most part. hey what do you guys mean by aileron differential? does that mean one moves further than the other at full through?

Yes. Normally, with a stock servo arm, you will get much more up travel than down (if the servo is mounted on top of the wing).

Seth

[pitviper51]

Man Seth that photo says alot, I can imagine the before pic..weew.. now youll have to come up with some awsome heroic story to tell the folks that dont know the real story.. but really the real story is good enough.. hope it heals up good and clear. as for tail twisting, I have a few extra rods bracing on my mx2 so ill let you know if i see twisting. my consern is the lack of support for the out ailiron counter balences.. if it come to it ill slot in a flat rod.. Seth you need to get a Hard Man logo under your avatar....
mike

[HuckinChikn]

Dang dude, you are a lucky man! Not that what happened wasn't bad, but it could have been SOOO much worse. Glad your ok bro!

[hpapilot]

Mike, let us know what you see, but I have never had issues with tail twist in the air. I can tell pretty quickly when a plane has structural twist by the way it responds, especially in rolling, and I've never seen that with this plane. If I did, I would truss both sides of the tail! I'll let the other guys chime in but I don't think any of us have felt the need to add more bracing on this plane.

RJ

[pitviper51]

ill get a highspeed flash sync photo of a blender and let ya know haha, ihave the one extra rod onthe tail oposite the normal truss, and i have 2 rod onthe top next to the motor. will see..
mike

[xtremeRCpilot]

OH Crap Seth, what the...... I see those guys flying them things out of control in a close environment and was just waiting for this to happen but to you MAN, I am sorry to hear this and hope you are feeling better brother!! Like you said thank GOD your eyes were spared and your young and will heal super fast!! Take care my Friend!!!
John

	Quote: Originally Posted by 3D-Seth
	Yeah. JR Fest. Someone else was flying. They think something failed on the heli. Don't quite know for sure. I was working on my MX2 at the time, hence the "1st Shredded" MX2 jokes earlier in the thread. LOL This picture doesn't look bad at all, but I'm not gonna post the "before" pic. Its kinda nasty. Just really happy I still have both eyes! Seth

[3d "kid"]

Nevermind.