Electric Rc Helicopter

What receiver to buy.

pjdog — Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:29 am

Author: pjdog

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:29 am

nick_onelove:

As near as I can tell they are real Spektrum receivers. They (target) USE TO OFFER little blue spektrum clone receivers for $ 4.99. I've got maybe 6 or 7 of them and they work fine. Some time later they (Target) came out with the receivers in the plastic Spektrum cases. I've 15 or more of these. they were so cheap I put them in my little Gravity war birds. Also I got AR500 full range receivers for my J-3 cub and F4F. Along with the F&L planes I've built. They are great. They get here in 7 to 10 days from China.

Jack

"Next Level" quad project

nick_onelove — Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:20 am

Author: nick_onelove

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:20 am

Wow that's one slick looking frame! It could probably lift five GoPros! The spring-loaded landing gear is really clever.

I'm tentatively interested in your build progress and any aerial footage videos that may follow.

Unstable Rotors

Tito3121 — Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:03 am

Author: Tito3121

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:03 am

No tail wagging here. I ordered a replacement shaft. Will see if that works. I took the shaft apart and rolled it on a glass cutting board. Could'nt see any jerking, but hopefully a new one works.

Big Lama questions

tombo242 — Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:53 am

Author: tombo242

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:53 am

Your very welcome Tom,

Looking forward to hearing about your progress.

Tom.

setting up a T-34 Series RC Helicopter

zetecmk2 — Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:37 am

Author: zetecmk2

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:37 am

i flew mine today with the skyking rear rotor. it is better....then i crashed into a tree and snapped the rear motor and holder off....all glued together again!!

Dx6i throttle hold w/ MCPX

mikeegan — Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:36 am

Author: mikeegan

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:36 am

Roger that on the main gear HM
I couple of months ago i drilled a small hole through the main gear & shaft
& pined it . I have no more problems with that.
Mike

Don't buy from MIA micro-flight (scam)

tombo242 — Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:05 am

Author: tombo242

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:05 am

JayWap wrote:

This guy should not be in business. I am a small business owner myself and chargeing a customer before the item ships is unheard of...

+1 on that JayWap,

I also ran my own busines for many years and totally agree with you and Jack.

Tom.

CX3 will not lift off the ground.

admiral — Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:35 am

Author: admiral

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:35 am

Hi nofx_boden,

You have been rigt through the list good, sounds to me like the either the battery is not getting enough charge or the gear on the inner shaft, thats the bottom gear is not tight on the shaft, and they need to be real tight.

The upgrade should not have effected it I did the same to my CX2 when I had it and had no noticable effect on performance.

Best Value Syma Double Horse under �60?

zetecmk2 — Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:48 am

Author: zetecmk2

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:48 am

ha ha, get one of each......that's what i'm doing, all used off ebay
this week i have got a 9098 for parts, a 9098 that was listed as "rc helicopter". a couple of 107 copies for parts, a 9053 and a s006. spent about �50, keep me going for a few months!!!

Anyone flying Double Horse 9116?

bildnfly — Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:11 pm

Author: bildnfly

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:11 pm

Hey TonyD,

I have started to notice similar problems with mine. Yesterday, the heli almost seemed as if it "fixed itself" and the tail rotor seemed to react to input commands and fly somewhat correctly. I was flying in my basement though and not much room to get a good feel.

Upon shutting off to do some work (for about 10 minutes ), I started it back up again and noticed that servos did not center and react to any input at all even though it was fully charged. I didn't do anything other than using the "bigger hammer" approach, that is, I shook the heli a couple of times and wiggled some wires on the board and it then started to work again on its own after another 5 minuites of sitting there .

I don't quite know what is going on but a new board is on it's way from good 'ol China and upon arrival/changing it out, my hope is that it will cure all ailments.

Keep us posted on your progress.

BTW, I bought my 15 yr. old daughter a Syma 107 coaxial for 1st heli as she likes it too. We plan on getting a Dx7 or Dx8 transmitter, Phoenix flight sim and a couple of nice 6 ch helis. Maybe by summer, I will be ready for a nice 450 class like Align or something!

Bild...

wanting to go scale. need some help!!

ferretmaster — Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:44 am

Author: ferretmaster

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:44 am

Hello Applejack, and welcome!

I fly a lot of scale and have settled on the 500 size as the best....for me.

I am in the process of moving all my 450 and smaller helis over to my son and his kids hanger. I have run out of room and I found the 450's to just be a PITA to work on beacuse of size. The cost of repair was great, but the 500's are not that much more.
Now the cost of servos, UBEC's, ESC's, motors and servos for the 600 size takes a real jump in price and if I had not wanted that Mi-24 so bad, I would not have gone to the 600's at all. Check out the cost of 8S and 10S LIPO's!

The 500 size has a real "presence" at the flying field and you can add as much "scale" as you want.

Stability is not so much an issue if you are going to multi-blade heads, as most people will be using a FBL unit with them. I have settled on the CopterX CX-3X1000 for all my heli's and love it. At least for scale flying, it is a super value at ~$30.00 US, and even the 3D guys are giving it rave reviews!

The 500's have a lot more room to work in/on and the cost factor against the 600's made them my size choice.

Once again, it is just one man's opinion.....and worth just about that much!!

DOUBLE HORSE 9116 TRANSMITTER

rubenjunior — Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:58 pm

Author: rubenjunior

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:58 pm

hi, i bought a small heli and i had no experience with it. i try to make some change trimming it by menu but the things go wrong. now i can't fly it.

1- how can i reset to original settings the transmitter of the Double Horse 9116?
2- it normal that when (using mode 2) pulling down the right joystick (backward) just one servo respond moving down? just the left one from a back view because the right servo during the operation stays in normal position.

Rudder servo buzz

goldman — Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:20 pm

Author: goldman

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:20 pm

Hi,is the gyro a Heading Hold/Yaw Rate,if its doing it in HH setting and not doing it in Yaw rate,then its more than likely the gyro just keeping the servo in the set position,nearly all the ones i have had do this in HH setting,and it is normal,but just make sure its not binding,and also make certain,that your gyro is not set to Digital,IF you are useing an ANALOGUE
servo,otherwise that will destroy the servo real fast.

Goldman

New Blades

nick_onelove — Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:22 pm

Author: nick_onelove

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:22 pm

I placed my pre-orders as soon as I got the email from Horizon. They've really got me in their back pocket.

"Summer 2012"?!

mashed

r33dave — Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:46 pm

Author: r33dave

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:46 pm

ok so I have taken blades and rotor off and have found the horizontal bar for blades is bent looks like I have bought a crashed one. It is the walkera dragonfly 40 but cant find new bars anywhere. are they the same for the 36 or any other walkera.