Woohoo.. proper helicopter :D
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Got one of these yesterday!
Had bought a wee coaxial Buzzfly back in March, I started a thread on here and a few people said they had them too. All was good, fun to fly about the house etc, but got fed up breaking parts and rounding ridiculously small screws trying to fix it.
So bought a copy of Phoenix and have been learning over the past few months. Decided it was time to go for something bigger, and given I'd need to use it outside skipping the smaller fixed pitch one seemed a good idea. More to learn set up wise, but I will get there.
Just took it out for a second go with more space and some bigger training gear than my first attempt. Managed to hold a reasonable hover a couple of feet off the ground within a few feet of where I wanted to be. It's sooooo satisfying
Bit windy for it, but the practice in the sim before trying it has made quite a difference, without that I'd have had no hope.
Had bought a wee coaxial Buzzfly back in March, I started a thread on here and a few people said they had them too. All was good, fun to fly about the house etc, but got fed up breaking parts and rounding ridiculously small screws trying to fix it.
So bought a copy of Phoenix and have been learning over the past few months. Decided it was time to go for something bigger, and given I'd need to use it outside skipping the smaller fixed pitch one seemed a good idea. More to learn set up wise, but I will get there.
Just took it out for a second go with more space and some bigger training gear than my first attempt. Managed to hold a reasonable hover a couple of feet off the ground within a few feet of where I wanted to be. It's sooooo satisfying
Bit windy for it, but the practice in the sim before trying it has made quite a difference, without that I'd have had no hope. Yeah it is pretty intimidating given the size, noise and head speed! An to think this is classed as a fairly small one, the first time you spin up a 90 size must be something! I took it out again there and got on ok. Somehow though the rotor managed to come round and hit the flybar and bent it slightly when I let the power off sharply... dunno why. Should be fine once straightened but called it a day there.
Will order some commonly broken parts as spares. It's bound to go wrong sometime, shop had no feathering shafts in stock so didn't bother picking any up.
It's brilliant fun though! Finding it way harder than the sim, in all respects but depth perception, much easier to see when it's drifting away. Will go through the head setup videos and make sure everythin is right. It's some learning curve!
Will order some commonly broken parts as spares. It's bound to go wrong sometime, shop had no feathering shafts in stock so didn't bother picking any up.
It's brilliant fun though! Finding it way harder than the sim, in all respects but depth perception, much easier to see when it's drifting away. Will go through the head setup videos and make sure everythin is right. It's some learning curve!
Been going on alright. Had a bit of a crash the other week when I clipped the ground with a blade. Set of Align 225 wood blades on, replace other bent bits then added some wheel collars on the ends of the flybar. They have made it fly better, or slowed it down enough so that I can keep up.
Had it out six times over the weekend so far (really need more batteries) and getting a lot happier just trying to hover, with periods were I can keep it exactly where I want. Getting less freaked out when it tries to drift away and managing to correct it ok now. Took some pictures today.... it really is awesome when you have it just hovering there in front of you. Must be great when you can accomplish something other people go wow at!
Had it out six times over the weekend so far (really need more batteries) and getting a lot happier just trying to hover, with periods were I can keep it exactly where I want. Getting less freaked out when it tries to drift away and managing to correct it ok now. Took some pictures today.... it really is awesome when you have it just hovering there in front of you. Must be great when you can accomplish something other people go wow at!
M-J-B said:
What sort of flight time are you getting out of a single charge?
I'm really not sure yet. Been flying it until it seems to lose power a bit, will need to start timing it soon as it's not good for the battery, but at the moment it's so inconsistent because I'm not good enough to be flying it constantly for a set time. Guys on the net seem to say about 5 min with the stock battery once you are flying it properly I think.Gassing Station | Scale Models | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff