found a interest, strange for me could be fleeting

[lost rolex]

Passing a model shop the other day i was strangely drawn to  RC helicopter, bright yellow and about 12" long quite cute if you ask me, anyway went in and for the princely sum of £29.99 tucked it under the wife's arm and took it home,  just before xmas, left it in the box while i studied it for a day then summoned up the energy to have a look,

well in no time i was charging and syncing the remote with the copter, i read everything and practiced as the booklet recommended anyway after 3 days i am flying round the living room into the dining room the study and even went up the stairs   that was about 3 weeks ago, its a quad blade 3 channel s107,

anyway passing the same model shop today i drifted in and drifted out with a right big MF of a copter 4 channel twin rota and to say the least it's a scary piece of hardware,

but i am for the first time in a long time actually interested and being reserved about it , taking my time this mother is a inside outside jobby and boy will it go the noise alone scares the &$%+e out of me,   still got 10 fingers well 8 and two thumbs, everyone get one, if your immobile most of the time like me  its a god send.




PS my 6 year old does stand it up for me when it fall overs, and after 6 mins of flying i am knackard,


LR pilot in training.

i'll get my wings one day.    

[Zaf]

Thats great LR :)

[cornish]

its brilliant that you've found a new interest

i have a very similar interest, i did a bit of flying but now im into scale off roading and a bit of drifting.  i do miss the chopper though.

on the back of your 4 channel remote is there a little socket ?  if so i would recommend that you get a lead to plug that into your computer and practice.  its a lot cheaper to do that and crash then to repair your chopper.

they are bloody scary but for a reason there bloody dangerous, be careful with the big mf.  i hope your wife didn't see the price of the big mf



im playing a lot with my losi mini truck, everything else i have is to big or fast for the house, well other than my big off roader, that thing can climb the sofa, get up the stairs and with all ive spent on it is so low geared and torquey that it ripped a rug up.   i dont drive that one indoors any more


*edit

one big thing, get your self on youtube and watch a video on how to balance blades


another thing to add is does it have a fail safe ??   ie when it goes out of range it cuts out, not keeps flying normally straight up and bye bye

[lost rolex]

thanks for your advice and kind words of encouragement.

it isa little big for the house but for hovering and a few slight manovers, at the moment setting up the trim and ailerons and pitch it's all  very different from the 3channel,



Cornish safety first  yes it has a cut but it gives a warning on the remote first when your going out of range, the only connection on the back is for the buddy system with an experienced pilot dual control, i have contacted a local club and there looking at there access for disabled people,

at the moment i have trimmed the power right down so if i give it full throttle is only go's about 1mtr above the ground, but i did have a little moment when it decapataded  the wif'se point settier plant  if it's very calm today i will have ago in the garden just hovering a little, i have the green light for full charge which should give better control and i have set it up in mode 2 which puts the adjustments on my good hand,



so up up and away here's hoping


LR

[Zaf]

Its great to hear you feeling so enthusiastic :)

[cornish]

sounds all good then,  is it nitro or electric ?? if its electric what type of batteries are you running ??
glad to hear its all safe and your setting it all up proper
i think the duel control socket is the same as a practice socket, but im not 100 % sure on that, will depend on the model of controller.

mode 2 is the normal way to fly

going to keep a close eye on this,  if you can get some pics of them on here that would be awesome.  i think im going to have to get some picks of my cars / trucks on here. going to have to see what flying stuff i still have, youve got me tempted to get back into it now

you say you decapitated a plant, i say your helping with the gardening

[lost rolex]

Hi Cornish bog standard Electric it the 4 channel GoshHawk  i will get some pictures up of both of ours hopefully flying, my daughters good with you tube so i will ask her nicely to video it.

Barrert 7.4 volt 800mAh,

Torque 1.2 Kgf.cm
2 x high Performance 380 SH motors powered by a 11.1V 1500 mAh Lipo.

means nothing to me yet but by God it's a bugger to fly, it's a bit still today up hear so my go out later, need to get some hover time in to set up the trims and all that.


remember Cornish i am only 3-4 weeks into this so go easy on me. and only got the bugger yesterday, but i have my sights set on a Blade SR 120 or somthing similar

LR

i think i need to get higher as the downdraft is causing it to drift a little and i could be over compensating on the trimming i will see how it is later, it's very peicefull wear i live so a little noise will not go down well  


i have a wind sock on the washing line and i am painting a big red H on the patio

[cornish]

good choice for a beginner.

lipo batteries are brilliant just be careful with charging them. follow the instructions or they can go bang.  its not very likely though.

im not brilliant with flying to be honest i was only into it for about 4 months then a big crash led to me giving up,  only salvageable stuff was the electrics (just took a look under the stairs and all i have left is the radio gear) but that was because i didn't have a fail safe, it went bloody high,  i couldn't see it anymore and then we saw it coming down in the next field rather quickly oops haha

[Lol]

this thread is hillarious! 

I want one now...

[cornish]

go on lol do it, you know you want to. just start small and cheap

[Zaf]

omg this is getting out of hand 

[cornish]

you want one too now dont you

[Zaf]

YES YES I DO I REALLY REALLY WANT ONE AS IM JUST AS BAD AS YOU LOT :p
(sorry zaf, couldnt resist. cornish  )



I have to confess I dont,  there is an airplane in the garage I bought David for Christmas several years ago but he hardly used it,  I dont have any inclination to either.   And to be honest I dont think I'd hvae the coordination with those control things to actually keep one of them in the air!

[cornish]

 


bahahahaha    sorry my dear.

[Zaf]

    thats the best laugh Ive had for ages    thank you