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Barryorbik

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  1. Gary, As you will find out all CP helicopters are difficult beasts to control. You do not state in your post which Tx you are using but if it is not one of the programmable types (DX6i, DX7, DX8 etc) you will not be able to change the expo and rates from the preset values, so taming the beast will not be possible. Once you get reasonably competant the Nano is a good choice for indoors at home but do be careful where you fly it ,as a good friend of mine recently irreparably damaged the screen of his new 52" plasma TV after 'brushing it' with the blades of his MCP-x . He now has to view everything with a diagonal stripe across the centre of the screen and his wife has banished him to fly only in the garden. Keep up the practice but stay safe. Barry
  2. Ian, One thing that post does not mention is that the flybar needs to be parallel to the tail boom throughout the set up. Sometimes it is possible to 'lock' the flybar by wedging a suitably sized allen key between the flybar cage and the top of the head or if funds allow you can buy a proper flybar locking tool for around £25.00. Normally if you get the pitch range on each blade set up to give the same pitch range the blade tracking will be spot on. Hope this helps Barry
  3. +1 on Heliguy and Helifreak but there is also rcheliaddicts in the UK with loads of useful information on Align and other helicopters. Barry
  4. If you are quick Philip there is an as new MCP-x in its box on the BMFA classified for £50.00 - and thats got to be a steal at that price. Barry
  5. Until the 130x V2 is released with all the tail gear faults corrected I would suggest getting and MCP-x and a DX6i or DX8. The MCP-x is fantastically bounceable and unless you are performing extreme 3D with it the most of its tail holding problems have been cured with the longer tail boom and tail blade fopund on the V2. I have a V1 with a self modified tail and a V2 with the factory mods and both fly extremely well. Only worthy upgrade I would suggest for the MCP-x is to fit the Micro heli CNC swash, as the anti-rotation pin on the plastic one will break in a decent crash!! Have fun Barry
  6. Thats a lot better than mine Tim which normally go with more of a crunching sound - unless I miss the runway completely!! Barry
  7. Over £25.00 worth of brand new packaged Trex 250 essential spare parts for £15.00 and loads of Overlander Lipo's for the coming winter season, all at lower than advertised list prices. Could not strike any decent deals on the swap meet though but great memories of the Saturday night free flight with the backdrop of a terrific thunderstorm all around us. Great event and brilliant weekend. Barry
  8. Hi Rusty, It sounds as though you are now well sorted and flying confidently. My original Gaui 200 had the GAUI 210 Gyro which was pretty poor and drifted badly and I guess the Buzzflyer is just a copy. I was so impressed with the Align GP750 gyro that came with my Trex 250 that I have fitted one of those and a fast Futaba micro digital tail servo to both of my Gaui 200's and they hold the tails solid and give a blistering pyro speed when I get brave!! I find my Gaui 200's feel far more 'locked in' than my Trex 250 (which sometimes seems to do its own thing) and is less robust in a crash, normally needing a full rebuild with a main shaft, feathering shaft, main gear and one way bearing being the common requirements even with only a gentle crash. The Gaui's just seems to break the top links but I do seem to have twisted the main blade holder ball link arms a few times on the Gaui's but they normally straighten quite well. I leave the feathing shaft locking pin out out of mine so the shaft can self-centralize itself and it makes it easier to change if you do ever need to, as the little locking pin is a pain to remove if the shaft ever does get bent. Have fun and enjoy your Gaui. Barry
  9. Hi Rusty, It would be a good idea to get an experience helicopter flyer to give it a quick once over and flight before you try it yourself. These little Gaui's are mighty quick and very responsive even when dummed down on the tx, so it would be helpful for you to get some practice on a good helicopter flight simulator (phoenix etc) before attempting to fly it. Alternatively get a Spektrum radio (DX6i, DX7 or DX8) and an MCP-x to practice with first - far less intimidating and very crash resistant. Have fun a and best of luck with this very challenging hobby. Barry
  10. Hi CrazeUK , I had a go with a friends Parrot drone recently but quickly became bored with it, which never seems to happen with any collective pitch helicopter, as you need 110% concentration all the time you are flying one. It is a very steep learning curve but I think that if the MCP-x had been available when I started out with helicopters nearly three years ago, it would have saved me a fortune in crash repairs and helped me progress quicker, however, my reconstruction and setting up skills may not have been quite so honed!!. Even though I have a fleet of larger helicopters that I love to fly whenever the opportunity arises, I still fly the MCP-x every day, indoors if its raining and outdoors if its not blowing too much of a gale, just to keep my hand in and its far more rewarding than spending hours on the flight sim. Have fun and enjoy your Parrot. Barry
  11. Hi Crazeuk, If you are serious about this hobby, I would put your HB into storage for a while and shell out some money on an MCP-x and a Spektrum Tx for example a DX6i, DX7s or DX8. The MCP-x will take the inevitable training knocks with minimal damage and a decent Spektrum Tx will allow you to trim and tame the heli to your needs and allows you buy and fly all sizes of the Blade BNF helicopters as you progress. Only when you are reasonably competant with the MCP-x would I suggest going onto the larger heli's or the HB, as heli's are hard enough to set up and fly without the added complexity of having to spend loads of time and money fixing them after a crash. I started with a HB King 2 and it took me nearly 6 months of hard practice and was a near vertical and costly learning curve before I managed to get to the controlled hovering stage, despite having spent many long (and boring) hours practicing on the Phoenix flight simulator. My experience with training legs of sub 450 class heli's was not good either because of the added weight and yo yo effects. I find it better to just fit a larger skid set (normally off the next sized up Trex) to give a wider and hence more stable stance and more ground clearance. The good news is its easy to pick up a good S/H DX6i with a S/H MCP-x (often with the CNC swash plate and tail boom mods already fitted) for less than £150.00 now, as both have recently been superceeded. Barry
  12. After I read the article I decided to check the failsafes on all my helicopter fleet last night and had a bit of a shock. I recently changed my transmitter from a DX7 to a DX8 and assumed ( that always makes an ASS out of U and ME!) that the fail safes would still be the same but ~I found on one model that switching off the Tx caused the esc to default to full output!!. After a quick re-bind with the Tx throttle set at minimum it now performs correctly, so a cursory tale and this quick check could have saved my helicopter and even more importantly, reduced the risk of damaging property or causing injury. Please remember: "safe flying is no accident" Barry
  13. Andy as Simon said, some tx's use a 0 to 100 scale for the gyro gain/mode, so for example with the original Spektrum DX7 rate mode is 0 to 50 and heading hold 50 to 100, whereas, the DX8 uses -100 to 0 and 0 to +100 to give the two gyro modes. With the DX8 and a G401B I find -50 and +50 on the DX8 work well and 35 and 65 on the DX7. Hope this helps. One other point is there is a good mod to do on the clone 401's to secure the internal circuit board to the outer case with hot-melt glue, so the sensors on the board track the movements better and it overcomes some vibration induced issues too. Just Google G401B mods to find a link showing how. Barry
  14. Unfortunately the CE mark is not policed well in Europe and I am not aware of a single prosecution having taken place as a result of its false application. In my job I have inspected all sorts of potentially lethal or very poor quality electronic products, normally originating from 'exotic' shores but they all have the CE marks applied. When the manufatcurers of these products are eventually found they usually cannot produce any evidence of compliance with the product standards that apply. A phrase I often use is that CE now stands for 'Chinese Export' , so my advice is only to buy your electronics from reputable manufacturers, who will deal responsibly with any after sales problems or quality issues that arise. Barry
  15. The biggest problem is that with the motor turned off helicopters do not glide, so the final interface with mother earth is always on the hard side. The MCP-x is a tough little helicopter and as such is an ideal practice tool and much less boring than a sim. Just get into the habit of hitting throttle cut quickly when a crash is inevitable and the damage is then much reduced. Barry
  16. +1 on the small Gaui's Alex, they are poles apart from the Trex 250 on build quality, flyability and crash survivability but not quite up to the MCP-x on the last one!! Have fun Barry
  17. I stated off buying the specialist Acrylic spray paints and primers at £9.95 a can but found them no better than the significantly cheaper Humbrol Acrylic tins and the paint can be applied by hand or diluted with water and sprayed with an airbrush if required. I also use the paints from a cheap acrylic artist set from Aldi which came with complete with three brushes and an mixing paletteand for all of £3.99 and that works very well too. Barry
  18. Is your field near to any military or other active commercial airfields as signal corruption can happen if ground radar is sweeping the area. If the problems continue it might be an idea to contact the home office to get them to do a frequency scan at your flying site to identify any possible interference source. Barry
  19. I had a look at one of these for a friend the other week but it appears parts are very hard to come by. His had the same fault as yours and I traced it to the motor by changing over the wire connections for the two motors but could not find a source for the motor even on E bay!! I have looked at all sorts of variants of these heli's often sold Maplin's sold under the names SYMA, Dragonfly and SHX-power but whilst they all look the same they all seem to have different motors and control boards etc. If you are desperate there is a 9808 on EBay at the moment but if you are thinking seriously about helicopter flying, I would suggest spending around £200.00 and getting a Spektrum DX6i transmitter and a bind and fly MSRx initially to get you started or even take the full step up to the MCP-x which a small full collective pitch helicopter ut it can be tamed right down with the DX6i. Either will certainly keep you entertained whilst you are learning and beyond and both will crash most times with little or no damage, so you can keep practicing for longer, plus all the parts are readily available when the inevitable does happen. The DX6i can be used on any other BNF Blade helicopter or airplane and with any Spektrum receivers, so it can be used even on larger helicopters and aircraft, makling it a really good initial investment. Have fun Barry
  20. Weasel, Please check with the event organisers, as my understanding is that Heil's are banned on land owned by Walsall council, hence me having to do a round trip of 30 miles to fly mine. Barry
  21. Just found a site on E Bay and the vendors name is 'Big Fish'. I wonder if there are family connections or should that be shoal connections? Barry
  22. Excellent work Andy and its nice to see some inventiveness. I love the idea of using a torque tube to drive both rotor heads but what motor, ESC and battery pack are you using and what flight times are you getting? Barry
  23. I had a problem with short battery life and found it was due to the foam lining in the carry case pushing on the on/off button. Simple cure was to cut a slot in the foam in the lid to allow the buttons freedom when the case was closed.   Barry
  24. Maybe birds just have built-in, three axis, head holding gyros, hence they can fly straight and level. Never seen one do a stall turn though !!   Barry
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