lperagallo
12-30-2006, 06:09 PM
I flew all afternoon yesterday with a friend and ten minutes into my flying. he helped fix a problem I couldn't fix alone in my inputs on steep bank turns. :D
When I got home the DX7 was on my door step. After 5 hours of rebuilding the front end with a nice new box, the RXs were in, the wires all cleaned up and time to set up the radio. While I've only flown Futaba, I thought I might have some trouble setting it up. Especially with all the mixed comments on the setup. It ended up being easy. The biggest gripes I have is that there is no throttle kill toggle switch, although the auto trim works to kill the engine and you can't program the timer to a switch. I always had the timer start at 15% throttle. Oh well I'll live with it. :roll:
Flying with the DX7 is awesome :mrgreen: While I read that others felt more connected to the Heli, I didn't understand the feeling until I flew. The radio responds very well and after a little trimming, it was great. Gyro and GV-1 works fine. So this afternoon I worked on tight, steep banks turns and 8s. After 45 minutes of flying time I went home and to my surprise there was the unobtainable Bergen Muffler at my door. :clappp
Off to the garage to install it. It's on now, but too dark to test it. Also, I'm not sure if I have to wait for the silicon to cure.
What a way to end the year. Heli finally finished, getting better flying and 55 degree weather to fly in. Isn't life grand :woohoo
When I got home the DX7 was on my door step. After 5 hours of rebuilding the front end with a nice new box, the RXs were in, the wires all cleaned up and time to set up the radio. While I've only flown Futaba, I thought I might have some trouble setting it up. Especially with all the mixed comments on the setup. It ended up being easy. The biggest gripes I have is that there is no throttle kill toggle switch, although the auto trim works to kill the engine and you can't program the timer to a switch. I always had the timer start at 15% throttle. Oh well I'll live with it. :roll:
Flying with the DX7 is awesome :mrgreen: While I read that others felt more connected to the Heli, I didn't understand the feeling until I flew. The radio responds very well and after a little trimming, it was great. Gyro and GV-1 works fine. So this afternoon I worked on tight, steep banks turns and 8s. After 45 minutes of flying time I went home and to my surprise there was the unobtainable Bergen Muffler at my door. :clappp
Off to the garage to install it. It's on now, but too dark to test it. Also, I'm not sure if I have to wait for the silicon to cure.
What a way to end the year. Heli finally finished, getting better flying and 55 degree weather to fly in. Isn't life grand :woohoo