Ziggy2711
01-11-2007, 10:26 PM
Hi guys!
I know it's been a really long time since I have made any type of significant post, but I wanted to chime in and thank all of you for your generous help since I first started on here a couple months back. If you can remember, I had absolutely no experience flying a "real" RC helicopter and wanted to try my hand at potentially building an AP business from scratch.
I am proud to say that I have finally flown my first major RC helicopter. It is my E-Raptor 50 with DJ's mount included! Remember, my only prior experience was the Blade CX and Blade CP Pro. In addition, I spent almost a year perfecting my technique on Real Flight. (there is a special way I did this, just ask if you want to know).
For all you newbies out there, I would more than recommend spending a LOT of time on Real Flight if you have no heli experience. The only RC experience I had was in planes for about 10 years. While working on Real Flight, I would definately recommend the Blade CX as a beginner aircraft to get you oriented with nose out, nose in, basic forward flight, basic backward flight, side to side, and a combination of all. Then, move up to a a heli that won't be too much of a hand full. For me, it was the Blade CP Pro. I didn't want a heli that was too much for me to handle as I was learning. I also wanted something that I could repair easily if I crashed. I was thinking about a TREX or something similar but didn't feel it was a smart investment since I didn't have much experience with helis. With all of this "overkill" in learning how to fly, I have had absolutely no crashes, near misses, or incidents of any sort. Perhaps I am just lucky?
Anyway, after all the help from Gary, DJ, Askman, John from Larry's Hobbies, Mark, and many others on here, the Raptor is completed and I have about 4 or 5 flights on it. For me, words can not describe how easy it is to fly the thing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Compared to the squirrley CP Pro, the Raptor 50 is a Lexus!! I love the thing and feel I have made a smart investment as an additional tool for my portrait business. www.AgardPhotography.com
So, here is what I have:
Rator 50
Jr 9303
3 9252 Servos
1 9254 Servo
The good futaba gyro (I forgot which one it is at the moment!)
12s Emoli
Hacker A50 16S Motor
HV 85 Controller
TT 600mm carbon fibers
DJ's camera mount
By the way, what happened with the buzz about the emoli's and the Hacker motors? Although I have not posted for a while, I have been reading the forums almost every other day and it seems as if A123's are the batteries of choice and the Zpower motors are it for motors. SHOULD I CONSIDER SWITCHING????
I know this is getting a tad long, so can you please recommend what I should add to optimize my setup? Is there anything I should do to help smooth out my flying? I have gathered from other posts that I will eventually need the following to optimize my setup:
AP2000i
FMA sensor (how does it work??)
I will post some images a little later. Again, thank you all for your help and I am looking forward to joining the club again here at the freak!
I know it's been a really long time since I have made any type of significant post, but I wanted to chime in and thank all of you for your generous help since I first started on here a couple months back. If you can remember, I had absolutely no experience flying a "real" RC helicopter and wanted to try my hand at potentially building an AP business from scratch.
I am proud to say that I have finally flown my first major RC helicopter. It is my E-Raptor 50 with DJ's mount included! Remember, my only prior experience was the Blade CX and Blade CP Pro. In addition, I spent almost a year perfecting my technique on Real Flight. (there is a special way I did this, just ask if you want to know).
For all you newbies out there, I would more than recommend spending a LOT of time on Real Flight if you have no heli experience. The only RC experience I had was in planes for about 10 years. While working on Real Flight, I would definately recommend the Blade CX as a beginner aircraft to get you oriented with nose out, nose in, basic forward flight, basic backward flight, side to side, and a combination of all. Then, move up to a a heli that won't be too much of a hand full. For me, it was the Blade CP Pro. I didn't want a heli that was too much for me to handle as I was learning. I also wanted something that I could repair easily if I crashed. I was thinking about a TREX or something similar but didn't feel it was a smart investment since I didn't have much experience with helis. With all of this "overkill" in learning how to fly, I have had absolutely no crashes, near misses, or incidents of any sort. Perhaps I am just lucky?
Anyway, after all the help from Gary, DJ, Askman, John from Larry's Hobbies, Mark, and many others on here, the Raptor is completed and I have about 4 or 5 flights on it. For me, words can not describe how easy it is to fly the thing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Compared to the squirrley CP Pro, the Raptor 50 is a Lexus!! I love the thing and feel I have made a smart investment as an additional tool for my portrait business. www.AgardPhotography.com
So, here is what I have:
Rator 50
Jr 9303
3 9252 Servos
1 9254 Servo
The good futaba gyro (I forgot which one it is at the moment!)
12s Emoli
Hacker A50 16S Motor
HV 85 Controller
TT 600mm carbon fibers
DJ's camera mount
By the way, what happened with the buzz about the emoli's and the Hacker motors? Although I have not posted for a while, I have been reading the forums almost every other day and it seems as if A123's are the batteries of choice and the Zpower motors are it for motors. SHOULD I CONSIDER SWITCHING????
I know this is getting a tad long, so can you please recommend what I should add to optimize my setup? Is there anything I should do to help smooth out my flying? I have gathered from other posts that I will eventually need the following to optimize my setup:
AP2000i
FMA sensor (how does it work??)
I will post some images a little later. Again, thank you all for your help and I am looking forward to joining the club again here at the freak!