ErichF
06-14-2007, 06:35 PM
Ben,
Yeah, we got the engine back from Bergen with a new hub, mounts and bolts. She flew great until the ring got stuck on the piston, and caused a very annoying no-start that took a while to troubleshoot. We have a new piston on the way. I'll be changing my oil and mix ratio to prevent that in the future.
Garland,
I don't know anything about the Hanson mods. I guess they may be worth while for 3D, but I wonder if they'd be worth anything for low rpm hovering about.
Bergen has a muffler, but it's $200. We aren't concerned too much about noise where we fly, anyways...military airspace.
Matter of fact, we will be putting in an order for another Observer and two Industrial Twins in the near future. I will also be getting a 60 size nitro on which to train a couple pilots in the shop. The entire deal is about $24,000 worth of helicopters and gear. We will be using all this to test various UAV sensors and some RF networking packages. Some will get fully autonomous autopilots.
Life is good!
Erich
Yeah, we got the engine back from Bergen with a new hub, mounts and bolts. She flew great until the ring got stuck on the piston, and caused a very annoying no-start that took a while to troubleshoot. We have a new piston on the way. I'll be changing my oil and mix ratio to prevent that in the future.
Garland,
I don't know anything about the Hanson mods. I guess they may be worth while for 3D, but I wonder if they'd be worth anything for low rpm hovering about.
Bergen has a muffler, but it's $200. We aren't concerned too much about noise where we fly, anyways...military airspace.
Matter of fact, we will be putting in an order for another Observer and two Industrial Twins in the near future. I will also be getting a 60 size nitro on which to train a couple pilots in the shop. The entire deal is about $24,000 worth of helicopters and gear. We will be using all this to test various UAV sensors and some RF networking packages. Some will get fully autonomous autopilots.
Life is good!
Erich