Post your Hurricane 550 flight videos here

[nubli]

this video taken from EP550 heli, camera strapped on homemade mounting... added weight with all stock plastic 450g = AUW>> 2.52kg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t278uCz6eBA

thanks - please comment

[WuTangcl]

Finally I've got the balls to try some moves, just about 20th flight on my Hurri
and I love it, way better control then my Ark x400, I should have bought
a 550 size heli way sooner.

Well enough said,

Hurri with stock motor and 50A esc, 500 carbon Gaui blades
and stock tailblades, Ultralight paddles and 2100rpm

Here are my tries in learning 3D:

Here on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbtOlhwgHE) and here on Putfile (http://media.putfile.com/Little-Cold-weather-flying-just-about-20th-flight-with-my-Hurricane-550) (imho a little better quality)

If any comment or tips, please feel free...

[easy_1]

here ist my hurri (snoopy)

http://www.rcmovie.de/view_video.php?viewkey=eef4aeef4b479fc9b2bc

[Happy|Harry]

Finally I've got the balls to try some moves, just about 20th flight on my Hurri
and I love it, way better control then my Ark x400, I should have bought
a 550 size heli way sooner.

Well enough said,

Hurri with stock motor and 50A esc, 500 carbon Gaui blades
and stock tailblades, Ultralight paddles and 2100rpm

Here are my tries in learning 3D:

Here on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbtOlhwgHE) and here on Putfile (http://media.putfile.com/Little-Cold-weather-flying-just-about-20th-flight-with-my-Hurricane-550) (imho a little better quality)

If any comment or tips, please feel free...

nice flying for only having flown it 20 times, but 1 comment would be to ask why your lg is on backwards?

phil

[WuTangcl]

nice flying for only having flown it 20 times, but 1 comment would be to ask why your lg is on backwards?

phil

TY very much, trying to learn som 3D,
Well about the LG, thats to make it stand without LiPos on LG so the heli wont fall back on its tailfin
But to be honest, havent tried them in a normal position, just grew into it, because on my micro's
like the Ark x400 and the WK #36, they will fall back without lipos and thats when i turned the LGs around
and that worked.

[Outsider]

And it looks so much better too with the LG backwards... i have them backwards on all my heli's

[Happy|Harry]

well i guess it's down to personal preference, as i think it looks ugly with it back to front lol

phil

[Madedon]

Agree with Outsider it looks better. I have them in mine as well...:lol:

[istandalone]

did i see finless smoking on one of those vids? bob's a filthy smoker? just ribbing ya bob. i'm trying to kick the habit myself.

[Rc_HeliPilot]

Finless, I'm thinking about the Hurricane 550 as a second heli that can better stand up to breezes (better than my Mini Titan). I live about 3.5 miles from the ocean, so there's usually a breeze. I'm a beginner-intermediate (I think), so I'm trying to give myself the best chance at learning, given our typical conditions.

I've read some of you commentary about tail issues, but I gather I'd not have to worry much about that because I don't fly aggressively. I really only want to learn scale flying with some "scale" tricks - barrel rolls and loops - not all the other 3D stuff. I do want to learn to hover inverted - just for skill sake.

Do you think the Hurricane would hold-up well for me? It's the only affordable larger model I can find. Everything else is more expensive and requires the super expensive batteries, etc.

Thanks for your help. Sometime, I'd like to join you at that park you fly at. You invited me to join you long ago when I joined HeliFreak. I sure appreciate your site.

Rc_HeliPilot

[vicrc]

I am a noob and started a few months ago here is my video, sorry its terrible will try a better cam next time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9JkDz_Dhsk

[easy_1]

here is my latest vid.

hope you enjoy it.

http://www.rcmovie.de/view_video.php?viewkey=234e3fad47fa8eabf03a

[Rc_HeliPilot]

Great skill. Do you think a Gaui 550 does significantly better in the wind than a 450 class? I have a Mini Titan E325.

Thanks,

[Rc_HeliPilot]

Looks like you're doing very well for being new to helis. It's taking me a lot longer.

[mjdee14]

Great skill. Do you think a Gaui 550 does significantly better in the wind than a 450 class? I have a Mini Titan E325.

Thanks,

Absolutely flys better in wind and is much more stable.

[Rc_HeliPilot]

Thanks for the info, and good luck with your flying.

[vicrc]

Well here is a new video I just upload taken 2 weeks ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR7BEUS35-w

Notice I am way up high, a skeeerd noob I am. Recently though been much lower, its actually easier to see what is happening to correct the heli before it goes astray. I am still fairly new to flying helis and am hooked like on Helicrack!

[Stallion]

Hey Vic! Nice flips!! I am practicing them myself at the moment but mine are really crappy compared to yours. And it feels like my hurre can't flip as fast as yours!!

What Headspeed are you running??

I am at 2250RPM with 515mm HT Blades and 7,5° on cyclic but i allways booging the Engine during a flip!!!

So now i know how you can flip so fast. i put the RCP 500mm Blades on today and the flip rate is a lot faster then with my HT 515 blades!!! may be it is the geometry or the width (chord) but the RCP's fly a lot more Aggressive.

I wouldn't belive what a difference the blades can make if i haden't tested it myself!

[vicrc]

Thanks! BTW I have the short tail kit, much better with forward and back flips. The z30 is turning the blades at 2400HS 6s lipo and 2600HS at 8sA123. I flip just fine with 2200 rpm with the Z20, I keep collective to a minimum or it bogs like mad, but no bogging at all with Z30 but flight time is nearly half :roll:, I want my longer flight time back... practicing reverse and inverted flights, sure is harder than flips and rolls.

Invert? :DOHNow I have to learn to hover again! :bawl It just doesn't end!... only on crashes. LOL

Hey Vic! Nice flips!! I am practicing them myself at the moment but mine are really crappy compared to yours. And it feels like my hurre can't flip as fast as yours!!

What Headspeed are you running??

I am at 2250RPM with 515mm HT Blades and 7,5° on cyclic but i allways booging the Engine during a flip!!!

So now i know how you can flip so fast. i put the RCP 500mm Blades on today and the flip rate is a lot faster then with my HT 515 blades!!! may be it is the geometry or the width (chord) but the RCP's fly a lot more Aggressive.

I wouldn't belive what a difference the blades can make if i haden't tested it myself!

[xodarap1]

I got some great flights in yesterday and only had to deal with some red ants heheh. On the last flight, i flew 2 mins at 90% power, then backed the z30 heli way down to 70% curves and it still had plenty of power for 3 more minutes of punch outs, flips and some less intense flying. This clip is of the last 3 mins of one of the flights at 70%. It was taken with my junk cell phone video cam. I would have had more video, but my camera operator (11 year old daughter) wanted to ride scooter and play video games instead lol. This video clip cost me some ice cream at dairy queen! It's hard to find good help.. :YeaBaby: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bBlgHgWfM

[kkwait]

Hi y'all !

I'm almost done with the setup of my Hurri...
The motor (Z20A 980) and lipos were very very hot, the motor was not running fast enough I guess... I have now a 50T front gear with a 16T and it's just great ! :)
Still the belt tension to adjust, and the pitchgauge I use is little small which makes it not accurate enough on an heli this big...

Anyway, here's a video of my 4th flight with the Hurri on a very windy evening ! ;)

http://www.dailymotion.com/kkwait/video/x5h46k_hurricane-550-4eme-vol_tech

[Graeme67]

OK guys, I reached the point on my heli learning curve where the lack of nose in ability was holding me back. So after a few attempts of trying to turn the nose in during FF that ended badly I received advice that I should go back to the trainers and do Radds again but nose in.

So thats what I have done. This video is after a week of focused nose in practice. I am pretty chuffed to have come this far. Today I actually managed to slowly piro on the spot with control.

YEA!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE_-inH6w6w

Cheers
Graeme

[Frankoi]

Well done Graeme!
The field of your second vid (after 6 weeks) is really great!

[xodarap1]

Super job Graeme! :thumbup::woohoo

[Graeme67]

Thanks Guys!

Cheers
Graeme