Funky
09-04-2007, 01:51 PM
Well.. after it had sat around for about 2 months I took my 30 to the field last weekend. The last time I had it out I did my first auto with a nitro. I did 5 or 6 that day from about 75 feet up and was pretty happy with it.. especially since I brought it home in one piece. It got me over the fear or trying an auto with my Nitros and if I wrecked it has wood blades and all plastic so the crash cost would be really low. Last week I traded my Mini Titan for a new Sceadu kit. I put together the Sceadu and planned on taking the electronics from the 30. I figured it was time to go big with the 30. Since I was taking all of the electronics out of it I wasn't worried about crashing it. Any surviving pieces could be spare parts for my Raptor 50. I brought it to the field and decided it was time to go big... I took it up for auto after auto after auto. They had to be at least 200-300 feet up. Many of them were rough landings, but it was so much fun. I have never flown near this high before. I intentionally dragged the non driven tail a few times across the grass (sometimes ending badly :oops:) I just can't believe how well this heli does... with woodies too. I have only autoed my other nitros a few times since the first ones with the 30 and never from the height I was going this weekend. Got some video too, but I can't access Youtube or Google because my internet access is from a work PC :bawl
So now I have a problem. I love this 30. Love it :hug: It is going to start getting auto duty every weekend at the field from now on. I am not afraid to try the big autos with it because I don't have any expensive parts or blades on it. I can just fly it and enjoy it with no worries. I can't strip it for the Sceadu anymore so I got some other servos for cyclic and throttle but I don't have a good tail servo. I have a 401 for the Sceadu, but no tail servo. My 30 has a 401/9254. I want to take the 9254 for the Sceadu and put a cheap tail servo on the 30. It has no power (3rd owner O.S.32) so it doesn't need a great tail servo, just something that can hold while I climb out for the autos. I'm going really high so I just go full power all the way up... although with the 32 its not a fast climb rate. Can anyone reccomend a cheap servo that can hold the tail for my 30? The 9254 never budges, but I think its overkill for what I am doing.
So now I have a problem. I love this 30. Love it :hug: It is going to start getting auto duty every weekend at the field from now on. I am not afraid to try the big autos with it because I don't have any expensive parts or blades on it. I can just fly it and enjoy it with no worries. I can't strip it for the Sceadu anymore so I got some other servos for cyclic and throttle but I don't have a good tail servo. I have a 401 for the Sceadu, but no tail servo. My 30 has a 401/9254. I want to take the 9254 for the Sceadu and put a cheap tail servo on the 30. It has no power (3rd owner O.S.32) so it doesn't need a great tail servo, just something that can hold while I climb out for the autos. I'm going really high so I just go full power all the way up... although with the 32 its not a fast climb rate. Can anyone reccomend a cheap servo that can hold the tail for my 30? The 9254 never budges, but I think its overkill for what I am doing.