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Wrench69
12-11-2007, 10:04 AM
Here is my Bird Quick of Japan Ep8. Its almost completed now.
Couple problems with assembly. Canopy.. I mean this thing is craptastic. It's ificult to paint nicely with out an airbrush cuting it was a pain in the asrse. I just ended up ordering a HDX canopy.

Main shaft and Rotor head were not siting right I couldn't thread the head bolt through I thought it was the shaft so I tried two more with no luck I striped two screws. Then my plumber moto came back to me.. If it doesn't fit don't try to force it like a plumber. So I filled down the head a bit and presto no problems. The link issue with TSK on one side is completly opposite to the rest of the bird. Skids were a bit off so I had a bit of a wobble. My barbarian hands fixed that quickly enough. Like an idiot I dropped and misplased a tail spacer.

Everything fits nice and smooth I am impressed with the engineering. All parts were perfectly fitted. They even pre-essembled the swash ( I started to take it apart to make sure it had thread lock and sure enough it did.

I ordered enough spares for 3 crashes. Thats from all shafts, flybars and blades. (Which were very reasonably priced) I got two set of woodies and a set of cabons (very nice price as well.) I got spare gears for every servo except like an idiot I forgot to buy the tail servo :P haha

Any way here is the setup.

Transmitter: Spectrum DX7
Reciever: Ar7000
Motor: Hyperion 3025-8 987KV + Quick 23T pinion
ESC: Hyperion 80A PSB 3-6 Lipo with BEC (it has an intergrated SBEC 4A)+Programing Cable
Cyclic Servos: Hyperion 13TMB digital servos + Programing cable
Tail Servo: Futaba 9650
Gyro: JR770T aka (JR7703D)
Battery: Hyperion 4S 4250mah 18C

Bling:
QoJ gyro mount.
Align Trex boom servo mount.

Pinecone
12-11-2007, 08:46 PM
I am sure you will like it.

I am running mine (QJ 890kV motor) on 5S 2100 for now, but will switch the ESC and go to 6S 2100 (2 x 3S packs).

I painted the canopy with Tamiya RC car spray paint. I glued the two halves together fir Formula 560 canopy glue. I used some small springs clamps to hold it while it dried. BTW I painted the canopy BEFORE glueing the two halves together. Just mask the upper half where the lower half will be glued.

Wrench69
12-11-2007, 09:34 PM
I think the ep8 canopy is just going to be a crash one. I really think its quite ugly.