View Full Version : Bought myself an expensive Valentine's Day present
HeliSmith
02-24-2008, 10:04 AM
Great build thread you guys..
mclaren
02-24-2008, 11:25 PM
Well to sum the day up. The owner needs more work than the Heli. Because I am building my "Nitro" start up routine I did a few bone head moves today.
1. Tank 1: The Redline started on first try! Never expected this....Ran full tank at idle.
2. Tank 2: Rotated the bird in many orientations and killed the engine due to low idle. Bone head #1=After killing the engine with fuel in the tank pinch the line.
3. Toped the tank off and got vapor lock due to bone head #1 above.
4. After removing, purging fuel, and replacing the plug, it would not start for ever....Bone head #2=Insure 2n1 clip stays attached to plug.
Anyways I had a very good day in the end. My curves need work but hovers and climbs prefect. I ran about one half of a gallon and got the RedLine down to 3 1/2 turns out and still the back of the engine was barely over ambient.
Anyone going from a 450 to 600...........don't wait!!!! It's like flying a floating Tank!:Bang
Some pics below with the cool camera scanning phenomenon while the blades were spinning. Cheap phone camera!
TheBum
02-24-2008, 11:57 PM
Sounds like the day I had:
http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=62928
jbock24
02-25-2008, 06:39 PM
Hey looks great, your gonna love it. check out my pictures, I found out a little ring box
fits in between the frame in front, the tangle of wires was makeing me nuts. It has all the wires entering from the bottom with a grommet to protect them and a grommet in the front where they exit to the Ar7000. I guess this comes from being judged all summer on my air planes by the guys in my club, they are picky.... Hard on a newbee... Good luck see ya.