racin06
04-30-2008, 08:59 AM
Below are a couple of my flights from last evening flying my modified HBFP. My setup:
- Slo-Max 300 Main Motor w/10T Pinion and Heatsink
- GWS DD Tail Motor (CN12-RXC) - No Heatsink
- GWS Tail Rotor Housing and Vertical Fin
- GWS Tail Rotor Adapter w/4530 Prop
- Stock E-Sky Servos
- Super Skids
- Spektrum AR6100 Rx
- E-flite 3-in-1
- Esky 0704A HH Gyro
- Kyosho M24 Blades
- Commonsense RC 2S 800mAh 10C Lipo
- Esky Honey Bee King II Canopy
- Spektrum DX7 Tx
As you can see, the conditions were very windy. The winds were a steady 10mph with gusts to 15mph according to a local weather station about ¾ a mile from the flying location. Though, I would say that some of those gusts were in the 20mph range. Just to give you some perspective on the wind, the wind was blowing from my right to the left. You can see this by how the heli accelerates rather quickly when flying in this downwind direction. That little HBFP was really moving!
Flight #1 was short because I decided to land and make some trim adjustments. Flight #2 ended up being short because at 0:43 into the video, the heli decided to make 2 ½ CW piros for no reason at all. Talk about a surprise! I suspect it’s a gyro (E-sky HH Gyro) problem because my GWS DD tail motor only had 8 flights on it and if the the tail motor was cutting out, the piros would have been in a CCW direction. I’ll have to investigate the problem tomorrow.
Anyway, I had a great time. Oh…I almost forgot. I want to dedicate these two videos to the guy (who admitted that he had never flown a heli, but has been flying airplanes for 35 years) at my LHS that told me that fixed pitch helis are junk, aren’t real helis and can’t be flown in more than 5 mph winds. I beg to differ. ;)
Flight #1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yDH_SnPKO2E
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/866139?filename=Racin06-WindyHBFPFlying982.wmv
Flight #2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QdM-W-OM87o
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/866162?filename=Racin06-WindyHBFPFlying2187.wmv
- Slo-Max 300 Main Motor w/10T Pinion and Heatsink
- GWS DD Tail Motor (CN12-RXC) - No Heatsink
- GWS Tail Rotor Housing and Vertical Fin
- GWS Tail Rotor Adapter w/4530 Prop
- Stock E-Sky Servos
- Super Skids
- Spektrum AR6100 Rx
- E-flite 3-in-1
- Esky 0704A HH Gyro
- Kyosho M24 Blades
- Commonsense RC 2S 800mAh 10C Lipo
- Esky Honey Bee King II Canopy
- Spektrum DX7 Tx
As you can see, the conditions were very windy. The winds were a steady 10mph with gusts to 15mph according to a local weather station about ¾ a mile from the flying location. Though, I would say that some of those gusts were in the 20mph range. Just to give you some perspective on the wind, the wind was blowing from my right to the left. You can see this by how the heli accelerates rather quickly when flying in this downwind direction. That little HBFP was really moving!
Flight #1 was short because I decided to land and make some trim adjustments. Flight #2 ended up being short because at 0:43 into the video, the heli decided to make 2 ½ CW piros for no reason at all. Talk about a surprise! I suspect it’s a gyro (E-sky HH Gyro) problem because my GWS DD tail motor only had 8 flights on it and if the the tail motor was cutting out, the piros would have been in a CCW direction. I’ll have to investigate the problem tomorrow.
Anyway, I had a great time. Oh…I almost forgot. I want to dedicate these two videos to the guy (who admitted that he had never flown a heli, but has been flying airplanes for 35 years) at my LHS that told me that fixed pitch helis are junk, aren’t real helis and can’t be flown in more than 5 mph winds. I beg to differ. ;)
Flight #1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yDH_SnPKO2E
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/866139?filename=Racin06-WindyHBFPFlying982.wmv
Flight #2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QdM-W-OM87o
High Quality - http://blip.tv/file/866162?filename=Racin06-WindyHBFPFlying2187.wmv