700N In England

[toaster12]

Just picked this up on Friday and test flown today. Build went as planned, nice n easy, maiden flight today and no problems!!

Specs
OS 91SZ H ps Pumped
Hatori SB18 pipe
BLS451 on Cyclic
SG ReactorX
8900G on the tail
CY ATG
3050 on throttle
Spartan DS760 Gyro
690 Rotortech's
AR9000
FP 3300 2S1P
QuickUK Tail Grip

And as always, orange and yellow skids ;) (They're on both my 600's and the 500!)

[Super D]

Nice!!!:smokin:

[malc1]

Yeah very nice indeed.
What made you go for the SG Reactor X as I`m looking at this option myself?

How are you monitoring the Li-Po?

[toaster12]

I bought it before the AR7100's were released, but I still won't go that route just yet. When servos are certified to run at 8V maybe!

I went to the reactorX as it supplies higher voltage and current direct to the cyclic servos and then gives 5.1V to the rx. No need to step down the tail servo, so everything handled in one unit!

There's no monitoring of the lipo, I run 2 flights and recharge and monitor the current going back into the pack. First 2 flights were shake down flights so nothing heavy and the engine is running rich so not long in the air!!!
450mA put back in.

Once the engine is run in I'll test the pack and monitor voltage with a meter whilst the pack is under load. From this I'll be able to estimate current used and how many safe flights per pack before charging.

[Mercuriell]

Nice heli - not sure about the mismatched skids though - how about painting the CF vertical fin yellow ? - I've just been measuring current draw on my Stratus 90 (710 blades) and exactly same draw as your figures (450 back in for 2 flights) so I guess we're looking at ~ 5 flights for a 2100 pack and 7-8 for a 3300 pack like yours

[toaster12]

Thers a reason behind the skids! My 500 and 600N have the same skids and the same airbrushed canopy. The 700 will be no different and yes the fin will be painted too :lol: just like the 500 and 600N

With all the t-rex's at our field nobody is any doubt which ones are mine!

As to pack draw, I would err on the side of caution and take it down to half capacity. I'm thinking once the engine is run in I would be using 450 per flight. So I would say 3-4 flights and then recharge.

[toaster12]

Just put 5 tanks through today and put back 1380 mA into the pack. Average flight time was 6 1/2 mins, Still running in so taking it easy.

So it looks as though 4 to 5 flights per pack to be safe would be good.

[CoronaL]

how do you like the bls 451's?
I'm putting them in mine on cyclic and throttle

[toaster12]

The 451's are great :thumbup:, no problems at all what more can I say!