High winds, to fly or not to fly? That is the question.
In the beginning, a short 2 years ago and following the lead of others in various forums, my going to the field to attempt to fly my helicopter(s) depended on wind conditions.
Seems I had set or allowed others to set a limit of 10mph for flying safely.


Today, Other than hurrican force stuff, I don't really care so much.
I know its more to do with having gone Flybarless than my skills, fun anyway....

Forums are great and I am an avid user of this one in particular, but I have a few pet peeves regarding some peoples posts.

It already difficult enough to find specific things in a forum that has nearly 4 million posts in over 400 thousand threads by more than 160 thousand members.

Pet peeve number 1-More powerful search tool would certainly help

Pet peeve number 2 (and the reason for this post)
It would be very helpful if members gave more details...

I was visiting my dad last weekend and brought the Beam with me. I thought he would enjoy discovering the makings of an RC Helicopter, so he helped me as I finished running the wires and tying everything down on the now flybarless Beam E4 V1.
I'm using a traditional receiver with a brand spanking new Skookum 540, so there are lots of wires.

I placed the 540 on top with the tape supplied, but that tape is rather to spongy for my liking. I zip tied it down (all I had at hand)...

SK-720 - I bought it for the apparent quality, programming capabilities, the Self Leveling and because it is a Canadian product (I'm Canadian).

But I have decided that I do not want to use the self leveling at the risk of becoming dependent on it.
And I don't want to deal with the vibration stuff. I find I'm getting bogged down with all the available data, vibrations, telemetry amps, voltages, wattage, temperatures...

I just want to fly now.
I have...