Yesterday I finished (almost) working on the Compass 3D+. This motor has been modified for more power, better fuel economy, and out fitted with an O.S. carburetor. However, the adaptor plate was drilled and 2 grub screws were used to hold the carb on place. In my case, the carb kept coming loose! And one of the grub screws would no longer work, it was locked in place.

So I heated the adapter plate, removed the grub screw, and cleaned the hole out. Then I drilled and tapped 2 new holes...

Yesterday I was prepared to spend some serious time flying my Trex 700n. With 11 flights on a newly rebuilt motor, a new radio setup, and being able to practice some new maneuvers while breaking in the motor without taxing it too much. But things didn’t work out as planned. Switching into idle 2 right after lifting off the ground…the tail started swinging to the left as if a link broke. So I slammed it to the ground before it got out of control.

Creased the boom, broke one tail wire...

Yesterday was a great day to go flying! Eric and I decided to go to our other place to practice...and it was a good thing we did. Later Chuck stopped by and informed us our flying field was full, both sunshades! A field of nothing but plankers! We wouldn't have been able to fly as much as we did.

I started out with my Trex 700N FBL heli. I had just transferred the settings to my DX8 and was itching to try it out. First flight...the tail gain was quit low which I would rather have...

I want to test fly the 3 heli’s I added to my DX8, however, the weather here in the Midwest has been hot…90+ degrees, and windy…35+ MPH. So this was a good time to start working on the Compass 3D+ motor…a Thunder Tiger 53…modified. I removed the muffler from the motor and expected to see piston debris in the exhaust port, but I didn’t. Now I’m really curious as to what happened to this motor.

As soon as I could get the motor out, I opened it up and found nothing! What? No metal shavings...

I have my Rave and Trex 700 helis setup and bound to my DX8 radio. With the Rave, I went through the setup process due to a broken link and bent pitch ball/arm. I learned how the gov & gyro channels are assigned, which is different from the 9303/9503 radios.

I also checked [after working on the Rave and channel assignments] my 6HV. I wanted to make sure I had the right channel assigned and that it was working properly…it is! So that makes 3 more heli’s setup on my DX8. All that’s...