What can I do with Colossus Heli

[Nelsonisms]

Originally Posted by Tommyvess

Oh, ok! I see. How does it keep itself level without that flybar?

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[Tommyvess]

OK< goin to the back yard for a minute!!!! I will let you know if this spoke works... Still waiting on parts, need to fly now!! :>) Wish me luck...

[Ozz58]

If it's too heavy, might try some bamboo skewers.

[gunny_jeeves]

If you can, check balance so you can holt the heli by the "button" (round thing on the head) or top of the head with the battery in it and it sits level. On a 120, there is no "computer" checking the "0's and 1's" to keep it level or where you want it... So out of balance ain't gonna be pretty.

+1000 on the Bamboo Skewer or any small dowel... Closer to the same weight as possible.

[Tommyvess]

HAHAHAHA!!!! I Love It!!!! It works!!!! A bike spoke!!! HAHA!!!Just a little bit more to get it a little tighter in the hole.. Cool, gonna charge the other batteries and head to the park.....

[Tommyvess]

Originally Posted by Ozz58

If it's too heavy, might try some bamboo skewers.

That really might do it, got some around here from last month.... Gonna have to try that too.. Sounds better than metal..

[jbaum81]

Tommy - I fly in Manteca at the club there, I also know some guys that fly over at Mistlin park. I probably won't be flying this weekend, but next for sure. My number is 712 3331 feel free to call or text if you want to come out.

[Tommyvess]

Ok.. The bamboo skewer works great. here are pics. Don't laugh, this little thing has crashed alot so she is not as pretty as she used to be.. But if someone needs to fly while waiting on a tail boom, this works great....

[Ozz58]

Originally Posted by Tommyvess

Ok.. The bamboo skewer works great. here are pics. Don't laugh, this little thing has crashed alot so she is not as pretty as she used to be.. But if someone needs to fly while waiting on a tail boom, this works great....

Glad I could help,

Craig

[Tommyvess]

Originally Posted by jbaum81

Tommy - I fly in Manteca at the club there, I also know some guys that fly over at Mistlin park. I probably won't be flying this weekend, but next for sure. My number is 712 3331 feel free to call or text if you want to come out.

I will do that, sounds good to me... Should have started something good long long time ago... I will call you in day or so. Thanks.

[Atomic Skull]

Originally Posted by Tommyvess

Oh, ok! I see. How does it keep itself level without that flybar?

With a flybarless controller. It's sort of like having a tail gyro on your cyclics It's a box that goes between the receiver and the servos and has a microprocessor and a 3 axis angle sensor chip in it. It also handles the tail control as well.

The first electronically stabilized flybarless helicopters were DIY setups where they would put a tail gyro on the elevator and aileron servos on the head with the two gyros oriented in the plane of the elevator and aileron axis. This was in the days of mechanically mixed CP helicopters which used a bunch of links and levers to perform cyclic and collective pitch mixing and elevator, aileron and pitch was each controlled by a separate servo rather than all three working together to move the swashplate.

[Tommyvess]

Wow, thats a little too much for me at this point... I have alot to learn still.. I sort of understand,,,,, Thanks for the info... This hobby has alot more to it than just flyin and contro;ing a heli.... Thats why I like it, much more involved, much more to do, much more to learn.

[Tommyvess]

Just ordered my tail boom, tail motor, rotor, new RED CANOPY!!! Wednesday.... Already have it!!! 120 looks super hot being red!!! Takin wife down to park gonna fly 4 battery's and have some fun.... Talk to ya all later.

[Tommyvess]

Man, I got all those parts: Awesome looking red 120!!!! Took wife down to park!!! Told her as I fired up the 120, "only thing that can happen would be the main motor go out" S*&T!!!!!! Should have kept my mouth shut... Took it home found one of the motor wires came off, soldered it back on, took it out back, motor quit again, slammed into a wall and busted up the wing holders pins that the connection bucklers hook too, and the flybar pins that the buckles hook too. Man!!! This sucks!!!! So gonna have to order another motor, flybar, wing connectors, connection bucklers, and a tail fin!!! This hobby can get expensive when one is not a pro flyer!!!!

[Tommyvess]

Oh, Here is what she looks like after the new wings, canopy, tail boom

[Tommyvess]

Hey, when this thread finally stops am I suppose to get rid of it? If so how do I do it? If not Just leave it?