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11-26-2015, 06:46 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Recommendations for larger heli safety
I've been flying small scale heli's for awhile now and have been building up 700 sized bird for relaxed type flying(no 3D), and wanted to ask if anyone had any advice on what precautions I could take to ensure my own safety and that of whoever is around to watch?
ie. I plan to fly in a field away from houses etc. PS. are there any systems I could add to my setup to help make things safer? I've read something about rescue systems etc. |
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11-26-2015, 07:44 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I'll let someone else chime in with recommendations for self leveling gyros.
Recommend going over the rotor head, especially if its used. Remove the bolts holding the main blade grips and make sure they are reinstalled with blue loctite. Before you fly, make sure the bolts going throught the main blades are nice and tight. You can even sand the insides of the blade grips to give them more grip against the blade roots. For the first few flights, choose the slowest spool up rate your esc offers. This might be review for you, but its good to ease into flying, especially on larger helis. I once had a main blade rotate a bit inside its grip when I was landing an old Gaui 550. Was lucky I didnt crash that day. Happy flying and good luck with that 700. |
11-27-2015, 09:50 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
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700 lol I'm at 4 years and have passed 90 percent of the Heli pilots at my field (take that as a grain of salt) and have yet included a 700 size but that's just me |
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11-28-2015, 02:42 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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There are multiple layers of safety: Building, setup, general habits, and flying.
Have you built a heli before? Setup a heli before? What does 'small scale' mean to you? The vast majority of folks fly their 700s at sanctioned fields ONLY. Some on private property or in the honest middle of nowhere. There are 'rescue' systems that can save your helicopter in the case of a loss of visual orientation (a common cause of beginner crashes). Some simply level the helicopter (Self level), and others 'rescue' (Vbar NEO, Spirit, BD3SX. others). Rescue adds pitch and will select inverted or upright to save the helicopter, whichever is fastest. 'Rescue' will not eliminate risk... If the helicopter is moving quickly, it will only level and/or climb (if rescue)... It will not stop high lateral speeds. It will not help hardware or software failures.
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12-25-2015, 10:10 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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12-25-2015, 10:29 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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I will add, always do a proper pre flight and post flight inspection off of a check list so you don't forget anything. Also make sure to do a range check. Make sure your spectators know where to be so you can concentrate on flying and not on where there supposed to be.
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12-25-2015, 10:32 AM | #7 (permalink) | |
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I do FPV so I know but I have RTH just incase as well as signal telemetry (fade/hold) on DX8.
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12-27-2015, 02:15 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Use a separate power supply for your electronics so u don't have to arm the heli when working on it. Either a 2s lipo if you're running hv setup or if using a bec hook it up so that only 1 flight pack powers it
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12-27-2015, 02:41 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Don't fly beyond your abilities....
Just go through the sizes, 325-360, 500-550 then 6 or 700. You will be ready when you get there. One of the problems with the bigger size birds is the bigger charging requirements to fly back to back packs. It's a substantial investment just in your charging setup and battery packs.
If you stay in the 500 size birds they are awesome to fly & your crash costs stay low. The charging requirements are manageable. You can slowly build up your setup and your skills so you can fly the 700 size with confidence. There is nothing safe about RC helicopters above the 325mm rotor size. You need to respect the machine at all times. The self level function is just that, self level. It is not a safety, it is a handy tool that is used when you loose the orientation of your model, but it is not a "safety". Take your time, there is a lot of learning that can be done with the smaller models. Just my .02 😀 |
01-25-2016, 08:34 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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I treat all my helis as if they were overpowered 700's. My 450 can take a finger off and even the nano CPX cuts. I set up with a Rx battery or spare BEC (with a 3S as input).
I try out all failsafes with the blades off (and hiding behind the couch, if some bolt comes off, things fly around fast). Pre-flight checks are the same except for the micros really, on those I just pull the grips apart before the first flight. Rescue functions in the FBL help when you get disoriented and want the heli to level out really quick. You shouldn't use it if the heli is coming right at you though as the momentum stays, it will just cut your head off very horizontally instead of an angle. Just fly a bit further away, if you feel the wind from the rotor wash it's too close. Watch out for people and dogs before taking off, landing and doing low passes. While close to the ground, go for a low head speed (I like 1700 rpm on my 700) to minimize momentum and damage when it hits and keep a finger on the throttle hold switch.
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08-30-2020, 01:20 AM | #11 (permalink) | |
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I was once flying a small heli and checked that there was no one around before I took off. Some one approached me from behind and startled me sufficiently to cause a crash. Luckily it was a small heli. No flying larger helis without a marshal and no spectators. |
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