What did you do with your Chronos today?

[RAM]

Maidened mine today!!!!

Wow, all I can say is that I had a huge smile on my face. Believe all you've read about how precise, responsive, fast and light this helicopter flies. The only setting I had to tweak on Vbar was agility - other than that, she's dialed.

I will try to post video(s) next week.

[cyclo]

Looks good! Congrats on the maiden.

[dominator]

Man that Chronos looks good Like you couldnt fly it hard enough to break it if you tried!

[quinn]

So how does it feel compared to your g700?

[Ah Clem]

RAM,

Beautiful machine! Glad you are enjoying it!
(nice tail blades)

[crf69]

niceeeeeee

[quinn]

Originally Posted by Ah Clem

RAM,

Beautiful machine! Glad you are enjoying it!
(nice tail blades)

Yes! The Royal blue ones match the chronos canopy perfectly.

[RAM]

Originally Posted by quinn

So how does it feel compared to your g700?

They're both excellent machines but I would have to give the edge to the Chronos because it's more precise and feels lighter when changing direction/altitude.

[quinn]

That's really interesting since the chronos is probably heavier. The new geometry must really make a difference

[RAM]

Originally Posted by quinn

That's really interesting since the chronos is probably heavier. The new geometry must really make a difference

They're pretty close in weight. I held up both this morning and couldn't tell which was heavier. I tried to weigh the Goblin but I couldn't get it to balance on my scale. If you're ever in Los Angeles, let me know and I'll let you try the Chronos so you can judge first hand.

[quinn]

I've actually been thinking about upgrading my 7hv for a long time but its hard to disturb a heli that flies so great. Hard to imagine it flying better, but I guess there's just no way to know without trying it.

[sewerfly]

Beautiful looking machine you got there congratulations on your maiden flight

[crma0101]

Ok Guys, I flew my Chronos in the cold up here in WI, just could not wait for warmer weather. Using Kontronik 200 ESC, pulse 1350 buffer pack, BK 7002 on cyclic and BK 8005 on tail servo, XNOVA 4530-525KV, Brain FBL unit with DSMX sats for my DX9. Started using the default 700 size, and it had a slight head shake so dropped the main gains down to I think 30 something, then went on to tune the tail. I follow the tail tuning guide as provided in the Brain/Ikon forums on all my helis with great success... but no matter what I do I can not seem to get a slow tail wag to go away on the Chronos. I am using secraft 15mm V1 arms on the tail, should I go up to a 17mm tail servo horn, so what should I be looking for? Tail seems very smooth, and I did buy the reamer for the ball links as they where very stiff to begin with. Any thoughts on this? And I would have started my own thread, but I am at work now and when I try that our internet blocks me. Thanks for any input you guys have on this.

[dominator]

Not sure if it's the same model bk servos or not but there is a known issue with bk servos and the brain so look into that.

I would also try the longer servo horn and see if it's better. When you have the servo horn disconnected from the servo, double check the tail is moving smooth. It might just take a few flights to break in and being really cold could cause parts to stiffen up a little

[HeliHamish]

On my 7HVU the BK 8005HV was causing a fast tail wag which I could not tune out (this was with a Vbar mini). This tail wag was quite violent too, and with the gains near 0 it still existed very obviously.

Exchanged it for a BK 7006 and it's been Perfect
Might not be your issue but I have read quite a few issues of tail wags and the 8005HV

[crma0101]

Thanks guys.... will look into that.

[crf69]

I have found 35-50 works for gain on the 7hv2 tail with vstabi 16mm

[sewerfly]

I flew my CHRONOS pretty high today and had a blast

[RAM]

And you got it vertical......you must be a heck of a pilot!

Haha, Chronos looks good bro....

[Ah Clem]

"And you got it vertical......you must be a heck of a pilot!"

He is, and a d@mn good friend!