RC Helicopter info/discussion thread - Page 45

Jon187 · 19th October 2012, 4:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radiactor

I even crash landed in the kitchen sink full of water (clipped the back of a couch during a high speed pass), but a quick dry and re-lubrication of the motors and it was back in the air

Nice one.

Have you seen the aluminum upgrade parts on ebay?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Upgrade-C...item3cc9512537

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WLToys-To...item416534ed37

Might be worth the money.

Frontl1ne · 15th November 2012, 11:19 PM

Finally got my V911 after almost a month.

Holy hell it's fast!!! And it feels so flimsy

Edit: I can barely fly it.. feels very strange coming from a 3ch heli!

Edit2: Omg.... this thing can fly outdoors in a light breeze. Thanks so much for the recommendation guys, couldn't be happier!

Jon187 · 19th November 2012, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frontl1ne

Finally got my V911 after almost a month.

Holy hell it's fast!!! And it feels so flimsy

Edit: I can barely fly it.. feels very strange coming from a 3ch heli!

Edit2: Omg.... this thing can fly outdoors in a light breeze. Thanks so much for the recommendation guys, couldn't be happier!

Great to hear. Let's see some vids.

J

Mathuisella · 25th December 2012, 11:43 PM

I got my first helicopter today

My aunt got it for me for Christmas

It's an S929 as per the link below

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1341559

I had a quick go of flying, but I'm far from the greatest and need practice, but i've been wanting one of these for the last couple of years and so excited that i was in bed but after a few minutes trying to sleep and had to get up and have another quick go :P

Vladdo · 26th December 2012, 6:09 PM

$400 worth of broken toy helicopters for $37.. 10 mins of time.. 1 working $200 helicopter! Thanks toysrus!

Mathuisella · 27th December 2012, 12:07 AM

ok, details/......

Vladdo · 27th December 2012, 9:17 AM

Toysrus had a heavily discounted table, which had 2 choppers on it which were labelled as 'doesn't fly'.. one for $30 and another for $20.. figured i'd buy both and use the other as a donor chopper incase something was broken.. anyway, when i got to the checkout, it then also had another 25% off so it bought it down to $37.50... I've bought a few things like this over the years, namely a $120 buzz lightyear for $20 which was described as didn't work, but worked perfectly, so figured i could just use the choppers as props even if they didn't work..

Anyway, got them home, 1 of the choppers had been used and actually had crashed, as it had bent arms/broken plastic/missing power adapter/equaliser board etc and the other was brand new, never used. Plugged the brand new one into the charger socket, and didn't charge.. then plugged the used one in and it did charge.. figured the battery was dead on the new one, so swapped it over and low and behold.. all working..

Haven't really flown it yet and I'm scared to.. its too big for indoors and it's too windy outside..

schismo · 29th December 2012, 9:29 PM

Got a Twister Medevac helicopter for Christmas. Having a shocking time trying to fly it, already broke the tail,plastic bubble and one blade. Had to pay out another $32 for two bits of plastic replacement parts!!

Certainly not as easy to fly as my little indoor F103.

Revenger · 24th January 2013, 3:20 AM

Today my dad gave me his Nightranger 3dXP also known as the 'Venom 6230' copy of the manual on the page here, which has never been flown before.

He has got a couple helis a Copter X, Walkera etc tried to set them up but somehow never got any of them finished.

Same with this one he had the rotors spinning etc on the bench but didn't get it calibrated etc.

So this is the alloy model of the Nightranger 3dxl and is complete with battery, gyro, tx and flysky 6 channel rx was a base kit he built so not all venom parts, using esky gyro flysky tx and rx.

Only thing I need to get are the blades as he lost one of them it seems.

Only thing is its not calibrated with the main blades etc.

Anyone know how to calibrate these things or anyone in Perth or on skype willing to give me a lesson and walk me through doing it?

I'm used to small indoor helis so this will be my first full size one though my dad also has a coax outdoor which is pretty crap I think.

eyebrow · 25th January 2013, 9:04 PM

Anyone played with the 3D Robotics Arducoptors? Pretty keen to find out what kind of weight they can carry?? a gopro is minimum requirement.
http://openlab.com.au/product-category/rc/arducoptor/

eyebrow · 25th January 2013, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revenger

Anyone know how to calibrate these things or anyone in Perth or on skype willing to give me a lesson and walk me through doing it?

you should talk to the guys at the Perth Heli Club - I'm 100% sure they would help you! very nice bunch.

roamin · 29th January 2013, 9:33 AM

hey guys im looking for a little indoor heli to play around with, i have had a few now but as time goes on they seem to be getting better all the time.

looking at something like this

what are peoples opinion on these? if theres something better or recommended more and so on, im happy to look into that instead.

schismo · 29th January 2013, 12:18 PM

I have one of these

http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.AV...ue_color-41860

they are good fun for indoors, and easy to fly. Cant fly it outdoors during the day though as the remote is IR.

Still getting the hang of flying my Medevac, always worried about breaking something.

SenorGrande · 30th January 2013, 10:56 PM

Hey guys,

Just updating on my little mcpx... I still have him but haven't flown it much (I should because the weather is playing havoc with my planes!).

Anyway, a couple months ago I discovered my tail boom was split so I bought the longer tailboom from the LHS and fitted it - makes it sooo much more stable and seems to have gotten rid of the weird tail oscillation back and forward. Fast forward to tonight and I had a few flights in the house then I got the bright idea of attaching my HK '808 keychain camera' to the mcpx. Surprisingly with a fully charged 300 mah nanotech I could fly quite nicely with the relatively heavy camera strapped on the bottom of the canopy.. What's more is the CG doesn't seem to be affected at all when you strap it on the canopy. I got a few vids but these keychain cams don't like low light so I won't waste anyones time posting however I do plan to hit a park up tomorrow afternoon or maybe on the weekend and see if I can get some mad footage from it

DefoBryso · 12th May 2013, 1:52 PM

Hey guys,

I scored one of these RC copters the other day, chinese made model,

http://imgur.com/Qm94fqy

... goes alright but I don't have any forward or back control. The rear rotor does spin when I test on the ground. I bearly get a dip in the nose at full forward, 1m high before it levels off and drifts off in the breeze.

Any tips?

Thanks

15th November 2012, 11:19 PM	#662
Frontl1ne Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 3,485	Finally got my V911 after almost a month. Holy hell it's fast!!! And it feels so flimsy Edit: I can barely fly it.. feels very strange coming from a 3ch heli! Edit2: Omg.... this thing can fly outdoors in a light breeze. Thanks so much for the recommendation guys, couldn't be happier! __________________ Phenom II X6 1100T :: GA-790FXTA-UD5 :: G.Skill 8GB DDR3 NZXT Phantom 820 :: XFX HD7950 :: Crucial m4 128GB :: Corsair AX860i Last edited by Frontl1ne; 17th November 2012 at 10:09 PM.

26th December 2012, 6:09 PM	#665
Vladdo Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Laverton, Melbourne Posts: 6,282	$400 worth of broken toy helicopters for $37.. 10 mins of time.. 1 working $200 helicopter! Thanks toysrus! __________________ Gaming Rig \| i7-3770k @ 4.8 \| ASUS Z77V Pro \| 8gb Ripjaws \| 2x7970 \| Samsung 3xS27A950 \| Sandisk Extreme 2x240gb SSD \| Asus Xonar D2X \| XFX 1000W PSU \| 22mbit ADSL \|

27th December 2012, 9:17 AM	#667
Vladdo Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Laverton, Melbourne Posts: 6,282	Toysrus had a heavily discounted table, which had 2 choppers on it which were labelled as 'doesn't fly'.. one for $30 and another for $20.. figured i'd buy both and use the other as a donor chopper incase something was broken.. anyway, when i got to the checkout, it then also had another 25% off so it bought it down to $37.50... I've bought a few things like this over the years, namely a $120 buzz lightyear for $20 which was described as didn't work, but worked perfectly, so figured i could just use the choppers as props even if they didn't work.. Anyway, got them home, 1 of the choppers had been used and actually had crashed, as it had bent arms/broken plastic/missing power adapter/equaliser board etc and the other was brand new, never used. Plugged the brand new one into the charger socket, and didn't charge.. then plugged the used one in and it did charge.. figured the battery was dead on the new one, so swapped it over and low and behold.. all working.. Haven't really flown it yet and I'm scared to.. its too big for indoors and it's too windy outside.. __________________ Gaming Rig \| i7-3770k @ 4.8 \| ASUS Z77V Pro \| 8gb Ripjaws \| 2x7970 \| Samsung 3xS27A950 \| Sandisk Extreme 2x240gb SSD \| Asus Xonar D2X \| XFX 1000W PSU \| 22mbit ADSL \|

24th January 2013, 3:20 AM	#669
Revenger Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Armadale / Perth Posts: 2,814	Today my dad gave me his Nightranger 3dXP also known as the 'Venom 6230' copy of the manual on the page here, which has never been flown before. He has got a couple helis a Copter X, Walkera etc tried to set them up but somehow never got any of them finished. Same with this one he had the rotors spinning etc on the bench but didn't get it calibrated etc. So this is the alloy model of the Nightranger 3dxl and is complete with battery, gyro, tx and flysky 6 channel rx was a base kit he built so not all venom parts, using esky gyro flysky tx and rx. Only thing I need to get are the blades as he lost one of them it seems. Only thing is its not calibrated with the main blades etc. Anyone know how to calibrate these things or anyone in Perth or on skype willing to give me a lesson and walk me through doing it? I'm used to small indoor helis so this will be my first full size one though my dad also has a coax outdoor which is pretty crap I think. __________________ COMPUTER: I7 950, Gigabyte UD3Rv2 , 12GB Corsair DDR3-1600 CL7 ram, NVIDIA GTX 590, 10TB+ HDD space, 3x u2410 flickr^® - OCAU Night Owl Last edited by Revenger; 24th January 2013 at 3:30 AM.

25th January 2013, 9:04 PM	#670
eyebrow Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 29	Anyone played with the 3D Robotics Arducoptors? Pretty keen to find out what kind of weight they can carry?? a gopro is minimum requirement. http://openlab.com.au/product-category/rc/arducoptor/ __________________ West Coast Makers - Perth Makerspace OpenLab - Perth Online Maker store

29th December 2012, 9:29 PM	#668
schismo Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 38	Got a Twister Medevac helicopter for Christmas. Having a shocking time trying to fly it, already broke the tail,plastic bubble and one blade. Had to pay out another $32 for two bits of plastic replacement parts!! Certainly not as easy to fly as my little indoor F103.

29th January 2013, 9:33 AM	#672
roamin Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: melb / Crimebourne Posts: 1,611	hey guys im looking for a little indoor heli to play around with, i have had a few now but as time goes on they seem to be getting better all the time. looking at something like this what are peoples opinion on these? if theres something better or recommended more and so on, im happy to look into that instead. __________________ Asus p8z68-Deluxe, i7 2600k, 2x GTX580, Corsair Dominator Gt's 8gb, 2x WD Black 1tb in raid 0, 2x OCZ Vertex 4 128gb in raid 0, Custom CNC Machined Acrylic Modulated Style Case, Enermax 1350w MDPC Sleeved, Samsung S27A950 120hz, Corsair M60 mouse and G19 keyboard, Soundblaster Titanium HD, Audio Technica AD700, Aquastream XT Ultra Pump, AquaGrafx Blocks, Aquacomputer Kryos HF, XSPC RX360 Radiator, Enzotech Compression Fittings, 120mm Gentle Typhoons 1850Rpm

29th January 2013, 12:18 PM	#673
schismo Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 38	I have one of these http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.AV...ue_color-41860 they are good fun for indoors, and easy to fly. Cant fly it outdoors during the day though as the remote is IR. Still getting the hang of flying my Medevac, always worried about breaking something.

30th January 2013, 10:56 PM	#674
SenorGrande Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6,591	Hey guys, Just updating on my little mcpx... I still have him but haven't flown it much (I should because the weather is playing havoc with my planes!). Anyway, a couple months ago I discovered my tail boom was split so I bought the longer tailboom from the LHS and fitted it - makes it sooo much more stable and seems to have gotten rid of the weird tail oscillation back and forward. Fast forward to tonight and I had a few flights in the house then I got the bright idea of attaching my HK '808 keychain camera' to the mcpx. Surprisingly with a fully charged 300 mah nanotech I could fly quite nicely with the relatively heavy camera strapped on the bottom of the canopy.. What's more is the CG doesn't seem to be affected at all when you strap it on the canopy. I got a few vids but these keychain cams don't like low light so I won't waste anyones time posting however I do plan to hit a park up tomorrow afternoon or maybe on the weekend and see if I can get some mad footage from it Last edited by SenorGrande; 30th January 2013 at 10:59 PM.

12th May 2013, 1:52 PM	#675
DefoBryso Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 694	Hey guys, I scored one of these RC copters the other day, chinese made model, http://imgur.com/Qm94fqy ... goes alright but I don't have any forward or back control. The rear rotor does spin when I test on the ground. I bearly get a dip in the nose at full forward, 1m high before it levels off and drifts off in the breeze. Any tips? Thanks __________________ OCAU // Drummer Club #28 \|Last.fm\|