SinxarKnights' Flight Log & Chit-Chat Thread

[SinxarKnights]

SinxarKnights's HoneyBee CP2 Flight Log & Chit-Chat

Note: The forums were attacked and I lost all my post. Nothing big but I do not have the pictures I posted before.
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3/30/2007

I flew a total of 9 packs today. Pretty boring stuff. I an honing my hovering skills so I can remove my training gear. My brother was with me today watching. He said, and I quote: "You need to take off those training gear". Well ya but I am not quite ready yet.

Now the servo issue is starting to rear its ugly head. Sometimes when I plug in the battery and try to lift off, it will suddenly jump off the ground at full collective with very little throttle, almost like sticky collective. The servo is dying on me and I can't afford to replace it right yet. Maybe next week.

I am starting to get really good at hovering at 10ft and 3ft with nice super soft landings. I can put the heli pretty much anywhere I want now and keep it there. In the coming days I am going to start side-on hovering. I have tried it a few times with limited success. Please some back often if you want to know how it is going. I will attach a few pics of my modified heli tonight.

~Sinxar Knights

[cmaxim]

SinxarKnights's HoneyBee CP2 Flight Log & Chit-Chat

Note: The forums were attacked and I lost all my post. Nothing big but I do not have the pictures I posted before.
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3/30/2007

I flew a total of 9 packs today. Pretty boring stuff. I an honing my hovering skills so I can remove my training gear. My brother was with me today watching. He said, and I quote: "You need to take off those training gear". Well ya but I am not quite ready yet.

Now the servo issue is starting to rear its ugly head. Sometimes when I plug in the battery and try to lift off, it will suddenly jump off the ground at full collective with very little throttle, almost like sticky collective. The servo is dying on me and I can't afford to replace it right yet. Maybe next week.

I am starting to get really good at hovering at 10ft and 3ft with nice super soft landings. I can put the heli pretty much anywhere I want now and keep it there. In the coming days I am going to start side-on hovering. I have tried it a few times with limited success. Please some back often if you want to know how it is going. I will attach a few pics of my modified heli tonight.

~Sinxar Knights
SinxarKnights,
Sounds you doing very well ! I agree with your brother heli look better without those training gear on. I can't wait to see your pictures. Oh by the way, I love the way your create your avatar.
Chinda

[SinxarKnights]

LoL, Thank you. Since everything of mine got deleted, I thought it was time to make a new avatar. I love the way it looks. I got the transparency just right on it.

[swatson144]

Sounds like your Bro. Is right. TG are only of any value to the point you can take off and land well. After that it becomes a liability. The weight down that low makes a pendulum effect and really messes with control.

Once you try a few careful flights without them you'll not be wanting them any more.

Steve

[SinxarKnights]

I was going to take some pictures but I ended up putting the batteries in my Tx. :oops:

I flew 3 packs so far today. The first one was early this morning at dawn. The heli was extremely twitchy and I was pretty much fighting for control. I did notice the blades were pretty far out of track.

The second battery I tuned the heli, tracked the blades and adjusted the 4 in 1. Did a little bit of hovering practice.

The third battery I took my training gear off. I was pretty nervous but it all worked out ok. What a difference! All I can say is wow, just wow. It is so much more responsive to throttle and it is VERY stable. I was able to hover it over a 1x1 square for about 20 seconds. I guess using the TG added too much weight, which I thought would make it easier to hover and land. Not the case on my heli.

I have time to fly another pack and charge the 2 others before dark, which I am going to do.

swatson144 you were right. It is much better without the gear!

~You can call me Joey, Joe or whatever. Joey is my first name.

[cmaxim]

All I can say is wow, just wow. It is so much more responsive to throttle and it is VERY stable. I was able to hover it over a 1x1 square for about 20 seconds. I guess using the TG added too much weight, which I thought would make it easier to hover and land. Not the case on my heli.
swatson144 you were right. It is much better without the gear!

~You can call me Joey, Joe or whatever. Joey is my first name.
Sounds great Joey ! We expect to see your flying picture soon, right ? We are counting on you.
Chinda

[SinxarKnights]

I am sorry. I would have posted sooner but my computer died!!! Motherboard died on me. I had great fun today with my training gear off. Here are 3 pics of my heli and flying area. The first one shows that I removed the stickers from the canopy and added a tail boom support made from clothes hanger :).
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/Sinxar/Pictures005.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/Sinxar/Pictures004.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/Sinxar/Pictures002.jpg
I wish I had more space but I gotta work with what I have. I hope to be starting a new job soon so I will will be getting, new computer, plenty of spares, and superskids and lots of motors to start with. After all of that I am looking at a new Tx and moving up to a T-rex or similar.

Thanks for reading!

~Joey

[SinxarKnights]

I flew 2 packs this morning. Starting side-in hovering. I am starting at 45* angles in front of me to get used to it.

1st pack - Did a bit of hovering practice. Took off from my pad, flew around in a circle (tail-in) and landed in the pad. I did this twice before moving on to semi side-in hovering. I made sure to do each side equally.

2nd pack - 15 mins later I did more semi-side in hovering training. I almost lost it twice while facing the left side of the heli, a quick nudge to tail-in and it was all good.

I still can't believe how much smoother this small heli is without the training gear. It's nothing to hold it in a steady drift-free hover.

~Joey

[swatson144]

Glad to see you got over the TG before they became a longterm crutch! I've seen people get so addicted to them that no amount of urging will get them to try without.

It sounds like you are coming along nicely. Just don't push too hard and devote about 1/2 of your flight time to learning and the other half to just having fun and practicing what you already know.

Steve

[SinxarKnights]

I flew 3 more packs this afternoon. Here are lots of pics!

------------- Pics got removed from photobucket. I have no clue why ----------------

[cmaxim]

Joey,
Thank you for sharring your very impressive flying pictures. You have done an excellent job. How long have you been flying your Heli ?
Chinda

[SinxarKnights]

Joey,
Thank you for sharring your very impressive flying pictures. You have done an excellent job. How long have you been flying your Heli ?
Chinda

Almost a month now but I guess counting the downtime for motors I guess its closer to 2 weeks. That is flying as much as possible everyday when it is not raining or too windy.

[SinxarKnights]

This morning it was very calm. I flew 8 packs.

The first 4 batteries was devoted to side-in hovering practice. I am getting better at it but it is still tough sometimes.

The last 4 batteries I just played around with and had a minor mishap. On the 4th battery, I was turning side on and doing forward flight up and down the road at about 20ft up. Near the end of the pack, I turned the nose left hard and took off up and forward. On my way back the tail rotor flew off while I was about 25ft in the air. I tried to help it but it was useless, I did give it power until it was about 4 ft from the ground. I was waiting for a horrible crash with lots of broken parts but it landed on the skids and slid about 3 ft before tipping over at a slow rotor speed. There was no damage.

The last 3 batteries were the same. I fixed the tail rotor and did some forward flight and sudden stop hovering (if that makes any sense, where you are going really fast and just stop in a hover). By 11am the wind was starting to pick up so I figured I wouldn't push my luck and quit for the day.

~ Joey

[G-MRM]

SK, your doing well and 8 packs a day wow !! That's a good days flying. Your corect to stop if the wind gets up unless you have lots of spare parts or the LHS has :roll: :roll:

In the Uk we have windy conditions that made last weekend a no fly zone (even for the big nitros) :( :(

A bigger heli helps in the wind for sure so remember that when looking at the next heli for the hangar !!

Martin

[cmaxim]

Joey,
Thank you for sharring your very impressive flying pictures. You have done an excellent job. How long have you been flying your Heli ?
Chinda

Almost a month now but I guess counting the downtime for motors I guess its closer to 2 weeks. That is flying as much as possible everyday when it is not raining or too windy.
Wow, you learn very fast Joey ! I remember that you just remove those training gear not long ago. Now, you fly so well. HeliTown is very proud off our cool pilots.
Chinda

[eddiemoth]

Awesome! Let see a nose in picture soon. I like your boom support!

[G-MRM]

SK Take care IF you try Nose In !!! Keep to std tail in first untill your 100%, then start the LH and RH side in hovers, that can take a while before you can hover for a while full 90deg side on. NI will be the step after that !

Have a look at the NI thread if you have not already.

Martin

[SinxarKnights]

Joey,
Thank you for sharring your very impressive flying pictures. You have done an excellent job. How long have you been flying your Heli ?
Chinda

Almost a month now but I guess counting the downtime for motors I guess its closer to 2 weeks. That is flying as much as possible everyday when it is not raining or too windy.
Wow, you learn very fast Joey ! I remember that you just remove those training gear not long ago. Now, you fly so well. HeliTown is very proud off our cool pilots.
Chinda

The only reason I am learning quickly is because I practice a LOT on the sim. I can do nose-in on the sim but in real life it is MUCH harder, as i'm sure you all know. Another factor that helps is my heli. I make sure it is setup properly before I start for the day. That 15 minutes of time checking everything from pitch and tracking to screws translates directly into smoother, more stable flying. Thank you all for the kind words.

~Joey

[G-MRM]

100 % with you, flying the sim is just not the same for real life flying but still good when you can't get the all important 'stick time' in.

[SinxarKnights]

Today at 8:00 AM, I started flying. I flew a total of 3 packs in a very light breeze. I was pretty much just playing around and doing some forward flight.

The first 2 packs went fine. Total flying time of about 20 minutes.

Near the end of the last pack, I lost orientation (coming toward me at an angle) at pretty high speed. It came in very fast and I was able to prevent a lot of damage by pulling it level and cutting throttle just before it hit. It tipped over and rolled before coming to a stop. I walked over to it and seen a little black piece on the ground. The first thing I thought was, "Man I am gonna have to buy more head parts". After looking over it quickly, the only visible damage is to the frame. It looks repairable but I will go ahead and order a new frame and 2 new motors. I will take it apart tonight and examine everything and clean it up. It collected a lot of dirt on the head when it flipped.

~Joey

[G-MRM]

SK that's a shame ! never mind. I have found my CP used a lot of tail motors up but still on the same main motor. I now buy two sets of parts after a crash, ready for the next.

Don't let it put you off ! Sure it won't !!

Martin

[SinxarKnights]

Nah, it all good. I haven't took it apart yet but there appears to be very little damage and my motors are fine. I just want to get a backup because I feel the tail will be dead again soon. LoL, I broke more stuff trying to hover it my first time. On my very first try at a hover, I broke the pitch control arms, the frame where the boom connects (hence the homemade boom support), part of the skids, bent main shaft and spindle, stripped servo and it took out the motor. Heh, and that was at a foot off the ground! I will tear it down in a little while and check it all out and post a damage report along with a new parts list.

If I can't have fun with it why fly? I know you need skills to fly well and I am working on that. LoL, hovering training gets boring after a while. I like to spice it up by going up to 20 - 30ft and doing circuits and figure 8's at about 5ft from the ground. ATM I am looking for a larger flying field so I don't have to fly up and down the road and can go in large circles at a higher altitude.

~Joey

[swatson144]

Joey you sound a lot like me! (poor sod). I'm easily bored too, and found that I couldn't stick with hovering until I learned all orientations well. I bought a heli to fly. My flying buddy is about the same way. There are several exercises that IMO work well for learning and tend to minimize crashes. Mostly because you have an obtainable goal in mind and an escape route. I think it was in the "can you fly nose in: thread we discussed the T drill. That drill is probably perfect for flying over a road, since you don't have to imagine a path to know when you aren't in control.

You'll go through a lot of unnecessary crashes if you just start to "fun fly" with no plan. In fact now days most of my crashes are directly contributed to not having a plan (or clue?). Last Sat I left the plan and started chasing a pair of courting carpenter bees. I got one and the fence got the corona requiring a new blade. Until I get a lot better I need to stick with a plan, but that's getting boring.

Steve

[cmaxim]

I walked over to it and seen a little black piece on the ground. The first thing I thought was, "Man I am gonna have to buy more head parts". After looking over it quickly, the only visible damage is to the frame. It looks repairable but I will go ahead and order a new frame and 2 new motors. I will take it apart tonight and examine everything and clean it up. It collected a lot of dirt on the head when it flipped.

~Joey
You learned a lot from your heli. Now it is time for you to take care off heli. Pilot need to know how to fly and to repair, except me I only fly. I only know how to charge the battery he he.....
Chinda

[SinxarKnights]

I finally got around to assessing the damage from my last crash. Here is the damage report.

1x battery hanger.

Very little damage for such a crash and was easily fixed with some CA. I didn't even bend the spindle or main shaft. My frame was broken and a servo got stripped from minor crash a while back. Here is what I ordered with links.

1x Main Frame (http://www.helidirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=717)
1x Micro Servo (http://www.helidirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=661)
1x Tail Fin. (http://www.helidirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=1422)

The superskids were out of stock for the HoneyBee. :cry: I currently have the entire heli disassembled and now just waiting on parts, will prolly be here Monday.

~Joey

[SinxarKnights]

I got my new parts a few days a go and had almost everything working. The main gear was rubbing on the frame at the rear. So I just got out my Dremel and sanded the area. worked perfectly. I had my batteries charged and took one out to make sure the 4 in 1 was still setup. I got up about 3 ft and the tail quit on me. There was no damage in the resulting crash. Closer inspection shows that the bearings popped out.

Today it is very cold. I decided to have a look at the tail motor and took it apart and fixed it. There was next to no brush wear and the bearings are fine. I took my #2 battery (a Li-Ion) and went to check the 4 in 1 again. I did some adjustments but the battery only lasted 2 minutes. I thought maybe I forgot to charge it or the tail was pulling massive amounts of current.

I put #2 on the charger and grabbed #1 (also a Li-Ion). I was still adjusting the 4 in 1 the entire battery. I got a total of about 7 minutes flying time.

Battery #3 (my Li-Po). I did a tiny bit more adjustments. The tail was wagging and the tail wanted to drift to the left. First thought was too much gain, but I already tried that. So I increased proportion a hair and hit the sweet spot. No wag and the tail is pretty solid until the nearing the end of flight. I got about 13 minutes flying time.

I tried battery #2 again but same thing. I only got a minute out of it this time, that is after an hour of charging. I removed the connector and tossed it. I am down to 2 batteries now. I think I should grab some from CommonSenseRC along with a decent charger.

Ohh, I almost forgot. Along with my new tail fin, I painted the canopy a nice glossy red. It looks pretty good too. When I get some batteries for the camera I will post a picture or 2.

~Joey

[SinxarKnights]

I flew 3 more times this afternoon. I was getting some vibration in the head for some reason. The blades are balanced. I thought maybe the main shaft got bent somehow. So on the last battery I changed blades. Super smooth now. No vibration at all. The CG of the blades must be way off because they are perfectly balanced and the main shaft runs true.

I used my Li-po for all flights.

First flight I did some figure 8's and a bit of side in hovering practice. I am starting to get the hang of side in now.

Second flight was nothing but figure 8's.

Third flight I just played around and was happy that there was no vibration. Did some forward flight and some fast sideways flight.

My good Li-Ion is about to bite the dust. I am only getting 5 or so minutes out of it. With my Li-Po, I get a good 15 minutes sometimes 20 depending on what I am doing.

On a side note. I may have gotten a new job, I missed the call today because I was outside. I called them back but the person who does the hiring already left. So I will call tomorrow and hope for the best.

~Joey

[The Broker]

On a side note. I may have gotten a new job, I missed the call today because I was outside.

That sucks but its always the same with me, if I am waiting for a call or postman or something you can bet your life as soon as I go outside that will be the time they call or ring the door bell :roll: :roll:

Look forward to seeing the pics of your new red canopy joey 8) 8)

[SinxarKnights]

Today it was extremely windy. I was able to fly 2 packs. I waited until late and the wind slowed.

Pack 1 (Li-Po) - Since it was still windy (5 - 15mph) I didn't do much except hover and get some wind flying practice. It is quite challenging to hold a hover when the wind is blowing and it suddenly stops, making the heli drop like a rock. My playtime was cut short by the **** neighbors kid. He came out and decided it was a great idea to ride his bike under the heli. So I just brought it down and took it inside.

Pack 2 (Li-Po) - Later the wind was down to 0 - 5 mph. But as we all know you shouldn't fly at dusk. Well I did and lost orientation at only 10ft in front of me and it came in hard. Broke the left skid and it also broke where it connects to the frame at the front. I make a new strut out of my training gear and used some CA where it connects to the frame. Took it back out (by now it was dark but still same pack) and did some hovering in porch light. Now it sounds worse than it is. Normally there is a 75W bulb on the porch. I have a 45W compact floro that is 5 times brighter, it is daylight bright (not joking). Finished the pack with no crashes.

While flying my second pack something very strange happened. I had a slight vibration in the head that I am sure was from the hub. after the crash, there is no vibration at all, it flies like it is brand new! I have been having problems with the tail holding. After adjusting the hell out of the 4 in 1, I came to the conclusion that I was flying with too much pitch. I lowered the pitch a slight bit. I need a lot of stick to hover but the tail is solid. I am hovering at about 2/3 stick now. It was about 1/2 stick before the pitch change. The much higher head speed makes it more stable and quicker to respond to input.

@ The Broker - Bad news about the canopy, I had a mishap the other day. The ground jumped up and crushed the entire nose of of it. the impact also ripped the side of it. I popped out the nose and taped up the side (from the inside). Now there is paint missing and it looks awful. :(

~Joey

[SinxarKnights]

Yesterday it was raining almost all day. I charged a battery before I went to work in hopes that it would quit by the time I got home.

It stopped raining but it got windy. I was able to hover out the pack side-in, half the pack dedicated to each side. I need to work on the left side (of the heli) more.

Now since I have crashed a lot due to stupid mistakes and getting ahead of my skill level, I decided to slow it down and go back to basics. I haven't broken anything major recently but its only a matter of time, plus I need the tail motor to last at least 2 more weeks.

My Li-Ion has been decommissioned. The voltage/amperage suddenly drops off after 4 minutes of constant hovering. It is just not worth the trouble of charging it for and hour and a half for 5 minutes of flight.

So 2 new batteries from CommonSense RC (1250maH - 11.1v - Budget 8C) and a balance charger with built-in power supply has been added to my list along with 4 tail motors, 2 main motors, another frame, tail rotor, and some rechargeable Ni-mH Tx batteries.

[G-MRM]

I like the shopping list!

Use the not so good battery for set and setup, that way after a few adjustments and test hovers, once Ok yoy have full use of the other good batteries for the flying.

I am back to basics too.... I want to pass the heli test here in the Uk called the 'A' test. Basic hovering and slow fig of 8's, slow at walking speed and at head height from start to finish flying 15mtr left and right of where your standing. I am finding the speed and height hard !!

[SinxarKnights]

The Li-Ion is so weak that if I setup the heli with it, I have readjust for my Li-Po. Which usually involves reducing the pitch and readjusting the 4 in 1.

Good luck with that test. That sounds very challenging! I can't wait until I can do very slow figure 8's.

[G-MRM]

OK it's that bad !! Li-Po's are Ok for setting up when bad as they run full power just not for long !

I should have had this basic work out of the way ages ago, not flying fast and high !!

[swatson144]

Fast and high is easy and it's sooo inexpensive (well until something goes really wrong). AND it's fun. Low and slow makes you look like a dork to watchers but it's hard to do well, and a real challenge. Every time something goes a little wrong it shows like hitting a bird on a highline with a weak BB gun. Low, slow and smooth shows some skills. i'm still working on smooth.

Steve

[SinxarKnights]

I had a battery charged so I could hopefully fly when I got home from work. It stopped raining finally and the air was dead calm at work. I get home and the wind is howling.

The wind died down later a little and I went for it.

It took all I had to hold it in a hover most of the time. When the wind stopped I did some quick side-in. All went well and no crashes.

[G-MRM]

It is good to keep the hover in some wind, or I find if you don't get use to it you would not fly as much. Take care with the side on hovers in the wind till your 100% sure you will move the sticks in the right direction !

[SinxarKnights]

Update to my last post.

I thought it would be worth mentioning that I charged the pack again and went back out. This time the wind was more calm but still some pretty good gust. I did the pack mostly side-in and one of my neighbors came out to observe. He was telling me about a new R/C car he got. I tried to get him to get a heli. :). But anyway, at the end of the pack a very strong gust caught the heli while I was right side-in about 10ft in front of me. I tried to recover but the wind was too much. It came straight at me, instead of letting it hit the ground I just let it hit my arm, well, I really didn't have a choice in the matter. For such a little heli, those blades HURT! I did an inspection of the head. There was nothing broken except the pin that holds the head on. I am recharging the pack again so I can have it all setup for tomorrow.

I am pretty sure that I bent the main shaft and the spindle, as it hit me while under power.

So, anyone reading this that has a HoneyBee CP2, be careful. They DO sting.

[G-MRM]

They do indeed hurt ! I once had the T Rex 450 come into my legs, it was not being powered at the time but still cut the skin under cloths ! I have never suffered a bent main on a CP lets hope your luck after all your arm was soft !

Arms and legs you will get away with but your face would not be good !

Martin

[SinxarKnights]

I forgot to update this with my damage report.

The spindle was severely bent. and the tail gear stripped... completely. It is now a smooth peice of round plastic.

swatson144 gave me the links to the DD tail mod. I am still waiting on payment from work. I have a nice list of items I need that weighs in at $75. That is not including a new li-po or the Tx. I was too slow on the common sense RC batteries as they are now out of stock. :(. So I guess I'm stuck with only one battery or I might just go ahead and get a bigger better pack.

~Joey

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This is what I need.

~Helidirect~
1x Main Frame
1x Cabin
1x Super Skids
1x Pitch Gauge
1x Steel Spindle (pkg of 3)
1x Main Motor

~All E-RC~
1x GWS Tail Prop
1x GWS DD Motor & Props.

Total including shipping: 74.46
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I may add a Li-po or 2 to this list by next week. Still pondering on that.

[G-MRM]

Making and selling helis must be good, for ever heli you sell you sell 100+ sets of parts or more to repair them and keep Joe 'Crashing' Public happy !! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[SinxarKnights]

I finally got some replacement parts today.

I had 3 flights - all doing side-in and figure 8's. It was such a great day too. No wind at all. I reduced the pitch a hair to increase head speed.

I am starting to get decent at side-in (both sides) I have been training with the sim for the last month so I was really looking forward to today. The heli was very smooth and stable. Only a tiny adjustment to the 4 in 1 was needed to hold the tail semi-steady (its a rate gyro...).

[swatson144]

Great news SK, I was beginning to wonder if we were ever gonna hear from you again. It is sure a lot of fun when it goes well and agony when it don't.

Steve

[SinxarKnights]

5/23/07

Only one flight today after work. It started to get windy so I just did some side-in hovering practice. I had a minor mishap when the school bus came by. It started glitching VERY badly and crashed. There was no damage to the heli. I am assuming that it had something to do with the bus... I did 1 circuit and attempted a good slow figure 8 but failed. Had to pull out and recover during the second half.

@swatson144 - I have been waiting forever on parts. I had to build a new computer too, so the heli kinda slipped down the list of things I need.

~Joey

[SinxarKnights]

For now this log will be discontinued until further notice. I just don't have the time to update it. Rest assured, I have not left the hobby. I still fly quite often but haven't really been able upgrade to a better heli than my HB CP2.

On a side note, the new site is nice and fast. :)

[G-MRM]

SK, your back !!

You don't need to upgrade, as long as your having fun with your heli !!!

Post when you can and tell us what your doing, I for one did wonder where you had got to !! Don't close your log !!!:(

Martin

[The Broker]

I couldn't agree more Joey, there is no need to keep upgrading heli's to be honest the real proof of the pilot is not how much they can spend but how well they fly :cool:
Don't close your log yet just write in it when you can about what you do, it doesn't have to be all about heli's either cos its nice to read what members get up to when they are not flying.
This sport can be the very expensive but it doesn't have to be, just fly and enjoy yourself...thats what its all about :D

[SinxarKnights]

I have been gone for a long time. If you have read my log you will see mention of my computer dying. I got that all fixed up and running great.

I had a bad crash a while back that destroyed a servo, the landing gear, a set of blades, and a flybar. Strangely enough, the frame was unharmed and the motors are still fine.

What happened was I flew up between some houses (30ft apart) and a gust caught the heli and it smashed into a roof. I had to give it power so it would roll off the roof. It landed vertical on the tail.

I am planning on purchasing some parts as well as a few more spare frames to have handy. I break more frames than anything except motors.

Sorry I haven't really been around to talk but real life goes before my toys.

~Joey

[eddiemoth]

Welcome back Joey and as always enjoy while you can.

[SinxarKnights]

Wheee! Its about that time of year to go outside and fly again! and OMG my pics on photobucket are gone!

[donaldpeter58]

I am starting to get really good at hovering at 10ft and 3ft with nice super soft landings. I can put the heli pretty much anywhere I want now and keep it there. In the coming days I am going to start side-on hovering. I have tried it a few times with limited success. Please some back often if you want to know how it is going. I will attach a few pics of my modified heli tonight.