One thing that doesn't seem quite right, or maybe could have been designed better, in the set up of the heli, is that with the 3 servo arms horizontal, the front servo connecting rod going from the servo arm to the swash is more or less vertical, and the two rear servo rods sit at an angle. Then when the servos move either up or down, the front rod will move from the vertical to being at an angle, and the 2 rear rods will become more vertical. Without powering it up I don't know how the swash will actually move, I assume it should stay more or less level as I adjust pitch, but this seems a strange way of doing it. I'll post some pics in a new thread when I get a chance tomorrow.
Another strange thing is, that perhaps due to the absence of a wash-out assembly, the flybar has such a vast range of movement that it'll rest on top of the receiver with the canopy off, so flybar / canopy strikes may be on the agenda.
Apart from that, it's a nice simple set-up, less to break is good.
There are 2 spare slots on the receiver namely 'ESC' and 'RUDD', so hopefully Walkera will be bringing out a brushless upgrade and HH gyro at some point for this. Though there's not much room on the stock frame to add much else.
I'll see how it flies first, but might look at MIA upgrades for this one since it's obviously not going to be as useful in a living room as the FP models. The blades in particular look gigantic in comparison to those on an FP model. Since the servos are the same as the original 4#3, and are positioned so the connecting rods move in strange ways, I wonder if a MIA frame might allow the newer A/B servos to be used, and to be positioned better.
Although being light weight and simple it looks robust for a CP heli, it has a far longer shaft than the FP 4#3s, doesn't look like it'll take much to bend it. Also the (bell-hiller?) top parts of the control arms for the flybar sit level with the blades, and extend quite far out, then when the flybar tilts, one of them raises becoming the highest part of the heli, so I can imagine these breaking easily too. The blades I'm sure will chip easily. FP 4#3s get away with chipped blades, but I don't see this being the same.
Unfortunate I now have to go out to work, the day my new heli arrives but that's life.
BTW for others waiting on 4G3s, there's a pdf file you can download from Walkera China that tells you stuff the manual doesn't. Had a flick through the manual and it's better than usual, their chinglish has improved a little!
Can't say much else until I've flown it, but am thinking of it more like the original 4#3, which could be made to fly well, not like the brilliant out of the box A and B models.
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Dusty
Blade 400 3D
HBK2 3900 brushless, Superskids
HBFP 380 motor, M24 blades, DD tail, Super/King2 skids
Walkera 4#3, 4#3A, 4#3B, 4G3
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