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| Topic: Stock belt cp, upgrade to digital tail servo | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 10 Views: 160 |
 Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:56 pm Subject: Stock belt cp, upgrade to digital tail servo |
| I agree with C5. You really want to upgrade the Tx before you start looking at investing in decent gyro or tail servo simply because you really need to be able to remote ajust gain and tweak the trave ... | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 214 Views: 3340 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:29 am Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Cheers Andy, Im optimistically hoping I might finish the set up tonight and may get the first hover in. Ive only got the head to set up and the tail. But these things always take longer to set up then ... | |
| Topic: Dumb 1st build question | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 6 Views: 81 |
Forum: Copter-X Helicopters Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:31 am Subject: Dumb 1st build question |
| Thats a pretty ingenious solution U_snooz, thankyou. | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:03 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Hearing all these stories whilst Im still building my new heli is killing me!
Im almost done with the new Bird, a CopterX SE V2. I couldn't bring myself to put the dodgy Esky electronics in it so I ... |
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| Topic: Dumb 1st build question | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 6 Views: 81 |
Forum: Copter-X Helicopters Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:21 pm Subject: Dumb 1st build question |
| Thanks for that link Tim. For the time being Ive managed to coble together enthough odd buts and bolts to hold it together but it would be nice to have everything matching and consistent. | |
| Topic: Dumb 1st build question | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 6 Views: 81 |
Forum: Copter-X Helicopters Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:29 pm Subject: Dumb 1st build question |
| Hi Guys
After getting carried away doing loops and having an planned Belt/fence interaction that resulted in much damage - Ive decided to build up a copterX SE V2. Its going pretty well but I have ... |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:18 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Im sorry to see her go, ill probably rebuild eventually but the more I think about it the more i want to invest in a new heli with a decent ESC and motor and build from scratch.
Dont regret start ... |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:28 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Well today was a lovely wind free evening so i went out and flew some batteries. Did two lovely loops and went for a third. On the way down I got too close to the ground and hit a fence!!
The damag ... |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:48 am Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Well despite the bad weather I manged to fly on Friday. It was pretty windy but did a whole bunch of loops. They were a little sketchy, i seem to panic on the way down from the loop and hit full colle ... | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:16 am Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Hi Angry badger,
No , i didnt do it  , the bird hit me  ,
and yes , thanks for asking, the belt cp did survive  ,all but the blades, Boy, they were a mess, Unfortunately, the bird ... |
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| Topic: Main shaft replacement advice needed | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 9 Views: 182 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:21 pm Subject: Main shaft replacement advice needed |
| I use these they work a charm
http://www.heliguy.com/Electric-RC-Helicopters/Trex-450/HS1217---High-Carbon-Steel-Main-Shaft/ But im sure you could use any of the Trex shafts. |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:34 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Wow, lots of activity in this thread since i was last here. Great to see.
I hope you guys took advantage of the lovely weather this weekend. We had less than 10 mph winds both days and glorious su ... |
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| Topic: Getting the hang of Nose in - Belt CP | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 14 Views: 360 |
Forum: Video's to go! Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:31 pm Subject: Getting the hang of Nose in - Belt CP |
| Oh thanks for the replies guys. This video was done a couple of months back now. Glad people like it!
mjc- I have done a limited amount of 3d since this was done - just loops - but when I got roun ... |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:36 pm Subject: Windy and worth it but then....CRASH!! |
| Well seeing that the college are now using the football field to play football (outrageous!) Im having to fly in the only other place I know no one will complain - Dartmoor. Its a short drive up a big ... | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:38 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| The wind has been crazy round here recently. I had to fly today to went out despite the gusts. It was a good crack. Im feeling happy pinching now rather than using thumbs but I think I need to get a n ... | |
| Topic: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:16 am Subject: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? |
| Well i successfully flew all my batteries pinched. It wasnt too hard to change over. The Tx felt a bit more uncomfortable in my hands. I felt I had better control of the cyclic but less control of the ... | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:11 am Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| well done mate! I went out today and had to share the field with dog walkers and golf player! Ive ben trying to learn to fly with pinching the sticks rather than just thumbs and its going pretty well. ... | |
| Topic: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:16 pm Subject: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? |
| Surely Sony and Nintendo can't be wrong!!!????
Thats exactly why I feel more comfortable with thumbs. Growing up with video games and using gamepads all the time. Damn you videogames! |
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| Topic: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:11 am Subject: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? |
| theresacsl, thats certainly unique! Ive never heard anyone fly like that before.
Im reassured all you guys fly thumbs, but has anyone here goto 3d yet? Do you think that you have enough precision w ... |
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| Topic: Nice new Carbon Canopy!! | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:49 pm Subject: Nice new Carbon Canopy!! |
| Looks great. Although id be worried about orientaion with that on my Belt! | |
| Topic: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 21 Views: 250 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:48 pm Subject: From thumb flyer to precision pincher? |
| Ok guys so here’s the deal. I’m a thumb flyer. There i said it. I use my big old clumsy thumbs to attempt to fly my delectate precision flying machine. Now please stop pointing and laughing!
I ... |
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| Topic: When do I lose the training gear? | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:40 pm Subject: When do I lose the training gear? |
| Yeah definitely much better without the training gear. Dont throw them away though, you may find they come in very handy when you move onto nose in hovering. | |
| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:32 pm Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Sounds like progress is being made dragonslayer. The first step in learning to fly - hovering and orientation - are the most frustrating. Once you get past that its gets a lot more fun!
I flew last ... |
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| Topic: How was your flight today? - Please join in | |
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Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:37 am Subject: How was your flight today? - Please join in |
| Sorry to hear about the crash Rhip, and congrats on the loop takilara. It looks like today might finally be good enough weather to fly so hopefully ill still remember how to do it.
Loops still sca ... |
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| Topic: Why a new TX? | |
| AngryBadger Replies: 10 Views: 122 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:29 pm Subject: Why a new TX? |
| I ♥ my Dx6i! | |
