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| Topic: Anybody remember these? - Futaba Bionic Gold | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 2 Views: 99 |
 Forum: Radio Transmitters. Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:44 pm Subject: Anybody remember these? - Futaba Bionic Gold |
| Good grief ! I had a similar piece of kit when I was a lad. It wasn't the Bionic Gold, but the casing was the same along with the moving coil battery meter.
2 channel, 27MHZ AM and did a great job ... |
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| Topic: Riddle | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 12 Views: 123 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:28 am Subject: Riddle |
| Triplets. There's a sister somewhere. | |
| Topic: belt cp repaired BUT !!!!!! | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 1 Views: 143 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:14 am Subject: belt cp repaired BUT !!!!!! |
| Vibration can be caused by any number of things, unbalanced rotor blades, bent main shaft, loose blade grips, loose bearings, the list goes on. If you're sure everything is tight as it should be, wit ... | |
| Topic: Oh Dear | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 9 Views: 213 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 1:28 pm Subject: Oh Dear |
Can it do 3D ?  |
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| Topic: kicking out? | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 6 Views: 171 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:46 am Subject: kicking out? |
| How hard does it kick ? Are you spooling up smoothly or just shoving the stick hard forward ?
A smooth spool-up will put a lot less strain on the heli drive-train and will also give your gyro chance ... |
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| Topic: All chip in | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 67 Views: 833 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:40 am Subject: All chip in |
Well here's my contribution to the reply count 
Ordinarily I might read a post, but have no useful input to make to it and so I wouldn't post a reply. I would therefore be contributing to the r ... |
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| Topic: New and cool looking dragonfly.... | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 8 Views: 705 |
Forum: Other RC Helicopters Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:49 pm Subject: New and cool looking dragonfly.... |
| Nice little heli, great fun for days like today when the sun is blazing and the wind's blowing a bleedin' hurricane !
Just ignore Shadow Monkey, he's obviously in a trolling mood today. Your room' ... |
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| Topic: Belt cp what creature is it? | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 1 Views: 205 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:42 pm Subject: Belt cp what creature is it? |
| From what I understand, the Belt-CP gets its name from the fact that it's a collective pitch heli (CP) like the Honeybee CP2 and because its tail rotor is belt-driven, through the tail boom, from the ... | |
| Topic: girly lama? | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 7 Views: 431 |
Forum: Lama Modifications Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:43 pm Subject: girly lama? |
| Any of the major DIY chains or an arts & crafts suppliers should have pink spray paint, just make sure it's not solvent-based. | |
| Topic: Swash levelling | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 12 Views: 436 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:46 am Subject: Swash levelling |
| Lovely Thanks for the tips guys. Hopefully the weather will be ok this Bank Holiday weekend and I can get some batteries discharged |
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| Topic: Swash levelling | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 12 Views: 436 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 4:17 am Subject: Swash levelling |
| Well, fitted the new servos last night (after I'd managed to strip the gear train in two of them), powered her up, centred the throttle, flicked idle-up and all the servo's centred nicely, no squealin ... | |
| Topic: Where to start with Belt-CP? | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 8 Views: 448 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:43 am Subject: Where to start with Belt-CP? |
| Manually unfold the blades, yes, but they don't click in to place and don't tighten them up so they won't move. They're supposed to fold back in the event of an impact (crash)
Same for the tail roto ... |
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| Topic: LOSS OF LAST 12 HOURS OF POSTS | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 16 Views: 656 |
Forum: Admin Announcements Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:07 am Subject: LOSS OF LAST 12 HOURS OF POSTS |
| Ditto. A PM and a post gone. Ah well, these things happen |
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| Topic: Servo horn alignment | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 1 Views: 150 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:32 am Subject: Servo horn alignment |
| I'm going through the Belt CP Setup Guide from this forum and I'm about to start levelling the swash plate. The instructions say to switch to idle-up and set 50% throttle (to get zero pitch) and chec ... | |
| Topic: Getting the hang of Nose in - Belt CP | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 14 Views: 435 |
Forum: Video's to go! Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:00 am Subject: Getting the hang of Nose in - Belt CP |
| Nice flying, and an excellent choice of music
Took my new Belt out for it's maiden flight yesterday, scared the living daylights out of me ! RTF ? No way ! So it's back to the dining room tabl ... |
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| Topic: Belt-CP on the way. | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 15 Views: 273 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:21 pm Subject: Belt-CP on the way. |
| Well I told the missus I'd bought it. I think I got off quite lightly, only had to spend £60 in B & Q and I don't even have to sleep on the couch. Oh, I do have ironing duty for the forseeable ... | |
| Topic: Belt-CP on the way. | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 15 Views: 273 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:22 am Subject: Belt-CP on the way. |
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...BTW im just down the road from you at Darlo... Andy
Nice one, you can teach me how to fly the bu**er ! |
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| Topic: Belt-CP on the way. | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 15 Views: 273 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:47 pm Subject: Belt-CP on the way. |
| I'm reading all the belt-CP setup guides, tutorials and in fact everything else I can find.
I have no intention of going anywhere the switch of the devil, death & destruction (idle-up) until I'm ... |
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| Topic: HELP!! Is my charger correct? | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 7 Views: 235 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:28 am Subject: HELP!! Is my charger correct? |
| From that description it sounds like you're looking at the mains adaptor that powers the charger itself. The charger would normally be a seperate unit and would, I'd expect, at least have an indicato ... | |
| Topic: Belt-CP on the way. | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 15 Views: 273 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:55 am Subject: Belt-CP on the way. |
Well, now I've done it. Another dent in the credit card cause by a just-ordered Belt-CP 
Getting it delivered to work so I have some time to think up something plausible to tell the missus w ... |
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| Topic: playing with 3dsmax | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 13 Views: 174 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:31 pm Subject: playing with 3dsmax |
| Ooh, Nice ! I look forward to the full render. Would look great on a T-Rex 600.
You'll be doing a full animation I presume ? |
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| Topic: Ask permission before you fly | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 18 Views: 386 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:48 pm Subject: Ask permission before you fly |
| ... a set of 400 MPH rotating knives...
Kev A mental picture of the above paints far more than the customary thousand words ! |
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| Topic: RC Heli for kids? I think not....... | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 31 Views: 687 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:13 pm Subject: RC Heli for kids? I think not....... |
| ...( Nice speech from AuldDuffer btw.
-Jonny Thank you very much Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking... Yeah, ok, I'll get me coat
<Exits stage left under hail of fruit & veg. ... |
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| Topic: RC Heli for kids? I think not....... | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 31 Views: 687 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:45 pm Subject: RC Heli for kids? I think not....... |
| I'm 41 and only just got in to heli's although I've always wanted to be able to fly one for years.
Is it a toy ? No. As an earlier poster said "Stick your hand in the blades while it's flying. The ... |
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| Topic: Maplin 4-ch "Lama 5" - Yaw compensation | |
| AuldDuffer Replies: 2 Views: 378 |
Forum: Lama Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:08 am Subject: Maplin 4-ch "Lama 5" - Yaw compensation |
| I have the "Lama 5" 4-ch heli bought from *****. Whilst it's a good little heli for learning with I'm finding it a pain in the neck as it needs a good 50% right rudder to keep it from yawing left dur ... | |
