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| Topic: Should I just give up? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 27 Views: 273 |
 Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:48 am Subject: Should I just give up? |
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Most people here, including myself use Helimax MX400 main gear, which is excellent quality and a few skys above the stock one in terms of durability and quality (seriously). Some also use Blade ... |
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| Topic: Should I just give up? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 27 Views: 273 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:02 am Subject: Should I just give up? |
| Mate regarding the one way bearing, in my opinion you'd better just buy a good main gear. Most people here, including myself use Helimax MX400 main gear, which is excellent quality and a few skys abov ... | |
| Topic: Becoming disillusioned with a Belt CP | |
| geekindenial Replies: 21 Views: 394 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:24 pm Subject: Becoming disillusioned with a Belt CP |
| It took me 6 months with about 1 hour practise at weekends to get my Belt to hover (my first heli ever). But I never regretted it. It may seem long but the fun is also in the process of "getting ther ... | |
| Topic: Battery location | |
| geekindenial Replies: 11 Views: 265 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:19 am Subject: Battery location |
| On my Belts I turn the ESC back to front compared to the original placement, so that the battery connector goes backwards, and then I stick the battery's connector through the frame on the other side, ... | |
| Topic: blade balancing | |
| geekindenial Replies: 7 Views: 195 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:49 am Subject: blade balancing |
| Since I switched to Align Pro wood blades (315 and 325 sizes), I have never had to balanced them. I do have a blade balancer tool, but whenever try a new pair of align blades, they are always dead bal ... | |
| Topic: Upgreade strategy | |
| geekindenial Replies: 4 Views: 135 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:25 pm Subject: Upgreade strategy |
| Me too, two Belts, one maximum souped up, one stock | |
| Topic: copterx tail quick questions | |
| geekindenial Replies: 6 Views: 187 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:17 pm Subject: copterx tail quick questions |
| I've just got a copterX tail and it fits perfectly, the belt fits too. I didn't re-locktite the tail blade holder as they are already very tight. | |
| Topic: Curse my servos | |
| geekindenial Replies: 10 Views: 195 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:08 pm Subject: Curse my servos |
| SG90 are great, using them on both of my Belts. But is is not metal gear though | |
| Topic: Small crash with Belt CP, need a main gear now !!!!! | |
| geekindenial Replies: 5 Views: 213 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:12 am Subject: Small crash with Belt CP, need a main gear now !!!!! |
| On the same note, my crashed took out 3/4 of one tooth in my Helimax main gear. Do you think that would cause any problem? The pinion can still pin without slipping at the broken tooth.
GID |
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| Topic: copterx head | |
| geekindenial Replies: 3 Views: 175 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:56 am Subject: copterx head |
| I crashed my souped up Belt CP recently and bent a few bits in the purple cnc head. I'm planning on swapping out the cnc head+tail with blue cnc head+tail for copterx too.
Parts are on the way 
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| Topic: Best charger for up to 6s, and advice on PS in Australia | |
| geekindenial Replies: 4 Views: 193 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:41 am Subject: Best charger for up to 6s, and advice on PS in Australia |
| I use a Bantam BC6-10 to charge 2 3-cell lipos at the same time, and it is great.
Instead of buying a 12V power supply, I converted an old computer PSU into 12V power supply and it works great. Che ... |
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| Topic: GY401 on Belt blinking red | |
| geekindenial Replies: 6 Views: 167 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:23 am Subject: GY401 on Belt blinking red |
| Guys,
problem solved after reading the other thread. Problem was that after the Tx/Rx was bound, I continued to tweak and set up the machine, and thus introduced some subtrims in the rudder serv ... |
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| Topic: GY401 on Belt blinking red | |
| geekindenial Replies: 6 Views: 167 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:00 am Subject: GY401 on Belt blinking red |
| I've got a very weird problem. On my Belt CP i have a GY401 + digital servo + DX6i + AR6200 receiver.
Whenever i take the heli out for a flight, this happens: - Turn on transmitter, throttle at 0% ... |
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| Topic: Batteries and Charger | |
| geekindenial Replies: 34 Views: 500 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:34 pm Subject: Hi jacking this thread |
| I'm hijacking this thread for my own question:
- On my 2200mAh batteries, the Belt CP (stock ESC, UBEC, DX6i, GY401 + digital tail servo) seems to cut off (i.e. power radically reduced and cant lif ... |
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| Topic: Batteries and Charger | |
| geekindenial Replies: 34 Views: 500 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:41 pm Subject: Batteries and Charger |
| Yeah that is also a copy. I'm not sure abt it's reliability though. I mostly researched on Imax vs. Bantam as those seem to be more popular. Try to dig around with google and see what the feedback are ... | |
| Topic: Batteries and Charger | |
| geekindenial Replies: 34 Views: 500 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:27 pm Subject: Batteries and Charger |
| Beware of the Imax B6 charger. It is notorious for not balancing the cells properly. Some ppl in the Batteries/charger forums on this site have noted that too. However if you do a bit of searching aro ... | |
| Topic: Main Gear mod to use Align Main Shafts | |
| geekindenial Replies: 5 Views: 1062 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:43 am Subject: Main Gear mod to use Align Main Shafts |
| Or you could just use an align carrier could'nt ya? they are already that size without cutting anything.
Does "carrier" here mean the one way bearing shaft? Does an Align carrier really fit better? ... |
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| Topic: Does anyone know about this heli - Innovator | |
| geekindenial Replies: 2 Views: 161 |
Forum: General RC helicopter Q&A's Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:36 am Subject: Does anyone know about this heli - Innovator |
| Does anyone know anything abt this new heli?
http://www.innovator-rc.com/images_project/product_01_pic.jpg [url=http://www.innovator-rc.com/]Innovator Heli I saw the link from one of the onli ... |
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| Topic: cnc lubrication | |
| geekindenial Replies: 12 Views: 226 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:04 am Subject: cnc lubrication |
| Just silicon spray here, and it has been fine | |
| Topic: IMAX B6 charger - connect the balance and deans connectors? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 65 Views: 1127 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:13 pm Subject: IMAX B6 charger - connect the balance and deans connectors? |
I read this thread yesterday and was astounded 
Could I suggest a thread be made a sticky to warn of the unreliability of such charger units (No Names Mentioned) that "Might Not" be as reliable ... |
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| Topic: IMAX B6 charger - connect the balance and deans connectors? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 65 Views: 1127 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:39 am Subject: IMAX B6 charger - connect the balance and deans connectors? |
| Alternatively, buy a good charger (e.g. Bantam e-Station charger). Mine always do spot on 4.19V or 4.2V charges for all cells, confirmed with multimeter checks.
The Imax BC6 is a copy of the Bantam ... |
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| Topic: What power supply to use with BC6-10 charger? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 5 Views: 140 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:24 am Subject: Modding your PC PSU to supply power to lipo charger |
| After couple of night's work and under 10 bucks of switch, sockets and other stuff, I've converted my spare PC power supply to use with my brand spanking new Bantam e-Station BC6-10 charger.
Benefi ... |
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| Topic: What power supply to use with BC6-10 charger? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 5 Views: 140 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:56 am Subject: What power supply to use with BC6-10 charger? |
| Thanks for your reply. Right now my main use would be charging 3S lipos for my Belt CP helis. I like the BC6 or BC610 as they can charge two 3S lipos in series.
I'm pondering to questions: 1- Th ... |
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| Topic: What power supply to use with BC6-10 charger? | |
| geekindenial Replies: 5 Views: 140 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:56 pm Subject: What power supply to use with BC6-10 charger? |
| I've been looking at a Bantam e-station BC6-10 charger. As it doesn't come with a power supply (i.e. AC-DC converter), I wonder what you guys use with this charger?
Would an old PC power supply do? ... |
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| Topic: Yet another charging 2x3s on a BC6-10 | |
| geekindenial Replies: 2 Views: 97 |
Forum: Battery Chargers Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:53 pm Subject: Yet another charging 2x3s on a BC6-10 |
| I've just looked at Bantam's manual for this charger and they specifically say you can do it, and list the adaptor + wiring diagram that you need to follow to do it
You can also do 3 x 2S charges t ... |
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