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| Topic: Precision Flying forum topic? | |
| steambuff Replies: 13 Views: 190 |
 Forum: Mr Heliguy Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:54 pm Subject: Precision Flying forum topic? |
| Hi Blokie
Yes, I'd be interested in anything that helps me fly my heli like a real one!! 3D flying does demonstrate some impressive stick-work and spatial awareness skills but does nothing for me r ... |
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| Topic: Blade mCX | |
| steambuff Replies: 27 Views: 760 |
Forum: Blade Helicopters Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:32 pm Subject: Blade mCX |
| Hi Sats,
Where are the piccies!! My wife has just bought me an MCX for christmas, the parcel arrived today...I know it's in there but have several agonising weeks to wait now 
One other q ... |
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| Topic: 3DX 450 Colour Cam & 2.4GHz TX | |
| steambuff Replies: 87 Views: 2363 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:07 pm Subject: 3DX 450 Colour Cam & 2.4GHz TX |
| wow thats looks really good. Maybe this could save me money on a dvr when i can just use my laptop. I found this 2.4Ghz system on ebay i know its probly not the best but if you could check it out and ... | |
| Topic: Crazy Falcon (Spirit Fun Plus) | |
| steambuff Replies: 7 Views: 154 |
Forum: Falcon 3D Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:27 pm Subject: Crazy Falcon (Spirit Fun Plus) |
| Hi,
Almost definately a bent main shaft or feathering shaft. The only way to really check them properly is to remove them from the heli and roll them along a flat surface such as a piece of plate g ... |
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| Topic: HC .hcc file for 450SE | |
| steambuff Replies: 7 Views: 200 |
Forum: Helicommand General Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:53 pm Subject: HC .hcc file for 450SE |
| Hi Trooper,
I have a .hcc file for my 3DX 450 which is basically the same as a T-rex 450se. However, I can't find a way of attaching it to a post on here so if you care to PM me with an email addre ... |
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| Topic: Bad rotor head vibrations on CopterX 450AE | |
| steambuff Replies: 30 Views: 488 |
Forum: Copter-X Helicopters Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:45 pm Subject: Bad rotor head vibrations on CopterX 450AE |
| Hi Anders,
I had a similar problem with my 3DX 450. I found that the main shaft was slightly smaller diameter than was required and this caused play in the shaft bearings and the one-way bearing to ... |
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| Topic: Autorotation gear | |
| steambuff Replies: 2 Views: 133 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:13 pm Subject: Autorotation gear |
| Hi Dafran
I recently had exactly the same problem as you with my 3DX 450B except my one way bearing was causing severe tail juddering. Like you I replaced with new parts and still had the same prob ... |
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| Topic: AR6200 Continues Flashing | |
| steambuff Replies: 17 Views: 364 |
Forum: Radio Receivers Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:20 pm Subject: AR6200 Continues Flashing |
| Hi Spidermurph & Edward,
Thanks for the replies, the connection method makes sense now. I hadn't realised that the bonding between Tx & Rx was so uniquely specific to each pair. I have the ... |
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| Topic: AR6200 Continues Flashing | |
| steambuff Replies: 17 Views: 364 |
Forum: Radio Receivers Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:34 pm Subject: AR6200 Continues Flashing |
| Yes, i always power up the RX first, then the TX, doing that way , never had a problem with mis-connections.
Hi, Doesn't this fly in the face (sorry pun not intended!!) of the generally accepted ... |
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| Topic: Stuck in idle | |
| steambuff Replies: 6 Views: 158 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:20 pm Subject: Stuck in idle |
| Hi,
Sounds like you may have a duff battery there. Are you sure it was fully charged before you connected it to your heli? Have you tried re-charging it and connecting to your heli again? Does you ... |
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| Topic: Questions | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 305 |
Forum: Helicommand General Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:19 pm Subject: Questions |
| Hi,
I can not answer question 1 as I am not familiar with your transmitter but as I understand it the idle up switch merely changes the pitch and throttle curves to your pre-set values so is probably ... |
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| Topic: Questions | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 305 |
Forum: Helicommand General Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:13 pm Subject: Questions |
| Hi Eduardo,
Yes, you can use your 6 channel radio because you do not really need a channel for the internal helicommand avcs gyro because you can set the gyro gain with the software that comes with ... |
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| Topic: Questions | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 305 |
Forum: Helicommand General Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:01 am Subject: Questions |
| Hi Eduardo,
When you fit Helicommand to your heli, the Helicommand unit controls the swash mixing instead of your transmitter and the helicommand is permanently connected to your cyclic servos. In ... |
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| Topic: Jonathan's Trex SEv2 build and flight experiences | |
| steambuff Replies: 799 Views: 13764 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:31 pm Subject: Jonathan's Trex SEv2 build and flight experiences |
| So, the question remains, what else causes tail wag? I used to set gyro gain at about 45% so something has changed so that now I only need 20%
Interestingly I have recently experienced a similar pr ... |
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| Topic: Todays flying stories - feel free to jump in | |
| steambuff Replies: 804 Views: 10061 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:37 pm Subject: Todays flying stories - feel free to jump in |
| Some very impressive flying there Lee,well done!
Regards, Martin. |
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| Topic: Caonpy Gromets | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 202 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:41 am Subject: Caonpy Gromets |
| Hi Gazelle,
I actually glued my grommets to the inside of the canopy using a small dab of araldite on each one and this seems to work fine. This avoided the need to drill my shiny new g/f canopy wi ... |
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| Topic: Helicommand 3A install, set up, photos, video guide | |
| steambuff Replies: 170 Views: 215254 |
Forum: Helicommand General Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:00 pm Subject: Helicommand 3A install, set up, photos, video guide |
| As is right now, a two position switch selects the gyro gain to a programmable amount...I thought about using that with preset ranges...I don't know If I can use two switches to give the equivalent of ... | |
| Topic: Trex blade lengths. | |
| steambuff Replies: 3 Views: 275 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:35 pm Subject: Trex blade lengths. |
| Hi All
Whilst glossing over several sites advertising spare blades for the Trex 450 & 3DX 450 range of helis it seems that blades are available in lengths from 315mm to 335mm with 325mm being t ... |
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| Topic: Throttle problem? | |
| steambuff Replies: 3 Views: 248 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:59 am Subject: Throttle problem? |
| Hi Rob,
Thanx mate, you're a star! Did as you suggested and all working fine again now. I have to say I was a bit apprehensive connecting the heli battery with the TX on full throttle but luckily t ... |
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| Topic: Throttle problem? | |
| steambuff Replies: 3 Views: 248 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:51 pm Subject: Throttle problem? |
| Hi All,
Had a strange thing happened today, I accidentaly turned on my Tx then plugged the battery into the ESC while the throttle stick was on about 25% instead of full down. I realised my mistake ... |
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| Topic: First Trex Lives | |
| steambuff Replies: 2971 Views: 122158 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: First Trex Lives |
| Martin - I have suffered that awful rippling effect when my blades havent been quite in line, the slightest difference in tracking and that is the outcome!
Thanks John, I thought I had my heli s ... |
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| Topic: First Trex Lives | |
| steambuff Replies: 2971 Views: 122158 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:10 pm Subject: First Trex Lives |
| Chris I forgot to mention your Vid, the first thing that struck me (apart from those legs) was how steady the footage is.
I agree, what is your secret with the flycam mounting Chris? I've tried all ... |
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| Topic: Maiden Flight a success!! | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 689 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:57 pm Subject: Maiden Flight a success!! |
| Any way good luck with your flying and i hope i havent offended you at all as that was not my intention.
Cheers Ross Hi Ross, I hadn't taken your comments as offensive, you were merely st ... |
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| Topic: Maiden Flight a success!! | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 689 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:40 am Subject: Maiden Flight a success!! |
| yes i agree with mjc1! after flying my king 2 for a couple of months and then moving onto this it's so amazingly stable i cant see the point of the stab systems. I'm actually trying to make my hdx les ... | |
| Topic: Maiden Flight a success!! | |
| steambuff Replies: 8 Views: 689 |
Forum: 3DX/HDX 450 Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:35 pm Subject: Maiden Flight a success!! |
| Hi Chaps,
Just come in from my maiden flight with my new 3DX 450B and I'm buzzin!!!! I've spent quite some time setting it up with the helicommand so it was with a little apprehension that I thrott ... |
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