I have an idea here, those who said that the 4G3 is too light and therefore hard to control, you may stick some heavy object under the heli, especially for the beginner, isn't it this will help to learn hovering?

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Added on February 4, 2010, 10:48 pmwow, how many months u fly ur 4G6? The ESC gone?

This post has been edited by daddoo: Feb 4 2010, 10:48 PM

If you put heavy object... are you sure that it will even lift off the ground??


Less than a month~!! small electronics... will tend to burn with small current surge...

Aiya, of course a optimal weight lah

I believe this could be a trial & error method to find out the perfect one .....

i might have a spare ESC lying around ...
but the connectors may be missing .. u will have to do some DIY
let u know tomoro .. hahaha

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Added on February 5, 2010, 1:16 amyes .. u can put weight to slow down the 4g3
like u said .. optimal weight ... but where ?? have to look after the CG which is very sensitive to something so small
just put some very small weight on the FLYBAR laa .. it will slow it down quite alot and will not add too much AUW

This post has been edited by QiW: Feb 5 2010, 01:16 AM

I think different heli the place u put the object will be different, so I am afraid that I dun have the answer for you, AGAIN, trial & error !!

One thing, increasing the load to your motor will definitely decreasing its life, just a matter of time only. But for the beginner I think it is still OK maybe.

If you put it to flybar, would you slow down the RPM?

The load of the motor can be decrease by lesser pitch curve.... so you can try increasing the pitch curve little by little till satisfaction lo....
Decrease the pinion gear will do the tricks too...

How about increasing the expo??
Increasing the flybar weight is an option too... but not too much as your heli will become slow respond...

This post has been edited by cliffang83: Feb 5 2010, 09:37 AM

flybar weights main purpose is to slow down the cyclic ... and of coz it will slow down the headspeed slightly

Thanks a lot...

ok ... found the ESC .. i think it should be working but i cannibalised the connectors for use with XP7A ESC .. hehehehe
the batt connector and the connector to 4n1 is missing .. the standard servo connector which walkera use to connect to motor is still attached
u will have to cut your KONG liau ESC connectors to use with this one

ok... So how much you going to charge me?

just pay me rm10 for post and pack laa .. consider it a gift .. hahaha

i got some newbie question:

how do you setup the colco 4ch apache's swash plate?
how do you actually "balance" it? i can understand the e-sky's type, but the colco's is a bit confusing. i dismantled the apache for a little clean up and oiling and simply just to get to know the components, but after re-assembling, it flies a little weird.

look at the main shaft vs swash plate from the side and from the back
make sure it is level on all angles .. adjust/turn the linkage from the servos to swash to level it ..
oso check CG and balance your blades ..
remove blade from heli .. hold and balance the flybar 90 degrees to your heli body .. it should be level or very close to level .. if not then your CG is out and heli will go towards the heavier direction

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Added on February 5, 2010, 11:23 amswash should be 90 degrees to the main shaft .. so look at the swash relative to the main shaft .. not the heli body .. hahaha

This post has been edited by QiW: Feb 5 2010, 11:23 AM

Same account?

yaa ... same ... do u need any blades since i am already posting .. hehehe

ok thanks. will give it a shot.

CF or ori blades for 4G6 laa .. hehehe
price i already quoted u last time ma ...
looks likely that i might purchase 4G6 this weekend ... IF i got time to go buy la ... bz bz bz with the wife and CNY stuff la .. huahahahahaa

Sorry ar~ don't remember that you quoted me b4~

dont forget to balance the blades 1st b4 putting into heli ... hahahaaha

Cliffang burnt the 4G6's ESC in a month, you still confident with it?