Not just electronics, I believe I need a better Heli ......
But now my limit pot on the gyro is less than half at the middle hole, so I still have a lot of space to increase travel when move it to the inner hole .... hmmm should give a try later on ...

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Added on October 30, 2010, 10:58 pmThat's the good thing about DIY. You will know how to rebuild another one ......

This post has been edited by daddoo: Oct 30 2010, 11:02 PM

I knew you are not showing off since I was like you before.
It is really exciting to hover the heli successfully for the first time.

But remember, never try any new move before you are good with your sim. This will reduce your chance of crashing a lot.

then what about your first plane feeling, which one is more damn kow syok?

ccfook, I think you should invest on the sim. Using that as your training will definitely reduce the chance of crashing and hence help you to save a lot more of repairing cost. It worth to invest a little bit of money on this.

Some more you can get to enjoy to fly other heli and plane in the sim also. But at the first place you must get a Tx to fly plane because the stock BCP tx cannot be used to fly plane in the sim as it has the mixing for channels. Please correct me if I am wrong.

BCP stock 6ch Tx can be used in sim if we change the switch setting. Those switches are located in the battery compartment. My Tx is the 2.4GHz version there might be slight difference with other version. Once you have done that you can use, I have tested and it works one ... for heli lah .....

So for plane I am not sure if it can fly in sim or not with the same Tx .....

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Added on November 1, 2010, 11:19 amccfook, be more careful to deal with LHS loh my advice. I have some bad experiences with them before. Don't want to mention which one but you should alert since evils are everywhere in this planet ......

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 1 2010, 11:19 AM

2.4GHz version?

Wahahahahaha, relax relax .... I know he was very bad to you before .... masterfx right?

You should let your BCP rest for at least 5 or 10 min in order to cool down the motor AND ESC also. I think why people keep complaining the BCP's ESC burning is because they are withdrawing too much currect that the ESC can handle. Heat is not good to these component especially the coil&magnet inside the motor.
Swap your heli while you waiting for the other one to fly again. For example, fly your lama->BCP->lama->BCP and so on.
Do not trust battery which is spoil especially LIPO, it cannot be repaired. LIPO can catch fire easily if not in good condition. Better get a new one.

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Added on November 1, 2010, 5:24 pmWhat is your LIPO's capacity?
I have the stock one 1800maH 20C I can fly around 8 minutes.
2250maH 25C I can go up to 10 minutes. You may take this for your reference.

Remember not to drop the battery voltage below 3.7V/cell, this will kill your lipo faster.

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 1 2010, 05:24 PM

Depends on the flight mode mah. Mine always Normal mode and hover hover only.
And BCP is low end so it does not need that much of power. Usually I still got 11.2/11.3 after flying.

Increase your lipo rating/capacity to enjoy more fly time loh ....

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 1 2010, 07:31 PM

Personal preference. People like me tends to enjoy more flight time since I am not into 3D yet.
But ah, battery is advancing now. So more capacity can be closer to the weight of the old battery. Need to invest loh ....... if time is not a concern then save $$$ for your plane and 4G6S

How high do you think my foamie cessna can go up? 6-storey like ccfook?

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 1 2010, 09:18 PM

Losing control in the mid air?
Tail lost control?

ccfook is using FM version one ...... could it be the famous problem of interference?

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Added on November 2, 2010, 2:04 pmThen how high do you think my cessna can go?

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 2 2010, 02:04 PM

what's the problem? how do you solve?

But your speed of repairing is impressing me ......
Usually after a crash it takes me a few days to repair and setup. Of course lah, I am working so I only get to spend 2, 3 hours a day.

Usually if the wobble stops after above certain headspeed then you may ignore. But if it is really wobble a lot then you should check loh ...... small wobble at low throttle stick normally I don't bother ....

Qiw, do you think that this spinner plate is reliable to fly?





It is a piece of soft plastic (blue one sandwich in between the nut and prop) I cut from a plastic box, just use it to fill up the gap in between the nut and the prop.

The prop now is quite tight and tested by pushing the throttle up to half stick and has no sign of slippage of the prop with shaft.
Hehehehe, maybe can try to maiden this weekend already ......

the prop is tightly fit to the shaft but just not sure what would happen to use my DIY plate, the blue color piece of plastic.

Got some small wobble at half throttle stick when I hold the plane on the ground for testing. Did not push the throttle further since the thrust damn strong already at half stick.

yeap, without that plastic the adapter cannot grip the prop tight enough. the plastic is only a round shape piece of plastic same like the stock spinner base plate.

the prop's hole is just "ngam ngam" to fit to the shaft/adapter, for example hole is 4mm and the shaft also 4mm diameter. therefore the only looseness is only horizontal axis, cannot be vertical axis looseness.

Is it safe to test up to 3/4 throttle on the ground by holding the plane? Want to see how much vibration possible because the firewall is made of EPO so really worry a bit .......

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 4 2010, 09:20 AM

Just tried again at home until 3/4 throttle .... the thrust at that level should be quite good for slow flying already ... hehehehe din go out to try full throttle, lazy .....

So tomolo after balik kampung will bring this new bird to maiden in my kampung already .... yaaaahhhhhooooooo .......

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 4 2010, 04:14 PM

Sure crash one lah .... beginner mah .... but dun crash kow kow loh .... else satu kali hancur semua

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Added on November 4, 2010, 11:15 pmYa, forget to ask, do we need to balance the prop usually ar? I mean is it very rare that a prop is imbalance originally?

This post has been edited by daddoo: Nov 4 2010, 11:16 PM