Happy Hippie, Unhappy Cats

[Steve Shepard]

I've been flying my first generation BR for three days now and find it more fun than trying to nail Jello to a wall!
I dumped the body, did the cat killer thing, moved the battery ahead 4mm, made the motor cans black, as I described earlier, added the top rotor spacer, tweaked all the rotor blades to 20deg. and lubed all moving parts with Lockease(R)-graphite dust suspended in some sort of super-volatile liquid. It evaporates almost the moment it hits the atmosphere, leaving a thin film of graphite. Now I am able to hover (hands off) at 6ft. elevation ( just out of reach of my 5 cats) for 10 minutes continuous, and the motors stay at body temp, (hard to tell, here in Hawaii) Once again, many thanks to everybody involved in creating this marvelous creature, and for the tips on modifying it ! Good luck to all, and to all a Good Night !
PS- my cats are the only ones that are unhappy, now that they can't pounce on it or snag it out of the air.

[savage]

What does the cat killer mod do anyways?

[Tres Wright]

Congrats Steve! Sounds like you've got it flying nicely.

Savage, "cat killer" is snipping the ring off the tail prop. It increases tail motor prop speed and therefore increases forward and rearward flight authority.

[savage]

So, with the ring on, it goes walking speed. That's like 2 maybe 3 mph. Why do people complain about that? That's fine for me :)

[Freakazoid]

WithOUT the ring it does walking speed. But I find it kinda gracious. I dont need it to go lightspeed across my room, or ill be buying new blades very soon. :D