Originally Posted by losifanatic

Yes pull the red wire as the ice has a built in BEC

The warning states this:You should NEVER disconnect the red throttle wire
on the Phoenix HV or Phoenix Ice HV ESCs.

The HV series controllers dont have a BEC

AHHHH!!!...HAHA!!....damn tricky wordage! For me anyways. Thanks again for your help man!

This is a CH ignition, different style cap, but I think that's the problem. They must have put the wrong size cap on or something. It's solid metal and it's just wider than the white part of the plug, there no way it's ever going over the top of the little snap ring section by the hex part. It's a CM-6 plug ignition for a DLE-30 so I'm not sure why this cap is on there.

I figured it out late last night, thanks for the help and replies guys.
The CH ignition has a completely different style cap, it does not have the pressure type snap ring and metal boot like the stock DLE-30 ignition. It's a skinny/solid piece of steel with a small hex opening on it just big enough to slide up on to the white part of the plug, but it would not accept the entire length of the plug, always about a 1/4" gap from the cap to the beginning of the metal. There's a narrow silicone boot contained within the cap. Turns out the boot was way too long preventing more of the white part of the plug from being accepted into the cap, and the hex opening needed to be crimped making it slightly oblong so it pinches snugly on the white part of the plug and holds it in place, allowing the cap to sit flush and be held in place on the metal part of the plug right where the white part ends.

Hopefully I'll see the prop. spin from something other than my arm today

Originally Posted by Fliprob17

I figured it out late last night, thanks for the help and replies guys.
The CH ignition has a completely different style cap, it does not have the pressure type snap ring and metal boot like the stock DLE-30 ignition. It's a skinny/solid piece of steel with a small hex opening on it just big enough to slide up on to the white part of the plug, but it would not accept the entire length of the plug, always about a 1/4" gap from the cap to the beginning of the metal. There's a narrow silicone boot contained within the cap. Turns out the boot was way too long preventing more of the white part of the plug from being accepted into the cap, and the hex opening needed to be crimped making it slightly oblong so it pinches snugly on the white part of the plug and holds it in place, allowing the cap to sit flush and be held in place on the metal part of the plug right where the white part ends.

Hopefully I'll see the prop. spin from something other than my arm today

You know we want video right?

Originally Posted by Fliprob17

I figured it out late last night, thanks for the help and replies guys.
The CH ignition has a completely different style cap, it does not have the pressure type snap ring and metal boot like the stock DLE-30 ignition. It's a skinny/solid piece of steel with a small hex opening on it just big enough to slide up on to the white part of the plug, but it would not accept the entire length of the plug, always about a 1/4" gap from the cap to the beginning of the metal. There's a narrow silicone boot contained within the cap. Turns out the boot was way too long preventing more of the white part of the plug from being accepted into the cap, and the hex opening needed to be crimped making it slightly oblong so it pinches snugly on the white part of the plug and holds it in place, allowing the cap to sit flush and be held in place on the metal part of the plug right where the white part ends.

Hopefully I'll see the prop. spin from something other than my arm today

great. Know how that feels. I had to work on my DLE 55 last weekend. My shoulder hurt after a while.

This weekend i hope to get the 70 slick with the DLE30 from the garage sale to run if i get all the pieces in today

Anyone have a Red Slick they want to sell?

Originally Posted by johnnyrocco123

Anyone have a Red Slick they want to sell?

looks like they went up in value dramatically

Originally Posted by starzen

looks like they went up in value dramatically

I might settle for the other color scheme, although I really don't like it. Also might consider the 72" Extra.

Anyone fly both? Pros/Cons?

I have flown the 57" Extra.

I have both. Really hard to list pros and cons, they both fly really well. Some say the Extra has the edge in precision stuff, some say the Slick has a slight edge at 3d. To me they both feel equally capable, just different. The Extra is probably slightly easier to hover for me as it seems to have a tiny bit more rudder authority, and that's always what I find myself wanting more of. I got used to flying profile planes that have waaay more rudder power than you ever need, so these planes always feel a bit lacking on it to me. But I can't really say one is better than the other. Just different...
The 330 is heavier by about 1/2lb so it takes a little more power out of the setup to have the same feel for hover punch out and such.

Where is H town? Houston? Ever get up towards Little Rock? I'm sure I could part with either my Slick or my Extra, can't see the need to keep both.

Originally Posted by ryan_m

I have both. Really hard to list pros and cons, they both fly really well. Some say the Extra has the edge in precision stuff, some say the Slick has a slight edge at 3d. To me they both feel equally capable, just different. The Extra is probably slightly easier to hover for me as it seems to have a tiny bit more rudder authority, and that's always what I find myself wanting more of. I got used to flying profile planes that have waaay more rudder power than you ever need, so these planes always feel a bit lacking on it to me. But I can't really say one is better than the other. Just different...
The 330 is heavier by about 1/2lb so it takes a little more power out of the setup to have the same feel for hover punch out and such.

Where is H town? Houston? Ever get up towards Little Rock? I'm sure I could part with either my Slick or my Extra, can't see the need to keep both.

Thanks for the info. I guess I need to think about it. Rudder authority is very important to me too. Yes, I am in Houston. I have never been to AK.

Originally Posted by losifanatic

You know we want video right?

Oh....I think we will video everything.....this has just about taken a year now working on it on and off. I took about a 4 month break from even looking at it when my stock ignition failed.......so I can guarantee there won't by much "just circle fly it and break-in that engine" stuff going on at all. I almost feel sorry for the plane.

Not out of the woods yet, still have to make sure it actually starts, but having correct spark is a step in the right direction.

great. Know how that feels. I had to work on my DLE 55 last weekend. My shoulder hurt after a while.

Yep, pretty much threw mine out yesterday. and to add insult to injury, I have a new Sullivan Dynatron starter......but it would barely even spin the prop. on 12v and that's all I have......so I need to go 24v with it and double up the batteries.

Originally Posted by johnnyrocco123

I might settle for the other color scheme, although I really don't like it. Also might consider the 72" Extra.

Anyone fly both? Pros/Cons?

I have flown the 57" Extra.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1333037

Originally Posted by ryan_m

I have both. Really hard to list pros and cons, they both fly really well. Some say the Extra has the edge in precision stuff, some say the Slick has a slight edge at 3d. To me they both feel equally capable, just different. The Extra is probably slightly easier to hover for me as it seems to have a tiny bit more rudder authority, and that's always what I find myself wanting more of. I got used to flying profile planes that have waaay more rudder power than you ever need, so these planes always feel a bit lacking on it to me. But I can't really say one is better than the other. Just different...
The 330 is heavier by about 1/2lb so it takes a little more power out of the setup to have the same feel for hover punch out and such.

Where is H town? Houston? Ever get up towards Little Rock? I'm sure I could part with either my Slick or my Extra, can't see the need to keep both.

Ryan.....are you saying the 72" SC comes out to be about a 1/2lb more then the 70" slick? Just curious , as i want to order one of the SC up and was thinking of going with the same power setup I'll have on my slick.

Haven't weighed my SC yet, but flying with 8s setup it still feel very floaty.
Dont see anyone selling the Velox.

Yes. For me, same setup, same equipment, the Slick weighed in at 9lb 1oz and the SC was 9lb 9oz. 1/2 lb of difference between the two. Now the Slick is an electric version, where the SC has only one version and it is clear that there are extra reinforcements to accommodate the gas engine setups. The SC also has a larger wing (more area) and actually probably feels very slightly floatier than the Slick.