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Not to have to be part of a club!!! My club is good but I'd love to be able to fly in my back garden, over the MotoX track I'd also build in it!!! What part of the world are you in Kluftinger ? |
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Easy Composites do 25/23mm but looks like only in gloss.
They also do 25/22mm which may suit the strutless use a bit better. Ah Clem mentioned about the issue he had where his strut clamp came loose and he could feel it when doing certain moves. This may be what can be seen in this video, if you look closely you can see the tail wobble at certain times, though this is a low HS flight. The Oxy 5 Meg is strutless out of the box.
So making the boom as stiff as possible seems a good idea to me. Only issue might be the CG with a heavier tube. |
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You guys think a CF boom is better for this endeavour (strutless)?
I've ordered the 600 boom and boom mount. That one is aluminium I think. I know carbon fiber is very classy but there are discussions about helis with CF boom that got solved by mounting a plain old aliminium boom wich is why I am asking. Edit: maddog: Where do you see a whobble in that video? And damn, I wish I coulkd fly like that. I am no fan of smack 3D at all but smooth executed like this it is fantastic to watch. |
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One is on the left sideplate/fin and the other is on the right side of the tail boom clamp. At the end there should be electrical connecton between the guiding roll of the tail gear and the motor mount. A painted aluminum tube can cause electrical problems too, if the paint is not removed at the contact points! |
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A simple way to deal with static is to take a piece of carbon tow line and crimp it into a couple ring terminals fray it and put it on one of the tail boom fin screws and another on a boom clamp screw somewhere. Electrons will jump off the tiny points of the frayed fibers and no electrostatic buildup will occur. Static wicks is how they deal with this on full scale aircraft.
Electrostatic voltage is so high that conductivity isn't really an issue nothing on a heli is insulating enough to prevent a 100,000v static potential from reaching the static wick. |
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I'll let ya know how it flies with the cut 600 boom. I haven't been so curious about a heli in a while. |
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The 25/23mm tube is a good compromise. I guess after a crash that breaks the CF boom a repair of this heli doesn't make sence anyway. I'm pretty sure the chassis of the Tarot 550/600 can take a lot more force than any other big heli on the market right now. |
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Getting ready to start the FBL setup on the Tarot 550...
The receiver is temporarily installed under the black gyro mount. The JR TAGS-Mini is also temporarily installed (in its proper place, on top of the mount). The antenna wires can be seen coming out from under the mount, as well as two extra leads (also temporary): 1) The first lead is an extension so that initial bench setup can be performed with a standard, 4S Nimh battery. 2) The second lead is to a JR DS 285 MG servo, which will be used to test the throttle channel of the TAGS-Mini. Once initial setup is done with the FBL Unit, the Throttle lead from the ESC will be connected to the Throttle Port on the TAGS-Mini, and the second power lead from the ESC will be connected to the Battery port on the Mini. Receiver power will be back fed through the XBus cable from the TAGS-Mini (really nice to have only one lead between the Rx and the FBL unit). This machine has been a pleasure to build, but I am glad to be getting close to starting the test flying. |
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I do like a bit of hard 3D but I like this flight style much more. You get the chance to appreciate the grace a helicopter can exhibit in the air. I noticed slight wobbles all through the flight but if you watch at 11 to 13s during the pirouette and just after you can see a slight ELE wobble also just after the 1:00 mark when he does the mini tail slide and at 2:00 when he stops and puts it into an inverted hover. As I said, this could be because of the low HS or could be exaggerated by it or I might have it totally wrong. I know this is a little OT but I couldn't resist. Curtis from before 3D really became smack and when you could still fly to your favorite Rush track without some organisation trying to fine you for it. To this day I've not seen a better auto:
Cheers D |
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