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Hoverup...I've read just about every thread you've started, and I'm a big fan. Unfortunately for me, I read your Walkera 52 thread too little too late. Hopefully, Venom stands behind their products because I cooked the 4-in-1 this afternoon. I had this little heli flying very well, but the battery was dieing fast, and it dropped from about a foot off the floor and twisted the tailboom completely off as the heli spun to a stop. I powered down immediately, but the 4-in-1 was smoking so I pulled the battery plug. I then pulled the canopy off to find a nice burn mark in the plastic covering on the 4-in-1. Upon further inspection, the tail motor wires were cut by the carbon boom enough to expose them to each other and short out the 4-in-1 in that few seconds before power off.
Do you think they'll replace it? If not, will a Walkera part work just as well...I'm guessing they would, at a cheaper price. Thanks. |
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Update: after torching the 4-in-1 and emailing Venom Customer service, a gent by the name of Paul from Venom emailed me an RMA and I shipped the entire heli, radio, battery...everything...back to venom. I may have paid more for this heli than it's Walkera brother, but it seems that service is something that is factored into the higher cost. I will update once I get it back from Venom.
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Ha thats funny i paied less than 290.00 for my walkera and still did a thunder power battery, a brushless motor, and a speed control all for 265.00
WoW what a rip off! |
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ok, i hope it does, If anyone wants to take mine off my hands im selling it for 275.00 shipped in origional packaging.
Pm me if your interested |
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i got my walkera stock for 125.00 shipped with 2 day shipping
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My Venom is in the hands of the manufacturer now, so hopefully I will see it back very soon and continue on with this thread. Oh, and thanks guys for not kicking a guy when he's down or made an uninformed purchase...sheesh!
Moving on... Planned upgrades include: Brushless conversion using Hoverup's mod ... thanks for that Hoverup Maxamps 480mah lipo - same length and width, 10mm thick, 20c discharge, tp 205 taps...$36 and I will also set this up in my Futaba 9ch |
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IT'S BACK!!! I got a box on my desk this afternoon when I got back from lunch and low and behold: it was a completely new heli!!! Way more than I anticipated, or really required Venom to do. Now, that being said, if I could have gotten the same heli in the first place for $125.00, I should have. BUT...I highly doubt Walkera would have replaced the ENTIRE heli, radio, battery...EVERYTHING IN THE BOX!!!
(Waiting for flame about how I should have flown it better in the first place...) Like I said...moving on. |
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