2012 is my 5th year flying helicopters and I really want to go to IRCHA 2012. I think every heli pilot owes it to himself to OD on helicopters for 5 days at IRCHA – from morning to night. So at least one of my friends is going with me and we shall have a [...]
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If you haven’t already, take a look at the design of the German made TDR. I love the 2-stage drive train. http://www.henseleit-helicopters.de It’s competitor, the Diablo, is similar but different in several ways too. And then there is the belt 2-stage drive train from the Goblin. I have to say, though, the most readily available [...]
New E-Calculator Formula
Posted: September 21, 2011 in Battery, Governor, Heli, Lessons Learned, RPM, SetupHow to decide on headspeed: KV of the motor, and pinion tooth count. I have additional information for calculating headspeed RPM, but it goes deeper than before and considers motor RPM first. There are few who delicately calculate the both motor RPM and headspeed RPM for optimal flight time and power combination. Those two factors [...]
In case anyone wants to see pictures of my Trex700e and setup information you can visit my RunRyder profile here: http://rc.runryder.com/helicopter/gallery/56481/
Well, IRCHA 2011 came and went pretty quick too. Viewing the videos and pictures on RunRyder is PD-awesome. My absolute favorites are Kyle Dahl’s Logo Xxtreme heli including several tandem Logo Xxtreme flights with Kyle and other Mikado pilots. Then there was TSA’s pilot Luigi Rungi who totally gave a show with the new TSA Infusion [...]
Well, the Snohomish fun fly 2011 came and went. What a super fun time Friday-Sunday. Matt Botos was absolutely nuts with the new Synergy E6 and E7. They are very quiet and very fast. The Futaba flybarless unit really looked solid with all the intense fast and sudden maneuvers they were doing. I was looking [...]
Hello, Frank. I recently made a short 1 minute video on replacing my tail shaft bearings by pressing out/in with an Arbor press. It was easy as pie.
During inspection I discovered the inner race of one of my tail shaft bearings was badly worn out. Here in the video you can see wobble. The bearing is secured, and the shaft is not wobbling within the bearing – it is the inner race wobbling between the outer race. Thanks to a friend I have a [...]
Summary: Do you have a tail kick that just won’t go away? Does your tail blow out on hard maneuvers? I believe you can fix both and have a solid “sim-like” heli performance, either flybar’d or flybarless. Your confidence will definitely improve when that damn tail stays put! You may already know some of this [...]
