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12-26-2011, 01:05 PM | #341 (permalink) |
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I use cello tape on the boom to give the tail box something to grip on to. As for pining your boom just use a really short bolt that barely passes the boom wall. And if you do it dead centre on the side then it shouldn't rub the belt even if the bolt is a little too long.
This doesn't seem to be a big issue for belt drives as the worst case is that the box slips 10-15° and you loose a little tail authority mid flight (not dramatic enough to prevent a beginner from landing). It's a big issue for TT as the boom has the possibility of sliping out of the front TT drive gear and you will lose all tail control and spiral into a horrible fiery crash. I pinned my boom on my EFL up at the boom block as a precaution.
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12-26-2011, 07:34 PM | #342 (permalink) | |
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12-26-2011, 08:07 PM | #343 (permalink) |
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Will do. Thanks for the tips guys.
My Trex build is coming together slowly. https://www.helifreak.com/album.php?...ictureid=65443
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12-29-2011, 09:50 PM | #344 (permalink) |
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Very nice guys!
I still need to create my thread In the meantime I keep reading your and steemos
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12-29-2011, 11:05 PM | #345 (permalink) |
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Nice pic updates in ur album OLP, it's looking good.
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12-30-2011, 09:29 AM | #346 (permalink) | |
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Just in case you planned on starting a build thread here on the Honey Bee forum, please just jump in on this thread or the "Bee guys gone Trex" thread instead. This is a HBFP forum so we're trying to keep our Trex clone/Trex build posts in just a couple threads. Our Moderator has been kind enough to allow us a little freedom. What heli are you getting? Is it the Tarot I see in your signature? If you start your thread elsewhere, let me know where okay?
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12-30-2011, 09:43 AM | #347 (permalink) |
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Thanks Steemo!
I'm going to make another attempt this weekend to fly my HK500. The weather is supposed to be nice, but now I see it may be windy. The wind usually dies down in the evening. I hope it does. My son is coming over again to be my cameraman and I'm finally feeling better. I am bouncing back and forth on these tx settings though. You and JMD both make a good argument on why you prefer certain settings, and I trust both of you, but can't decide which one to try first. I guess I'll just pick one and try it. I'm just not telling you guys which one! I know it really comes down to personal preference, but at this point not having flown my 500, I don't know yet what I prefer! I'll just take one step at a time.
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12-30-2011, 10:26 AM | #348 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2011, 10:39 AM | #349 (permalink) |
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First blood
Well I blew it. Cut myself up.
See the pictures in the helicopter safety section. I'm embarrassed to post it, but if it saves someone else the same injuries or worse, it's worth it.
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12-30-2011, 11:38 AM | #350 (permalink) | |
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I just saw that... OMG!!!
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12-30-2011, 12:20 PM | #351 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2011, 12:57 PM | #352 (permalink) |
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Sorry to read of your misfortune OLP. Just glad it wasn't worse. Here's to a speedy recovery
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12-30-2011, 06:37 PM | #353 (permalink) |
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Thanks for the kind words guys but this was not misfortune but just plain old stupidly ignoring a safety rule that I was very aware of.
If the tail blades had been tight, and the main blades not just clipped my elbow, I'd have had to get stitched up. My other stupid move was not double checking what I set my throttle curve to. Not making excuses but the roller on my DX6I is difficult to roll to change values without pressing on it and causing it to "enter". It's a pain sometimes to change things without having to start over. Maybe it needs to be cleaned or replaced. Anyway, after bandaging my arm I took the heli outside where it belongs and ran it up. Sounds great! As it got light on the skids it started to tilt over to the right, the tail, which had been sitting there just fine suddenly swung towards the right in reaction to the change. I dropped the throttle quick before it got worse. My guess, but I think I need to completely start over on the head and servo set up again and triple check everything unless you guys know what specifically might be wrong.
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12-30-2011, 09:04 PM | #354 (permalink) | |
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really just glad you are ok and not more seriously hurt....
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12-30-2011, 09:33 PM | #355 (permalink) | |
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As stubborn as I am, rather then struggle through this I've contacted a local RC club I found and have asked them if they have someone I could meet with to help me out. I've spent a lot of money on this hobby and want to be successful with it and get my money's worth. Please don't take offense guys.... I just think someone helping me in person would be a big help to me. More then anything I wish we could all get together in person! What a blast we'd have! Probably get the cops called on us!
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12-31-2011, 03:01 AM | #356 (permalink) | |
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1) Getting the tail geometery setup 2) Getting the gyro setup The fact that the tail held OK to start with suggests that the tail geometery is fine. The fact that it didn't hold when the heli tipped suggests that the gyro isn't fine. On simple spool up, the gyro does very little. To start with, the torque produced is minimal, which is just as well, as you have no tail authority anyway. It should all pretty much increase in balance, with minimal effort needed to keep it in line. The gyro is doing very little at this point. The gyro comes into play when some external force tries to turn the heli (external force over and above rotor torque). THEN the gyro should hold the heli (ie, if the heli tips, the tail should hold straight etc). With a HH gyro, this should be pretty rigid. With a rate mode gyro, it will try to resist the rate of turn, but not necessarily return the heli to the original heading. Can't fault you on finding some one on one individual help! I personally think that trying to build a 500 size heli on your own as your first CP was a MASSIVE step from an HBFP. Help and support from a club for me has been an enormous boon; you can't beat someone physically pointing to a part and saying "No, it should go like this!"
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12-31-2011, 04:43 AM | #357 (permalink) | |
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If you can get that kind of help, grab it!
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12-31-2011, 06:14 AM | #358 (permalink) |
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I had a local guy help me originally with gyro setup and steer me right..on-the-spot expertise is invaluable!
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12-31-2011, 08:34 PM | #359 (permalink) |
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Got the head all set up with help from an RC club member. We didn't get to work on the gyro because all of a sudden, I have no throttle response until 1/4 before full throttle!? WTH???
We checked all through the tx settings, and the ESC beeps on power up as it did before and there's power to the servos. Is the ESC bad or did we miss something in the tx settings? I'm going to check my ESC's programming and see if it's changed. Also, why am I getting some servo movement when flipping the throttle hold switch on and off?
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01-01-2012, 02:57 AM | #360 (permalink) |
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Reset your throttle range, as you did before.
Then re-bind. If that doesn't do it, I would suggest the ESC may be bad....but check the Tx first. Go into "Monitor" in the menu and then move the throttle around while you watch the Tx screen. Does it show full movement there?
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