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[mugen71]

Odin at my local flying site....

Odin 90 Fly 2 - BJ Flying Field (5 min 5 sec)

[Finless]

OK folks for your watching pleasure I went to the Bakersfield Funfly and let Tim Jones fly might Knight3D.... He tweaked on my gyro a little more to get the piro rate consistent (I had not done any of that yet) and then took it for a ride. He did not like the stock paddles or the blades I was using. While I like them OK for his style he wanted something stiffer. Needless to say he rocked it and as you can hear really liked the heli.

http://video.helifreak.com/?subpath=...tjknight3d.wmv

Bob

[JustPlaneChris]

Way cool, Bob! One of the best Knight 3D vids yet. Which Funkey blades are you using? I'm flying the silver ones on my 3D (like the ones that ship with the Century Raven) and they are definitely slower / softer than Radix, which I fly on my 600E.

I've switched to the KBDD paddles on both of my Knights and really like how they fly. They seem a bit less "pitchy" than the stockers, but are still plenty fast. And I love the colors, of course.

Oh, and if you want to firm up the tail stops, I'd say (and CY agrees) swap out the KBDD tail blades and go carbon. I love the way the KBDD looks in the air, but there is a big difference in tail feel when you go to carbon!

[Finless]

Hey Chris.... Tail stop is good for me... I ain't no stick banger doing hard piro's
I am going to try the KBDD paddles this weekend. I am sticking with the Funkey (non-silver) blades for now as for me and my style of flying I am good with them.

But even though Tim didn't like how soft they were he still flew the crap out of that heli man... Good enough for me

Bob

[JustPlaneChris]

Me neither on the stick banging! I think we're birds of a feather there. I mentioned it because James had better luck dialing in the Solid G on his Knight after switching from KBDD to CF blades. The guys at CYE said the flexible blades can confuse the gyro, and they don't run plastic blades on anything bigger than 450s. I've been flying KBDD on my 600E, but just picked up a set of CF blades to use.

Ain't it fun to let someone who's really good fly your heli just so you know what it's capable of, even if you aren't? I was like that when I let Robert Ables fly my 600E.

[Finless]

Yep... I love it when a great pilots rings out my heli.... Especially when they let me film it

Not trying to brag or anything but I can fly and do way more than I show in my flight review videos. When I am making a vid I take it easier and stay with stuff I can do well. I just want to show the heli and not make a mistake that might show the heli has a problem or something because of my lame piloting skills.... But I can shake it up a bit so while yes having someone WAY better than me fly my helis is fun, I don't really need that to know a good flying heli when I fly one

Bob

[beeflyer2]

Originally Posted by Finless

I am going to try the KBDD paddles this weekend.

I just tried some yesterday and have taken them off already because they rotated out of alignment in flight. Seems the set screws used on almost every other 50 size paddle are necessary after all.

[JustPlaneChris]

Funny you mention that, I had the same thing happen to one of my KBDD paddles this weekend too. But only one, out of the four installed. I wonder if maybe I stripped this one or something during installation?

I'm going to try putting some Gorilla glue in the hole and reinstall it. If that doesn't hold, it's back to stock paddles until I go flybarless.

[mikekomm]

We just added Torsion's C/F paddles to our site. Our first shipment of Torsion blades will be in the Wednesday and Petr and i will be bring them to Palomar this weekend.

Mike
www.CommonSenseRC.com

[mugen71]

Atom 500 at my local flying field...

Atom 500 in 3D action (4 min 26 sec)

[rupps5]

looks like I have to subscribe to another sub forum Picked this up today, but it will be a while until I get all the electronics for it.

[Mercuriell]

Originally Posted by rupps5

looks like I have to subscribe to another sub forum Picked this up today, but it will be a while until I get all the electronics for it.

Nice canopy and fins - like the tray to stop your K3D getting contaminated from your bench

[alain_soresca]

hi Rupps - where did you get those white landing gear?

[rupps5]

I believe those are from a Vibe. They copter is used and that is how it came.

[alain_soresca]

thanks man. nice!

[Finless]

Hey all... check out some great Compass flying vids!

I went to the San Diego Funfly last weekend and Petr Novotny was there ringing out some compass helis!

You can find them here in the San Diego Finfly videos here:
https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=141212


Here are the direct links:

VIDEO -> San Diego 2009 Funfly - Petr Novotny - Compass Atom 500 (45 Megs)

VIDEO -> San Diego 2009 Funfly - Petr Novotny - Compass Knight 3D (72 Megs)

Enjoy!
Bob

[JustPlaneChris]

Oops, both links are for the Atom. Man, that guy can FLY!

[Finless]

Fixed.... sorry...

Bob

[JustPlaneChris]

Thanks Bob, and thanks as always for the great vids.

[alain_soresca]

Thanks for sharing sir Bob. great flying indeed!