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[Kilo23]

Floaty means put heli in a hover and pull back on elevator stick and watch heli flip without changing altitude. J/K but hopefully this gives you and idea.

[Mr-Mike]

Aah. That sounds like a good thing. Appreciate it!

[BaconRaygun]

Originally Posted by Mr-Mike

Probably not so smart but certainly cool

I have seen this term "floaty" used a lot. Sounds kinda nice. What does it mean in terms of flying/controling the heli - is it bad or good, easier or harder to control, or just a matter of what someone is looking for in flight characteristics?

Thank you!

Floaty means low disk loading (or lower). When a heli 'feels floaty', it means you need less collective to fly it, and smaller inputs for flips and such... usually also means the heli has quite a bit of pop, but not always (this depends on the blades and overall setup).

I suppose a heli can be too floaty, but IMO, that is a preference.

Nice job BTW!

[Mr-Mike]

Thanks BRG! Appreciate that.

[Jeff_Barrett]

Yeah, there is a point where the heli can be too floaty for my tastes ... a bit of float is nice, too much is a PITA especially in winds.

[Mr-Mike]

Jeff your stretch X4ii is running 500mm+ blades right? Floaty?

[Jeff_Barrett]

515s .... no, not too floaty thanks to a 4000mah pack.

Stock form is the same size as a stock Atom 500.

Since I've been flying my A500 again, I actually prefer it over the X4IIs thanks to the weight.

We were flying really heavy winds this weekend and it actually handled the wind better than my X4IIs I think.

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[Mr-Mike]

I have watching and I just wanted to mention Jeff, considering your status with the various vendors, you have done a brilliant job at being fair, supportive and positive regarding the models you fly. You've put a ton of time into each of your helis and your insight is extremely valuable to the community while remaining impartial. The best part is the honest feedback. Well done.

[Jeff_Barrett]

I appreciate that.

Each model I fly has it's own qualities and characteristics.

None are perfect but I love them all for various reasons. I'll often favour each one of them more at different times based on my flying style and conditions at the time.

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[Mr-Mike]

Originally Posted by Mr-Mike

Weight with no canopy or batts = 974 grams
My canopy is 85 grams - it's been reinforced with gorilla glue
440 Sab blades are 70 grams each
Batts (2x3S in serial) 386 grams total for two

1585 grams all up.

What's a typical all up weight for the std Warp and a common 500 class heli? Gues I will do some searching..

Not 1585 but 1445.

Sorry guys I added those heavy blades twice (they were already in the 974g figure). Just reverified. So my AUW is actually 1445 grams with the 2250mAh packs.

[Luigi_tuga]

My old T500 was 2 kilo AUW.
Felt heavy in the air, unless i went to very high HS that would kill flight time and lipos.
Now it carries a compact camera, and spins 515 blades at lower rpm

[dannylightning]

what the heck are you doing mike. there is a fine line between genius and insanity, not sure which one this is lol...

pretty cool though. hopefully it works out well for you.

[kane601]

Did you fly this beast yet? Any videos?

[xenophobe]

Wow, awesome stretch! Thanks for sharing...