funcopter v2 rr

[nothinbetr2do]

hey guys what's up
i'm getting ready to go on a small vacation to hang out with an old friend for the weekend, and he has told me he just got a funcopter v2 rr and would like my help to get it going. so i'm wondering if there's anything i should need to know? i have never seen one and i haven't had a chance to look at the manual. so i thought i would ask here. is setting it up pretty easy? only thing i know about it is that it's a fp heli, and can crash well(so my buddy says). after that i don't know anything about it. i haven't looked at fp heli's in a long time, and even then they where rtf. can you guys give me any tips or other info that would help me to get it flying for him? this will be his first heli, so maybe something tame for him. he is wanting to use a dx6i remote, and has told me that all it needs is a tx/rx and a batt. everything else is supposed to be preinstalled. any info would be great. thanks

[AtTheCross]

simple 4ch setup.

make sure the gears are not meshed too tight on the main shaft to the TT

there's a 1mm wire that sticks out of the tail rotor, blade side, that should only stick out about 1mm-2mm

make sure the flybar is loose should flop when flicked

if he hasn't installed the rx yet, i'd suggest not using the gain wire, adjust the gyro to 100% on the gyro pot

[nothinbetr2do]

Originally Posted by AtTheCross

simple 4ch setup.

make sure the gears are not meshed too tight on the main shaft to the TT

there's a 1mm wire that sticks out of the tail rotor, blade side, that should only stick out about 1mm-2mm

make sure the flybar is loose should flop when flicked

if he hasn't installed the rx yet, i'd suggest not using the gain wire, adjust the gyro to 100% on the gyro pot

thanks for the quick reply

i thought it might be pretty simple, but wasn't totally sure.

what's the wire for, that sticks out by the tail rotor?

got it for the flybar

no on the rx, he is waiting for me to get to it. so no gain wire for the gyro, just manually turn it up to 100. if the tail wags, slowly turn it down untill it stops waging. resetting the heli before each try. right? thanks again

[AtTheCross]

no worries. there's some good tips and tricks on the site i used to own, sold it a few months ago www.funcoptermods.com

yes on the gyro

the 'wire' is used to change the pitch of the tail blades. it's a carry over from the
Corona 120 days, don't know if you knew this or not but the funcopter is just a slightly upgraded Corona 120.

if the wire is sticking out too much you won't get enough deflection of the blades and that will take the 'fun' out of the funcopter.

[AtTheCross]

here's more clarification on the flybar, this tip is not on the site yet

to be illustrative:

Screw #96 that goes into arm #59 on page 16 of the manual needs to be tensioned such that the flybar bounces when you flick it with your finger.

Manual

[nothinbetr2do]

thanks for all the help. i went and got to give it a once over and made some adjustments. i did get to hover and fly it, and i don't like it. because it's a fp, it flies like a fp
my buddy tried it, and he needs some work. he had 1 hard landing with a boom strike and took a chunk of foam out of the tail boom. so he parked it for now. i got him to buy a sim and practice on it. then go back and try his heli.

anyway, thanks again

[AtTheCross]

well glad you got it going.

i fly cp, but really like this fp. here's a couple of my fp flights. the second video is a walkera enerco 500 class heli with the funcopter head and blades

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fM4FSisD24&list=UUKdslVELunB5-Rk487rvA3g&index=9&feature=plcp[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdva4JJfkPg&list=FLKdslVELunB5-Rk487rvA3g&index=9&feature=plpp_video[/ame]