Hope to get more flying in soon, just starting to get nice out here. Crashes are relatively cheap at least on this model.

@@ChrisHplusland Apart from an hour or so simming, I haven't flown a real heli in around 8 months. Till last week when I met up with a new M2 pilot who thrust a Blade 150 at me while sleep and food deprived between day and nights shifts. It survived but it's definitely time to dust off the cobwebs.

Hey dude, long time! Phoenix is online again, a few of us still fly there. I usually check in around 10 pm est. Thanks, felt great to fly again xD

Was a fun model

Thanks dude, what a rush after not flying for so long. Must do more. Good thing I had 3 models with me, first two ate some grass. lol

Great site!! I have some footage of this car also. Check out my vids. Many, many, more to come every Wednesday! kzbin.info/door/tC3864-UPD5YBE_SdV-VxA?view_as=subscriber

Thanx Moby! I'm pretty proud of this one. You know what it takes. xD

Thanx man, it was immensely satisfying.

I just learnt the other day that the Olds Starfire was never sold in Canada.

I don't have any 2S packs to test fly it but I've read these motors work fine with them.

It sure is a lot of fun to throw around LOS! I hope to fly it FPV someday when I get better. Thanks Moby. :-)

Thanks Toffee! I will try that and report back later today. :-)

Turned out to be a bad antenna connection solder joint causing intermittent problems.

Duper? I usually fly the other side, huge open area. Sometimes though, it's fun to challenge one's self in a tight space. :-)

6500 kv

Thanks for the reply I got the DYS 7000KV and 1935 props, I only got 6A escs and was a bit worried about it the ESC choice in hindsight. I may limit the max on them with blheli and firmware range to be safe.

I tried some cheap dys esc's first and they couldn't handle the high kv's. Erratic performance, hot motors. Switched to the LB 20 A pro optos and they work great.

Yep, plans r in the works for night gates. :-)

I did build the night gates, don't rem if I sent u the pics tho.

nope

lol, u r funny In spite of several attempts, I can't fly the tarot fpv very well at all. I'm starting to think that having the props in the picture, like the TW, is helping my brain calculate distances to objects and pitch/roll.

Chris H. I'd be surprised if that's all it was but it does give you a horizontal to compare with the horizon and there is a certain whiskers/aiming effect when finding gaps. I certainly don't have any better suggestions if you find them very different if in self level and just coasting about outside with a little space. I'd be very tempted to stick the whoop cam on there for a flight and make sure you have props in view and see.

FX798T is soldered onto the whoop fc or it would be an easy test. I was thinking of mounting a HS1190 on top in the center and moving the lipo underneath. Or just building a Doinker with some of the TL130H parts.

Or even tape some spare props so they are in view for a single flight, that should show you if it makes a difference.

Thanx man, so much fun! :-D

I think I figured out the problem, forgot to check fpv cam angle before flying. The cam was almost pointing straight out. So when I was flying forward, I thought I was flying towards the ground and would let off type of thing. Sound about right? Do any of the OSD modules show pitch and roll?

Chris H. With a super wide cam like this it can be tough to judge but with a super wide cam like this you can have it 45 and still hover and see the horizon. I'd stick it around 20 and see but even level cam is flyable at pace too. Yeah OSD put crap on your screen lol. I'm the least educated about OSD but minimosd seem popular and is on a couple things I have flown. I prefer just flight battery voltage and flight time tucked away. There is a super tiny 5 quid one on banggood if I remember rightly and currykitten had some videos.

MicroRCFiend The quad spent like ten minutes with no antenna while I looked for it in the field after the next crash. Hope the vtx isn't blown cuz I can't find a replacement for it anywhere. Haven't checked the oem site yet tho.

Chris H. Strip a dipole down? breaks up a bit more but durable and i'm sure you have one that came with your posh HK receiver

Chris H. flic.kr/p/HxT1QV

No but I should, these stock ones break way too easily.

I'll give it some thought, should be possible.

Chris H. I have some smaller 5v piezo buzzers but curious how much the components weight without the buzzer.

Minimum voltage needs to be 3v.

Thanx dude, post up some vids of you laying down the smack! Check out this post: plus.google.com/u/0/+ChrisHplusland/posts/9vSQTpQj37p

Thanx eh! :-D

+MicroRCFiend Yes, I agree. I removed the interior again and will have the proper colour mixed this time. No big deal, the special flexible SEM interior paint is only 80$ a quart. </sarcasm> :| Took two last time and probably a weeks worth of time to uninstall, refinish and reinstall. arrrggggghhh

+MicroRCFiend Yeah these cars were never offered with power windows.