At last I maidened my 5.5, I actually did it twice. The first time almost a disaster. Some how I had the tail reversed and it did about 3 complete
ground loops at amazing speed but remained upright, thank goodness. Second time I sort of lost confidence, the wind was gusting up to 50mph so I put it off
for an hour but after that I could not wait any longer. I set rates and expo on the tx to silly high numbers which was totally wrong for the conditions.
80 dual rates and 30 expo on everything. I did this in our back garden which is tiny and when I set the heli down it looked enormous. I checked every
thing again about 3 times to make sure and the gave it throttle. To say this heli purrs is not quite right it sort of hums and a great noise from the blades
as they begin to grab the air. It rose off the ground, I did not want to go to high just in case something went wrong and also the wind was gusting to about 30 mph.
It just sat there in the hover a foot off the ground. There was no tail wag at all. I gave rudder and it did the most stable piro I have ever seen. I go as far has saying
it was uncannily stable to the point of being weird. Even with the wind gusting and swirling around the heli did not move a fraction. I am totally amazed and delighted
not only from the stability point of view but from a noise level. The should have called this a hummer lol. Great stuff, fantastic heli and I'm looking forwards
to a little better weather and bigger field. Thanks to all who have given me help with the setting up. I am very grateful, cheers lads.
Update. Second flight bit of a disaster with tail gear stripping and a tip over. Not sure why this should happen everything was running smooth has silk. Blades took a bit of a beating
so will have to have the head off and check things out. I also noticed when I went to spool up the first time I could not get enough rpm to lift off flicking the gov backwards and forwards
gave me full throttle so I think I have something not quite right there. Anyway I think the blades will be okay the lawns is very soft. Strange noises coming from the torque tube bearings
so seems I may have to strip this down also. So, eventful to say the least. Cheers
Update to the update. Well, well, after a good inspection what I thought was a damaged drive was in fact a load of rubbish that the drive had some how sucked in. I do notice with this
heli any thing loose lying around is hoovered up lol. Checked the head and it looks like I got away scot free. Very lucky although I do not like the sound from the boom with my lack
of experience maybe that's the way they sound. So onwards and if I get time I'll try to do a little video of the next flight.
Just one little question what does the flashing red light mean on the Ikon. Is it the memory bank your in? I'm not sure.
Last update to the maiden flight. I now know why it felt ultra stable during the maiden. I was flying in the SL mode on the gyro. It felt really weird lol. No wonder when I did a slow piro
it did now move. Cheers.
ground loops at amazing speed but remained upright, thank goodness. Second time I sort of lost confidence, the wind was gusting up to 50mph so I put it off
for an hour but after that I could not wait any longer. I set rates and expo on the tx to silly high numbers which was totally wrong for the conditions.
80 dual rates and 30 expo on everything. I did this in our back garden which is tiny and when I set the heli down it looked enormous. I checked every
thing again about 3 times to make sure and the gave it throttle. To say this heli purrs is not quite right it sort of hums and a great noise from the blades
as they begin to grab the air. It rose off the ground, I did not want to go to high just in case something went wrong and also the wind was gusting to about 30 mph.
It just sat there in the hover a foot off the ground. There was no tail wag at all. I gave rudder and it did the most stable piro I have ever seen. I go as far has saying
it was uncannily stable to the point of being weird. Even with the wind gusting and swirling around the heli did not move a fraction. I am totally amazed and delighted
not only from the stability point of view but from a noise level. The should have called this a hummer lol. Great stuff, fantastic heli and I'm looking forwards
to a little better weather and bigger field. Thanks to all who have given me help with the setting up. I am very grateful, cheers lads.
Update. Second flight bit of a disaster with tail gear stripping and a tip over. Not sure why this should happen everything was running smooth has silk. Blades took a bit of a beating
so will have to have the head off and check things out. I also noticed when I went to spool up the first time I could not get enough rpm to lift off flicking the gov backwards and forwards
gave me full throttle so I think I have something not quite right there. Anyway I think the blades will be okay the lawns is very soft. Strange noises coming from the torque tube bearings
so seems I may have to strip this down also. So, eventful to say the least. Cheers
Update to the update. Well, well, after a good inspection what I thought was a damaged drive was in fact a load of rubbish that the drive had some how sucked in. I do notice with this
heli any thing loose lying around is hoovered up lol. Checked the head and it looks like I got away scot free. Very lucky although I do not like the sound from the boom with my lack
of experience maybe that's the way they sound. So onwards and if I get time I'll try to do a little video of the next flight.
Just one little question what does the flashing red light mean on the Ikon. Is it the memory bank your in? I'm not sure.
Last update to the maiden flight. I now know why it felt ultra stable during the maiden. I was flying in the SL mode on the gyro. It felt really weird lol. No wonder when I did a slow piro
it did now move. Cheers.
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