600 Building the JR Vibe NEX E8 - Slow Build
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stokke
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Thanks, Jesse. I was REAL nervous! I had prepared my self for a "worst case scenario" - had a fire extinguisher and everything LOL
It's been on the bench too long I admit, but that's the downside of not being a millionaire
I usually strap the camera to my head, but not this time! I needed all my brain cells focused on that bird Looks & sounds good the best in flying it!
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Stokke; Well you did a nice job flying it & it looks & sounds great!Oh nice video also!
Thanks Boki!
Thanks Derek. Yes, the share size scares me into respect LOL
I've never flown a 550 so I can't give any advise on that matter - but I can tell you this; with a 600 you can squeeze in a 12S setup (like mine) and get some insane power! But then again, with a powerful "small" bird like this, you don't get long flight times. I do not know my flight time yet - still need more test flights.Good job bud!! Bird looks great!! Great job building it man!!
Sounds amazing too.
Jr birds rock!! I still sing that. Lol you'll love it...
How did it compare to the handle ing of 450?
Major difference isn't it?
Fly safe!!
Thanks Gaba
Yes, she's very stable initially - but I can't say much more ATM - need to get some more flight out of her first. But the sound and size - man o man Thanks Lee! Nah, it's like Hawaii here! A nice comfortable 19°F (-7°C)
stokke
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It's been a busy day today, with Christmas gift delivery and family gatherings - so I've only gotten to check in on the forum in between errands. But now I've got some time
This are my settings in the previously posted flight vid:
Normal mode
Governed 1850 rpm head speed.
+11° high stick
0° mid
-1.5° low stick
1 minute 10 seconds on the timer
The reason for such a short flight is that I didn't really know how long the batteries would last. But I've run the motor batteries and Rx batteries through charge now, and can make an estimate;
I put 480 mah back into both the 6S packs - this would give approximately 8 minutes of flight. But as this flight only was hovering, I'm betting I will get a bit shorter flights when I start to push the bird a little. For my next flight I will set the timer to 3 minutes, then do another estimate after charging.
Before the maiden, I did a 1 minute spool up, where the bird just sat on the ground with full HS at 0° pitch - just for testing purposes.
So I got two "flights" on my Rx pack - I put 150 mah back into the pack. So an estimated 28 minutes of flight time on 1 Rx charge then - or 9 flights when taking the motor pack capacity into the equation. Seeing I only have two sets of flight packs, the Rx pack will do fine for now
Flight notes:
The bird seemed very stable in take off and hover - but still felt pretty agile when given stick input. The flight was so short I couldn't really get a good feel for it - today's flight was mostly about "will it fly?" I did one CC pirouette which it performed perfectly. The tail felt very agile as well - or at least not sluggish or slow. The landing was gentle and was easy to control.
I weighed the bird yesterday, and she weighs 4.5 kgs with packs. She is a bit front heavy, so I will look into weighting down the tail in some manner - don't know how yet, but will figure something out.
Further videos will be posted in my "Learning to fly" video thread.
I have a bunch of pictures as well, which will be posted in the picture section sooner or later.
Thanks for watching
This are my settings in the previously posted flight vid:
Normal mode
Governed 1850 rpm head speed.
+11° high stick
0° mid
-1.5° low stick
1 minute 10 seconds on the timer
The reason for such a short flight is that I didn't really know how long the batteries would last. But I've run the motor batteries and Rx batteries through charge now, and can make an estimate;
I put 480 mah back into both the 6S packs - this would give approximately 8 minutes of flight. But as this flight only was hovering, I'm betting I will get a bit shorter flights when I start to push the bird a little. For my next flight I will set the timer to 3 minutes, then do another estimate after charging.
Before the maiden, I did a 1 minute spool up, where the bird just sat on the ground with full HS at 0° pitch - just for testing purposes.
So I got two "flights" on my Rx pack - I put 150 mah back into the pack. So an estimated 28 minutes of flight time on 1 Rx charge then - or 9 flights when taking the motor pack capacity into the equation. Seeing I only have two sets of flight packs, the Rx pack will do fine for now
Flight notes:
The bird seemed very stable in take off and hover - but still felt pretty agile when given stick input. The flight was so short I couldn't really get a good feel for it - today's flight was mostly about "will it fly?"
I did one CC pirouette which it performed perfectly. The tail felt very agile as well - or at least not sluggish or slow. The landing was gentle and was easy to control.I weighed the bird yesterday, and she weighs 4.5 kgs with packs. She is a bit front heavy, so I will look into weighting down the tail in some manner - don't know how yet, but will figure something out.
Further videos will be posted in my "Learning to fly" video thread.
I have a bunch of pictures as well, which will be posted in the picture section sooner or later.
Thanks for watching
Derek
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Hey there, stokke!!! I've gone through this thread, post by post, to get caught up on what you've done with this heli. I am very interested in getting a 600 sized heli (when the budget allows, of course). It looks like you've done a really good job on this bird.
I'd be very excited to see your "Learning to Fly" videos as well as the pictures that you were talking about. I'll be looking for them.
I hope to see more of this 600.
I'd be very excited to see your "Learning to Fly" videos as well as the pictures that you were talking about. I'll be looking for them.
I hope to see more of this 600.
Tony
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Well it's about damn time stokke lmao. But I'm giving you guys a little taste of this as well with the RCH Heli.
The heli sounds great. I remember that sound and I miss it. Hopefully this nitro will fill the void.
Can't wait to see some actual flight video with some decent moves. as for the weather, we have some of that crap heading this way. Not looking forward to it. My cars and truck are not made for this.
The heli sounds great. I remember that sound and I miss it. Hopefully this nitro will fill the void.
Can't wait to see some actual flight video with some decent moves. as for the weather, we have some of that crap heading this way. Not looking forward to it. My cars and truck are not made for this.
stokke
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Thanks for posting flying weight. I was wondering how much difference it is from nitro
Fly safe!!
Now you got me curious, what is the weight difference?
Yes, I've read the same thing. I'm currently charging, then storage charging my packs. This should "break" them in - or at least I read so on the interwebz
Hmmm. TONY! Should I start a new vid series??
Thanks
I guarantee you will see more of it Thanks. I'm looking forward to seeing our RCH baby in the air!
Tony
Staff member
Why are you asking me? It's your bird, if you feel it would be better placed in its own thread for flights only, then go for it.
stokke
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stokke
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Did two more flights today, this time I kicked her around a teeny bit more (no 3D) but did a bit of pitch pumps, pirouettes and a few big half turns. I noticed my head vibrates a little when in steady hover - I'll up the head speed to if I get rid of it. I'm also getting a bit GOV chatter, but I'm not going to touch the gain just yet - see if the increased HS will do the trick. The tail is not holding during pitch pumps, even after upping the tail gain - but again, see it HS will solve this.
I also got better efficiency today than on the test flight, today she used 343 mah pr minute - which is great! But I haven't touched Idle Up yet, so the flight time should probably decrease when I get everything sorted out and start flying harder.
I also got better efficiency today than on the test flight, today she used 343 mah pr minute - which is great! But I haven't touched Idle Up yet, so the flight time should probably decrease when I get everything sorted out and start flying harder.
stokke
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Merry Christmas Sam
Nah, didn't get any today - I'll see if I can get some tomorrow. It's pretty boring anyways, just testing her out - getting a feel.
coolgabsi
Super Mod & DEAL KING!
Nice!! The higher the head speed the more it'll vibrate if the gain is too high. higher head speed means inherent stability in the disc..
That only if this vibration is gain related.
If running head speed too low for frame then the whole thing should shudder not just the head. I think for this size bird, lowest headspeed you can go is 1500 (I think) but to DONT have to worry about that
Fly safe!! have fun!
higher head speed means inherent stability in the disc.. That only if this vibration is gain related.
If running head speed too low for frame then the whole thing should shudder not just the head. I think for this size bird, lowest headspeed you can go is 1500 (I think) but to DONT have to worry about that
Fly safe!!
have fun!