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Well I managed to run 3 packs through my new Esky Dauphin today in the school gym!
It was great fun - did some tail in, nose in, side in, fff (though i wouldnt call it fast) and some rather shoddy circuits, even managed a figure 8 (well, a figure 8 in doctors handwriting to be honest...but..).
What a fun heli - it looks bloody good in the air too.
Noticed a few things though.
1) Performance tails off after about 4 mins. On both the Esky pack and Flightpower packs. I noticed the motors get very hot - too hot to hold your finger on anyway, and also they change pitch towards the end of the flght, somehow sound that bit more rough/grainy. I guess the scale body doesnt help with cooling. I have heatsinks yet to put on. I guess brushless motors would be ideal here at some stage in the future.
2) It likes to go diagonal under fast(ish) flight. If you enter forward flight it flys diagonally to the left. If you enter backward it goes diagonally to the right. Strange huh? I've also noticed that if you try and do a bit of manouvering such as enter backward flight and then try and flip 180 into forward flight it can get very unpredictable and stall and tip over. I guess this is a problem with the crappy bendy standard blades?
Will take a couple of pics and maybe a vid - love the heli its great fun.
Butuz
It was great fun - did some tail in, nose in, side in, fff (though i wouldnt call it fast) and some rather shoddy circuits, even managed a figure 8 (well, a figure 8 in doctors handwriting to be honest...but..).
What a fun heli - it looks bloody good in the air too.
Noticed a few things though.
1) Performance tails off after about 4 mins. On both the Esky pack and Flightpower packs. I noticed the motors get very hot - too hot to hold your finger on anyway, and also they change pitch towards the end of the flght, somehow sound that bit more rough/grainy. I guess the scale body doesnt help with cooling. I have heatsinks yet to put on. I guess brushless motors would be ideal here at some stage in the future.
2) It likes to go diagonal under fast(ish) flight. If you enter forward flight it flys diagonally to the left. If you enter backward it goes diagonally to the right. Strange huh? I've also noticed that if you try and do a bit of manouvering such as enter backward flight and then try and flip 180 into forward flight it can get very unpredictable and stall and tip over. I guess this is a problem with the crappy bendy standard blades?
Will take a couple of pics and maybe a vid - love the heli its great fun.
Butuz
if you do a fast left they will drop if you do a fast right they will hold reasonably well. 
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