My little lad's first 'scale' heli

[gazza]

Well I'm not sure exactly what scale!
I'm getting him into it all early, he goes bonkers whenever I put any heli vids on and Squeals his head off whenever My heli's get an airing.

I'm just trying to persuade his mum that he really 'Ahem' needs a Twister bell medevac for his 2nd birthday!

Regards to all,

Gazza

[Kwickkwack]

Sounds like a good plan to me, and of course he will need expert tuition, and for that you are entitled to charge a fee, maybee something for yourself?

Happy Flying

[gazza]

Hahaha that sounds like a good plan from a man of experience!!!
I think all my 'Fees' are used up at the mo mate, hence the agony of having the new radio and gyro equipped Swift sat without a motor and Lipo :-(


But hmmmm...A lot can be forgotten between now and October!!

They just dont understand..

[MartinM]

Sure was nice flying the Swift tonight Gazza (and the new Rex 600)!!

You did not go for the kit with motor and battery then ? Upgrading from the start :cool: I have been getting the metal parts as the come onto the market and more 4S1P to keep it flying, then more charges as I found more batts don't help if you wait an hour to use the charger :confused:

PS I found the Phoenix PC USB interface worth the money !! it upgrades the ESC software, not just for setting up and saving your settings !!

[gazza]

Oh dont mate,

I'm sick with jealousy!!
No I bought the kit only initially, planning to buy the rest over the next few months (Yeah right)!!

Once I'd built it I just couldnt wait, I'm sure everyone here can relate...
Just awaiting the motor and Lipo as mentioned, would have sorted it weeks ago but financially its just been one of those months!

I'm planning on 4S Lipo's, have you tried 6S yet mate? Was wondering if they are necessary, or just for 3D power?
Basically I dont want to make the mistake of getting 4S's only to find them too underpowered.

[gazza]

Martin m,

Would you mind telling me how much the USB interface is please?
I agree with you totally, probably a 'Must have'

Regards,


Gary

[MartinM]

£17.95 inc VAT.

I have two Swift's, don't ask.... so i thought it worth it. I called them to ask how to tell what the setting are alredy, all my others bleep and counting the bleeps tells you what the setup is, not with these, only way is to reprogram or use the linterface. :rolleyes:

Soon as it is connected (you have to put the red lead back into the plug ot it wont work but remember to remove after use or damage it....:eek: ) it updated the ESC software on the ESC then showed me all the settings. The bad one was total shutdown on low voltage !!! I already had that happen from about 3 feet but no damage:mad: Soft cut off is the one to use..... (not hard)

I am not into 3D so for me it has a good turn of speed and climb rate. 10 mins flying and hovering time on the 4S1P 3700 @ £99 each, I have 3 packs and 3 chargers now but last charger was bought for the T-Rex 600, (6 cell Li-Po) so if you dont have a charger, look at the cell count and be ready for upgrades :cool: If your wanting 3D best go for the other motor and more cells ( and more money...)

[gazza]

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Soon as it is connected (you have to put the red lead back into the plug ot it wont work but remember to remove after use or damage it....:eek: )

MartinM, are you referring to the red lead that you disconnect to disable the BEC, as in when using a seperate radio battery?

Just normal flying for me, so the 4S 1P sounds fine. Are you using the stock motor or the 3DXtra?
Do you intend to put any swift videos up on your site? I guess the Trex600 has kinda taken over somewhat!!!

I'm desperate to fly, I havent done any in a month! The Swift will probably be up and running just as the weather reverts back to what is the norm. :-(

[MartinM]

Yes the red lead from the built in BEC, You must remove brfore use in the heli or...... use a short extension lead with the red lead removed, use this in the heli all the time. If you ever want to re program, connect direct to the ESC without the extension and don't have to keep reconnecting the red lead....

I just use the Stock motor, I did talk to Century about the upgrade motor but they said it was for hard 3D and thought I should stay with the stock setup and invest in more LI-Po's.

Yes the 600 has been good fun to build, I like full kits to build unlike the Swift, and the web work was good to keep up to date but took time :(

I will take a small video tonight in the garden at give you a link or put it with the Swift section on my other site [url]http://heli-world.co.uk[/url] like I have with the 600.:)

Have you bought a charger for the Li-Po's yet ?

These posts would be better in your other thread, more would chip in !!

[gazza]

MartinM,

Thankyou mate thats very helpful info, and the use of a short extension is a fab idea.
I know what you mean about building, I would have preferred the Swift in kit form. Saying that, I've stripped down and rebuilt it anyway. Firstly for piece of mind, and secondly because I enjoy fiddling!

The good thing about having to wait for the powerplant etc is I have had the opportunity and time to set the Swift up 100% and on the money.

I'm very appreciative of your help and advice Martin, and that goes for the other guys on here as well. As you have probably gathered I'm very inexperienced with electric helicopters and general setting up, as I've either previously had nitro powered or electric micro helis that require very little intervention electrically.

I've downloaded a number of Swift videos from various sites, but they dont really do much for me as I'm not really into watching hard 3D flying, I just find it boring.
Thats not to say I'm not in awe of the skill required to perform such jaw dropping manouvers, its just not for me.

Regarding chargers, I havent got one yet.
The Cellpro has been strongly recommended to me by mike at Aurorra but I havent really looked into it yet or shopped around.

Gazza