700n gone HV

[hedge]

So i recently swapped my 700n HV. I had a couple of concerns going into the change, the on board glow and the switch. I was coming from a Gryphon regulator with a mini booster glow lighter and an always on pin flag switch. First surprise when removing the reg and switch was that the mini booster is a standalone unit and that it can take up to 16v input. This is now kept :-)

The second issue was ease of having a switch so you don't have to remove the canopy between flights. Well after a bit of thought and Googleing I decided to get a set of quick uk magnetic canopy mounts, now I can rip the canopy on and off in a flash so don't mind having the battery plug being the switch. All I have done is soldered two servo plugs onto a deans. These plug straight into the FBL.

i have completely decluttered my electrics, just keeping the optiguard. While talking about the guard, my LEDs are permanently on, I think this is an old firmware issue, however when I unplug the battery the LEDs do flash and the unit powers the heli so for now I am happy.

last thing I notice this set up uses less battery mah per flight than my old set up,

[waveydavey]

The first thing I noticed was that it felt tighter, I wasn't sure what it was until I put 2 and 2 together and the servos not only quicker but holding strength had gone up. A great upgrade IMO especially with your connector of choice as a switch.

[hedge]

Yeah the servos are quick and strong, I can't really go that fast, but the FBL can, so I get the benefit from that. I was hoping the change would make it feel a bit more like my G700 which is HV but sadly at the moment it's not, will keep at it though, I am sure I can get them similar

[hedge]

So I've put a few tanks through now and like the new feel. I had to drop the Head Gain on the Vortex down about 6-8 points to stop headshake. I put this down to the faster servos. Hope this helps someone.

[Delarado]

I extended my live cable from the battery, out of the canopy and then put a bullet connector on it.

that way I can leave the canopy on and the battery plugged in, and just disconnect the bullets when im done flying. Then I can just refuel, reconnect the bullets and off I go again!