Positive 130x thread!

[Big Dogg]

Another post on how good the 130X is. I'm still pretty much a noob to the helis and progressed quickly from Co-ax helis to a 120SR and after a couple of flights with the 120SR, I got the 130X. I was able to hover it in no time and I've started a bit of FFF. I bought mine off a mate and he had already upgraded the tail slider to a metal one (not sure if it's the Rakon one or not) and I have a few other upgraded parts coming.

Question though:- surely some of the gears are better staying as plastic, rather than metal? If you've had a bad crash and you have say a metal main gear, would this not potentially damage something else?

The only thing I've damaged so far is the plastic tail gear (the black one that sits on the main shaft itself).

Also, the Gens Ace batteries you all use... Are they the 25C model or a higher C rating?

I noticed on my last flight that the tail was vibrating side-to-side a little, so I think next on the shopping list will be one of those o-ring kits.

[MarkG_R1]

Another post on how good the 130X is. I'm still pretty much a noob to the helis and progressed quickly from Co-ax helis to a 120SR and after a couple of flights with the 120SR, I got the 130X. I was able to hover it in no time and I've started a bit of FFF. I bought mine off a mate and he had already upgraded the tail slider to a metal one (not sure if it's the Rakon one or not) and I have a few other upgraded parts coming.

Question though:- surely some of the gears are better staying as plastic, rather than metal? If you've had a bad crash and you have say a metal main gear, would this not potentially damage something else?

The only thing I've damaged so far is the plastic tail gear (the black one that sits on the main shaft itself).

Also, the Gens Ace batteries you all use... Are they the 25C model or a higher C rating?

I noticed on my last flight that the tail was vibrating side-to-side a little, so I think next on the shopping list will be one of those o-ring kits.

I agree not all the gears should be metal
But the first gear on the main shaft (A gear) is better off metal as the plastic one does wear at a fair rate, I'm even thinking of a metal C gear if there is such a thing but leave the D gear plastic
As its the quickest to change

Yes 25c gens aces, heavy but powerful and silly cheap

As a temporary measure you could cut a canopy grommet in half and put on the ball of the tail control arm, this will remove some slop

[Big Dogg]

I'm guessing the "A-Gear" that you're referring to is the same gear that I've stripped on mine - the black plastic gear that mates with the gear at the end of the torque rod? The small gear on the end of the torque rod (the body end of the torque rod, not the tail end) is metal on my 130x. Does the heli come as standard like this, or is it likely that the previous owner has upgraded this to a metal one?

[Rob O]

The small gear comes in metal as standard . Its the bigger black gear that it meshes with that is the one that you can upgrade to a metal version . Hope that clarifies it mate . Cheers

[n00by]

I agree not all the gears should be metal
But the first gear on the main shaft (A gear) is better off metal as the plastic one does wear at a fair rate, I'm even thinking of a metal C gear if there is such a thing but leave the D gear plastic.

there are metal C and D gears in the pipeline but leaving the D gear plastic would be good idea.

[MarkG_R1]

there are metal C and D gears in the pipeline but leaving the D gear plastic would be good idea.

I'll have to keep an eye out for these

I've just changed the bearings to RC Hero's bearing kit because after roughly 100 flights the main shaft bearings were a bit clicky, a lot less awkward to do than I had imagined

Only test hovered in the kitchen but it sounds and feels nice and smooth again now and still has no vibes at all on spool up

[MarkG_R1]

I got out for a blast earlier, it was fairly windy probably a bit much for the 130x, but it soldiered on Even managed a few messy tic tocs

And the batteries came down with less taken out of them than normal i'm guessing thats the more efficient bearings

also i must confess.............................the blinging has started

got some nice shiny canopy mounts from Kyle, cheers fella

[MarkG_R1]

Positive 130x thread!

Update:
Still flying great

[n00by]

crashed mine and it was on the bench for a while, I've added a 3rd bearing to the boom and put a DS35 servo on the tail and its flying the best it ever has!

[Mike00top]

Update:
Still flying great

+1 on great heli, mine too is still taking the punishment and still coming back for more, wooooo hooooooo !

i must admit to abusing mine

3x i thought it was a flymo !
2x i mistook it for a strimmer !
2x i was convinced i could achieve a minus 1" inverted hover
2x i thought i could use it as a sweeping brush
1x i thought i could use it to cut up depron
1x i was sure the tail rotor could be used as a dremel

now after all this here is my parts list that i have broken

1 main gear now needed (teeth are starting to look crooked)
1 A gear
2 C gears
pair of main blades (chipped )
1 boom

so i reckon that aint bad

[gazmk2]

Well as a noob with less than a month of flying cp helis I can say my 130x is flying pretty good. It does get a bit of a shimmy on though especially when flying forward at any speed in a breeze.

The canopies shatter everywhere in a crash though! I now need to buy a 3rd! All these shiny blingy bits look cool though don't they!!

The only problem i'm having is that flights are only 4 mins and the batteries take an hour each to charge!

P.s

One observion I did make was that on every other AS3X equipt model I have come across , including my own blade nano, is that if you wiggle the model about in your hand you can hear the AS3X making the servo's chatter is it tries to compensate for the movement. This does not happen on my 130x, is it supposed to not do this or is mine just not working properly?

[Mike00top]

Well as a noob with less than a month of flying cp helis I can say my 130x is flying pretty good. It does get a bit of a shimmy on though especially when flying forward at any speed in a breeze.

The canopies shatter everywhere in a crash though! I now need to buy a 3rd! All these shiny blingy bits look cool though don't they!!

The only problem i'm having is that flights are only 4 mins and the batteries take an hour each to charge!

P.s

One observion I did make was that on every other AS3X equipt model I have come across , including my own blade nano, is that if you wiggle the model about in your hand you can hear the AS3X making the servo's chatter is it tries to compensate for the movement. This does not happen on my 130x, is it supposed to not do this or is mine just not working properly?

your 130x is correct

[Mike00top]

mines flying well, even after the abuse its had to cope with me on the sticks,

[tourerjim]

After finding out problems with mine where due to motor but once it was left for few days to soak in the oil lub she's flying better than when first got her, bags more power & no more tail blow outs holds solid.

[tomatwalden]

Positive 130x thread!

The only problem i'm having is that flights are only 4 mins and the batteries take an hour each to charge!

Not a problem! :-) - at 2C, you get four batteries in less than an hour!