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Gaui X2 & HC3SX - Wow!!!
Hi,So yesterday my Gaui X2 arrived. It's Zeeflyboy's, so you can see his very good build thread [URL="http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/gaui-range/65245-gaui-x2-build-mini-review-thread.html"]here[/URL]. I managed to fly 7 packs through it yesterday, and what a fun heli it is!Zeeflyboy had upgraded most of the electronics, and I added an HC3SX FBL controller instead of the BeastX. Full specs are below:YGE 30A ESCStock Gaui scorpion motorHeliCommand HC3SX FBL controllerGaui Servos an cyclicsMKS DS95i tail servoTurnigy nano-tech 1Ah 45-90c liposThe HC3SX was a very tight fit, in fact I had to use the thick foam pad which is not recommended. Below are a few pics - unfortunately no flying ones yet.[ATTACH=CONFIG]38674[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38675[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38676[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38677[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38678[/ATTACH]Anyway, I charged all the batteries (take about 10 mins each at 6c)The HC3SX setup took about 30 mins... I wasn't really sure what to expect when flying it; it was a windy day, and I thought the heli would be very drifty due to its small size. It is in fact very stable. The tail was rock solid, and for the first 10 mins I did my usual flying in circles and a few stall turns. I had the HS at around 3900rpm (YGE governor). Anyway, I found myself to be very confident with this, and on the third battery attempted my first loop. That went OK and was much easier than I thought. The tail blew out once, but I increased the gain by about 20 on the HC3SX and this seemed to cure it.Then I thought I'd test the HC3SX bailout whilst inverted. So I held the heli at the top of the loop in a sort of inverted hover, and flicked the switch. Within about 2 seconds it flipped itself from inverted to upright and began to climb!! Knowing that the bail out worked so well, I got a bit more confident with it, and by the 5th battery (I had to recharge the lipos) I could easily do stationary front, back and sideways flips. By the 6th battery I was confidently chucking it around (or what I'd class as that), hovering it inverted and I tried a couple of tic-tocs (these seemed a bit harder than on the sim). Anyway, I did manage to end up crashing it. I had used the bail out about 3 times during all the flights, usually because I had lost orientation as it had gone too far away. On the 7nth battery it had got a bit too far away, inverted, and instead of flicking the bail out switch I had hit throttle hold!! So it dropped a good 40 feet into the grass. I tried my best to auto it, and all that broke was one landing skid!! :)Out of all the helis I've had (logo 400, trex 450, trex 500, mcpx etc) the X2 is easily my favourite. I managed to progress more in one day with it than in 4 months with the 500s, and the lipos are only £7 each )The HC3SX made sure it was extremely locked in, and the bail out gives you the extra confidence to try something new without worrying that you will crash it as much. So, all in all a great little heli together with the best FBL controller I've tried made for 7 very enjoyable flights - I will try and get a video up in the next week or so :)Stanley
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