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justJevvy
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Location: UK - Reading

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Hi guys

I have recently rebuilt my heli and have made a few tweaks along the way to make the heli work better for me and the way I fly it. A few of my changes go against the grain so i thought I would post some pics to show what I have done and to get some feedback from other flyers.

my heli

Wider shot

All components - including Gyro mounted on top of glued down RX

top view of parts layout

Tail mounted servo and using old boom support ends as pivots - works well

Home made tail guard using a broken frame and an old RC car steering rod, I gos fed up of strippign gears when the tail hit the ground

Detail of how I cut frame and mounted Twister - I wanted to keep as much frame as poss for strength and to use the original mounts

Large diameter silocone tube used to hold canopy on

I hope these pics are of use to a few poeple and I look forward to your comments

Cheers

David

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OT45
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Location: Kingston, NY

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looks nice and clean. How did you attach the silicone tube?

scratch building is not just for planks

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justJevvy
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Location: UK - Reading

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I placed it on the end of a pencil, dipped it in CA and then held it on the casnopy where I wanted it - stay still for a few secs and you can pull the pencil out

Dont use zip-kicker on it or yr nice canopy paint will run

X3D, Twister & Duzi Swash

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QuantumPSI
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Location: Boston, MA

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I really like the tail skid idea. The worry of hitting the tail on the ground was my only incentive to keep the verticle fin and thus the horizontal fin. Now I can get rid of them using your idea (they don't look too pretty anymore after being broke in about 4 different places.)

Mikel

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justJevvy
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Location: UK - Reading

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This is one of the parts I was looking for some feedback on - I have been flying now with no tail fin and I cant say I have noticed any difference

Do these birds need a tail fin and if they do how can you get away with using the carbon ones that are more hole than fin - surely they cant make much difference.

X3D, Twister & Duzi Swash

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Lowell Foo
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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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The fins will help the tail weathervane for FFF, but for 3D that's not desireable. The horizontal fin (at least the HeliUp one I have) does a good job of saving the boom if the blades fly too close to it

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justJevvy
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Location: UK - Reading

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so it all went wrong...

....serves me right for showing off and putting pics of my heli on the internet:

from this

to this

What a bugger as it was just flyin nice - lookin like a new kit will be the most cost effective way to go so maybe I should wait and get the new 3D version

Anyone seen any more pics of the new 3D hornet?

X3D, Twister & Duzi Swash

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Lowell Foo
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What happened exactly?

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justJevvy
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Location: UK - Reading

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I was doing some loops with some pauses at the top with negative pitch and I lost orientation and never got it back before it hit the dirt - I was being a bit cocky really

I will do a bit more practice on Reflex before I go out next

Cheers

X3D, Twister & Duzi Swash

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