tenfour
Heliman
Location: Seattle, WA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | i got the fan from horizon
i got the CF tail assembly from mjp carbon
i flew it for probably an hour today - i LOVE the results so far. not having to worry about that tail prop hitting things is a real treat for a noob like me. I believe this fan is also a lot more accurate / smooth than the prop. More predictable tail movement (or is that because i'm getting better at flying the thing... not sure)
instead of removing material from the tail boom i balanced the heli by putting a big heavy washer on the nose.
obviously there's a slight weight issue now - the heli is like 2x as heavy as stock. so the battery died fairly quickly (maybe 4 minutes of flying; didn't time it). But it did fly very well.
I was going to wait longer to install the ducted tail until i got more comfortable flying with the stock tail. but due to the stock motor burning out, i figured what the heck.
so take my comments with a grain of salt. but i feel much more comfortable having 1 less thing to worry about - mowing the lawn with a tail prop. |
