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Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you are not progressing, it is not the Raptor's fault. No, it is not in the same class as an Evo, but they do fly fine. No heli will fly hands off in any condition, my Evo is about as well set up as it can be, everything is dial indicated, it's trimmed perfectly, and it still needs to be flown at all times. Yeah, it'll sit in a hover on a calm day for 5-10 seconds before I need to catch it, but it will drift at all times. Seriously, the Raptor isn't holding you back, there are probably only a handful of people in this world who can outfly a Raptor, odds are, you are not one of them, I sure as hell am not.
That said, the Evo is a vastly superior machine. Set up as it comes out of the box, it has a very mellow hover, and if you pull the weights out of the paddles, it'll do any 3d move you want. It's a good idea to put stiffer dampers in if you are doing 3d, but even that is optional. It NEEDS nothing to do any trick you can ask of it. The metal radius block and washout are very nice and lend some security, the dampers are nice, but otehr than that, there's nothing that's really asking for improvement in the package. The gears work fine, they are just loud, I'd wait to upgrade them until they get loud, as they don't do it until they wear some.
Nick Crego
Esprit Model Flight Team |
