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fran
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Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Those were my thoughts exactly and I'll use a resin on the entire inside....

with a little 3/4 oz clothc (fiberglass ofcourse).....I sure the nimble Rossi can handle the extra weight...LOL



Glad you guys have opened this thread...it will help me greatly!!

Keep the info coming...

FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-05-2009 07:56 PM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I just ordered a 6 volt RX pack, and a 5volt regulator, so I will have longer life on the RX. It was sucking down the pack pretty quick. I sure like that voltwatch LED bar.

Thinking about a LED bar fuel gauge as well for the main tank. Anyone got any links to one of those?
11-06-2009 04:31 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		wow, just found this fuel guardian sensor. Its cheap too!!

I'm going to put one in the main tank. I'm tired of trusting the header visual reference.

11-06-2009 04:59 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		man I am so mad. Had the cobra all ready to go out and get some serious flight time in. Had the camera set up and ready. This new fueler is a piece of crap - once I gassed up it let fuel into the carb line (which its NOT supposed to do)

So much fuel in fact that the piston locked in the cylinder, and the whole drivetrain and fan came loose. So now I have to pull the whole chassis out of the helicopter, disassemble it and tighten up the fan, driveshaft and drive gear

11-07-2009 01:39 AM
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Hoverup
Elite Veteran
Location: Gulf Coast

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Think e-power jzanutto Hope the glow motor problems clear so you can show us some flying video.

Cheers - Boyd
AMA 80393
IRCHA 3355
Major USAF
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11-07-2009 01:45 AM
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fran
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		What fueler are you using,,,surly not a Slimline...I know...



FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-07-2009 02:09 AM
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sliderx
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Location: Meteghan,Nova Scotia, Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I've always used a Du-Bro Kwik Fill Fueling Valve and have not had any problems with them.


Raptor 30 V2
11-07-2009 02:29 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		its this one. I was pretty much ready to spontaneously combust.

Its all fixed, I have it 90% back together. Will fly it tomorrow, with video. I have some surgical hemostats, I am just going to clamp the carb line from beneath while I fuel it from now on.

11-07-2009 03:52 AM
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fran
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Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		The byonette slimline has no moving parts and cannot inadvertantly send fuel to......

the carb while fueling...the cap that fits over the insert looks scale too



FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-07-2009 03:59 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		so tell us what we are looking at there Fran
11-07-2009 11:47 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I'm probably going to have to pull the chassis back out one more time when my fuel watcher comes in. I will have to install the probes into the fuel tank

its a good thing though. it gives me a chance to look over the mechanics and see if anything is coming loose
11-07-2009 12:32 PM
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fran
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		The cap on the plank is the fuel filler opening

The cap on the plane/heli is the cover for a bulkhead mounted fuel filler. The part in me hand is the actual filler from the pump; the "O" rings seal against any leakage and the byonette id hollow and direct feed to the tank.

FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-07-2009 04:36 PM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		got a couple more 5 minute flights in today. It was windy so its a bit squirrely. I was having a LOT of trouble with the tail, I was certain that the gyro wasnt holding.

you will see the thing pirouette and I dumped it back into the grass. Thinking it was a gyro sensitivity issue I played with gyro gain and flew again. I barely got this thing home in 1 piece. I had a failure of the tail rotor gearbox. The 2 white bearings had destroyed themselves and the tail was driving sometimes, not other times.

watch at the very end of the video, I had killed the engine, and popped the collective again, it jumped back off the ground a couple inches.

New tail gearbox time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsYIqvSuBro
11-07-2009 10:39 PM
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fran
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Dang!!! That's not good feeling, is it?

Glad you got her down in one peice!!

FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-09-2009 02:45 AM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		and to think I took it up again, I though it was just gyro sensitivity and the wind... little did I know
11-09-2009 03:22 AM
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fran
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Close to the ground is the same as 1000 feet..

yeah yeah...I know about ground effects; but; at 12" off of a grassy field IS your friend.



FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-09-2009 03:39 AM
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reaper31
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Location: Centennial, CO, usa

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		did you say that the actaul gears stripped in the tail gear box, or that the snake drive started slipping? cuz i was kind of concerned about that on my apache as well
11-09-2009 02:43 PM
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jzanutto
Senior Heliman
Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		no the plastic gears in the tail gearbox ate themselves
11-09-2009 03:12 PM
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fran
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		was that a gearbox that you had or was it supplied with the kit??



FRAN SR. FAI-F3C !!!!
11-09-2009 04:31 PM
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jzanutto
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Location: Fresno, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		was my own. not the kit's fault at all
11-09-2009 07:06 PM
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