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helibird
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Location: St. George, UT

Hello,
I've been flying for 6 months now on a Rap50v2 I'm starting to do basic aerobatics. A friend of mine just bought an ion and I've been extremely impressed, but the thing I like the most is how quiet and clean it is.

We'll go to a local school and he will fly the ion thru a pack and no one will bother us, then I crank up the raptor and next thing we know we've got a bunch of kids around us. I usually have to set down for safety reasons.

I'm not anywhere near an ion, either financially or skill level, but is there something close to the performance of my 50.

I've been looking at the logo's especially the new 14 or possably a raptor50 conversion.

My main concerns are cost (mainly the batteries), cost of crashes, and flight times.

Any info that you can give me would be greatly appreciated!!!
07-06-2004 Over year old.
 
 
Seaviper
Senior Heliman
Location: Ft Lauderdale

I just had a hard auto in the Logo10 (stock) due to my forgetting that my NiMh packs self discharge at about 15% each day.Doh! They had been charged for 2 days...I lost about 35% or more capacity.

Anyway, the bird seemed fine but on inspection I had 2 stripped HS81s(replaced with Hs-85MGs), and 3 broken teeth on the main gear.

Upon disassembly, I managed to damage the main shaft and the plastic swashplate(replaced with metal $80 swash). Actually I damaged a plastic ball on the swash.

Total cost of this auto around $200.

However, the spindle was not bent, the dampeners are fine, and the 4mm flybar was undamaged. I really did expect damage to the head.

The Landing gear was not hurt, nor were the frames. I think the Hs-81s saved the head components when they stripped.

Patrick
07-16-2004 Over year old.
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