flyingfox
Heliman
Location: Chattanooga, TN
| I have a CP 3600 with a 9T pinon and a 3s TP2100, and I thought I'd share my limited experience. This is my first heli, so I can't really evaluate how powerful this setup is for 3D, but I've been pleased with the results so far. I've run through about 15 charges without a crash, so you can put me down for recommending the Trex to beginners. I lost one set of wood blades to my training gear getting hooked by a grass root on takeoff, so the gear has been off for 5 packs, so far without incident.
I have mine setup to hover at half stick with 65% throttle and approximately 7 degrees of pitch. I do not have a whattmeter or anything of the sort, but I hovered for 6 minutes today and the battery held 1270 mAh afterwards, so I should be pulling around 13 amps at hover. Battery temperature is "warm but not hot", and motor temp is hot, but less than 100 C by the spit test  . Climbout impresses me, but that doesn't mean much as this is my first heli. All I know is that when I jam the collective up to get out of trouble, it moves alarmingly quickly. Of note, the battery was getting -much- hotter when I initially set it up, with hover at about 85% throttle and 5.5-6% pitch.
Jacob |
