Today is a bad day. I reversely connect the battery and the heli generated smoke and caught fire although switch was still off. The control board was completely destoryed. !!!!
I will have many spare part including blade, motors, servo,....so sad.
01-22-2005 Over year old.
Ace Dude Elite Veteran Location: USA
Isn't the battery connector keyed so it only goes on one way?
midwestpilot Elite Veteran Location: Crystal Lake, IL
a lesson we all learned from you...sorry it happend to you dude....I will be very carefull of that if I make an extension. Bright side....we all know now that even switch off reverse polarity is a very bad thing
1) Buy the control board. (but where can I buy it and how much?)
2) Buy another new one, then I will have many spare parts.
3) Buy 2 ESC, Gyro, Rx ..any suggestion?
Maybe if you could find one without the transmitter,then at least it would be cheaper and you'd have a spare. If you go the 2-esc and gyro that's another option,I did the conversion on a tethered version and it's pretty intense. I used a csm200 light for the gyro but it's not near as stable as the stock XRB SR. I would like to try the gy240 but I'd have to take it all apart to change it. Besides after getting the stock XRB SR I don't even fly the conversion anymore
Then, I will have many spare parts : 2 motors, 2 servo, 8 sets of blade, mainframe, cannopy, battery, charger,...
Any one need those, I sold u at reasonable price. haha.
01-25-2005 Over year old.
angelob Veteran Location: Harvard, IL
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I will suggest Hirobo to add protection circuit.
The protection circuit is the stock keyed connector. No offense, but you chose to bypass the protection circuit and got burned. Oh well - live and learn.
Angelo
01-25-2005 Over year old.
Helimex Senior Heliman Location: Oklahoma
Buy a new one, keep the old one for spare parts, leave the electronics alone.
I agree that the circuit protection is the mechanical feature of the connector - in that it is keyed and cannot be hooked up backwards. If you replace your connectors, do not get connectors that are not keyed! I use Deans Ultra plugs, and unless you solder it wrong, you are never going to hook it up backwards.
This is 'failsafe' and adds no cost to the unit. Why reinvent the wheel with fancy electronic gadgetry that could itself fail? This circuit protection solution has been around since electricity itself, and will be for the forseeable future.
Everyone should realize that the Heli is live when the battery is connected, switch on or off. That little tiny switch has no hope of carrying the current needed for the heli to fly, and so is just activating a relay circuit - therefore the electronics must be active even if that switch is off. And leaving your battery connected will also deplete the pack, even if you just leave the heli sitting there switch off.
