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Avant Aurora - EFX - FX > Whose Flying Their AVANT this weekend??

Big Dave
Senior Heliman
Location: Hartville, Ohio

Yeah Baby,

I will be flying my Avant this weekend for sure. The weather is suppose to be 60degs and sunny Saturday and Sunday. This computes to "Beat My Avant" all weekend long!

Anyone else flying their Avants this weekend? Post here on how your Avant is flying this weekend.

My AVANT has just been "Off da Hook"!! "Mega Insane"

Big Dave - D & M Electronics

Carbon Xtreme Team Pilot and Wildcat Team Pilot

04-08-2005 Over year old.

Gricey
Heliman
Location: Dublin, Ireland

No but I will be flying in to Building my Avant!!!

04-08-2005 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

4cyclic
Senior Heliman
Location: Montreal, Can.

Yes, flying my Avant no1 and will be testing no 2 on sunday !!!

hope to get both going. Tons of fun !

J.L.

04-08-2005 Over year old.

carcrasher
Key Veteran
Location: east coast

I should be weather permitting. I hope the filed is dry enough to get to though otherwise I can't fly.

04-08-2005 Over year old.

RCHeliJim
Key Veteran
Location: Orem, UT USA

kym here should be building his

It has been a long wait!!! Cant wait to see that thing finished up

Go Fly, Have Fun!!
-Team Quick UK
-Team RCHeliMag

04-08-2005 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

I3DM
rrProfessor
Location: Israel

So ? tell us more about how it flys...

Team pilot for RJX, Radix, Helidirect, Logictech, ThunderPower, Fromeco
www.liorzahavi.com

04-09-2005 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

Garry-Boy
Key Veteran
Location: Moscow, Russia

Finally,
I'm going to try it tomorrow....
I'll just run in it but I'll try some inverted tricks anyway

Garry.

04-09-2005 Over year old.

Big Dave
Senior Heliman
Location: Hartville, Ohio

Avant Fun Today

Oh Yea!! Great day of flying...... 5 tanks and a lot of great practice.

When Steve comes back from CA. on Tuesday he has a professional video camera. We are going to try and get some video flying the Avant doing some of the great fun I have been having. The weather here was perfect. It was about time for a good flying day. Tomorrow is suppose to be great also, so I will be out in the afternoon again.

Today I added more Backwards Rolling Circles, Death Spirals and some Piro Flips. The machine was very predictable and stable. Beautiful funnels down near the deck. Forward cyclic Point Tumbles were in the dirt! Overall a great day of flying with good friends.

Neil you were looking really good out there today!

Big Dave - D & M Electronics

Carbon Xtreme Team Pilot and Wildcat Team Pilot

04-10-2005 Over year old.

JitsuGuy
Veteran
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma

I'm jealous for 2 reasons... One, because you had awesome weather today... (35mph gusts here today) and two, you own an Avant.

I can fix two though...

But seriously, congrats on the flights today. Sounds like you did great... It's sweet when the weather and the flying mesh together to make it just an awesome day at the field.

J

04-10-2005 Over year old.

carcrasher
Key Veteran
Location: east coast

I "flew" my Avant. I had the rudder reversed and was trying to land it. to top it off it pulled really bad to the front and to the right. i had it two feet off the ground when a blade hit the dirt. I forgot to compensate for the really bad pull that it was doing. needless to say i feel like an ass right now. If this a sign of how my season is going to be then this really sucks. both blades are gone, spindle, shaft, blade grips, tailboom, flybar, paddles and my confidence is shot to s@#$. oh, and the canopy too.
what a way to start the season.

at least i still have my fury to fly until the avant is up.

04-10-2005 Over year old.

bigglesbutler
Veteran
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

OH CRAP

, sorry to hear that

04-10-2005 Over year old.

Garry-Boy
Key Veteran
Location: Moscow, Russia

Damn! I feel you man!!!!
What a pity!!
Could you say something about Avant crash resistance???
Just curious how it pass over a crash!

Garry.

04-10-2005 Over year old.

carcrasher
Key Veteran
Location: east coast

It can take a crash well. At a glance nothing from the avant kit broke only the canopy. I have to say though the ground was damp. When I picked up the heli the blade that didn't break was dug in about half way. None of the metal landing gear supports broke, the frame looks same as the day that I built it, none of the head mod addons broke off. Also this wasn't a full on nose or tail in dirt dart. It happened from about 3 feet up in normal mode. i think the way that the frame is built and supported with all the spacers helps alot. I may not have been the first to fly the Avant but at least I can say I was the first to dork it or at least man enough to admit that I dorked it.

04-11-2005 Over year old.

Big Dave
Senior Heliman
Location: Hartville, Ohio

Carcrasher,
Sorry to hear of your mishap. It sounds like the Avant parts really survived well. I am glad. It is a very strong machine.
Hope your back in the air soon. If you need any help on setup tips feel free to call me or PM or if you just want to talk about it.

Big Dave - D & M Electronics

Carbon Xtreme Team Pilot and Wildcat Team Pilot

04-11-2005 Over year old.

Big Dave
Senior Heliman
Location: Hartville, Ohio

Anybody else get their Avant going?

I was out again yesterday but only got one flight in.

Today I will be out at 4PM to continue the motor break in and Avant beating in....Hope to get 4 tanks or more.

Big Dave D & M Electronics

Carbon Xtreme Team Pilot and Wildcat Team Pilot

04-11-2005 Over year old.

IDHoverman
Senior Heliman
Location: Jakarta-Indonesia

Man, Avant is really a kick ass machine. I am new to helicopter, and the first hover with Avant is really an eye opener. The one pound diet and the head modification really works. Now, can I have more kits please? Try it and you won't regret it!

04-11-2005 Over year old.

Garry-Boy
Key Veteran
Location: Moscow, Russia

...well, I got through only a couple of tanks while run in.
It was a stormy wind, but I felt Avant as if it was my hand, very responsible in pitch, with almost 0 inertia. Very different feeling comparing with other helis...

Garry.

04-11-2005 Over year old.

Big Dave
Senior Heliman
Location: Hartville, Ohio

Sounds great guys. Keep up the flying and let us know how it is going. I am still making changes here to my setup trying different things to see how it flys. When I am done I will post what my final setup is and why I like it. It really rocks but I am trying to get the optimum performance from the machine for my style of flying which is a combination of Hard 3D and precision manevers as well.

Big Dave - D & M Electronics

Carbon Xtreme Team Pilot and Wildcat Team Pilot

04-12-2005 Over year old.

p401
Heliman
Location: Australia

Mine just arrived

My Avant arrived today. What a beautiful piece of work. The canopy is much stronger than I thought and the metal parts are shinny shinny...

Is there anything I should look out for in the assembly?

04-12-2005 Over year old.

Aziego
Heliman
Location: New Jersey

Mine arrived middle of last week and started assembling it over the weekend. The hardest part for me in the assembly was to get the pins out of tail drive gears. I was not able to budge the pins using an allen key, probably my allen key had too much flex. I eventually ended up using a fine nail setter to drive the pins out.

Also I changed the pinion gear from 12T to 11T to get the 8.45 ratio for my YS. After changing there is a lot of play between the main gear and the pinion. Is this normal for this gear ratio?

04-12-2005 Over year old.

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