racerdude
Heliman
Location: NYC
| Thanks for all your helpful hints, The batteries are very generic, They have no C ratings printed on them. Search on e-bay for "2 pcs li-po" and you will see an item by the seller R/CMODELFUN
Sounded like a good deal. I charged them fully with the included charger, it-says LI-Ion charger instead of Li-poly, I assume that charges it to 4.1 V instead of 4.2, whic is about 95% (4.1V-3V)/(4.2V-3V)~=.954
I checked with the gear mesh, and put a paper between the gears and turned them, it turned with some resistance, so I think the distance is fine, the gears run freely, but do feel a little different than the 10 teeth.
The Heli has extra weight like homemade training gear made of 4 ping pong balls and 2 crossed fiber sticks. The standard battery handles it fine.
Chuckhager: I actually have to decrease the blade pitch to get it to work with the lipos, it works fine with stock battery even with higher blade pitch. with the lipos it seems to stall more and more as I give more throttle.
The motor and the battery get hot, even with a lot of holes cut on the canopy. If I let the heli rest for 30 seconds it works fine for about another 30 seconds and then seems like the battery is dying. But the battery has pleny to juice left in it.
MadRCPilot77 and Plasma: I think I am going over the C rating, I think all of the following account a bit to it:
The extra weight of the training gear
The slightly beat up flat blades which do cause extra friction in air.
Slightly worn out plastic gear in the gear mesh.
I just want to hover and so some forward and easy flying(I am still learning) no acrobatics. You think it is safe to hook up the 2 lipos in parallel, that way there is less load (less current drawn) for each even with the extra weight of the second lipo, it seems like both of them put together weigh the same as the stock battery. They won't blow up or anything? |
