misskimo
Key Veteran
Location: Alaska 12 years before , mississippi for 31 y
| hey Chuck , well its not cheap either , but Im sure happy with both my Ions and with a a 50 ion I just bought from my cuz , which is a cut down version of the big Ion , still dont save money in a crash , I dont think anyone saves money in any crash,  . but it does happen,
the Video just showed how many watts I could get through the heli , that was with 710 MAH tappers , you should see the video of the same setup with the blade bitting 710 V flashers , hit 4358 watts , 4000 watts all day long that motor (actro 32-4) can handle .
The 40-160 is the big price jump with this heli , 650 bucks , but its the only one proven to handle HV or up to 60 volts which Im running 58 V. one other good thing is how well it handles lower throttle % wich most people run the max on . as you know anything under 85% will shut down , this one dont , 160 continues amps and 210 peak amps is GREAT! well worth it in my book ,
Steves Orks can't hang with the actros yet ! to small , the 1912 can dish out plenty of power that can match the 32-3 , but you need CO2 to keep it cool , but to tell the truth , no one knows how its going to hold up to summer heat yet! it might do well and have a running temp and stay there , the other problem is , hard to get the motor , I do think the 1915 will be the one to keep up with the actro 32-?? series motors .
price of the heli will determan what you want as far as power, stock setup , hacker , will run 1400 bucks , I ordered mine without the hacker setup and a actro mount kit ,
batteries , 2 5s4p 6 to 800 , could be deals out there , so watch for them , and your radio gear , blades , I have another video in my gallery of my 10s4p Ion that has about 8% less power than my 14s so you can see what you will get .
I did do a few hop ups the first of the winters , 14mz , and slapped on a TJ pro to get the ultimate gov control , 80% will be so smooth , cant wait to try it
Im not that great at flying yet , this Ion was the reason of doing stunts I never thought about doing . next spring , I will be 70% better , SIM SIM and more SIM , I sure like to do inverted autos
Tony
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