flyingquisinart
Senior Heliman
Location: Detroit Area
| Finally, finally.
Bought the darn thing at the end of October after reading up about it and getting tired of this part or that part crapping out on me on my Raptor 30 v1. Been so busy I haven't had time to get out and fly. Plus, all the "kids" on the block have 50's so I wanted to upgrade.
Slogged out to my "field" which was more of a swamp today, fueled her up the Hyper started easily even at 3 turns out (new motor). Boy that thing goes through fuel, especially when running slobbering rich! This thing's going to have a ton of power--even now it has muscle running super rich.
I love it already! All I did was hover and do some slow figure 8's, but I'm doing far less corrections than my R30--I assume it's due to far less slop! It just feels smooth and predictable. I'm using the stock paddles with no weight, the outer hole on the included seesaw, and the included swashball extensions. This thing is stable! I imagine with the weights and without the swashball extensions it would be like it was sitting on a tabletop when hovering. The blades are slightly out of track, which I didn't fix yet because I forgot to bring tracking tape.
There's a pinging sound on spool-up, so I hope that's a loose belt, and not the bearing on the pinion gear. I followed the addendum and used some JB weld but maybe it came loose anyway. Also had some tail drift and a slight buzz at the tail fin, which I hope is just from running the engine so rich.
must have been a downdraft |
