doorman
Elite Veteran
Location: E.Berne, NY
| Quick Worldwide.... The Other One Speaks!!!!!http://www.ep-8.com/
The site that I have listed above has the heli that I mentioned that has the metal side frames.
But as usual the only person that knows anything about heli's has jumped right in and hijacked this post.... and that is all that I will say about that subject....
So Isaac F, back to the subject at hand.... you have done a lot of work to pull the comparison numbers and yes the parts for the Pegasus "seem" higher, and also your idea for a crash kit is a definite good rule of thumb.... but, let me see if I can shed a little light on this subject for you...
The parts for the Pegasus come complete... you do not have to order three part numbers to build a control arm... another words, if there is a ball link, a bearing, washers, nuts, and any other misc parts that are needed to make it work, They Are In The Bag... and as we are talking about this, the importer is working on being able to get some of the "just" the plastic parts, less bearings, to help reduce the cost, but these things take a little time... so, it is being looked at...
Now let me tell you about my first day of flying the Pegasus, and why my thoughts on a crash kit are now being reconsidered!!!
I purchased my Pegasus and made a deal with Ron (importer) that we would take it out of the box at our heli event and put it together and test fly it right then and there, out of the box and on the flight line in UNDER 2 hours... So we did just that... at 10:30am, Ron started wrenching... and between talking to interested pilots and all the normal "bs" that goes on at a fun fly, he still had it ready in under 2 hours...and keep in mind that I had not flown one of these yet....
So we take it out to the flight line with it running a little on the rich side and Ron is trying to explain to me what it was going to feel like and what to expect (he was facing me while talking), but while he was giving me instructions, the heli was behind him in a ROCK SOLID HOVER....and when he finally turned around he was just smiling!!!.. It took about 3 clicks of trim on the fore and aft to make her sit there hands off... How bad is that for OUT OF THE BOX???
Then over the course of the day, Ron brought out some of his machines, each with it's own little differences, since these were the machines that he had used for testing and deciding to import this special little machine... The first one that he gives me to fly took off fine, and just as I rotated into forward flight, the elevator servo died, and the nose stayed in the down position, and went directly in from about 20 feet up at almost full throttle... damage, crunched side frames, and one mixing arm to the blade grip...and one landing gear skid...(oh yeah, and a NEW SERVO!!) This is ALL that was required to put this little bird back into the air... also, not one trim change was needed on the test flight after the rebuild....and I promise, this was not a pretty landing!!! NO main shaft, spindle, flybar,tail boom or blades.....
Later in the day, a unidentified pilot (RG are his initials!! ) Got caught off guard a little and "Slapped" one of these into our metal barrier fence....looked as if it should be totaled.... cleaned it off, inspected every nut bolt and screw, changed one mixing arm and it was back in the air in under 30 minutes....again NO main shaft, spindle, flybar,tail boom or blades.....
Seems to me this little machine is light enough NOT to dig that big expensive hole when you do "dumb thumb" it into the ground, but still flies quite well and handles the wind like a 30 sized would... These are just some of my thoughts on the unit, and sorry about rambling on so long, but I just thought that people should know that this thing can take a beating and keep on ticking... (New name Timex!!!)
Stan 
If there is a cure for this, please don't tell me about it!!! |
...... it showed up at my door today at just about noon
......THANKS GUY'S
