T.J. Kong
Senior Heliman
Location: Northern California
| I'm bummed...I still fly mine regularly and love it. It is so relaxing to fly and I get 20min flight times out of it. The HB was my first r/c aircraft of any kind. Without it, I would not be into r/c today. I started with a v2 when it was first introduced. I read a lot about the competitors of the time, Piccolo and Hornet. I decided on the HB and could not have been happier. I flew it with the original Birdseed batteries. I tried stock blades, Like90 blades, and M24 blades. I've tried the dual motor tail setup and direct drive. With the direct drive, I've tried every tail rotor blade out there, 3020, 3030, 4030, and 6050. I've flow it with the inexpensive Johnson motor and brushless. I've flown it with a bell-hiller mixer and flybarless. I tried retiring the HB once and was going to make a Huey like Madguns and Pigs. I just couldn't do it and after experimenting with flybarless, I put her back together and have been flying her ever since. I've got a slight bend in the main shaft and while looking for a replacement, I learned that Century abandoned their entire Hummingbird line. What a mistake. Ironically, I bought a bunch of M24 blades because I thought they might be discontinued. Now my poor Hummingbird has been discontinued and I'm still on my first set of M24's. The Hummingbird taught me all of the basics, from hovering to circuits to nose-in. My final setup is: mothed, chopped M24's, 3s 730 lipos, Razor heli motor, medussa brushless tail (4030 prop), 2 CC10 ESC's, G190 gyro, the original landing gear (well...original skids, the struts have been replaced a dozen times.
Century, you made a big mistake. With all of your poor support for the 3DPro and now that you've stopped parts support for your entire Hummingbird line, you have lost a customer. Why should I buy a Swift if you are unwilling to support your other product lines?
Edit: I almost forgot, It's also been on floats. |
