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e-Ikarus Piccolo-Eco 8/16 > What happened to all the Eco8 flyers?

Greybird
Veteran
Location: Davie, Florida

No one flys these anymore? I still fly mine. They really do fly nice. I was considering a Trex 500 when they come out. I think I will continue with my Eco and save the money.

11-21-2007 02:52 PM

mjdee14
Senior Heliman
Location: Nashville , TN

ECO 8

Greybird, I'm with you....where did they all go???

I check all the sites each day and never any new ECO posts..except at
RC Groups.

I guess everyon has their ECO flying good.

I took mine out the other day after installing a new DX7 radio..hoverd it several times to tweak it out but when I flew the first flight, it lost power at altitude and hit tera firma a little harder than normal....

So far visible damage limited to tail strike and some stripped servo gears... Will get it back in the air as soon as possible.

I also flew a hurricane 550 for the first time....what a difference in power !! but batteries are a lot more expensive also.

I still love the ECO and hope there will be support parts for years to come.

If you want to color your clear canopy, just paint the inside with any plastic compatible paint...it makes it look really cool.

See mine...

Now...where are all the other ECo flyers...

11-21-2007 04:14 PM

copperclad
Elite Veteran
Location: ..

hi
mines been up in the attic collecting dust for a few years now

, i was over at the ikarus forum the other day and it is all but dried up , looks like about a post a week

, the eco was my first CP heli and i will never forget it

, glad to see you guys are still flying and enjoying yours , have a great holiday , dana

11-21-2007 04:33 PM

Greybird
Veteran
Location: Davie, Florida

I just flew my Eco for 2 battery packs. Their is NO wind today. Very fun!

11-22-2007 01:36 PM

Bladebeater
Heliman
Location: Surrey UK

Greybird,

Dont worry you are not alone

I would always choose my Eco8 over my Trex450. As they say size matters

Blade

11-22-2007 05:29 PM

evocrasher
Heliman
Location: smyrna

If anybody is interested there is a Eco16 on runryders for sale for 200.00 go to electric heli classified look for balsapro. He is the person selling it. He is a good guy to deal with and trust.

11-23-2007 05:45 AM

S3rr0R
New Heliman
Location: Papendrecht, The Netherlands

Well Greybird, ther are some out there...

After rummaging around with Walkera stuff me and my brother in law both bought a second hand ECO 8. Surprisingly how cheap you can get these things. All that's missing now is a couple of gyro's and cells.

They'll be arriving this week, so we can finally get to grips with them. Will probably be needing the advice in this forum when getting them back into the air.

11-23-2007 10:06 AM

lloyd
Veteran
Location: South Africa, PE

I nearly bought one here but the parts are just too expensive.........

future of nitro is ELECTRIC

11-23-2007 11:24 AM

Chachin
Senior Heliman
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL

Hello Jim,

I recently got my Eco-16 airborne for a couple of flights too. It still has a tail/skid vibration at high headspeeds. I'm going to try a couple of different things this weekend which I hope will solve the problem. I'm running it on 5S TP Extreme and it's got some power, maybe too much for what it can handle... hehe.

Chachin..

11-23-2007 12:28 PM

Greybird
Veteran
Location: Davie, Florida

Chachin. How long have you been flying RC heli's? I hope someday to whip them around like you do.

11-23-2007 03:27 PM

tryan02
Elite Veteran
Location: Canton, Missouri

I messed up. My first heli was a Eco8 I built from the box. I never flew it. I ended up buying a blade cp pro what a mistake! I ended up selling the Eco8 to buy a Futaba 6ex. I now have been flying the honeybee king V2 for a while and love it. Now I want a bigger heli I wish I would of held onto it.

Futaba gets it right the first time.

11-23-2007 03:46 PM

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mjdee14
Senior Heliman
Location: Nashville , TN

Now we just need to hope they will continue parts support. Hopefully the Royal has enough similar parts and there are enough aftermarket parts that we can keep these flying for a while.

Then there are few out there with home lathes that can pretty much make anything needed.

Also....with all the helis out there and the "Resourcefull" people on these forums most any problem can be solved....ie parts swap from other helis, etc.

Mike... Blade CP, HBCP2, Revo w/belt drive, Zoom 400, Eco 8, Hurricane 550, DX7 2.4

11-23-2007 04:54 PM

integy2
Heliman
Location: Walnut, California USA

Keep flying ECO-8 guys.

integy2

11-28-2007 11:54 PM

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stevehickey6
Heliman
Location: rotherham,south yorkshire,england

hi all i to note since i started going to forums no post for eco 8

mine has been an on and of project i have 3 in total

1 fully modded
1 jetranger just a few mods
1 part done

after getting my walker 36 to hover good i finaly gave eco 8 a go what a joy its not fully setup ie pitch ect but feels so good compared to walkera and my trex 450

lot of people pull the walker 36 down but it was because of learning on that helli gave me courage to try my eco

i at min use 10 cell batterys but have some 3 cell lippos that i use in walkera and trex they are only 3 celss 2200 ah could these be used in my eco ?

eco8 stock, eco 8 moded, Trex 450s, walkera #36, aerohawk, esky honeybee

04-10-2008 11:39 AM

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Rob_T
Elite Veteran
Location: Tualatin, OR - USA

I think trying to run a single 3S 2200 pack in an Eco would be a very frustrating experience. Not much flight time, and I wouldn't expect the battery to last very many cycles at that load.

Using 2 packs in parallel should work reasonably well - you just need a "Y" lead to connect the 2 together. I used to fly my Eco-8 on a 3S 8000 pack, and got close to 30 minutes of sport flying (not 3D) with a Mega brushless motor. (I say "used to" because I haven't flown my Eco for about a year...)

Rob
Eco8, Piccolo Fun, Shogun, HB Elite CP, Trex 450XL CDE, Swift

04-10-2008 07:41 PM

spotlight
New Heliman
Location: Los Angeles ,California

i am still flying the eco 8

check out my gallery soptlight

05-13-2008 04:55 AM

stevehickey6
Heliman
Location: rotherham,south yorkshire,england

ouch nice hellis i like the bo best but cant seem to get hold of one my jetranger is finnished now but i thinking of doing a new paint scheme on it yours look very nice

eco8 stock, eco 8 moded, Trex 450s, walkera #36, aerohawk, esky honeybee

05-13-2008 08:36 AM

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stevehickey6
Heliman
Location: rotherham,south yorkshire,england

thanks for reply rob yes i made a y lead not tried it yet though

eco8 stock, eco 8 moded, Trex 450s, walkera #36, aerohawk, esky honeybee

05-13-2008 08:37 AM

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Chachin
Senior Heliman
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL

Hey Jim, I never answered your question... sorry. Been flying for about 5 years now and still addicted to helis

. Good to see there are still plenty of Eco-8 flyers out there.

Chachin..

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