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e-Century Hummingbird - Swift > Orion Micro Elite Modified & Hummingbird?

Art-Tistic
Senior Heliman
Location: Somerset, NJ

Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone has tried the Orion motor in their HB. If so will it work with the stock mixer & tail motor? What size pinion for the main?

I want to upgrade my main motor which gets very hot after about 5-7mins of flying. Since I went to Etec 1200 LiPols I would like a motor that will give me longer flights without risking burn-up. I really dont want to go brushless because of the expense.

any other motor/pinion recco's are welcomed as long as they work well with the Hummingboard and stock tail motor.

Thanks for the advice!

Anthony

04-09-2003 Over year old.

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Intruder
Senior Heliman
Location: Algonquin, Illinois

Elite micro

I run the elite micro modified motor with the stock hummingboard.

Works great, very smooth. 9-12 tooth pinions work well, different performance and runtimes.

Here's the pic

I'm making the shaft collars if anyone wants one PM me.

UP = Away From The Center Of The Earth

04-10-2003 Over year old.

Art-Tistic
Senior Heliman
Location: Somerset, NJ

Thanks for the quick reply. My LHS has the motor for $45 and they have a 9T pinion. What can I expect with a 2pack of Etec 1200's?
Runtime, performance, does the motor get very warm? do I need to do any mods to the tail setup? Do you think this motor will have a much greater lifespan then the stock. My other option is a Speed 280 BB from tower for $22, but I've heard alot of great things about Orion. Also I noticed that there where no caps on your motor terminals......Not needed? Are you noticing any glitching?

Sorry for all the Q's but my LHS will only hold the Mtr for a day and I don't want to through away $45-50

Thanks
Ant

04-10-2003 Over year old.

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Intruder
Senior Heliman
Location: Algonquin, Illinois

No caps needed

No caps needed on a coreless motor. Very little noise. I'm not running li-polys. but with the stock battery I'm getting near double the run time.

The motor gets warm compared to the stock motor which i would say gets scorching hot. Li-polys are next.

I also ran the 280BB motor, a Sagami with replaecable brushes. It works very well also not as hot as stock, similar run times with a 10 or 11 tooth pinion.

I now have two orion micro elite modified motors in my two flight ready hummers. Sssssshhhhhhhhh don't tell everyone, or you won't be able to get the motor anywhere.

Ken

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04-10-2003 Over year old.

Art-Tistic
Senior Heliman
Location: Somerset, NJ

Tell everyone what......LOL

Do you think the performance willbe good with the 9T thats availabel at my LHS or do you have a better rec? Also did you ever get the camera to work? I'm very interested in that concept ....especially in my line of work.

Thanks!
Ant

04-10-2003 Over year old.

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stevem
Senior Heliman
Location: Oklahoma

The 280bb acro motor (6v Sagami) from Hobby Lobby with an 8 tooth pinion is much hotter than the stock motor. Perhaps the post above was using the 7.2V motor?

I have a lot of flights on my hummer with one and 2S 1200mah E-Techs and the performance is about as much as the tail rotor will allow

With a 7 cell birdseed pack the performance is also much better than stock.

A bit cost prohibitive though at around $40.00 but you can replace the brushes if they ever wear out.

Have fun and let us know what you end up using!

Steve

04-10-2003 Over year old.

Intruder
Senior Heliman
Location: Algonquin, Illinois

Hot = Temperature

Hot: meaning, temperature in the above post not performance.

And actually the motor was rated on the packaging at 7.2 - 8.4 v

It did not get as hot (temperature) as the stock motor and had similar run times as the stock motor using an 11 tooth pinion.

Ken

UP = Away From The Center Of The Earth

04-11-2003 Over year old.

rhd
Heliman
Location: Spring Praire

Were do you get your ETEC batteries?
RD

04-12-2003 Over year old.

Art-Tistic
Senior Heliman
Location: Somerset, NJ

E-tech

You can get the E-Tech cells at many places. 2 that I would highly reccommend are;

www.helihobby.com
www.dreamhobbies.com

They both sell single cells and ready-made packs.

Ant

04-12-2003 Over year old.

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