RunRyder - How much Flying?

rrTV-PHOTO

New HD TV

HOME rrTV-PHOTO GALLERIES MY GALLERY HELP-FAQ

myHOME PM pmRR MEMBERS 304 ONLINE 21 EVENTS SEARCH REGISTER START HERE

2 pages [ << < 1 ( 2 ) > >> ]

870 views

POST REPLY

Heli Wholesaler	.	3D Heli Depot	.	JR-Spektrum
	.		.

Audacity Models Pantera 50 - Tiger 50 > How much Flying?

MartyH
Key Veteran
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Drained gallon #12 this evening in a drizzle. The wind was pretty calm and I pulled out a Raptor 50 I hadn't flown in a while. It was an awesome evening. Tomorrow I head back with gallon #13, the Raptor 50 and a Pantera 50.

Marty,
Raptors,Evos, Panteras and more

06-14-2008 02:34 AM

billm
Key Veteran
Location: Liberty Lake, WA

got a few gallons to burn this weekend.
The first this summer.
BBC and Panteras will be burning nitro.

My name is Billm. Cough, and I'm a Heli Holic

06-14-2008 02:39 AM

MartyH
Key Veteran
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Made my way into gallon #13. I have tomorrow morning and evening free to fly! Finally have a great weekend of weather and a clear schedule. Hope you guys are burning fuel and enjoying the hobby!

Marty,
Raptors,Evos, Panteras and more

06-15-2008 04:12 AM

Mr.HillBilly
Senior Heliman
Location: Salesville, OH - USA

Well I started to get a 2nd tank in and I cooked the starter. It has been acting up for the last few weeks but it decided to go out today.

06-15-2008 05:58 PM

billm
Key Veteran
Location: Liberty Lake, WA

Better a cooked starter then a cooked heli.
Sucked down another gallon this weekend. 75deg light wind.

My name is Billm. Cough, and I'm a Heli Holic

06-16-2008 12:15 AM

MartyH
Key Veteran
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Me too. Flew the end of gallon #12, all of #13 and tapped gallon #14 as I finished up flying the Tiger this evening. Weather was very cooperative finally!

Marty,
Raptors,Evos, Panteras and more

06-16-2008 01:57 AM

Mr.HillBilly
Senior Heliman
Location: Salesville, OH - USA

I thought about chucking up the start shaft into a drill but I thought that it might be a sign not to fly today.

Marty if you keep burning a gallon and a half a day you are going to get the EPA after us.

06-16-2008 03:13 AM

centuryman
Veteran
Location: deerriver,mn usa

I bought 6 cases in late december. sold 1 case to a buddy and i have i case left so thats 16 gallons,but in the last 2 months i've been flying mostly my fleet of 600 e helis and have only burned 2 gallons of nitro since,but i have about 700/800 flights in on my eletrics in those 2 months

last year i flew nothing but nitro and went through 12 cases,that's 48 gallon's.
like the man said if you aint flyin you aint trying.

06-16-2008 03:37 AM

MartyH
Key Veteran
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Thats funny John. That was over the course of a weekend between my Raptor 60, raptor 50 and the Audacity Tiger. I wont burn much this week. I have some non-model stuff to do but it makes me yearn for and appreciate the heli flying time when I do make it back out. Reads like Centuryman is sicker than all of us.....probably single too-or should be!

Marty,
Raptors,Evos, Panteras and more

06-16-2008 02:18 PM

centuryman
Veteran
Location: deerriver,mn usa

Not single . but the wife works afternoon's and it's been slow at work so only work 40 hours a week last 6 month's,

I figure anything worth doing is worth doing well.with that being said i logged 60 plus flights last weekend.with eletrics you get alot more flight time then with nitro's,less repair and more flying ,plus it's about half the cost ,and the performance of a good e setup can't be touched be a nitro of any kind.

Take for instance on saterday i started the day with one of my knights,of course the starting shaft failed so i sucked the fuel out and grabbed the other knight. it took me an hour to get 2 flights in. with my eletrics i can get 6 /8 flights in easy in an hour .plus i can fly out of my back yard so that helps big time,so far no complaint's from the neighbors,but i try to only fly the e heli's in the back yard to be curtious to the neighbors.

06-17-2008 04:25 AM

billm
Key Veteran
Location: Liberty Lake, WA

Flew last night. I took a nap after work and headed out to the field when it got dark. The Tiger night ship with it's new lighted tail blades flew great! I think with a E ship you could log that many flights. I fly my e-ship at lunch. 4 min flight on a charge. If I had a sh$t load of batterys I could stuff a ton of flights in a lunch hour.
I get 10 on a tank with nitro. do the math per hour.
I think if we are talking about how many flights. We should log flight time.
Then it's all the same.
But as long as your flying, your trying. Thats a good thing.

My name is Billm. Cough, and I'm a Heli Holic

06-18-2008 02:17 AM

centuryman
Veteran
Location: deerriver,mn usa

I have 7 e helis and 12 batteries, 7 chargers ,4 power supplies and a generator.

no waiting here.
with my flying style i only get 7/8 minutes flight time on nitro's ,6 min on my venture.and 4 minutes on eletrics so i figure 2 to 1.seams like the more i fly the shorter my flight times get and the hotter my batteries get.

Guess i must be haveing fun

today on my trex 500 with a 6s 2500 battery,on a 4 minute flight i put back 2450 witch is way past 80% i normally put back 1800 to 2000 in 4 minutes.but a buddy was over and i guess i had to show off and i never let up to let it get a breather.funny i here of guys getting 6 plus minutes on the same set up,the first 2 (shake down flights ) i got 6 min but not more then 4.5 since.

06-18-2008 06:20 AM

billm
Key Veteran
Location: Liberty Lake, WA

Another 3/4 of a gallon today between the Pantera III and the BBC.
Thunder boomers stopped the fun.

My name is Billm. Cough, and I'm a Heli Holic

06-22-2008 01:02 AM

2 pages [ << < 1 ( 2 ) > >> ]

870 views

POST REPLY

Gyro Hobbies	.	E-flite	.	Next D
	.		.

Audacity Models Pantera 50 - Tiger 50 > How much Flying?

PRINT TOPIC

Advertisers

Subscribe to This Topic