fly boy 1
Senior Heliman
Location: Milwaukee,WI
| I got my Aurora flying today, and I have to say it really was worth the wait. I had an EFX, and I have to say it's really not an all CX Avant. The heli has an amazingly smooth hover, fast cyclic, and snappy collective feel. I'm currently running mine with 1900 rpm in idleup, 14* of collective, and the swash is maxed out on cyclic. It locks in during all maneuvers to the point that it rivals the feel of a properly set up flybarless machine. I had a scale at the field today, and mine without the canopy is 9 pounds 9 ounces. The canopy alone unpainted is about 5 ounces, so it should be around 7-8 max when it's done. So rtf with a nice canopy, it'll be about 10 pounds even.
The only thing that I noticed as unusual from other helis I've built/flown is that there is a significant amount of gear noise, coming from the main gear. I did have a high spot that was very tight, so I'd suspect thats where the noise is coming from, but as the gears set in it's quieting down a bit.
I'm very happy about mine, can't wait to hear from more of you guys when you get yours done.
Eric |
