helicopter34
Veteran
Location: New Jersey, exit 82
| Just got oneI am just getting through about my 4th week after purchase of my hornet and still haven't really flown it that well. I can tell you some of my experiences, stuff that I have learned that I would have done differently. I got a package deal from heliproz that came with a the ms gyro, battery, charger, kit, esc, motor for 400. I prob should have gotten a combo from helihobby because the non heading hold gyro is a pain to setup on such a figity helicopter, therefore I ended up buying a 240 gyro. I didn't need the charger either cause I have a triton. My first failure was (actually theres been about 4 or 5 so I don't know the order) were the tail gears. I didn't know they were so sensitive and when I was installing, I had to briefly remove them and I gues I put excessive force on them because I destroyed teeth. When I tried to fly it would skip and make the tail die at higher pitches. This cause the conical pinion and the motor pinion to strip. So I order a titanium tail shaft, and speed up gears as well as the bearings for the speedup gears and I replacement bearing for a crappy bearing from the kit. It worked for a little before it started skipping again. I believe the culprit for this new skippage, we first from one of the gears getting stripped. I had used a 16 and 18 gear combo and I find that the gear notches on the 16 or so small and delicate that it doesnt take much to strip them. That what a probably loose mesh, it began to skip and stripped. Well then I just ordered the stock tail gears because they are 1/4 the price so I did the mod where you cut off the larger section of the gear so they run truer. Well this worked for the tail. Except the gyro was setup crappy and it went wild all of sudden and I ended up crashing. The damage was only a small crack in the main blades which I prob will just tape (but ordered new ones in case) and a broken blade grip and lost bolt. So in frustration I just ordered a 240 gyro new blade grip and new blades. I also got a 9 tooth metal pinion for the tail (I find the stock black 180 tooth gear to be pretty strong so far and the pinions much weaker of links). Hopefully with this new delivery I can get some of my moneys worth out of this thing. Oh, I also bought a carbon servo plate because the stock setup didn't seem too good.
Other setup errors that I would recommend not making unless you want to go through some of what I did. If you have any metal servo linkages lieing around, replace the stock tail servo control rod with something that is adjustable. Make sure you don't screw in the grub screws too tight on the carbon tail or it will crack. Make sure you put grease in on the threads of the screws that the tail blades screw in with, this will help the tail not wag as much. Make sure there is no slop anywhere in the tail setup. Also grease all the gears and moving parts. Oil the bearings. Don't forget to run in your stock motor. I can't really think of anything else right now.
I don't know what equiptment you already have but if I were to buy agian from the start
Your custom package includes:
# Description Regular Discount
1. Hornet Sport Collective Pitch basic kit 168.15
2. No Transmitter needed 0 0
3. Berg Receiver 6 Channel using Fuataba / Hitec shift 42.75
4. Four HS-50 Hitec Servos with Horns 120.84
5. Futaba GY240 Gyro with Heading Hold 104.50
6. 18T/18T Gears and two bearings 8.75
Totals Regular price $484.20 Discount price $444.99 |
