Ralphw
Key Veteran
Location: Spring, TX
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You'll love the VE it's a great little heli. There are a couple of things that can improve it for low cost. The VE tends to be a bit overweight, particularly in the tail and with electric helis lighter weight equals longer flights. To lighten it up, use mini servos...a lot of folks (myself included) have found that Hitec HS 85's are great on the swash and the HS 81 is really good on the tail (if you use the 81 on the tail, mount it with the arm inside the frame then get a carbon pushrod for the tail linkage...nice and stiff and you can dump the piano wire and rod guides that come stock...even more weight saving). If you go that route another weight saver is a set of carbon frames. Most of the CF frames for the VE are already cut to fit the Hitec servos perfectly. I bought a set of CF tail feathers as well to lighten up the tail a bit more.
The stock motor will fly the VE pretty well for basic flying (on 8 cells) but it does go through brushes pretty fast. If you know a good RC car guy or shop, have them true the comm on the motor and check the timing...the motor will last a lot longer, have more power, and will eat fewer brushes. One other thing about the brushes...don't use brushes other than the stock JR replacements. I tried several others and had big issues with them all...high heat, low power, commutator damage...all in all, not pretty. The best upgrade for the VE...a Hacker C40-8L motor and a 3s4p LiPO battery...waaaahoooo  !!! Right Lance...??
Any VE questions just ask...I LOVE mine.
VE EXtreme aka FrankenHeli (or the Flying ATM Machine)
Hacker C40-8L, Hacker 40-3p ESC
TP 3s4p LiPO 8200mah pack
CF frames and tail feathers
KSJ Tail assembly w/ MAH 75mm CF blades
KSJ motor mount
Hitec Servos
Extended Tailboom
Quick 15 Head w/ 470mm blades
GMRO Micro V canopy
Ralph W.
"Life's Short, Fly Fast"
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