JCadwell
Key Veteran
Location: Richland WA/ Morro Bay, CA
| Which engine do you have in your Nexus? The OS32 SXH ABC engine, or the OS32-H ringed engine?
The 515's won't auto very well (the nexus isn't a great auto'er with the 530's either) and you'll have to run a higher headspeed or more pitch to get the same lift as larger blades. It will be a little less stable, but more responsive. The Nexus has limited pitch range available. You might not be able to give the nexus enough pitch to take full advantage of the engine's power if you are running an SXH, and still have much negative pitch.
It sounds like you are relatively new to this. My advice is to fly the Nexus as is. Learn to hover with it, and progress into forward flight. At some point you might break the blades. If so, buy the bigger set.
If (more like when) you crash the Nexus hard, add up all the parts you broke, realize that it is not the cheapest heli to repair, and buy something better, like a Raptor, Sceadu, or Hawk IV that has cheaper parts, is nicer, or is more capable.
The nexus flys reasonably well for a beginner helicopter. It isn't any hard to fly than any other heli. It isn't as responsive or capable as some of the more recently designed machines.
Thanks, John Cadwell |
From my research it seems as if they are almost the same. The raptor seems cheaper to fix. Is that true?
