Andy’s Blog

Oh, did I mention that I went  a bit mad with a black marker pen?

Well here is the conclusion of that ;P

Marker pen stealth V1.0

I have now changed my stock radio for a Spektrum DX6i, I wasnt going to change till next year but the stock rx doesnt allow remote gain control.
As soon as I got it I upgraded the heli, it was a bit touch and go setting things up but with help from the guys at Heliguy forum we got there in the end

I have had a couple of flights and I am over the moon with the new programmable handset, what a unit for the price!
Also, I have fitted some nice little lights to the heli, well it is almost christmas ;P

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Oad3TZhEg

Been practicing in the living room last day or so, during the last hover the tail belt started to slip in a major way causing me major headaches with keeping the tail where I wanted it.
As I have accumulated a good few upgrade parts I opted to strip the heli down and upgrade a whole load of bits, this was a little scary so I took pictures as I went and labeled everything as I went.

Guides and Mods I used (Thanks guys!)
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/guide-how-to-level-your-swashplate-t5908.html
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/king-v2-setup-video-t11353.html
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/esky-king-2-cnc-tail-assembly-instructions-t22401.html  Tail/slider mod

Upgraded parts I fitted

43t pulley and belt

Powertech HPS18100

Some other pics of the build

Old stock gyro

Old stock servos

Off with her tail

Old tail servo

Checking tail servo direction

Tail box with new 10t rotor shaft

New cyclic servos fitted

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You can see the result of all these upgrades and mods @ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=29Xc5Nyewz4

Had a few bits turn up from HK & Heliguy this week, stocked up on spares

I ended up stripping the heli right down and made a good few tweaks including drilling out the tail control slider, moving the boom a wee bit to tighten the belt and cleaning down the head while fixing the bell control arm.
It was really tempting to throw on a load of upgrades I have sitting here ready, but I am holding back for when I can do some circuits and 8s, plus I might as well use up some of these plastic spares first ;P

Wow, now that I have stripped, cleaned and re-lubed all the head, swash and washout the heli flies like new. i think the straight feather shaft is also helping ;P
Only had time for a quick spin up and tweak but I well impressed with the results, I’ll do a few packs tomorrow and let you know how I get on

Had a go at hovering the heli outside at the weekend, just a shame it ended in the heli going down nose first taking out a set of blades and breaking the canopy ;(
I fixed her up with new woodies and used a load of tape on the shell.
I thought all was well but used a couple of packs today and ended with a small crash
Bent the feather shaft and broken a paddle control arm, its not all bad though as the dodgy feather shaft explains why I had some control issues (thought it was me at the time).

I’ve taken the opportunity to give the heli a good check over as new parts are on order giving me a few days off, this is the first full strip down from new so I will now apply some of the knowledge I have learnt over the last 2 weeks i.e. level out the swash and check for hidden damage.
While I’m at it I will check the tail belt as this is prone to wear (rear gear and belt dont mesh to well).

The stock motor died today, was having a quick hover in the living room when all off a sudden the motor started making a loud noise that sounded like metal grinding on metal, the heli lost power and the tail went a bit mad for a few seconds, fortunately I landed the heli okay
So I’m now in the process of stripping the motor and old ESC out to make way for the 3900 motor and EK1-0350 ESC, while I’m there I am going to fit the Extreme frame stiffener I bought a few days ago.

See you on the other side