http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy Just another Heliguy.com weblog Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:36:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/23/cheap-spray-job-p/ 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 ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/23/new-radio/ 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 ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/16/complete-strip-down-and-upgrade/ 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 ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/11/she-lives/ 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 ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/05/erm-ooops/ 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 ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/11/01/brushless-here-i-come/ Okay so I put the heli down for a couple of days and take a break, the last few days at work have left me tired in the evenings. Tonight I get home and look at 3 packs sitting on the side fully charged and ready to go, have a beer ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/10/28/a-rest-is-good/ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zSkyX0qFE http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jyXfQrCyhRM http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/10/26/more-practice-on-the-sim-and-a-bit-of-hover-practice-with-the-hbk2/ I'm getting my teeth stuck in to Real Flight, took a while to get my handset running with all the controls right way round but its sorted now :)I can hold a hover and have started to fly about a bit tail in, gonna be glued to the SIM with ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/10/24/lots-of-sim-practice-oh-and-a-bit-of-a-dink-p/ Been reading up on the setup of the HBK2, it seems "RTF" doesn't mean you can "fly it out of the box" i.e. ready to fly... So I have been having a play to make sure it hovers correctly and all looks good :) Strange as it seems I am now going ... http://heliguy.com/rchelicopterblogs/andy/2008/10/19/got-the-heli-today/