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Xnova are excellent motors, can’t go wrong there. If you want high end then Kontronik Pyros are excellent too. For ESCs Hobbywing Platinum, Scorpion Tribunus and Kontronik Jive are all great. the SAB manuals usually have good suggestions

If the zip tie cant go round the main shaft you can put it round the grip with the 'tail' pointing down and trimmed to length so it rests close to the swash. This is how i usually do it. But you are right in that zip-ties are flexible so you do need to take a bit of extra care that it's not...

Swash leveler ! Personally i usually just use the zip-tie method to level the swash but yours looks very well thought out. One advantage of the zip tie though is that you dont need to remove the head to fit it.

Phil, With the Hobbywing (BEC equipped versions) 130A ESC you are not supposed to connect a second BEC input in parallel with the first. This is because the BEC in the 130A ESC has no protection from reverse current flow. If wired up as shown it could potentially damage one or both ESCs...

You need to know which version of the ESC you have got. If it’s the OPTO then it doesn’t have a BEc, so it has no voltage supply to the receiver so the receiver and FBL simply won’t work. the OOTO version has ‘OPTO’ marked on the side, and the BEC version is marked ‘Super BEC’ (see attached...

Phil, When you say 'non-OPTO' do you mean that they both are the type with the BEC? Essentially the procedure I outlined above is equivalent to channel mixing, but instead of actually mixing channels you are taking advantage of the programming features of the Jeti Rx to output the same channel...

PS.. There are two versions of the HW 130A, one with BEC and one without (a.k.a. 'OPTO'). I'm assuming in the above discussion that both ESC's are the model with built in BEC**** However if they are the OPTO version then it works much the same but you wouldn't use the auxiliary BEC cables...

Providing you are not intending to use the Spirit's own governor function then if you wanted to use two independent throttle leads direct to the Rx is should be possible without mixes. What you can do (I think) is assign throttle channel to two separate pin outputs in your receiver (say pin 1...

Very nice. I had one of the very first XLPower kits which i got given for trial/evaluation almost 3 years ago. It was the 520 which is basically the same heli as the 550. Great heli! It's a 'no fuss' simple design, all very straightforward and conventional but all the better for it. It's very...

My favourite FBL is the Spirit2 or Spirit Pro. Excellent units with nice alloy case, full stability and rescue functions and best tech support ever. The Brain2 /iKon2 is a good unit too. vbar Neo is a good unit too but is more expensive if you want rescue, and really only makes sense if you go...

You can set D/R and expo in the Tx the same as you would a plane. Each flight mode can have different settings if you wish.

If it were mine I'd go the SPM4648. This is a diversity antenna remote receiver. It gives a more secure signal than the standard Spektrum satellite receiver due to it's diversity antenna (basically it's like having two receivers) . This just plugs into the satellite port in the side of the FBL...

On the subject of the tilting to the left as the rotors come up to speed. A small error on swash level wouldn't usually cause that. I would be worth a few checks: Check that you havent got any trim or sub-trim applied in the Tx (on helis I always disable trims to prevent any accidentally being...

I usually use the zip tie method to level my swashes. But if you do need an Align leveller and you are stuck give me a shout, I’ve got one you can borrow.

Sneaked out under the lockdown radar again

Nice fleet! I hope the rules relax soon so you can get it flown

Nice safe maiden, well done Keith !

Not seeing much wrong with either of those spoolups. You usually get a little resonance as they pass through the critical RPM. Best just to spool up reasonably quickly to get through any slight resonance and up to flying RPM

That is not the correct ESC for a 450L dominator. The 450 dominator should come with a RCE-BL45X ESC.. This no doubt explains why it didnt fit the connectors. The tail fin shouldn't touch the ground . was this with the battery installed?.. If not the heli might tip back on it's skids. Might be...