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Re: RC electric Jet Plane Do you plan on flying it Brandon? It's a nice looking model but if you are any less than expert with RC planes it's not a good type of plane to attempt to fly.

Re: Two broken helicopters Kudos for identifying them! As you say though, probably not worth the effort of fixing unless purely for the satisfaction of turning a wreck into a working heli.. If the parts are available.

Looks like a nice club!

Re: Two broken helicopters Hard to do much with them, fixing, selling or anything, unless you can identify what brand and model they are. They aren't Align, that's about all i can tell from the pic. To be honest though in that condition it would be hardly worth trying to sell them, the price...

No, unplugging the servos wont help, unless maybe you think one of them might be faulty and causing a short circuit? If it flew before that's unlikely.

I understand. Your situation is different because you need to be in a club to fly, so if you want to fly you have to tow the line, I get it. Fortunately for me the laws here are a little more relaxed, good job too because I'd probably have to find another hobby in your shoes! So back to the...

Fair enough but there should be room for common sense in this world. A well argued challenge to 'rules' should be welcomed rather than these rules being treated as if they were handed down on tablets of stone. I understand the thinking behind a rule that segregates helis and fixed wing (even if...

Surely they wouldn't object to you using the runway if there was no one else there?.. Or is the Swiss mentality similar to the German in that 'rules is rules' and they must be followed (even when it makes no sense!)

Come to think of it, the hard surface probably contributed to the skids breaking in the first place. You shouldn't really have any problems flying off grass, just make sure that the heli is sitting on a nice level bit of ground and making firm contact at all four corners of the skids. If...

That's a pain with the blade damage, you would have got away with it without a mark if flying off grass. The tail drive gear is the same as the previous 700DFC and 700L models so shouldnt be hard to find. The part number is H70G001AXT or H70G001AXW , they are the same thing as far as i can...

With 6 hours time difference it's difficult to find a mutually good time during the week. I'm up at 5am so need to get to my bed pretty early during the week, which doesnt help. If your heli skills are rusty fly on of the 700 size helis, they are much easier than the little ones:wink:

^^ Neil might well have nailed the strange throttle behavior there. In governor mode nothing happens until you get to about 50% throttle, then it will spool up with slow start, then as soon as you go below 50% power will cut. In effect there is an on/off switch at 50% throttle when governor mode...

I'll join in next time if timing is ok. I got Phoenix a few weeks ago and have hardly used it so far.

I would have joined Tony but the timing isn't good for the UK, I got the notification at 3:40 in the morning.

Phil, One way to tell if the break on your landing gear was due to cold brittle fracture is to put the broken pieces together and see how tightly the fracture faces fit together. If the material was ductile (slightly rubbery) is will have deformed slightly as it broke, the fracture faces won't...

The iKon is a re-labelled MSH Brain, so you should be able to use the MSH Brain downloads: Brain Flybarless unit - Features | MSHeli

Early today as I'm back to work after the Christmas and New Year break (nightmare!). The angle that the heli sits relative to the ground wont make any difference to the FBL, no need to worry on that count.

Another option if you really do feel a change of landing gear is necessary is the heavy duty landing gear from a Goblin 700 'KSE'. This has conventional plastic legs and tubular metal skids, but the legs are very beefy: [H0454-S] SAB Landing Skid Set - KYLE STACY EDITION - Goblin...

Phil, You are spot on, the potential show stopper with the MSH gear would be if the distance between the front an back legs is different to the frame mounting points on the Trex. The chances of it fitting are not great, it would be down to luck if it did fit. One thing I've seen done to...

MSH do Gorilla gear for their Protos Max 700: Gorilla Landing Gear - Max V2 [MSH71172, MSH71173] | MSH USA But the fitting is specific to the MSH heli, some butchery would be required to fit an Align. To be honest I doubt the low temperature properties would be much different, the material might...