General Blade 270 Cfx Upgrade...???

[bigone5500]

I am going to get the parts to fix my 270 CFX and started thinking that if it's possible, and the parts are available, why not upgrade the heli to a 300 size? Does anyone think that would be a bad idea?

 

[Tony]

30mm shouldn't cause too much stress on the electronics. The main one being the motor then the servos. If you decide to do this, just check the temps after a flight. If they are too hot, you know you need to start replacing electronics and making it more powerful lmao. Oh the evil circle of Rc!!!

 

[bigone5500]

I decided not to modify this heli. I ordered the parts I needed from amazon and all have arrived. However, I had to send my servos back due to them being some hideous joke. It was like buying a heli and it not coming with a canopy or screws. I'll order them from my local HobbyTown.

As soon as I get the servos, I'll start rebuilding this heli and get it back into the air. At which point, I'll fly it in a larger area and at a much higher altitude so I can have some room for error. AND I WON'T FORGET THE BAILOUT SWITCH!!!!!

 

[ssschmidt4]

I have spent a great deal of time getting to know the 270cfx! A great heli indeed! However, the stock servos started to flutter on me and the tail servo aquired lots of slop! I put KST 215mg all the way around along with using the Pulse 1050.


Here is mine with the kst servos, pulse 1050 batts and switch tail blades!

Goodluck!

 

[bigone5500]

Nice flying! You state on your youtube comment that you use an unlocked AR7210BX. What does that mean?

 

[ssschmidt4]

The Ar7210bx that comes with the 270cfx has locked firmware installed in it. There are certain setup menus that are not accessible but you get Rescue with the package. I used the SPMA3030 usb and upgraded the unit to 4.2 firmware which makes it like a “normal off the shelf unit”. By doing this I can access any setup/parameter menu and adjust all I want, and if I wanted the Rescue feature I would have to pay an additional 100 bucks to get it back! Anyways, the reason I did it was I was having tail kicks on hard pitch inputs and I could not access the tail comp adjustment! Now I can adjust all I want and my tail is rock solid!

 

[bigone5500]

Got my servos mounted but I screwed up and mounted my Rx and forgot to route the two new servo wires under it. Now I got to rip it back off and try again.

Mounted.


Where the wires go.

 

[bigone5500]

And, now it's right.

 

[bigone5500]

Progress.