Tony
Staff member
Hello everyone. As most of you know, I own the HK600GT. I have to say, I never thought I would own one of these bad boys. This thing is just huge. If you have not seen my build guide on this helicopter, see it Here.
So, some of you might also know that I was having a problem on spool up where the fly bar would just go all wacky. Well, tonight I fixed that. So, lets go back and start from the beginning.
So, I got the kit, and it went together pretty easy. I had to modify the tail boom so that it would slide into the block more so that I could get the belt on. Not a big deal, had that fixed in about 5 minutes. After it was built, I had to wait for funds to get the electronics. When I got the funds, I ordered everything for the 500 and 600 at the same time. Yeah, can we all say "Second Mortgage" lmao. But I got them.
So, I install all of the electronics in the 600 and I take it to the living room for a quick spool up just to test some things out. I start to spool it up, and the fly bar goes all wacky making the heli almost tip over. So, I make an adjustment and try again, same result. Make another change, spool it up and everything quits and sparks go flying about 5" in the air! The friggin heat sink on the ESC shorted out against all of the motor wires and killed the ESC. What was the worst part? There was NO MAGIC SMOKE!!! If I burn something up, I wanna see smoke so that I know all the magic is gone out of it lmao. But, nothing, and it was dead.
So, I hung it back up on the wall and looked at other options.
Well, I took the 450 out flying, and crashed. Hm... Okay... Lets take the 500 out as well. Well, my daughter came around the garage, I sat the 500 down and looked at her to make sure she wasn't getting any closer. Then I hear the blades hit the ground, and everything getting torn up. Well, No cash to replace the $70 worth of broken parts. The heli didn't even cost that much lmao. So, now I have an ESC! w00t!
So, I put the 80A ESC in the 600, take it back to the living room and spool her up. Same result with the fly bar. Hm... I take it out to the garage and do the same. When the blades come to a stop, I notice that they are not straight to the grips. So, out comes the allen wrench, and I tighten the crap out of them. Spool it up, NO MORE FLY BAR WACKINESS! So, I think the blades were just at that point where they would not straighten back out.
I keep spinning her up, and since I don't have a gyro on it (had the 401B, bad idea on this heli), it was not going in the air. So, I spool her up about 1/4 stick, and look at the tracking. Way off. I set it down, and adjust until it's perfect. Once I hit that point, I took her up just under 1/2 throttle. Holy crap, I knew that I wasn't' going to fly it, but still started shaking lmao. I love it. So, when I get a gyro for this thing, it will be ready for it's maiden! So stay tuned, cause I don't think you want to miss this!
So, some of you might also know that I was having a problem on spool up where the fly bar would just go all wacky. Well, tonight I fixed that. So, lets go back and start from the beginning.
So, I got the kit, and it went together pretty easy. I had to modify the tail boom so that it would slide into the block more so that I could get the belt on. Not a big deal, had that fixed in about 5 minutes. After it was built, I had to wait for funds to get the electronics. When I got the funds, I ordered everything for the 500 and 600 at the same time. Yeah, can we all say "Second Mortgage" lmao. But I got them.
So, I install all of the electronics in the 600 and I take it to the living room for a quick spool up just to test some things out. I start to spool it up, and the fly bar goes all wacky making the heli almost tip over. So, I make an adjustment and try again, same result. Make another change, spool it up and everything quits and sparks go flying about 5" in the air! The friggin heat sink on the ESC shorted out against all of the motor wires and killed the ESC. What was the worst part? There was NO MAGIC SMOKE!!! If I burn something up, I wanna see smoke so that I know all the magic is gone out of it lmao. But, nothing, and it was dead.
So, I hung it back up on the wall and looked at other options.
Well, I took the 450 out flying, and crashed. Hm... Okay... Lets take the 500 out as well. Well, my daughter came around the garage, I sat the 500 down and looked at her to make sure she wasn't getting any closer. Then I hear the blades hit the ground, and everything getting torn up. Well, No cash to replace the $70 worth of broken parts. The heli didn't even cost that much lmao. So, now I have an ESC! w00t!
So, I put the 80A ESC in the 600, take it back to the living room and spool her up. Same result with the fly bar. Hm... I take it out to the garage and do the same. When the blades come to a stop, I notice that they are not straight to the grips. So, out comes the allen wrench, and I tighten the crap out of them. Spool it up, NO MORE FLY BAR WACKINESS! So, I think the blades were just at that point where they would not straighten back out.
I keep spinning her up, and since I don't have a gyro on it (had the 401B, bad idea on this heli), it was not going in the air. So, I spool her up about 1/4 stick, and look at the tracking. Way off. I set it down, and adjust until it's perfect. Once I hit that point, I took her up just under 1/2 throttle. Holy crap, I knew that I wasn't' going to fly it, but still started shaking lmao. I love it. So, when I get a gyro for this thing, it will be ready for it's maiden! So stay tuned, cause I don't think you want to miss this!
cool ok i will use 4000 mah battery my motor is align 600xl anyway thanks i flew my 500 and it was awesome good thing rons heli store had tools that helped me wow my align 450 is too senstive but i got her to hover thats all i can do for now i just got another hk600 kit so hold on to it for now
ok thanks i got it they did say 5000 mah ok i do that im using spektrum 6010 servos and all else are up to speks from align so soon i get some pix for you all to see grin this encomney got us all