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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / October 2006Oops...
I now own a modded RB323 powered Revo as well... My bad. £170 I couldn't say no. Full RPM arms all round, load of spares, alloy where it counts... Pics will be here tmrw after it's first run!  SignatureDan - on his PC >I now own a modded RB323 powered Revo as well... My bad. £170 I couldn't >say no. Full RPM arms all round, load of spares, alloy where it counts... >Pics will be here tmrw after it's first run! Your trip to the dark side of the hobby is now complete. Your Traxxas products now outnumber your HPI ones. Tis' a sad, sad day! Doc >>I now own a modded RB323 powered Revo as well... My bad. £170 I couldn't >>say no. Full RPM arms all round, load of spares, alloy where it counts... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Doc Well, technically, that's not quite true as I have a complete Sav roller as well :-) Although I accept it's not a runner, so that doesn't really count heh. The stock Revo is going soon - the RB powered Revo is INSANE... SignatureDan - on his PC > Your trip to the dark side of the hobby is now complete. Your Traxxas > products now outnumber your HPI ones. Tis' a sad, sad day! > > Doc I think its good to see someone that has always been a fan of one make expand his horizons. Seeing a few of his other posts is a good example of what he was missing out on with the HPI. Cheers >> Your trip to the dark side of the hobby is now complete. Your Traxxas >> products now outnumber your HPI ones. Tis' a sad, sad day! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > expand his horizons. Seeing a few of his other posts is a good example of > what he was missing out on with the HPI. To be fair, I still can't fault the Savage - it's never really broken properly. I just fancied a change I think :-) SignatureDan - on his PC > >> Your trip to the dark side of the hobby is now complete. Your Traxxas > >> products now outnumber your HPI ones. Tis' a sad, sad day! [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > Dan - on his PC A change can sometimes be a good thing. As long as your having fun. That's what the various RC hobbies are about, Having Fun! That's also why I decided to get a RC helicopter recently because I wanted to learn a new discipline and it really is a huge change going from planes and trucks that you can almost go full stick with in any direction. Do the same with a heli and your up for a expensive fix. I want a Picoo Z but no one sells them in Australia yet. I'm trying to get my brother or nephew to send me 10 but they aren't answering their emails. They are a awesome heli, about the size of your hand and sell at Radio Shack for 30 bucks. Sorta like the Bit CharG of the helicopter world. Cheers After looking and reading rave reviews about them and how they are going to be the HOT item for Christmas..Me and my RC bud thought we would go find a couple today before they were all gone. The first run of Picco Z Mini Helis through Radio Shack was $29.99...they have since now went up to $39.99. (Something sells good..squeeze another $10 out of it....cause they come prepriced at $29.99 and the employees have to remove the stickers from the box.) Me and a friend of mine went searching today and found a couple with the old price tag.. They rang up $39.99 and had to adjust the price for the sticker... My friend bought the first one and after looking at it had noticed the manufacturers had dropped a glob of solder on the main prop.. so we go and exchange it for another...and I buy 1 also. He charges his up and it fairs just OK for the first battery with some trim adjustment (no nose weight).. (I hadn't even opened mine yet as I was watching his to see if indeed I was going to keep mine.) Added just 1 of the 3 little nose weights provided for forward motion, on the second battery charge, on his and the thing wont even lift off the floor and just spins and wont hold the trim adjustments. Yes, we followed the instructions to a tee. We proceeded immediately to get refunds... They are simply too cheap to last anytime. Looking closely at it, the main props support guide bar/main gear is simply held stationary with the foam body, so when and if (and you will) bump the blades..even though the blades are flexible it will round out the support (the foam) for the blades support rendering it useless. Give it another year, and there should be some quality low budget mini helis available. > A change can sometimes be a good thing. As long as your having fun. That's > what the various RC hobbies are about, Having Fun! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cheers > After looking and reading rave reviews about them and how they are going to > be the HOT item for Christmas..Me and my RC bud thought we would go find a [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > rendering it useless. Give it another year, and there should be some quality > low budget mini helis available. Yeah, I have read many reviews about them and 99% of them say its just a fantastic plastic toy. Most also say they need a little attention prior to flying like the weights in the nose and a little silicon lube here and there. They are just a gimmick toy like the Bit Char-G was/is but just like the Char-G I just thought it might be fun to have one. It may just end up like my Char-G and still be in the box and sitting on the shelf untouched after 3 years. If you had cheap batteries or rechargeable in the controller that could have been the problem with the other flight. The battery in them come with a fairly decent charge in them from the factory, so they usually get their best flight with the first charge unless you charge the battery with a proper Li-Po charger. Rechargeable batteries are a definite no-no in the controller because they need the voltage to get a proper charge. They are very power hungry on the charger built in to the controller because of the 3.7v Li-Po battery and they also need a fairly long time to cool down between runs. The other problem with the Li-Po battery is that people just run them flat like they do with NiCd's which is not a good thing. I want to see what happens when people decide that one or two charges is not good enough and the world has another Dell Laptop problem happening with the Picoo Z. :-) Cheers > > After looking and reading rave reviews about them and how they are going > to [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > Cheers Yes , the first initial charge only took about 10 minutes, as opposed to the 30 minutes of the second charge. The battery was not run down flat (props would still turn,but no where enough to lift it up) The LiPo in the Heli was allowed to cool for 15 minutes as stated in manual before second charge was started. The batteries in the Transmitter (charger) were brand newly opened, brand name Energizers. I guess they should start supplying or offer a seperate LiPo charger with the Heli... I would still really like to have a mini heli like this ...so I will just wait it out until some better quality offerings become available. Just thought you would like the input on it. Take Care > > > After looking and reading rave reviews about them and how they are going > > to [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > Just thought you would like the input on it. > Take Care WALKERA make a smallish one as well. I think the total size is about 12"s and comes with a 4 channel radios. WALKERA No.5 or similar Cheers > > > > After looking and reading rave reviews about them and how they are > going [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] > > Cheers A bit oversized for indoor flight.. The mini "palm" size is definately what I would like.. As far as it goes for now, the PiccoZ and Mosquito are about the only options. There are a couple of other offerings that are slightly bigger that I have seen..but I was really hoping the PiccoZ would have been a bit more than what it really was. Like I said, I am almost 100% sure that by this time next year there will be more and better options since the popularity and sales of the Mini PiccoZ. Thanks for your help! >I now own a modded RB323 powered Revo as well... My bad. £170 I couldn't >say no. Full RPM arms all round, load of spares, alloy where it counts... >Pics will be here tmrw after it's first run! Given her a good going over - here is the spec as follows... RB TM323 engine Blue RPM arms all round, upper and lower. 7075 red alloy push rods 7075 red alloy toe links on the rear Forward only conversion 3 racing alloy servo guards Carbon throttle servo mount New Era steel roll bar Black proline rock pleaser body shell titanium hinge pins Blue alloy shock ends It BADLY needs some gripper tyres hehe :-) SignatureDan - on his PC |
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