Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / April 2005

ive just created/started a new website called
www.raptorstuff.co.uk
and i would like you to send me some unique articles,photos,tips and
tricks and i will post it on my site

ive just created/started a new website called
www.raptorstuff.co.uk
and i would like you to send me some unique articles,photos,tips and
tricks and i will post it on my site

I have not been able to access Runryder RC helicopter website for 3 days
Even trying different methods.
Does anyone else have the same problem?

I'm trying to get my old concept 60 running right i.e. mixture wise I seem
to get it running ok then next time out it as though I have to start again
messing with the mixture to stop it from over smoking and losing power then
next minute its hardly any smoke etc. What I'm asking ...

I was talking to someone about how difficult it is to buy from a web site
nowadays. So many people have missed the point. As a web designer I was told
you should be able to buy something from a site in three clicks.
At last I found a site that allowed me to do this. It's called

The Walkera 4 I bought didn't come with the simulator software CD. And,
of course, the guy I bought it from claims he never had it.
Is there someplace I can download the Truflight softwae from? Walkera's
web site, when it works at all, is no help. I already have FMS and would

just a quick question regarding batteries!
i have 2 batteries for my heli, 8.4v 650mah, the other 8.4v 800mah..
what are the difference between these batteries??
does the 800mah actually output more power, or will is basically last

   Just wondering if anyone could explain what might cause a holed piston.
A friend of mine has gone through 3 pistons in 2 engines. The first was an
OS 50 SXH had about 1 gallon of fuel (MT Sport 5) through it. The second
engine, an OS 50 Hyper went through 2 pistons both after ...

Sorry, couldn't resist

battery:  thunder power lithium-polymer 2100mah/11.1v 3-cell
charger:  triton, set correctly at li-lo 2.1amp, 11.1v.  at full charge,
displays 12.60v (about 40 minutes to charge).
power converter from house current:  15amp.  charger instructions...

i have a corona with ring gyro that was working great until i crashed from
about 10' straight down. checked/adjusted everything and is fine, but the
tail is wagging back and forth now about 3" back and forth pretty quickly at
hover.  i did lower the gain.

Helicopter Spec in Test:
- Walkera No. 35 RC Helicopter 6CH (SAME HELI LIKE THIS ONE:
http://www.hobbyjapan2000.com/store/proddetail.php?prod=DRAFL35)
- Power: Li-ion 1800mah battery

I've just bought a Walkera 4ch Dragonfly as my first ever RC anything. It came with a training kit and simulator but (a) the sim doesn't respond to my transmitter - (faulty cable?) so I can't learn to fly on the sim and (b) how the hell do you attach the training landing gear? It ...

I have just completed a Raptor 30 V2 from scratch and have finished setting
it up.
I tested it today , clamped to a test rig so it wouldn't go anywhere.
It started just fine , idled smoothly and picked up smoothly to 50% and then

new to this as just swapped from monster nitro trucks to heli's
just bought a raptor 30 v2 with a tt39 engine and a JR3810 with all servo's
and reciever
also bought a 490T gyro and 810G servo for it but now stuck