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Missing Tom Selleck as the passenger and TJ on the main sticks

Ironically, the song was a protest of the war! I still love it.

From the Kraft and Logictrol beginnings in the '60's and '70's, I always dreamt of getting one but I could not afford it then. I bought my first one in 1987, it was a Century 7. Futaba was in the hay with theirs with poor ergonomics but JR's was perfect. Over the years I upgraded to PCM 9 and then custom made PC10sX. It's so natural for flying helis but not at all for 3D and they vanished. For me it's enjoying rc or no rc. So with the help of Roger Forgues, in 2014 I created my first FrSky single stick. And built one for each FrSky update and now use an X20RS my latest conversion. I also designed a conversion for my TX16S II which works perfectly. The MKIII will be done next winter. Flying scale with single stick is heaven and the reason I keep flying at 75. But I do fly mode II when I teach others.

It flies better than my nitro engine did. It was always fussy, now a joy to fly. I would be happy to share any CAD files.

Thanks for sharing this, Randy!

Thanks for sharing Danny.

It works well but let's see how the 3D printed retainers work. If they work this should look way more tidy.

I reached out to a fellow heli Jeti Master. And the issue of all fixed. Or shall I say never was broken.

Once the ESC protocol is set to Jeti. Set the receiver port to Exbus. All the goodies will be populated to the telemetry menu options. "Not in the explorer as expected." This is explained in the online instructions, but was not in the written instructions I received in my packaging. Just a update over site on their part. No biggie.

I hope this helps the next pilot/builder. Happy building and see you next time on the mat!!!

CoachE

Awesome!

About 58mm max. 6 or 8mm shaft. I found a Xnova that should work.
Thanks

Hello, not sure I understand the question and I'm not an expert on this, but I do remember discussions with similar conclusions, in short:

At full throttle an ESC is close to 100% efficiency. Then, as the throttle decrease the efficiency also decreases, which results into more heat to be dissipated by the ESC (energy which doesn't go to the motor). This is the ESC itself, then what is the context; gearing and motor KV who are playing also an important role. Also motor timing should also primarily match btw ESC and motor.

From memory, ESC are generally performing well if not below 85%. If you plan to reduce the headspeed and you are already around 80%, consider upgrading gear ratio and motor KV, rather just lowering the throttle. Will also allow a better torque to sustain the regime when increasing the pitch.

60 seems a bit on the low side. I run a HobbyWing 120 in mine. Are you planning on the 4 blade head? The 1200kv is definitely on the high side. I run the scorpion 900KV 3226 motor in mine with the 4 blade head and tail.

My front runners are kontrinik, scorpion, hobbywing.

So I have a Roban Apache. By default, it was designed so you would mount the ESC in the fuselage right in front of the mechanics, then, in front of that (just behind the nose) you would place your two 6-cell batteries. Your flight controller (and probably your receiver too) would mount on the mechanics behind the cyclic servos.

As you've now noticed, there isn't a lot of room in the fuselage for extraneous equipment. If you are planning on using a separate BEC and/or 2-cell battery for your electronics, you could probably mount them on inside of the fuselage up front in the recesses on the left and right sides. There should be enough room in those recesses so the cockpit will still fit without interference.

My setup is a giant mess with stuff everywhere because I just had to put a 2-speaker sound system in mine. So I have a speaker, a sound module, a small 6S battery to power the amp in the sound module, a 2-cell receiver battery and my two 6-cell 5000 packs all crammed in front of the mechanics. The only place for the ESC was the open area underneath the mechanics. It's super ugly, but it works.

Thank you, do we know the overall gear ratio? Just trying to have all my ducks in a row. The reason I ask is they list a motor set for 12s with a 140 kolibir, a pyro and a drive pully. But no info on tooth count or kv value.

I might have to make a post on the power station later, since it is technically RC related. On that note, the rest of the cells arrived today. A whopping box of 52. Also, I'm glad i picked up that extra cell, because one of the cells has a tiny gouge in it. It's not punctured, but I don't want it onboard the craft like that regardless.

Nice case. I use lipo fireproof bags and safe to store and transport my batteries.

this is VERY useful. Can you post an ARTICLE in the articles area that not only includes your chart but explains this? I think users will appreciate.