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e-Gaui Hurricane 200 & 550 - EP100 > Hurricane 550 first impressions
 
 
Hunter850
Heliman
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada

I sent an email to infinity where I bought mine explaining that a lot of people were having problems with the ESC setup and the manual. I also gave them the thread links to this one and to RCGroups.

We will see if I get a reponse. I had contaced them before and the only reponse was "It is the same manufacturer as the Align and it is without BEC."

It is to bad that they are putting out a good product, but one might have to buy another ESC to get it to fly properly with out worries of power failure.
02-22-2007 Over year old.
 
 
muda
Heliman
Location: siauliai, Lithuania

very true words
02-22-2007 Over year old.
 
 
X30pilot
Senior Heliman
Location: Plano, TX -USA

Hunter850

How about sending me a link to the RCGroups so I can see what’s going on there.

Thanks

X-30
02-22-2007 Over year old.
 
 
X30pilot
Senior Heliman
Location: Plano, TX -USA

Hunter850

>"It is the same manufacturer as the Align and it is without BEC."

I like the feature on my Align speed controls that beeps out the controller settings as it boots up. This way there is no question what the controller is doing before I lift off.

X30
02-22-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Hunter850
Heliman
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada

This is the thread from the beginning. Not to long mostly a lot of interest from other flyers. There is also some info on the growing pains of the unit.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607690
02-22-2007 Over year old.
 
 
X30pilot
Senior Heliman
Location: Plano, TX -USA

I took four flights today on the Hurricane using my new bargain basement speed control.
On the first flight it was obvious that I did not have the timing set high enough.
The head speed was low in normal (checked at 1620) and in idle up (1810)
But I flew around for 6 minutes anyway and did some full throttle climbs and you could hear the head speed bog down pretty good. The battery and speed control were barely warm to the touch and the motor was warm but not at all hot. I only put 1505 mah back into my 2200s. So I could have flown for 8 minutes this way.
For the second flight I increased the timing from 15 degrees to 30 degrees.
This time the motor had much better power but not quite as good as the Gaui controller when it worked. I enjoyed a nice flight with all my usual maneuvers. I landed at 6 minutes into the flight with plenty of power to spare. At the end of the flight the batteries and controller were warm and the motor was very warm but not as hot as it had been with the Gaiu controller. While the throttle had much better punch than before you could still hear the head bog when using a lot of collective. I put 1.91 mah back into my TP 2100s.
For flight 3 I got more aggressive with the Hurricane, confident the new speed control was not going to let me down. At 5 minutes the head started to slow down and I landed 51/2 minutes into the flight and we but 1.92 mah back into a set of Mega Power 2100s
On the final flight today again I flew for 5 ½ minutes and landed with plenty of power remaining in the batteries. I then put 1.81 mah back into my 2200s
So far I cannot see any signs of ware on my Hurricane. I do believe that mine is the latest version. It does fly very well but it would certainly benefit from a good set of carbon blades. I have the timing set as high as it will go. I do have the option of increasing the PWM from 16 KHz to 32KHZ if anyone thinks that would give me more power without generateting to much heat. I do like this machine.

X30
02-26-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Hunter850
Heliman
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada

Good Review on 550 on RC Groups

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...=29#post7000550
02-27-2007 Over year old.
 
 
X30pilot
Senior Heliman
Location: Plano, TX -USA

Hunter850,

I do think Nigel did a nice review, but I hope he tests it some more and expends on it like he does on the Swift and Trex.
I put a set of Mikado CF 500s on the Hurricane and it made a very nice improvement. I then installed an Align 75A speed control and what a huge difference this makes. With the new additions I have excellent power and wonderfully clean and crisp control. I put up two flights today doing all my usual stunts and after a 5 minute 20 second flight i put only 1.61 amps back into my 2200 mah batteries. On my second flight I flew for exactly 5 minutes and put 1.49 mah into my TP 2100 pro lites.
At this point I am extremely pleased with this machine and plan to keep it for a while.

X30

03-13-2007 Over year old.
 
 
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