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Location: Ankeny, IA, USA.
| Got 2 flights on it today and was able to abuse it some. For some reason my governor wasn't engaging, but my carbsmart worked perfectly, and that is officially the coolest thing I've ever put on a heli.
Flight wise, the X50 is definitely better than my upgraded 600N. It's not night and day, but it tracks better, is more stable, and has about the same fast cyclic speeds as my 600N. Piro rates are pretty much identical, and with no mixing, it rolls like an arrow, with no pitching up or down or corkscrewing. Very nice. It also autos well, I wouldn't say it autos better than my 600N, if anything, not quite as good, and it develops a severe wobble as the headspeed comes down. Which brings me to my issues.
I need slightly softer dampers. It starts to wobble in the flare of an auto, when the headspeed is still up in the 1500 range, where my 600N doesn't unless I really try to milk and auto and get it down into the 1000s (the 600N has the sleeve damper and 90 durometer). This is a bad thing for me, I love to auto, and I'll need to address it. I'll make another post about the dampers, though.
That damn seesaw loosened up in flight again! Apparently red locktite with the bolts snugged wasn't enough, after my first 8 minute flight, one side was loose. I've cleaned them, and put red on again, this time torquing them down more. At least this time the seesaw itself didn't fail, so I have something to work with.
Nick Crego
Back off man, I'm a scientist. |
I'm thinking of doing the same thing with Steven's, I will have to pick up a new right side frame as I have the original version with only the triangle to reduce weight and would like the carb servo cut out instead of modifying my frames to work.
