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tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

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d I dont want to hear about piro flips, next year on them

OH no he didnt
364days till piro flips

Yeah day jobs suck Im at 10hrs 6 days a week and to day they said they have a chance to double production I dont know how that can be done cause they said they dont plan to have any new hires either. Brazil got a tax incentive to convert to HDTV by december. And Mexico is in the works. Ill be toting the REX to work and building the king at night. Fortunately we have a better field at work than the ballfield I normally fly in.

Sometimes you just got to make the best of a bad situation cause its only bad if you think its bad.

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.

07-24-2008 02:12 AM

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racin06
Senior Heliman
Location: Indianapolis, IN

Maidened (3 flights) my HBK2 with the GuruZ fiber frame. Of course, I just couldn't leave the flying field without giving my Super FP a little love and affection

, as well and burned two more packs.

07-24-2008 02:14 AM

tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

So whats the skinny on the frame we both have racin? mines far from done well the frame is, the scale heli is a long ways from finished.

Stiffer crisper controls with more solid frame?

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.

07-24-2008 02:19 AM

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racin06
Senior Heliman
Location: Indianapolis, IN

The GuruZ fiber frame is definately a keeper, Tyran. Very solid and as you say, more crisper control. I really opened it up tonight and performed pretty much every maneuver that can be performed upright and I'm impressed. There are a couple of things I don't like about the fiber frame, though:

1. The stock HBK2 main shaft won't work with the fiber frame.

2. The stock pulley must be inverted in order to get to the retaining pin hole in the main shaft. In other words, the channel that holds the retaining pin is facing down instead of upwards as in the stock HBK2.

3. The main gear has about 1/8 in. of up and down play on the main shaft. I'm not sure what is causing this. Perhaps, because I had to invert the stock pulley, as noted above. I don't think this problem is a huge deal, though.

Of course, the positives far outweigh the negatives, IMO. A couple of big positives for me are:

1. A set screw is used to secure the boom to the boom mount.

2. The CG is perfect with my MegaPower 1350mAh batteries. No need to move the battery way forward as in the stock HBK2. I'm placing the battery all of the way into the battery tray and the CG is perfect.

I think you'll like the fiber frame, Tyran.

07-24-2008 02:32 AM

tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

sounds awesome racin I have a few guruZ shafts and I found out quickly about the pin on the tail pulley (never seen that in the directions)

This should make for a great flyer when I put the fuse on with the jgf400 and 288mm CF blades. I want to do the angle battery mount and hopefully get a 2100mah pack inside the 500 fuselage. WOW just talkin about it is gettin me all worked up.

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.

07-24-2008 02:47 AM

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racin06
Senior Heliman
Location: Indianapolis, IN

I look forward to your flight video!

07-24-2008 03:02 AM

TJinGuy
Elite Veteran
Location: Socorro, NM - USA

Ok I did it, now I have a set of HS65mg servos on the Rex. I did a little swap with the not-so-LHS and it made it doable for me. I just got back from the maiden on the new servos and they seem to work as advertised. I guess we will see how they hold up to see whether they were worth the $36 each. BTW I traded a bunch of XL/SA Rex parts for $30 of store credit to make the deal work for me ... I love the classifieds!

- Chris

Variety+spice+life+supporting_paper_towel_industry=
King2+Rex450+Protos+Concept30

07-24-2008 03:45 AM

toolman18
Key Veteran
Location: Portland, Texas

Good deal. I opted for the hb's. They work great so im sure youll be happy with the mg's
Brad

We need video proof around here.

07-24-2008 03:48 AM

TJinGuy
Elite Veteran
Location: Socorro, NM - USA

Well I just thought about it like this ... it is only $10 more for MGs and a set of HB gears is $7, so it I decided to just pay for that up front and hope they last forever.

- Chris

Variety+spice+life+supporting_paper_towel_industry=
King2+Rex450+Protos+Concept30

07-24-2008 03:52 AM

toolman18
Key Veteran
Location: Portland, Texas

Yeah. I bought 2 extra gear sets. Hope i never need them.

We need video proof around here.

07-24-2008 03:53 AM

norsman
Veteran
Location: paradise PA

No work today,so I flew ALL day.My EXI started to make a funny noise,I thought it was the main gear turns out to be motor bearings.I flew the wheels right off this thing

,top and bottom bearings in a scorpion motor.Still flying my Logo though right up untill dark.I bet I would have gone through a hole gallon of nitro today

07-25-2008 12:41 AM

racin06
Senior Heliman
Location: Indianapolis, IN

I flew three packs through my HBK2 w/fiber frame. You know, I'm starting to fall back in love with the HBK2. The HBK2 is a great little heli. I'm flying with the stock plastic head with no purple stuff, stock tail, z-bend servo push-rods, Telebee gyro and stock wooden blades and it flies fantastic! I don't understand all of this "the tail won't hold, so I need the upgraded pulley and belt" or "the tail won't hold, so I need the GY401 gyro" or "there is too much slop in the head, so I need the CNC head parts." The tail holds just fine and I'll also say that I'm a little beyond tail-in hovering; therefore, I'm putting the tail to the test.

To be honest, I hate excuses. Either you have the skills to fly a heli or you don't. Plain and simple. OK, I'm now off my soap box.

07-25-2008 02:01 AM

norsman
Veteran
Location: paradise PA

Did you say upgraded pulley,did you.................

07-25-2008 02:03 AM

MMike
Elite Veteran
Location: Holland,Mi-USA

Nors.

[quote]No work today,so I flew ALL day.

You're sick.

I must be too, As soon as I got out of work, I did the same as you!

07-25-2008 02:07 AM

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tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

agreed racin except I had a gy240 so why not?

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"there is too much slop in the head, so I need the CNC head parts."

Once you start flyin at 80%+ idleup 300hdx3800 10t pinion I could not keep the blades tracked within an inch. I bought the swash first that helped a lot down to less than half an inch bought the rest of the head down to less than a blade. Never found the problem but I fixed it

also there was over a hundred flights on the plastic before I changed it.

And over 300 flights Im still using the original tailbox bearings and all.

And thor I still got the original tail pulley in my new fiber frame.

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.

07-25-2008 02:10 AM

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norsman
Veteran
Location: paradise PA

I mean ALL day,I had three chargers going and only stoped for one Jerry Springer break...I had three rotation stall turns from one end to the other for what seamed like forever

07-25-2008 02:11 AM

racin06
Senior Heliman
Location: Indianapolis, IN

I'm with ya, Tyran. I just think the stock HBK2 gets a bad rap and many believe it must be upgraded or it's a POS to fly. After the great flying I did tonight and the fun I had, I just had to say it. Hey, it's all good, though. I really enjoy this thread and conversing with my E-Sky friends.