pwkpete
Senior Heliman
Location: Pewaukee, WI, USA
| Running 8 cells and 8T pinion, on the Piccolo/Piccoboard wih the Orion, you will have to trim your blades, or run MS Hornet blades. Too much torque for the tail to keep up with. The 9T pinion gave slightly lower flight times and hotter motor. My longest flight on 700mAh cells was upper 12 minutes, but normally mid 10's.
I never ran 7 cells, and don't know the gear ratio of the h-bird, or how much pitch the h-bird has in the blades.
I no longer own it, a friend does, but it's been flying that way for 2 years now (uncountable # of flights). When I sold it, I took out the 'brushes' to replace them (I bought a couple spares just in case), they they didn't need it, still the first set on it today. With the right gearing the motor shouldn't get real hot. If it does you could damage the magnets, I don't know what the hottest temp is that Orion recommends. They did recommend using the Jeti050 ESC for it though. I used that ESC after going to separates. |
