The file is 6 meg and more than 3 minutes long. Keep in mind I am not the best heli pilot in the world, so go easy on me. I still have not mastered nose in.
Steve M
06-14-2003 Over year old.
Gazoo Veteran Location: Maryland
That is sweet! Eventually I plan to set mine up with the same equipment.
Thanks for taking the time to post that great vid!
06-14-2003 Over year old.
Popcyclical Heliman Location: Laguna Hills, CA
Very Good Steve...Hey Steve, Very nice! Living proof the little HB can survive outdoors. How do you think it would have done using stock HB blades? What software was required to make the video into a .wmv file? Thanks for sharing it...
J.R.
06-14-2003 Over year old.
stevem Senior Heliman Location: Oklahoma
Thanks guys - I never feel like I get good videos.
Stock blades will require a bit more throttle management but you should be able to accomplish similar forward flight results. It will just try to pitch up more in FF and you lower the throttle a bit and keep applying forward cyclic. I have a set of stock blades - I'l bolt them up and see the difference for you.
RE - Video Encoding:
I bit the bullett and racked up my charge card last week. God a new mini DV camcorder (Canon ZR60) and a new AMD athalon 2200+ PC. The PC running Windows XP home addition. Included with it is 'Windows Movie Maker'. I plug the camera into a firewire port and XP immediately recognizes it and asks if I want to use movie maker. I select yes, it does the rest. You add the transitions and fades by dragging and dropping.
I think your a dam good pilot mate I can certainly hear that wind on the mic, doubt I could do any better.
06-20-2003 Over year old.
dennis_cica Senior Heliman Location: San Jose, CA
stevem
Wow! Nice flying! I feel like a total novice now. Your video actually inspired me to go get some more practice. The wind obviously was no problem for you as I can see some fast flying and some nice advanced techniques. It's great to see someone push it to the limit and succeed. Thank you!
Dennis Cica
Century Helicopter Products
408-942-9521
This is a new, shorter one showing how the brushless setup works with the 2 lithium poly cells. I need more tail authority as you can see - the tail swings. I actually did a lot more takeoffs on video on that same charge, but didn't include them all. Again, the wind was blowing decent.
Listen to the video at the end - I was trying some 'funnels' close to the ground off camera (I was playing at this point - ) and caught the ground with the rotor!
One tough heli as I had it back in the air in a couple of minutes.
Steve
06-20-2003 Over year old.
cmairhofer Heliman Location: Austria
Steve -setup?What is the setup? Motor and pinions
Thank you
Christian
06-20-2003 Over year old.
stevem Senior Heliman Location: Oklahoma
Hummingbird Heli
Hornet Carbon fixed pitch blades
HS55 servos
GWS 4ch receiver
B2C tail motor
Razormotors.com RZ-350 brushless motor
Castle Creations Phoenix 10 ESC Advance set to 0 deg.
10 tooth main pinion (needs an 8 really)
2x1200mah E-tec lipoly cells
JR G410T HH gyro
aluminum tail boom
aluminum skids
Shaft collar from helihobby
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