Posts tonen met het label blades. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label blades. Alle posts tonen

dinsdag 30 juni 2009

One more flight with the Dauphin before repairs.

Before replacing a broken blade, you can repair it with common household tape.

Cut the tip in more or less the same shape as an undamaged blade.
It will fly a little less stable than with a new blade but the helicopter will fly !

Until the next time it hits the ground...

This is a heavily repaired nose...

and this is a damaged tail...
It's time for some extensive repairs. Follow it step by step in my next post.

donderdag 25 juni 2009

Charging batteries, replacing blades and FLIGHT !

Charging the lipo battery for the helicopter and 8 batteries for the transmitter.

This is a 2 cell battery and it is connected to the E-sky "balancer charger" so that both cells are being charged equally.

Two lipo's should buy me flying time a little less than 20 minutes.

Charged batteries in the 2.4G transmitter.

Fully charged. All lights burn.

Replacing damaged blades.

First flight. It's a tricky business to make photos and fly at the same time.
There's no wind and I'm giving it a shot in the garden.
The camera is on timer. (10 sec) - The helicopter must be at the right place when the shutter goes off.
Oops, the battery falls down. (I should tape it so that it stays in)
I certainly had fun flying the E-sky Dauphin ! !

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