Full flip and didn't crash 😃

Hey everyone.

I am just finishing a Goosky RS5 (560mm blades) build and I noticed that the manual says nothing about recommended (or maximum) headspeeds. I find this to be a glaring oversight considering all of the SAB helis I have built have one page that lists all of the appropriate headspeeds for the stock and various pinion options.

What headspeeds are you all running on your 550-560 helis????

Hello, I haven’t been active here or anywhere else. I acquired an 800 scale Roban that I’m hoping to get flying.

I’m a full time first responder and have little time for anything else. I was hoping someone on here in the Seattle/western Washington area would be able to A build the model for me or B help me through it so it doesn’t take up precious time I don’t have.

I have the internals and the body but never got around to getting the electronics. The ideal person would have previous experience building large scale helicopters and be knowledgeable about the components I would want to use.

It takes all the pride I have to do this considering I have the skills to do this project but I know I won’t get this in the air if I take the time to do the research and get all the stuff I need to build it. Im happy to talk timeframe at payment for services rendered over direct message.

I want to try flying inverted with my OMP M2 Evo, but keep chickening out, I can do it on the sim all day long.
How do you get over the hump? just send it?

I finally got out to a proper park to fly at having been practicing hover training at home and while my little M1 took more dirt dives than I would have liked, I managed to fly decently and got some inverted flying in without seeming to break anything other than the tail fin.

I noticed that there was something black stuck in the tail rotor and at first thought it was some kind of debris wedged in there, so I tried to pull it free and revealed a wire... apparently I pulled the insulated part of the wire off . I can't figure out what this little wire is for as it seems to just stick out and not be connected to anything, and it doesn't seem to be a part of the copper coil for the motor. The tail rotor works, but I'd like to know why this piece is sticking out and what I should do about it, or if I should just replace the motor. I'm attaching a photo.

Been away from flying for longer than I wanted. We lost our flying field years ago and I have a house full of Helis and planes. The Heli segment really seemed to drop off in our area. Ontario Canada. I invested heavily into Century helis months before they gave it up and I can’t get parts anymore. I have two 800 gassers a 90 nitro and a 50 nitro. A bunch of smaller electrics.What is the go to for larger nitro or electric helis these days? Nothing crazy scale flight and some light 3D?

Been testing a new tri-blade on the tail today. After a dozen or so flights putting a beating on it, I'm happy with the performance.

You can download the model for free and try it yourself. I uploaded a few other S1 parts, too.

https://www.printables.com/@JMoto84/models

I guess i’m dumb, because i just can’t get my RS4 to work with my Radiomaster TX16S and ER6 receiver. I put it in SBUS mode and configured the model but i guess i’m missing something.

Does anyone have a model I can import that surely works? Or can help in any other kind of way?

Just trying to get an idea of interest level for 3D printable S1 parts. So far I've designed, printed and tested booms, skids and tail rotor blade. I've also made a few other little things for it, like wire guides, a swash leveling tool and a stretched boom to run longer main blades. If there's enough interest, I will upload the models to Printables.

OEM replacement parts are cheap for these things, but 3D printed ones and pennies to make.

I've done a lot of flights with these parts; testing, crashing, revising, testing again etc.. They're at a point that I'm satisfied that they're ready to release to the public if the interest is there.

I'd also like to know of other printed parts S1 owners may be interested in.

The more I get (back) into RC heli's, the more I realize I don't really wanna become an accomplished 3D pilot.

That was my goal several years ago and . . . I guess there is no shame in admitting that getting really good with 3D is more challenging for some folks . . . because I'm one of those folks* (ha).

I do have an absolute appreciation for and respect for RC pilots who are so incredibly talented but I'm beginning to realize that I think this time around (returning to heli's after a 12 year hiatus), I'll just stick with scale choppers and enjoy them.

Even flying basic maneuvers - with complete control - I find that incredibly satisfying. I love seeing these fascinating machines in the air - who doesn't? (ha)

When I quit flying rc heli's I wadded up a few Atom 500's, 6HV's, and others and - yeah, I was progressing and getting comfy with simple aerobatics but I was spending more time rebuilding and the "process of pushing the envelope" was nerve racking. Yeah, I used the sim, yeah everything was setup properly.

To be clear, I will always be fascinated by so many superb heli pilots and what they have accomplished. I tend to believe my chosen facet of RC heli's might just be flying scale instead.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

Maybe I should start a new subreddit for scale RC heli's - didn't see that when I did a search.

Thank you and happy flyin'!

* I'm also really old - which I realize is not a complete road block for gaining 3D flying skills however, things just aint the same when you're on the last leg of the journey of life. (ha)

Hey everyone.

I would like to "upgrade" my Kraken 580 by putting 600s on it. Documentation says I will only technically need to change the blades and lower the headspeed, but I wanted to ask here if anyone else has done this and can give me some advice. I obviously don't want the main blades to tap the stock 95mm tail blades, and I always wondered why the kit didn't just come with 600s if it's a 600-sized heli.

Do I need to drop down to a 21 tooth pinion? Has anyone done this and can help me out here??

Here's the rest of the setup:

Kraken 580 (orange/blue kit)

Stock Pinion (22T)

Hobbywing 150A ESC

Xnova Lightning 4025-1120KV

6S - 5200 Lipos

That's right, from flying simulators 15 years ago as a kid at the hobby shop, and thinking flying a heli upside down would be awesome - I finally did it. To be clear, I own started truly flying helis this summer, and turned SAFE mode off about a month ago. Learned my orientations half decently, practiced some figure 8s, and recently started actually flying (not just surviving) my heli in normal mode. And something overcame me and said, today we flip the heli. It worked! I did it on the S1 btw. I didn't crash but in my excitement afterwards I let the heli get close to the ground and clipped it 🤣 but those damn S1s just never give up.

PS. I've been hating my 230s because it flies like a boat but finally getting able to do some smooth flying with it today was quite nice. Any tips on tuning it would be great.

Hope to be here a while!

bonjour

depuis quelque temps je m'interesse aux batteries 21700 pour le modelisme avion et helico , on commence a trouver des courants de decharge interessants

par contre je me demandais pourquoi on ne trouve pas de batteries 21700 avec des cosses a vis comme sur les 32700

Put my S1 into a ditch the other day practicing inverted flight. I’m getting more comfortable with it and can hold an inverted hover nose in within about a 10 foot circle.

I had it maybe 15 feet off the ground, got going the wrong direction, got too close to the flight line where my friend was watching, hit the rescue button to self level (POSE mode on channel 5 in Goosky’s case), but didn’t get the collective back to positive pitch quick enough. I managed to hit the throttle cut probably 6 inches before hitting the ground. I would have had sufficient time to get the collective back to positive had I been my usual 30-50 feet off the ground, but I was getting a bit too confident for my ability. I plan on programming a slightly delayed collective override along with the self level on rescue mode now that I want to do stuff at lower altitudes.

I’m replacing:

Main shaft
Main Rotor hub
Blades
Feathering shaft
Feathering shaft rubber dampers

With shipping, this crash would run me about $38 if I didn’t have any spares to begin with. Thankfully I only need to order the dampers and main rotor hub. Maybe an S2 since it’s already in my cart…

Any discourse about this? Similar stories? Recommendations? Insults?

Bonjour, la télécommande de mon k110s a grillé et je me suis dis je vais reprendre une télécommande plus évolué et qui pourra me servir pour d’autres machines, malheureusement je n’avais pas anticipé la difficulté de configuration de la boxer,

J’aurais voulu savoir si quelqu’un est dans la même configuration et quels sont donc les réglages à mettre dans le profil pour reproduire la configuration d’origine 6g et 3D, merci

This was 16 years ago. Just stumbled upon it. Crazy..

The broken linkages are easy to replace. I'm not sure about the landing gear; whether gluing it will suffice or if I should just get a new one. The same goes for the rotor blades. One of them has a broken corner.

Do you have any tips for the repair? Is there anything special to consider? What about upgrades?

After a 10 year hiatus, I recently got the bug to fly again. I started this hobby in the mid 2000s and used to be a factory pilot for Avant in the early 2010s, but between school, work and this hobby feeling less like a hobby and more like a job (traveling to fun flys, putting on demos and being very active in the forums), I got burnt out.

While my flying skills have definitely degraded in the 10+ years off, I’m having a blast throwing this goblin around and introducing members at my local field to 3D helis.

Was just given a large tote of my cousins rc heli stuff.

Ive had a couple of smaller helicopters, but nothing like these. Any advice on if I should try to make them fly or not would be awesome. TIA

Not even sure what all is here btw

Recognize anything?

I have never tried flying a rc helicopter.

I don't have a big budget, so i was thinking of buying:

• OMPHobby M1 V3 PRO BNF
• Radiomaster Pocket 16ch ELRS LBT

I want a flybarless, full cyclic/collective pitch.

If there was a small cheap helicopter with adjustable pitch on tailrotor i would prefer that.

But i don't think it exists.

My main interest is helicopter uav. I am bored with quadcopters.

And if i was a rich man i would buy a ZIYAN F15 UAC

But that's not going to happen. So baby steps.

So my question is. Is it at good first time buy for learning about helicopters, or should i start somewhere else.

Once again, tail belt issues have again grounded my IL Goblin 520. This is the second SAB 520 kit I have built and it has been fine up until now. The belt is again rubbing against the main gear and causing it to squeak. Not nearly as bad as the previous model, but still bad enough for me to worry.

The only thing that seems to help is to loosen the belt, but the tension meter clearly says where how tight the belt should be. I am worried that the tail will go out if I fly it with a belt that's not tight enough.

Has anyone with this heli had any issues with the tail belt on their IL Goblin 520??????