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Good looks, 3CH, slow forward flight, flimsy
Posted by 8Nils on 6/16/2008
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

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Pros: - Rather nice looking
- 3 Channels
- You get creative in repairing the shopper
- Flies!
- Enough climbing power to take additional weight due to repairs ;-)


Cons: - Slow forward flight
- A lot of easily breakable parts
- Doesn't charge fully with NiMH batteries
List of repairs so far:
* One side of rotor tore off -> Glued together and strengthed all rotor blades with clear tape.
* Landing gear broke at one joint. Fixed with Expoxy and reinforced landing gear with thin layer of epoxy
* The two halfs of the "Cockpit" started coming apart, fixed with model plastic glue
* Taps on upper rotor that attach to the stabelizer broke: Inserted hot needle in the remaining plastic, cut of to fitting length, added a little expoxy "ball" to the end.
* Stabelizer bearing became loose, bolts were lost. Repaired with short pieces cut from needles instead of original bolts glued in.
* Stabelizer gearing broke. Glueing back with 2-component plastic glue (primer+glue) proofed to not take the load, melting back didn't work. Reengineered a replacement part out of epoxy.
* Bearing of upper rotor broke. Unscrewed the part and reglued the little broken plastic piece.
Also added AC Adapter plug to charger/remote control to charge without the need for Akalines


Other Thoughts: First thing when getting that helicopter: REINFORCE THE BLADES WITH CLEAR TAPE!
Preferable a broad variety so you can wrap it around the front edge.
Blades will chip when hitting hard objects and may TEAR (not break) if that occurs repeatedly
The blades are made from a soft, bendable plastic. Therefore they wont break, but still they can tear off... I know!
Not sure if that's to all the damage it has endured but it doesn't fly straight but in a pendulum like motion...
Couldn't find the resistor controlling the read motor's speed to increase forward/backward motion.


Bottomline: It's fun to fly as long as you are careful not to crash to often.
If you always wanted to try a micro heli but have been turned of by the price this one might fit the bill to get an idea of what it's like to fly.
Remeber: TAPE THE ROTOR BLADES. At least the front edge to avoid chipping.
Let's see if my franken-heli still takes off....

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