RE: 1/9 rc abram tank
Turbobearcat, did you pick one up? I think you'll have problems slipping it past the wife. I looked at some of my local wallyworlds this weekend with no luck.[:(]
Posted on: 8/14/2006 11:48 AM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "RC Tanks"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4621265

RE: 1/8 Backyard Armor Abrams
That thing is nice. Do you have it up and going yet?
Posted on: 8/9/2006 2:08 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "RC Tanks"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4602251

Real Flight G3 / Blade CP
Which heli best represents a stock Blade CP in Realflight G3? I know probably none of the choices will be exact... I haven't bought G3 yet and wanted to know if it would be a good or bad move to pick this up. I have flown G3 at the LHS...I think it was the Dominion 3D but It seemed a bit more touchy than my Blade CP. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I can hover my CP no problem for the entire pack but want to learn side in, nose in and FF without breaking stuff...
Posted on: 7/31/2006 4:13 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4567121

RE: Bdavison's E-flite Blade Assembly
[quote]ORIGINAL: Tbizz Has anyone taken all the instruction in this post and made it into one file? PDF for example? [/quote] [link=http://www.bladecprepair.com/]BLADE REPAIR / MAINTENANCE[/link] Not from here but good stuff
Posted on: 7/31/2006 2:15 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
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RE: Honey Bee and Blade Question (help)
If the pin in sheared in the main shaft, just pull the head off as it shouldn't be fixed by the pin anymore (if your head is rotating on the shaft, it is not fixed anymore), drive the old pin out, put the head back on, align and insert new pin.
Posted on: 11/9/2005 6:35 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "Electric RC Helis"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3537337

RE: Blade CP DD tail conversion
Motor: GW/EDP-50/H (Make sure you get the /H) Tail rotor housing: GW/HAS-002 I don't know what the part number to the prop / adapter is but [link=http://www.allerc.com/product_info.php?products_id=1310]HERE[/link] is a link to the prop / adapter that will work. Hope this helps. Brian
Posted on: 11/2/2005 7:20 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "Electric RC Helis"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3515682

RE: Bdavison's E-flite Blade Assembly
[quote]ORIGINAL: AV8TOR [quote]ORIGINAL: bdavison Its just for asthetics really. I thought it looked cool and kinda personalized it. Also the silicone tubing is longer than the rod sticking down on the tail, so if you tail strike it, it gives it a little bounce instead of a hard thwack. Same for the landing gear. If you cut it to the right length, it's sort of like shocks on the landing struts. [/quote] You say it’s sort of like shocks on the landing struts, are you saying that you cut the gear rod and the silicone bridges between the two to act as a shock? Are the struts glued in? While I have you Mr. Davison thanks so much for all you are doing and have help with posts on the Blade. I/we really appreciate it. [/quote] I could be wrong but I think that Bdavidson is [b]not[/b] cutting the struts. He is simply cutting the tubing a little longer than the exposed area of the struts so the tubing is compressed a little bit when installed. This would give it a small amount of bounce.
Posted on: 11/2/2005 1:35 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3514531

RE: E-FLIGHT BLADE CP
[quote]ORIGINAL: jaless hdbint, Thanks I will try decreasing the gain slightly. Heli just seems to be a bit different since I changed out the tail motor. I use to turn gain to max and then decrease just a bit for a stable hover. May just be the new motor has more power and that changed the setting limits. [/quote] New motor probably will have a different setting. These guys are correct in saying
Posted on: 11/1/2005 1:25 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
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RE: E-FLIGHT BLADE CP
[quote]ORIGINAL: jaless Anyone, Help Please, I was having problems the other day. When I powered up the Blade it would spin uncontrollably. Even after going through a normal power up with a solid green light it would not stay straight. I decided to replace the tail motor and things are much better now except that the tail will twitch left and right about 5 degrees. Sounds like the tail motor is winding up and down. I tried all different settings on both the gyro and the proportional. I turn on the trans. and advance the throttle a few clicks than plug in the rec. battery. Once I move back a safe distance I return the throttle all the way down to allow the gyro to initialize. The heli pretty much hovers straight just the tail twitching back and forth. Any ideas? Bad tail motor or bad 4-1? Thanks, Joe [/quote] Sounds like you need to decrease the gain ever so slightly. I have found that it can be very sensitive. Try about a 1/16 to 1/8 of a turn decrease on the gain pot. Make sure you are powering down and re-initializing the 4 in 1 for the change to take effect.
Posted on: 10/31/2005 4:42 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3508355

RE: Bdavison's E-flite Blade Assembly
<------------- Patiently waiting for the finish[:D]
Posted on: 10/11/2005 6:35 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3445818

RE: E-FLIGHT BLADE CP
I bought a blade a few weeks ago and couldn't be happier. I have no prior experience other than a few hours sim time about 5 years ago. I saw the micro heli stuff about a month ago and thought it would be great BC no build time and parts are fairly inexpensive so I picked one up along with an extra battery. I couldn't help myself, a CP heli for 220 bucks? Amazing! After the first battery to pre flight check / blade tracking, day one ended early on the second battery with a bent spindle, broken skid and a few cuss words. (It was fun...I flew it like I stole it.) I ordered ordered a spindle on line (LHS didn't have one) along with a bunch of other spare parts just in case and a training gear. I found [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3131294/anchors_3131294/mpage_1/key_blade/anchor/tm.htm#3131294]Bdavidsons E-Flite Blade Assemby[/link]link and absorbed as much knowledge as I could there and other threads as I patiently waited for my parts to arrive. Well the day my parts were to arrive we had a little problem called Rita making landfall just to the east of us. Needless to say, my package was delayed.....almost a week. Parts FINALLY arrived and I got'er set up per Bdavidson's thread and the sticky collective fix. Third charge was used to scoot across the livingroom floor on the training gear. Fourth.....I went ahead and decided to break the gear from the ground. I achieved 5 controled hovers in the living room about 6" to 1'-0" off the floor. They were tail in's and short in time (2-5 secs) but ohhh so sweet. I just tried to keep a cool head and made sure I was watching for trouble. At the first sign of it, I would put her down. For us new guys, I would say that you can learn on the Blade. I have heard that it is not the easiest helicopter to learn on but so many have made it their first helicopter. To the new guys I give the following advice: GET THE TRAINING GEARS, they have made a world of difference so far for me. Learn how your BCP moves by getting the skids off the floor but don't let the training gear leave the groung until you feel very comfortable with it. Be careful BC when you get her skids off the ground, she'll move pretty fast on that training gear. For you experienced guys, Thanks for sharing your knowledge on the board. It has helped me tremendously. I have a long way to go but I am having a blast doing it and have only trashed a few parts (I'm sure they won't be the last). I did notice that once I set the heli up properly, it was so much smoother than it was out of the box. Hope this helps someone. Thanks for listening, Brian
Posted on: 9/30/2005 12:45 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3409010

RE: New 3 BB Blade CP Grips
[quote]ORIGINAL: -pkh- My understanding is that since the old grips already have two bearings, you just need one more pair of bearings, so you'll have 3 for each grip... [/quote] You will need to get new grips as well BC they are molded differently to accept the third bearing.
Posted on: 9/26/2005 11:57 AM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "Electric RC Helis"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3394880

RE: Bdavison's E-flite Blade Assembly
Bdavidson, thanks for sharing the info here as I know it has helped many as well as myself! There are not many people around who will take the time you have to help others out. Thanks again for sharing. Now, please please, finish the thread. [;)]
Posted on: 9/19/2005 3:23 PM by Author "hdbint" in the forum "E-Flite Helicopters"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3373116