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Post by dunkonu23 on Apr 23, 2012 5:52:34 GMT -5
Good deal on the 450x... I love the AR7200BX. I use it on my 7hv.
Scott
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 23, 2012 23:43:05 GMT -5
Well, I have never seen the weather forecasters miss by soooo much. They were predicting 6 to 12 inches of snow here between Sunday night and Monday night. We didn't see a single flake.   Anyhow, Scott, I have a neat little set up for breaking in new batteries. I have an old 425 plastic frame screwed to the bench, with an old stock Gaui motor and esc mounted on it, and an AR6100 RX. I just plug in my new lipo, throttle it up to about 25% and let it run for a few minutes. Stop, check battery voltage, and if need be run it for another couple of minutes. Put the lipo on the charger and hook up another to my discharge frame. Here is another little trick I have learned too, if your charger supports the input voltage. Charge one new lipo, then power the charger off of that lipo to charge another one. Then rinse and repeat. Just be sure to monitor the voltage of the battery that is powering the charger so that you don't over-discharge it. I still need to get my 200 repaired after a late season crash last year, but don't really have the time right now. Helping the wife with the annual "spring cleaning" around the house. Good luck with the new 450x Jason. Jerry |
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Post by dunkonu23 on Apr 24, 2012 5:05:55 GMT -5
That sounds like an idea... but... I have no bench.  Scott |
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Post by malcolm on Apr 24, 2012 15:03:08 GMT -5
Helping the wife...................... what the heck is that |
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 24, 2012 23:35:41 GMT -5
Helping the wife...................... what the heck is that That is called "honey do" projects. You know, when the wife says, "honey can you do ?? for me today.  An unhappy wife makes for an unhappy family, so........It is always best to make sure the wife is happy. ;D Even if it means putting off a heli project for a while.  Jerry |
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Post by barryorbik on Apr 25, 2012 8:31:01 GMT -5
My outdoor 'fleet' are just waiting for the opportunity to twirl their blades. All have been thoroughly cleaned, checked, polished and lubed up, with new battery packs for the Gaui 550 and Trex 250 after my recently purchased Lipo ESR meter proved the old packs were shot. Only flights I have managed recently have been indoors or in the garden with the MSR and MCP-x.
Just waiting for the 'April Showers' (monsoon rain) to stop here now!!
Barry
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Post by malcolm on Apr 25, 2012 14:22:26 GMT -5
Ahh, I see
After 3 divorces i am more into the "honey do it yourself" ;D
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 25, 2012 23:13:09 GMT -5
It is the rainy season here too. Usually April and early May it rains a lot here. I would like to get a few more 6s packs, and another HeadHunter frame, but the wife put my heli budget on hold for a while so she could save up for her trip to Vegas with her sister next month. Hey Malc, hehe, maybe the "honey do it yourself" might have contributed to the 3 divorces, lol. If I told my wife that, I would probably be sleeping out in the garage.  Jerry |
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 26, 2012 3:07:31 GMT -5
That sounds like an idea... but... I have no bench. Scott Lol Scott, that sounds funny to me in a way. I am guessing that your basement is finished and you use it as a recreational area/family room/den/etc. ( Or your house has no basement as some that I have seen)........ My basement is "unfinished", just concrete floor and stone walls, except that it is separated into several smaller "rooms", one of which is my woodworking area. I have several 6 foot long wooden benches in there along with all of my woodworking equipment. I use one of the benches for my helicopter builds/repairs. It has 4 stools around it, 1 for me, and one for each of the wife's 3 kitties that sit there and watch me all the time. I have to keep an eye on them though as they like to reach out and start "pawing" my parts across the bench and onto the floor sometimes. They are my build crew, lol. Jerry |
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Post by dunkonu23 on Apr 26, 2012 3:43:55 GMT -5
My basement is unfinished, but it is primarily storage because it's not really well wired and it's chilly down there in the winter. About the only thing I do down there is solder connectors and/or play guitar. It's too dark down there for much else. Our dog doesn't even like it down there.
Scott
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 26, 2012 23:34:02 GMT -5
Ah, I see. My basement was like that when I moved here, but I rewired all three floors of my house, which was a pain getting wires fished through the finished walls and ceilings, and rewired the basement. I installed lots of fluorescent lights in the basement and also have a large add-on wood burner down there hooked into the furnace duct work so it gets pretty warm down there in the winter. In the winter I actually spend most of my time down in he basement doing woodworking, tinkering with the helis, sharpening knives, scissors, drill bits, etc. In the summer I spend most of my time in the garage repairing cars, lawn mowers, weed trimmers, chain saws, and stuff like that. I also do a lot of welding in the summer since all of my family, friends, and neighbors know that I have 2 welders in the garage, lol. Every time something breaks they just "Take it over to Jerry's " to get it welded.  Jerry |
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Post by malcolm on Apr 28, 2012 14:18:10 GMT -5
For those of us in the northern lakes wet catchment area are any of you planning on a switch over to RC boats soon ;D |
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 28, 2012 15:18:42 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder if anyone makes an RC snowmobile? That would be popular here in the "Rust Belt". I would have one if I could find one. Don't worry Malc, the rainy season usually ends around mid May or so, although you are pretty close to the June tornado area. |
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Post by malcolm on Apr 28, 2012 20:16:41 GMT -5
Yeah i know, had a few close'ish ones last year (within 30 miles) but not actually seen one first hand, i am the sort of nutter that will go looking for one if i know its coming close
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 28, 2012 20:42:32 GMT -5
I have only seen ONE first-hand. Kind of interesting at first, until you realize that it is heading in your direction, then you end up changing your 'Fruit-Of-the-Looms' after it goes by.  If I ever see another one in person, I won't stick around to watch it..... The winds inside of a tornado can easily reach well over 200mph. |
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Post by dunkonu23 on Apr 28, 2012 22:20:09 GMT -5
We had a tornado here a couple of years ago... then just a month and a half ago about 10 miles down the road. Not fun.
The first one was funny, though... the siren went off, my wife was in the shower, I'm yelling, "Get in the basement NOW!!"
She didn't hear me. She heard the siren, though. She thought it was the first Saturday of the month test. I went into the bathroom yelling, "What ARE you thinking!? Don't you hear the siren?" So, get her in a towel and downstairs, FAST. Our dog hates the basement, but as long as my wife holds him, he's good.
Scott
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 29, 2012 2:40:52 GMT -5
The one that I experienced was 3 miles from my house, and, guess where I was? Yep, 3 miles from my house, at work. It took the roof off of the Mack truck dealership where I work as a mechanic. We were on our break and were sitting there watching a storm approaching when we saw a large horizontal rolling cloud below the storm clouds. Within a minute or two the end of that cloud turned vertically and started churning up debris in a field about a quarter mile away. As it got closer we ran inside, closed all the overhead doors and dove inside the packer body of a refuse truck that was inside the shop. The whole building started shaking, then in a few seconds it was calm. We jumped out of the back of the garbage truck and found the roof of the building was gone. Most of it was laying in a field several hundred feet away, but, some of it landed on our vehicles causing some damage. Personally, I never want to experience anything like that again. In other words, I won't be applying for a job as a storm chaser anytime in the near future. And no, Micheal Jordan doesn't give you a 50% "trash" warranty on your Hanes, lol. Jerry |
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Post by dunkonu23 on Apr 29, 2012 14:42:29 GMT -5
That's scary as all get out, Jerry. A roof blowing off while you're in a truck... damn! I think in all honestly MJ would have crapped out, too. Scott |
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Post by jasong911 on Apr 29, 2012 19:20:26 GMT -5
What? No pits to hide in like that movie? What's Tornado Alley coming to? Wait, what...Pennsylvania?
Glad no one was hurt though, always a crapshoot during a storm. Course, we're all day-to-day...
-Jason
no time like the present then, to go spool up the repaired 425 on the new (to this bird) radio. Charging batteries now...
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Post by Jerrymac on Apr 30, 2012 1:04:14 GMT -5
Lol Jason, Western PA isn't part of 'tornado alley', but we do get some occasional tornadoes. They are generally much smaller than those monster ones out in the plains states and normally only affect a small area before they die out in the hills. Flat terrain seems to be more favorable for tornadoes, and the terrain here is pretty much hills in all directions.
Glad to see that you are getting some stick time. I have been too busy to get in any flying, plus it is the rainy season here right now.
Jerry
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An unhappy wife makes for an unhappy family, so........It is always best to make sure the wife is happy. ;D
