Hirobo Chinook CH47

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:31 am

Alex " EBAY " It came from America as I could not find one here . The seller was hiprohobbies and it only took 4 days to arrive . My first choice was a plettenburg but the cost was over £300 just for the motor the E-flite cost me £70 . The heli has not been of the ground yet but with the gov set to a head speed of 1700 the motor is only using 1.2 amps . So it should be fine .

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:05 am

Colin what batteries are you going to run?

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:52 am

Li-polys ----- two Flightpower 14.8v (4s2p)packs connected in series , the motor`s output is 400rev`s per volt so at 29.6v its spinning 11840 perfect for the 12 :77 ratio on the chinook .

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:57 am

SO by my calcalations if your using 4000mah you are looking at 12min flight times?

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:54 pm

Yes they are 5000mah packs so hopefully 15 mins

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:42 am

CT, I'm thinking about one of these kits too, are there any concerns with the build, or did it go together as planned. I'll be going with IC, what are the suggested servo's for it, or what did you use?

Kev..

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:59 pm

kit went together very well ,a bit fiddly though could have done with a few captive nut`s . I used futaba 9202 `s all round

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:16 am

Some flying pics from Colin

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:24 am

Pics look good, two things to remember when flying a tandem

Watch orientation. on some angles you have trouble seeing if its coming or going

when flying slow the front blades can take all the air from the back head causing a large pitch up, don't know if all the Hirobo electronics will stop this. I found out about this the hard way Crying or Very sad

What colour scheme are you going with?

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:35 am

They made an Artic rescue version in white orange and black complete with skis !!

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:44 am

this one

"£$*(%^ that was the one I was going to do

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:27 am

Thats the one

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:46 am

Any one know where I can get decent decals , the ones supplied with the kit are good but they are very thick .

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:31 pm

RC Graphics are featured in this months RotorWorld and do various insignia, decals and text on 55 micron think vinyl.

http://www.rcgraphics.co.uk

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:56 pm

Thanks I`ll check them out