This heli newly released by Zhengrun in 2010 with an eye catching outlook. Silver blue canopy, cool streamline shape and looks like wear sunglasses. It even take care with night flying by installing some glittering LEDs! The most unique design must be its 2 rotors aside, recall me the gunship in Avatar! Maybe the manufacturer was inspired by Avatar.
There’re cases about E-sky Honey Bee FP (Fixed Pitch) V2 4-in-1 ESC burnt after crashes, though it can be avoided by throttle down before crash. Yes, if and only if you are one of those advanced pilots. Hence, this time showing you the very simple, light weight and cheap(~$1) fuse mod for saving the expensive(~$40) 4in1. Of course, this modification is never limit to Honey Bee only.
Here’s one of the comment on this mod. : )
“And the fuse mod saved my 4-in-1! I accidentally pushed the throttle as I bent to pick the helicopter up from the ground and the blades whirred right into my fingers and legs. I guess I’m lucky it wasn’t a CP heli. Anyway, the blades jammed against me and the fuse blew. I’m so glad I put it in!”
I feel kind of sad when I am writing this, because I read about an accident caused by Lipo batteries/ Lipo charger in the beginning of 2010. The victim who is a rc helicopter hobbyist in US, his house was burnt into ash after his 3S 2200 mah li-po pack caught the fire when charging. Fortunately, the mistake didn’t cost his nor his family lives. But it is still a shock to me, I never thought a hobby would leads to such a tragedy.
But not necessary to be over-panic, as the above case is caused by charging the pack with 1C max charge rate at a double rate. Moreover, most cell phone and digital camera on market is using Lipo battery too. So, even if you are not into remote control model, I suggest you have a look at the paragraph below too. As it’s inevitable to use lipo in our daily life, better learn to use it wise.
Some remote control helicopters equipped with glittering LEDs once you bought it, but things seldom comes perfect. So, if you want to install LEDs or replace the color of LEDs, wish this guide able to help you.
What you are going to do is to create a simple circuit similar to the diagram shown below. The power for LEDs would be shared from a spare servo jack on the receiver or use a “Y” cable adapter with an existing servo. Read the rest of this entry »
The latest UDI U803 was released in 2010, it is a 3 channels palm size scale toy helicopter with length of 16.9cm, in the ratio at 1:100 of AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter. It is the most resemble and smallest Apache scale helicopter among the products on market. From the pictures below, you can see the very detailed fuselage in military green.
It is of high stability with the coaxial design with flybar. Together with the 4-in-1 infra-red receiver assemble 3-axis gyro, ESC, mixer and receiver, make it outstanding when managing all direction of maneuver including left or right turn. This rc heli is very suitable for beginners and/or warplane collectors. From the video in U801 post, even a little girl can manage it well!
This RC Apache is highly durable towards crashes, as it was composed by extremely elastic blades, flybar. And the transmitter support 3 different channels at maximum, in other words 3 U803 can fly at the same time. U803 present an interesting feature, which is that you can switch on/off the LEDs on helicopter during a flight. Read the rest of this entry »
Metal series UDI U807 is a palm size coaxial scale toy helicopter, with length of 15.4cm, newly released in 2010. There are 3 colors for your choice: Blue, Yellow and Red. It demonstrate extremely high stability perfectly with the coaxial design with flybar. Together with the 3-axis gyroscope make it outstanding when managing left or right turn. Be ware that it fly faster than you imagine, many crashed it once fly out of the box because of it’s unexpected high speed. It is always a good choice for beginners who want to fly indoor! From the video in U801 post, even a little girl can manage it well!
This helicopter is highly durable towards crashes, as it was composed by extremely elastic blades, flybar, landing gear and the metal alloy frame. Read the rest of this entry »
New Walkera heli coming soon! V400D02 is a flybarless helicopter which able to perform 3D flying. It’s length is 650mm which is a little bit smaller than V450D01 (670mm), and much larger than V120D02 & V120D03 which is micro 3D helicopter. With an all-up weight of 510g, it would be strong enough to fly outdoor and stand against wind.
This 3 channels coaxial micro scale rc helicopter is manufactured by UDI in China, it’ s a model which share similar equipment to s107. Both of them are coaxial with built-in gyroscope, featuring extremely high stability for beginners who start from zero. Together with the 4-in-1 infra-red receiver assemble gyro, ESC, Mixer and Receiver, craft it as a remarkable choice for indoor flight.
This remote control helicopter offers red and yellow for the choice of fuselage color, which is what a dolphin helicopter looks like. Though you may found 2 tail rotors set vertically and horizontally, the vertical one is merely for ornament. Plus, there are glittering LEDS, which can be switch on/off on the transmitter during flight.
The 3-axis gyroscope make it outstanding when managing left or right turn. And it zip around quicker than s107, but slower than Phantom 6010. There is review claimed its long flight time with short charging time, U801 takes only 20 minutes Read the rest of this entry »
There are many different controllers for rc helicopters: PS3 controllers, gloved hand and now you can fly it with your voice! Have you ever play the PS3 game “Endwar” ? In it, you are the commander who take control over entire battlefield, and command your troops by simply spitting your commands with folded arms.
Now, this innovative concept have brought to reality by Nikko. This voice helicopter follow your commands, like Start Engine, Higher, Lower, Hold and Stop… Read the rest of this entry »
