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Originally Posted by DroidAV8R
No doubt, some very cool hobbies in this user base. Remote helos, eh? Just how hard are those to fly? I was talking to a helicopter pilot last week who told me that, at least with the real thing, it's like standing on a 2x4, balancing on a beach ball, while spinning a golf ball on the tip of a pin!
Definitely off topic 
Oh, and +1 on the FCC filings. |
I started with a co-axil heli that pretty much hovers on its own. It was fun but after seeing some of the sport and 3d flying videos I decided to move on to the collective pitch helis. I'd say the analogy you heard from the pilot applies to R/c too. You really have to be making constant compensations with the stick just to hover. The build is half the battle though since with the right setup you can minimize the things you need to compensate for (such as slightly off centered servos). Once the little compensations become subconscious you can really have some fun with it, but I i'm still on the steep end of the learning curve trying to fly circuits and I haven't dedicated much time to it recently, might start it up again in the summer.
On the FCC front, I got bored and looked up the battery make (formosa) and model (BB96100/BTR6300B) and found this battery certification document dated Spetember 30th, 2009.
TV Rheinland Group -Certificate No. JPTUV-028936. I also looked up the battery charger, which will be the same one used for the Touch HD 2 phone. The only other part listed was the USB cord, which of course is as generic as it gets.
Would have been nice if there was more of a parts manifest in the FCC docs so we could follow some more interesting leads. Oh well.