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Post by akphill on Jun 13, 2011 14:17:28 GMT -6
My buddy in Anchorage is moving out of state so he asked me if I would buy his heli for 500 dollars so what could I fella do ;D All I had to do was finish building it and setting up Raptor 50 se     |
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Post by Dave on Jun 13, 2011 16:09:53 GMT -6
Well lets see......you could pass it around to all the members here to fly around for a little before they pass it on to the next guy. I figure if you do that and everyone keeps it for no more that 5 days and then ships it on with 2 day delivery you should get it back in about 3 years, give or take a month or two ;D Sound like a good ideal guys  Dave |
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Post by r/c basher on Jun 13, 2011 19:23:17 GMT -6
Theres a bigfoot in the second picture. I always knew they were real...
Congrats on the purchase.
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Post by Solitaire on Jun 13, 2011 19:26:34 GMT -6
Sounds like a plan to me, Dave.  Good lookin' heli, Phil. I've always thought those Thunder Tigers were a sharp piece of kit. |
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Post by Doozer on Jun 13, 2011 21:22:14 GMT -6
I'd like something like that to follow me home. Nice pick up. $500 bucks for a BNF Rappy..... noice. Raptors are solid helis. I love that rotor head, it looks sweet.
BTW, is that a cat in the background? If it is, are you feeding it bears or something?
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Post by akphill on Jun 13, 2011 23:50:07 GMT -6
LOL yes he eats just about anything he can sink his teeth into bears moose caribou to name a few
Yeah I am gonna miss my buddy
the raptor was just bind and fly mostly all I had to supply was my futaba radio and some locktite
I set it up last Friday and my buddy checked it over and set up some parts he didn't like and we test flew it and made some more tweaks now its good to go
this heli has a governor on it which is taking some getting used to but I think I am liking it but we will see
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Post by Doozer on Jun 14, 2011 0:07:51 GMT -6
Yeah man I'm not sure I'm real keen on having a Gov. Especially on a gasser. There's a way you can set up your throttle mechanically that will give me a more linear response (mechanical expo). Govs have trouble with non-linear carbs. I've been thinking about doing it, but I don't feel like getting lost in curve hell. I don't fly 3D, so my opinion about a gov may be skewed a bit. Managing the collective is part of the fun for me.
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Post by 19000rpm on Jun 14, 2011 5:42:33 GMT -6
Great idea Dave. |
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Post by Doozer on Jun 14, 2011 7:08:40 GMT -6
I'm down with the sharing idea. I've still got a half gallon of nitro fuel that I need to use. Each person needs to add a sticker to the canopy.
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Post by 19000rpm on Jun 14, 2011 17:41:28 GMT -6
No problemo |
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