Getting there... got the main frame done and the tail boom fitted up and went through the NEO setup with the Soko.....

I will need to get a NiMh 800mah buffer pack for it but in the mean time Dennis was kind enough to lend me his Scorpion backup guard for the weekend.












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Nice I want to try one of these myself

Ozzy mozzy what size was the scorpion that came out of it?

 

It's a 4035 530kv


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Mmmm nice and light!!!

That's with a 12s 4400 stick pack




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So far only had one flight.....and it was perfect!! After some more flights I'll get a feel for anything that needs changing but so far so good...

Most of the maiden was at 1750rpm got just over 8 minutes flight and peaked just over 82amps lol


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Got some Rail 716 blades on her now...... and some new canopies!

 

Nice Ozzy!
Your pics and experience is making me think up old good memories of my TDR! I also had the Insane canopy as per your last pic above.

One of Fassters old canopies.


And this one was my everyday canopy, red windshield always popped in the sun.


Trusty heli the TDR, good gentle flyer with excellent tracking

Banshee next aye

 

Popular canopy! I have seen others with them as well...... easy to see why, it's a very nice looking canopy.

Hopefully todays weather is nice enough and I can go fly this bird and try out both canopies.

Banshee!!!! mmmmmmm now that would be nice.........

 

Got a couple of flights in this afternoon..... the black canopy looks great but you really only see the red!!!

The Insane canopy is much better....








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Big thanks to Chopsy for hooking me up with this beautiful motor mount!! It's a work of art....




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Thats the sexiest motor heatsink i have ever seen! Very nice...

 

That heat sink is a work of art
Chopsy is a gun


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Cheers fellas! Glad you like it Ozzy

Some more pics I took of it before shipping to Ozzy







One of 9 I made, limited edition, all sold & shipped to TDR owners around the world. Including one to Jan Henseleit the creator of the TDR.
Ozzy has the only bead-blasted version

 

The new motor mount works well, the motor was nowhere near as hot! Thanks Chopsy

Thought I would try a single 6s 5000 pack, rpm was just over 1000.... the sound of the blades is awesome and with full collective I could manage some flips and rolls.... next I'll try a 6s 3300 pack which will be a lot lighter!

It was just a quick 3 minute flight as a test, I checked the flight pack and it had 80% left in it.....

 

Finally got my white dampers for the head.... looking forward to feel the difference...




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Got a new Jive Pro 120 esc today, fitted this one to the TDR with a TelMe module for full Telemetry.... The older heli Jive 120 esc that was on it will go in the Logo when I rebuild it...

First thing I noticed was the throttle % had to go up!! Anyone know the lowest % these will run on?




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Thats pretty small for a 120! fantastic saving on weight.

Conflicting comments... some say 15% is absolute lowest and others say 30% is the lowest as the bailout operates at this point. Should be mode4 as you already know. Said it before, but what a beasty heli....

 

Yeah they are small..... Thanks for the Vid, thats the Heli Jive. I know the one I had I could easily drop it to 30% but the new one is the Jive Pro and from what I have read they are different to the Heli Jive.

I had it at 30% and it wouldnt even spool up lol.....

 

If you're chasing lower rpm, a lower cell count would do it.
And the easy way I found to get a lower cell count in my old TDR was to run Revolectrix batteries........ :lol