February 1, 2012

  • Wednesday 1st Feb 2012

    Wednesday Night: Another day in Valencia, it was a shit day today, we got there really early, we had an early appointment and got the paperwork in on time, yet despite a 1-15 appointment, (which meant we were due to finish at 3-30pm), it was gone 4pm again before poor Beccie got in.... There is nothing to do but sit, wait and get very wound up...... it's frustrating not being able to comunicate because you can't ask why it's taking so long....

    The rest of the week has been a bit better, mostly good weather and I still did some flying.... But the little red micro helicopter I like so much has gone "west" after just 30 flights. That's pissed me off a bit.... I've never crashed it, but a servo, which is part of the main board, has developed a fault and suddenly screws itself all the way down casing a nose dive.....

    I miss flying it and they are out of stock so I can't even  just replace it, instead I have ordered a new main board with the servo's built in. The first of these models was crap from the start though and continues to be very difficult to fly where as the second one was amazing so I flew it every day.... just the luck of the draw I guess, some people say they have been flying them for months, but with a new main board it should be Ok - however it's from Hong Kong, which is still in holiday mode, so it could be a long while to wait........

    UPDATE tonight I decided to have another look at the micro heli's main board, so I wiggled a few components to make sure they were bonding properly, I also "wiggled the core of the servo pot and re-centred the servo arm, I have since flown three full packs, doing "nose in hovering" in perfect control in the lounge.... I hope this was just a "glitch" and I it's fixed itself so I can continue to enjoy flying the thing!