Thank you for visiting my web site. I have been involved in R/C for over 25 years. It all started back in 1982 when I was 11 years old; my mom bought me a high wing trainer airplane at the time and I learned to fly very quickly. I flew airplanes, gliders as well as control line for several years. At age 18 I stopped all R/C activities to attend college. A few years later after earning a degree in Computer Science, I moved to Orlando, Florida and began working full-time as an IT Systems Consultant and Network Administrator for a local firm. I am now part owner of a “Managed Hosting” business in Central Florida.
I started flying R/C helicopters around October/November of 2004 after visiting a local hobby shop and buying a small fixed pitch micro heli. Over the past few years I have been fortunate enough to become a sponsored pilot for various manufacturers. I currently attend over 20 events per year around the world thanks to my sponsors.
I am the president of “TORCHS” (The Orlando Remote Control Helicopter Society) and the founder and main organizer of the “Orlando Helicopter Blowout”, the 2nd largest R/C helicopter event in the United States. I am currently a factory team pilot for Align R/C Taiwan and an employee of HeliWholesaler where I manage the team and help with promotions and relations with Align Taiwan. In addition to all this, I produce a show series called “SmackTalk RC” with Bobby Watts.
Finally, I have been involved in competition, such as XFC (Extreme Flight Championships) where I have finished in the top 10 over the past three years, I also competed at the “World Micro Heli Cup” in Chicago where I finished 4th and the “2008 Align Cup and Competition” in Las Vegas where I finished 2nd. I have taken 1st place for two years in a row at the XFC team competition with Bobby Watts.
I’ve heard the stories floating around the web but have not seen the problem first hand and I don’t know anyone that has seen it. Always makes me wonder how many dumb-thumb maneuvers were attributed to this ghost. Saw this video back in August when it was posted, great information and happy to see Spektrum step-up their game and get a little technical and a little social. The most recent attack I have seen is on the satellite receivers. With the V-Bar and Total-G just the beginning I think we are about to see some exciting things made possible by just that technology.
Hi few simple questions?
What TX’s are you using ?
Are you using an Spectrum SE version TX and RX or older Spectrum?
If you are using SE version can you do a comparison agains FAST HS system like 10CG or 8FG with
r6014HS (using 7ms frame rate)
TX
Good video, i’ve seen this one before. I really dislike the whole “ours is better than yours” thing, it doesnt make the company look too good.
Bogus test. It doesn’t matter on a heli because the gyro has to reboot, by then you would have a lawn dart. Hook up more servos and try it and see what happens. Also you waited til the new Rx’s came out to compare. Try this test with the ATX SD-10 and see what happens. Spektrum has has more problems that Futaba has ever had with 2.4 systems.
Good video, had not seen this before. thanks for sharing
Tom , great point on doing a test under actual load.
The servo’s stop working correct but did you see also the led on the receiver ?, the Futaba was still online. And Agree Spectrum has had more problems then Futaba has ever had.
enjoyed the video Bert! can’t wait to get mine all set up and go out there
thanks, Danh from TORCHS
Why does the helicopter not lift off? Not enough pitch on the blades. For the CP2: lengthen the pitch links to increase the blade pitch. The best way to set the blade pitch is to disconnect the main and tail motor wires for the 4 in 1 controller (noting their positions) then switch your TX on and connect the heli battery. Allow the gyro to calibrate then switch the idle up switch on (top left of TX) then centre the throttle stick (leave trim at the bottom).