Eagle's helicopter repair

[Eagle]

We have 6 or so of these helis in our IT room for stress relief... problem is they inevitably crash and break. For awhile I'd just pointed and laughed at them when they'd crash and break their junk.... but then the other night my wife was flying my apache and crashed it... and karma struck. Mine broke too. :wtc:

So I left it sitting for awhile, but while bored the other day, I took it all apart, found the broken plastic pieces and replaced them with some after market hardware. Namely, a couple really small pieces of a sewing pin that I chopped up. Here's some pics of my repairs:

Post repair test flight:

Came to work and touted my engineering prowess in my repair, and 2 more heli's showed up for repair... Here's a group shot of a few I could find in close proximity to each other for a photo op:

They both fly after repairing them too, although one seems to be a bit janky right now. I'm sure we'll get it sorted out.

Next up is the Chinook. Something is up with the front lower rotor pair... need to get in there and figure it out.

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[Yaj Yak]

 

[Mook]

time to quit your job and open up a toy helicopter repair shop.

Captain Dan's Heli Repair

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Totally getting one for the shop.

 

[Eagle]

You can get them on Amazon for <$20 now. Everyone should own one.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

i have the blue and red one. they are pretty awesome for 20 bucks. just wish they had better battery life

 

[Bru]

I've noticed that the body screws loosen up after time and will cause it to fly weird and fall prematurely. Happened to mine, Mark's and my dad's.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Found em at budk.com also.

 

[Eagle]

Interesting. I'll have to look into that. The janky heli flies fine, but when you try to get it to hover, it does circles. Kinda like going around in a 1' circle with the nose pointing in one direction.

 

[Bru]

Make sure you get the Syma S107, or Syma brand. Everything else is an imitator.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I've noticed that the body screws loosen up after time and will cause it to fly weird and fall prematurely. Happened to mine, Mark's and my dad's.

Yup, I have to tighten the screws every now-and-then otherwise the 'copter gets all crazy.

You can't over-tighten the blades or else it will fly weird too. They should be able to move freely.

 

[blakbearddelite]

Interesting. I'll have to look into that. The janky heli flies fine, but when you try to get it to hover, it does circles. Kinda like going around in a 1' circle with the nose pointing in one direction.

That's exactly what mine was doing. I messed around with tightening random screws and it eventually started flying normal again. I haven't really figured out which ones make the difference yet.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

That's exactly what mine was doing. I messed around with tightening random screws and it eventually started flying normal again. I haven't really figured out which ones make the difference yet.

hmm ill have to go re tighten mine today

 

[blakbearddelite]

Damn, that Apache is bad ass! It looks like I need to have three of these things now.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IBPQEW/?tag=tcg21-20

I can already hear Amie yelling at me. lolz.

 

[Gwinn The Chinn]

i think with it rotating in a circle like that one blade is getting more power then the other. I cant remember the name of it, but there should be an electric receiver were you can adjust the amount each blade spins.

 

[willizm]

Lol at the sticker that says "Bow before me for I am Root". Nerds

 

[Eagle]

 

[Eagle]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IBPQEW/?tag=tcg21-20

I can already hear Amie yelling at me. lolz.

My grandma saw me flying mine around the other day, so she sent two of that exact bird to some cousins as Christmas gifts.

 

[Eagle]

Damn, that Apache is bad ass! It looks like I need to have three of these things now.

Heck yeah man! And since the body is 100% plastic and inclosed, it runs much quieter. The two white lights are kinda cool too.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

And ordered.

 

[Eagle]

 

[EmersonHart13]

Eagle, any of those the Big or Large ones or do you have all the small versions?

 

[Eagle]

The chinook is huge, like 16" long. Thing is scary when its flying. People literally flee the room when its flying, cuz it looks like it might behead you if it ran into you.

We also have a couple larger versions, but they seem to be a bit too crazy for indoor use... at least in our office. So they don't fly often.

 

[firemandan1700]

must...not...impulse buy....... lol