new HBFP has no power
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new HBFP has no power
just got my HBFP a week or so ago, put some superskids on it, and tried to fly it with a new LIPO battery and also with one of the two factory packs, and with any of them it has almost no power, full throttle only gets me maybe a foot off the ground. Any ideas what could be wrong before I start throwing parts at it?
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RE: new HBFP has no power
ORIGINAL: homeunt
well I dont have HBFP or know anything about it but I read somewhere in beginners forum about saying Lipo and super skid combo weighs too much.
well I dont have HBFP or know anything about it but I read somewhere in beginners forum about saying Lipo and super skid combo weighs too much.
I did try to fly it once completely stock and it was about the same so I'm not sure.
while I'm on the subject the darn thing is really hard to fly... much harder than my blade cx.
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RE: new HBFP has no power
The LiPo's are lighter, the SS give it some weight making it a little more stable (not much), is your throttle trim in the middle?
The HBFP may be hard at first but once you can fly this, you can fly anything (almost )
The HBFP may be hard at first but once you can fly this, you can fly anything (almost )
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RE: new HBFP has no power
gear mesh too tight? blades out of balance? main shaft bent? i used to have an hbfp and all of these were problems if the heli would not lift off. biggest difference was when i balanced the blades. it shot off the ground as soon as i did that at 70% throttle
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RE: new HBFP has no power
ORIGINAL: philip_g
Oh, I thought the lipo was lighter than the nicad or nimh they came with, but I haven't weighed them.
I did try to fly it once completely stock and it was about the same so I'm not sure.
while I'm on the subject the darn thing is really hard to fly... much harder than my blade cx.
ORIGINAL: homeunt
well I dont have HBFP or know anything about it but I read somewhere in beginners forum about saying Lipo and super skid combo weighs too much.
well I dont have HBFP or know anything about it but I read somewhere in beginners forum about saying Lipo and super skid combo weighs too much.
I did try to fly it once completely stock and it was about the same so I'm not sure.
while I'm on the subject the darn thing is really hard to fly... much harder than my blade cx.
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RE: new HBFP has no power
Could be as simple as the motor isn't broken in yet. I had a similar problem with my Walkera #4. Once the motor broke in she flew like a champ.
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RE: new HBFP has no power
I don't know, 3 batteries through and it barely gets 1' off the ground at full throttle. I'm using a superskids LIPO. Bad motor maybe?