Garf

Yeah, from what I've googled about it that makes sense. I came across the phrase "shielded" which would suggest that these bearings aren't really "sealed" as I would understand it, so the penetrating oil may actually be getting into the bearing, replacing the grease and reducing friction. I guess that as long as I continue with the oil on a regular basis it shouldn't knacker them up too fast. I've got a hyperdeemic nurdle and syringe sorted now specifically for the job. FWIW I've used bicycle oil previously and it didn't have any effect (that I could see). I'm gonna try this pronature oil on a slightly larger motor (blade 130x) and see if it has any apparent effect. I would expect that progressively larger bearings would be higher quality and less prone to "improvement" or "life shortening" events.

Recently bought a HH brushless motor kit for my Nano CPX. My run times were reduced to three minutes instantly with a 1s 150mAh LiPo. I've been looking around to see if there is any point in oiling the brushless motors and the general consensus seemed to be "oil it if you want, but there's no point because the bearings are sealed" or something along those lines. So, I got some pronature PTFE oil and dispensed it liberally to both motors, drive gears, swashplate and linkages. Now this thing is crazy quick (for me anyway). It runs smoother, no bogging, pitch pumps show no tail blow out (did before) and run times are back to 4 minutes. I've also added some Lynx main blades which has made it even better IMO. Does anyone else oil brushless motors? Does it just help only with tiny motors? Have I imagined the above results ? (not impossible)

Got banned from an algae scrubbing site for saying the "new concept" in algae scrubbing belonged in this; Some folks just got no sense of humour

2 hrs of flight time (nano, 130x and sim) and the voltage has dropped to 7.1v. I've bought another set of Nickel Zinc batts to put in the eflite single charger thingy and so far they've charged up 6 x 3.7v 150mAh lipos (you can't use normal NiMh batts because the voltage is just too low to operate it). Edit - the nickel zinc batts lasted 12 LiPo charges, then went below the 5.1ish volts required for the eflite charger to work.

Have you bust anything yet?

Thanks both, decision made

Howdy. Finally got the nerve to fly the blade500. So, I'm after some batteries for it. The eflite ones are 6S 30C 2900mAh and about

New to this myself, but,the main motors slide out and unplug, so no soldering required. Spares are quite cheap unless you upgrade to a brushless motor. I suppose the tail motor would be a soldering job though. I've gone for a brushless main motor because there are a few horror stories with the stock main motor replacements only lasting 10 or 20 flights. I bet my batteries will take a hammering with the new motor,when I get it fitted. Edit - just had a quick look and it seems you can buy the tail motor, boom and tail rotor assembly for a tenner so that would make it just an unplug and plug in job also.

All the blurb sais if I fully discharge and recharge these babies once a week, then they should last 19 years. I've got 2 extra volts at 2500mAh compared to the standard NiMh (2000mAh) so I suppose they should last a lot longer between charges. Not cheap though because although the batteries were only

I got about 100 gentle flights out of mine before the main motor packed up.

Thought I would put some nickel zinc batteries in. They are a fraction longer than the other rechargeables which makes the fit tighter;

Mine is great fun. I bought some extra batteries and an IMAX charger with a parallel harness thingy and now there's no more waiting for the supplied charger to do its thing on one battery at a time. I've still got the single charger but I've connected up some big batteries (Heath Robinson style) because I got fed up with changing out the AA's. It's amazing how much you can learn on the nano, it flies so much like my 130x but can't cause much personal or property damage in a small space. I fly mine in the conservatory and have only trashed a few umbrella plant leaves

I grow marine benthic algae; http://youtu.be/OgfOh9KAVyc

Fitted, works great

Ordered

Didn't really want to get a vibrate thingy, but having taken this thing to pieces a few times now in failed efforts to get it louder (the built in buzzer seems to operate at 1.5 volts) perhaps this is the best option. Thanks Hydro. Tamiyacowboy - I fully understand where your coming from. I've read other posts you've made in the past where state you use throttle hold as a stunt mode. If I ever get to the stage where I need 2 stunt modes I can easily put the switch back, or get a more advanced radio. Thanks again

If there is, I haven't heard it. Then again the bleeper noise on this is also very quiet. I've been looking on the tube to try and find how to increase the volume on the timer alarm, but as yet, not found anything easy enough for me to attempt.

If I leave this on by mistake now, I'm gonna go and get my eyes tested http://youtu.be/EIbiuoLys2o

I use throttle hold set at zero to cut the throttle on my helis. I don't really understand any other function for throttle hold when there's an idle up toggle. Hydro - cheers

Hi all. Got a flashing LED en route to stick on my DX6i. Just one question really, because I don't need the throttle cut button, is it ok to remove the circuit board from the front panel (perhaps stick it to the inside of the case out of the way) and then put the LED in the hole? Seems like a 7mm hole already and I need 8mm for the LED holder/bezel. Thanks in advance Gary.

For Information - Two weeks ago, the RX failed. When powering up it just gave a "micro flash" from the Rx LED, then nothing. No matter how many times I tried it, the same result each time. Today I finally had enough of using the Sim through the wired interface so got the RX out of the cupboard to give it another try before I binned it. Same thing happened "micro flash" then bugger all. So, I took it to bits - couldn't find anything obviously wrong. Tried wiring everything up again, still nothing. In desperation I tried re-binding it (with power to throttle and bind plug in and all other leads disconnected). Hey presto, it lives again. If it happens again I'll know to try this first.

Just to round off this thread, even I can hover this 130x without drama. Its got a bit of a tail wag which I can sort (thanks YouTube). What a difference from my honeybee. I wasn't really expecting it to be this stable. Onwards and upwards Sent from my B15 using Tapatalk

Once again, thanks. I found that (on the sim at least) I have a hell of a job running it with the expo (the 130x is supposed to be set at 40). I Inhibited the expo and found it much easier. The CP3 did seem a bit "soggy" so perhaps this has held me back. Time to test out my theory, when there's a break in the weather This 130x is quite a bit smaller than the CP3 but a whole different class of kit, in my inexperienced view (and a lot prettier).

Thanks. I've spent all day on the sim doing as you suggested. I've ordered a 130x.

Cheers bud, I'm in denial I think. The more I think about it, the closer I nudge it's remains towards the rubbish bin. Do you think a blade 130x could be tamed down., from what I've heard its fairly idiot resistant. Flown it on the sim and it looks rather twitchy. I've got a blade 500 3D (I know, but it was cheap) to fly when I'm ready, I tried the CP3 as a stepping stone upto it, but I've never got on with it. Thanks