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Offline rcnut

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A new member...a new home!
« on: June 11, 2015, 02:07:40 PM »
I just bought Alan's N5c heli this morning! I was intrigued with the way this heli flew, I had to add one to my fleet!

A buddy of mine bought and built one based on my recommendations for a 50 size heli. So this meant I would be the one to finish the setup (installation and programming of the FBL controller) and test fly and setup his heli. A nice way of checking out a heli you might consider buying. He did a great job of build the N5tt for the exception of the tail hub grub screw that came out at the end of flight one. And the fuel tank line not long enough/short enough that caused the clunk to suck itself to the corner of the tank...causing the motor to run lean sporadically.

Otherwise, this heli flew great! It tracked very well, as if it was on rails. Balance was on the nose heavy side, but it was just. Once I fixed the fuel line in the tank, I was able to get a nice rich and blubbery sounding motor. Even at a low head speed, this heli had a lot of pop! Flight 3, I leaned the motor for a smoother run and this little heli wanted to rock!

I managed to gently roll his N5 inverted, and flew half a tank inverted...unbelievable! So smooth, so stable, I had all I could do to hold myself back from flying this heli like I fly mine! But I resisted, knowing one day soon I will own one of these little beauties, and then I can break my own in the way I like to fly!

In the meantime, by buddy blew up his motor the next flight out! I'm not completely sure how he did it, from what I could gather from his rambling about what happened, the motor went lean and way over head speed...2300+ rpm! He told me it was hard to start and it didn't have any power. I'll have to find out more when I get with him in person. His brand new O.S.55HZ now has a hole in the piston, and he used an aircompressor to blow out the debris from the crankcase! Now the main bearings are toast!

This will really frost his cookies when he sees my new N5...running very well! I look forward to add this heli to my fleet!
« Last Edit: June 11, 2015, 02:11:36 PM by rcnut »
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Offline Barry Tilson

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A new member...a new home!
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2015, 03:07:12 PM »
Cool great news you'll enjoy that heli for sure.
What FBL system are you running on that?

Sorry to hear about your friends troubles.


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Offline Chris Sexton

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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2015, 06:48:11 PM »
Nice!

I cut my nitro teeth on an N5c. Such a great machine!


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Offline Richard Rollins

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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2015, 09:22:04 PM »
Yep the n5c was my first nitro when I moved back to the mainland. Still going strong after 5 years.
 
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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 07:18:10 AM »
Glad you are excited about the N5C Ray. I am moving toward electric only. Focusing on F3C and nitro is out of fashion in that venue.  Kevin and I just did a N7 for E5 stretch swap deal.
Still keeping the n9 around just for the smell of nitro :-)
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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2015, 06:42:50 AM »
Thanks again Alan, I'll be enjoying this heli for some time! I thought about trying F3C, but don't have the time or heli's to commit to it. So I dabble with some of the maneuvers.

I've always liked having a 50 size heli in my fleet as a practice heli / trying new maneuvers / all around fun to fly heli. It gives me a break from the bigger and sometimes stressful helis.

As for a FBL controller…the Spartan Vortex, one that came out of the Mostro I sold.
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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2015, 11:11:49 AM »
Awesome Ray! Glad to hear your adding synergy helis to your fleet! Congratulations!
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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2015, 08:15:57 AM »
Add another happy pilot to the Synergy family!

Maiden flight on my N5c this past weekend in West Bend.   Can that thing piro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    Now waiting for a sale so I can another one to replace my X50F.    ;D
« Last Edit: June 29, 2015, 04:45:52 PM by peteowlsmith »

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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2015, 10:00:33 AM »
That's great! Congrats.
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Re: A new member...a new home!
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2015, 07:49:19 AM »
Congrats Pete! You're going to love it! ;D

I'm still tuning the Vortex controller on mine to get it like my 90 size helis.
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