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Gaui EP550 Hurricane

The EP550 Hurricane bought 27 September, 2009 is 80% assembled (air frame complete with head installed), complete with 850kv brushless motor, 50A/25V ESC, external 3Amp BEC and 525mm wooden blades. The kit I bought is the plastic airframe version. You need to complete the building of the kit and install all your own electronics (cyclic and tail servos, gyro, receiver and transmitter) set the head, gyro and program the transmitter.

I had a problem with the stock ESC not initialising. Went back to the hobby shop I purchased this kit from. ESC worked fine. On returning home I repowered the heli up and still could not get the ESC to initialise, blowing the stock external BEC in the process. I used and tested the circuit with two other ESC's and my own UBEC and had no problems. Therefore I am only using the stock 850kv motor in this setup.

The pic above is the colour I had originaly painted the heli in but messed it all up when applying a clear coat. In the mean time the heli is painted two tone yellow/orange. I will be returnig the heli back to the flouro green once all is complete. It does look so much better.

I decided to have a second attempt and reconnected the stock ESC once I had all componants working and the ESC has decided to work. On saying this I am using the Turnigy Plush 60amp ESC in my final setup.

Componants Installed

* DX7
* AR6200 View my DX7, AR6200 settings and servo setup
* Stock Gaui 850kv brushless motor
* Turnigy Plush 60amp ESC with UBEC 5V/3A disabled. View my Turnigy Plus 60Amp ESC settings
* Hobbywing 5V/3A 6V/3A switchable UBEC. Input 5.5-26V
* Spektrum DS821 on cyclic. 6x BMS-661MG+HS Super Fast Digital Metal Gear Servos to try later.
* Inertia 860 Headlock gyro/Futaba s9254 View my Inertia 860 settings
* TRex 600 Skid set
* CNC Elevator Lever
* CNC Pitch & Roll Arm Set
* CNC Swashplate Guide
* CNC Tail Servo Mount
* CNC Tail Push Rod Adjuster Joiner - 2mm
* Homemade alluminium battery tray
* 1x Flightmax 7.4v 2100mah 6c receiver pack for use with external UBEC
* Optional 1x 4.8v 1200mah NiMh RX pack
* 2x Zippy Rhino 11.1v 2350mah 25c (212g each) wired in a series (+-+-). Total 22.2v (for now)
* 2x Zippy Rhino 11.1v 3700mah 25c-37c max on order
* 12v 20amp Automotive rocker switch for UBEC/receiver.
* 24v 10amp Main power switch for ESC/motor.
* Painted at work in Wattyl Two Pack Colourthane Epoxy.
* All other componants are stock built from the kit.
* Swallow EQ Charger for all helicopter flight packs
* Flight Simulator: Clearview

Total flying weight:
Flight time: 5 minutes per flight. Timed flights. (Not using low cutoff settings)
Number of flights to date: 15
Flight days:
Flying characteristics: Lazy 8's, circuits no 3D.
After flight temperature: ESC and motor hot.
Crashes: 1. Used a gyro I should not have. BAD MOVE!



Happy reserching, Happy modding and Happy flying.

MASJO

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