The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[Jetpainter]

@Jetpainter
Now I'm wondering if those magnets might have been the cause of the crash in the first place? But I guess they could have came loose on impact.

Let us know how the re-maiden goes.

After the crash, the motor was much hotter than normal. I pulled it apart and the rear bearing had totally disintegrated. The balls and cage were gone. The magnets were in the right places then. I remember because I spent a fair amount of time cleaning small pieces of metal off of them before I reassembled it with new bearings and shaft. Hard to say if they were really still attached at that time.

 

[Decal Dennis]

Hope the remaiden goes well

 

[Jetpainter]

Well it still flies! The remaiden went well other than the nervous pilot. Other than a couple of turns on the tail rotor push rod the setup was pretty good. Between the new motor and a different brand of main blades it sounds quite a bit different, but it seemed smoother than before.

One thing I didn't like ,was I noticed when I was carrying it by the rotor head that it had some vertical play in the main shaft, so when I got home I added another shim and it feels pretty good now.

 

[ericb]

I was able to work on my Escapade on and off for the last 2 days. Just about finished.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Well it still flies! The remaiden went well other than the nervous pilot. Other than a couple of turns on the tail rotor push rod the setup was pretty good. Between the new motor and a different brand of main blades it sounds quite a bit different, but it seemed smoother than before.

One thing I didn't like ,was I noticed when I was carrying it by the rotor head that it had some vertical play in the main shaft, so when I got home I added another shim and it feels pretty good now.

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Glad it went well. That baby sure looks great out in the sun.

 

[HornetNZ]

Well not in the workshop, but I won a full MassiveRC 250-size quad kit this weekend at RCEFF! I had been considering getting one since trying fpv out with the nqx, so this was an awesomely perfect prize! All its missing is the fpv camera & transmitter. Was a great weekend of flying, and got to meet some of the CrashCast crew too!

 

[pawnshopmike]

Finally finished up the Crack Laser this evening. Got a couple flights on it and I think I'm really going to like it. It flys very stable and will slow down to a crawl.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Well not in the workshop, but I won a full MassiveRC 250-size quad kit this weekend at RCEFF! I had been considering getting one since trying fpv out with the nqx, so this was an awesomely perfect prize! All its missing is the fpv camera & transmitter. Was a great weekend of flying, and got to meet some of the CrashCast crew too!

Nice score bro!

 

[Bartman]

Well not in the workshop, but I won a full MassiveRC 250-size quad kit this weekend at RCEFF! I had been considering getting one since trying fpv out with the nqx, so this was an awesomely perfect prize! All its missing is the fpv camera & transmitter. Was a great weekend of flying, and got to meet some of the CrashCast crew too!

congrats on the win, let me know if you need any help with it. maybe a build thread over at multirotorforums.com is in order?

which flight controller did it come with? NAZE? CC3D? something else?

 

[Bartman]

Finally finished up the Crack Laser this evening. Got a couple flights on it and I think I'm really going to like it. It flys very stable and will slow down to a crawl.

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i'm beginning to think if it says Crack in the name it flies well!