Month: September 2011
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Xieda 9958 Carbon Fiber Main Shaft
A project I have been putting off until tonight. Switched out the aluminum 9958 main shaft to a carbon fiber one to shave off some weight. Just sharing some dimensions in case someone else is thinking of making a carbon fiber main shaft for the Xieda 9958. First I took a Bravo III carbon fiber […]
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Photo of Popular 1s Lipo for Micro Helicopters
A couple of comparison pictures of popular 1s LiPo’s for micro helicopters. Here’s the relative heights. The Nano-Tech is not puffy. They all look like that for some reason, and as you can see…are thicker than the other 1s cells.
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Blade mSR 5-in-1 Board Battery Plug
Just a public service announcement regarding E-Flite’s Blade mSR 5-in-1 RX board. I learn the hard way that E-Flite has at least two revision of the 5-in-1. And between revisions, they also reversed the polarity of the battery plug. I didn’t realized this when I had to replace a fray battery plug on one of […]