Walkera V120D02S
May 2, 2012 19:50:30 GMT
Post by windmill9 on May 2, 2012 19:50:30 GMT
Further to my less than satisfactory interface with a Nine Eagles Solo Pro 180D (nice heli, terrible transmitter).
I have had the problem solved for me.
It is called a Walkera Devo 8 - which you could connect to a Walkera V120D02s - and I did!
Not a walk in the park if you a programming in all the settings for the first time. But there is a fair amount of help on the inter-web. Best advice for nubies like me; inhibit all the switches you might not want to hit by accident whilst flying. Secondly, limit the amount of pitch on the pitch curve, especially at the negative end. (You don't want the heli slamming into the roof or the floor, on the first few flights.
I am getting used to 3 axis helicopter take offs. Spin her up, then pop her into the air quickly. The V120D02s did exactly this.
It is very apparent that this heli had been checked out at the factory; the swash-plate was level, the hover faultless. Too windy to fly out side at the moment, but so far, after a few mild and careful gyrations inside; this is a really nice package.
The V120D02s ( great name! But I am tired of all this typing!) with the dual rates cut down to 60% on ele and aileron, hovers nearly as well as the MSRx. But as you move it out into a mild exploratory circuit, the speed build up that you get with the MSRx was not there. The V120D02s feels quite controlled.
In comparison with Mikes Honey Bee CP3, which feels ponderous in the lounge, and with which you are very aware that the weight of the rotor disk flys the air-frame; the V120D02s has a lighter pair of blades, and is very frisky; but strangely quite control-able as long as you do not panic.
This helicopter feels a big step up from my Solo ProV2, but I think that it is not so far up the curve, that I will not be able to cope with it. I have not out grown the Solo Pro V2 entirely, but I needed an air-frame that could go out doors in the better weather. It is just too windy here for the micro sized helicopters, outside.
So, first impressions are very good. I like this helicopter!
The transmitter? It is silky. The sticks feel so smooth. The display is big, and the information is laid out in a helpful and logical way. I rather like the touch screen that it has; it is bright and cheerful. The only down side with this Tx is that the power consumption might be quite high; at the moment I am running it on AA cells.
Do the other manufacturers have any thing to learn from this transmitter and helicopter? The answer is yes. This is a quality helicopter matched perfectly with a quality transmitter. ( I wonder how cheap it will be to crash!!!)
Well done Walkera!
[Rant!]
Boy am I mad that these manufacturers cannot standardize just a bit more. I would seriously like to be able to fly my Nine Eagles 180D from the Walkera Devo 8 transmitter!!
Is there any hope on the horizon that these guys might standardize? NOT a chance!! Walkera and Nine Eagles cannot even standardize on the way they wire a similar sized flight battery. THIS IS HOPELESS!!!!
I have had the problem solved for me.
It is called a Walkera Devo 8 - which you could connect to a Walkera V120D02s - and I did!
Not a walk in the park if you a programming in all the settings for the first time. But there is a fair amount of help on the inter-web. Best advice for nubies like me; inhibit all the switches you might not want to hit by accident whilst flying. Secondly, limit the amount of pitch on the pitch curve, especially at the negative end. (You don't want the heli slamming into the roof or the floor, on the first few flights.
I am getting used to 3 axis helicopter take offs. Spin her up, then pop her into the air quickly. The V120D02s did exactly this.
It is very apparent that this heli had been checked out at the factory; the swash-plate was level, the hover faultless. Too windy to fly out side at the moment, but so far, after a few mild and careful gyrations inside; this is a really nice package.
The V120D02s ( great name! But I am tired of all this typing!) with the dual rates cut down to 60% on ele and aileron, hovers nearly as well as the MSRx. But as you move it out into a mild exploratory circuit, the speed build up that you get with the MSRx was not there. The V120D02s feels quite controlled.
In comparison with Mikes Honey Bee CP3, which feels ponderous in the lounge, and with which you are very aware that the weight of the rotor disk flys the air-frame; the V120D02s has a lighter pair of blades, and is very frisky; but strangely quite control-able as long as you do not panic.
This helicopter feels a big step up from my Solo ProV2, but I think that it is not so far up the curve, that I will not be able to cope with it. I have not out grown the Solo Pro V2 entirely, but I needed an air-frame that could go out doors in the better weather. It is just too windy here for the micro sized helicopters, outside.
So, first impressions are very good. I like this helicopter!
The transmitter? It is silky. The sticks feel so smooth. The display is big, and the information is laid out in a helpful and logical way. I rather like the touch screen that it has; it is bright and cheerful. The only down side with this Tx is that the power consumption might be quite high; at the moment I am running it on AA cells.
Do the other manufacturers have any thing to learn from this transmitter and helicopter? The answer is yes. This is a quality helicopter matched perfectly with a quality transmitter. ( I wonder how cheap it will be to crash!!!)
Well done Walkera!
[Rant!]
Boy am I mad that these manufacturers cannot standardize just a bit more. I would seriously like to be able to fly my Nine Eagles 180D from the Walkera Devo 8 transmitter!!
Is there any hope on the horizon that these guys might standardize? NOT a chance!! Walkera and Nine Eagles cannot even standardize on the way they wire a similar sized flight battery. THIS IS HOPELESS!!!!