Walkera 4#3b... making progress

A few weeks practice since my first post.... and many many crashes and spare parts later... starting to get some control.

Original parts still on the heli are the main chassis, receiver, main sprocket and all rotor head gear, swash plate, shaft, battery holder (with the basket cut off and replaced by tape, holds battery in place much better and lipo swaps are just as quick). I'm on main motor #4 (I think) and tail motor #2. The canopy (#2) is just held together by tape... the original one wasn't as brittle. Main rotor set #3 (only one really broke, I replaced the other sets just for cosmetic reasons), tail rotor shaft #4.

I think Walkera's business case for selling the 4#3b for $100 must be heavily based on spare parts business... ;-) Oh well, it's a blast anyway!! My spare parts consumption is slowing down, mainly main motors now... Getting ready for an upgrade ;-)

Oh - I like the carbon fly bars. Seem a bit easier on the motor, but mainly the paddles don't get out of alignment with every crash since the carbon bar is more elastic... downside is that it doesn't make it through bad crashes...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Walkera
• 4#3b
• RC
• Helicopter

[MIRCWOOD]

You are in control. By the way this kinda look like a kitchen commercial or something..lol..

[aye2000]

thats a very good control.

[Kendoo74]

Looks great! I'm in week two with my 4#3B and working hard on my "nose-in" skills. I found your spare part consumption very helpfull for pre-ordering my spares. I'm on main motor #2, tail motor #2, tail rotor shaft #2, tail blades #5 (!)...

[DangarStu]

It looks to me like you are getting more than just *some* control, I'm jealous! I bought a 4#3b a couple of weeks ago and still have a long way to go. I think I need to find the confidence to get higher up and get clean air, from what I read that makes a big difference. Of course that is when I get the tail motor working again, lucky I also like working on this thing...