Heli-Max Novus 125FP Review - Part 1

Join us as we experience large helicopter performance in a little package! Heli-Max's Novus 125 FP implements advanced features unmatched in small, fixed pitch helicopters...will it live up to expectations? Watch the review and find out!

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[trenken]

Question guys, sorry to bug you. The silver rod that connection to the large gear on the bottom, that runs up through the swash plate, what exactly holds that tight in place?

I was hovering great for a few minutes, then took a hard crash, and now that rod is lose, the big gear below sagging a little, the swash plate tilted. I'm not sure what actually holds it up so I can fix it.

[2BrothersHobby]

@trenken - There's an aluminum retainer collar with a set screw on the main shaft that rests on the upper bearing, just below the swashplate. That holds the upper part, and the lower is held by the main gear and a small friction pin that inserts through the main gear through a small hole. The hole in the gear has to align with the hole in the main shaft. The retainer collar and the pinned gear keep the main shaft in place, sandwiched between the upper and lower bearings in the main frame.

[trenken]

@2BrothersHobby Ok, looks like my problem is the retainer collar was moved. There's a good quarter inch between that and the swash plate. It's kind of sitting in the middle of that space there. So I guess I should move the retainer collar up so its touching below the swash plate? I wish I had a high res photo of what this heli should look like in detail. That would help me fix problems on my own. There's an exploded view in the manual but that doesnt help me.

[2BrothersHobby]

@trenken - Actually, the retainer collar should be flush against the bearing on the frame and not up against the swashplate. If you'd like, go to the website, click on Ask2, and send an email to us through the "Ask a Question" button. Just attach a photo and we'll take a look.

[cowbells4u]

@2BrothersHobby Wow the Walkera UFLY scaled down to a little cute heli!! I can hover the UFLY, but it gets away from me in forward flight..I have moved up from the CB180, does this heli fly the same..Cause she looks fast!!!

[2BrothersHobby]

@cowbells4u - The 125FP can sustain around 25 mph in forward flight, with positive control. I think it maxes out at around 28. It's not unusually hard to control by any means, in fact it's more stable than most small helis of the same class. Forward flight is point and shoot without washout or roll-off issues of some other small SR helis that use heavy tapered blades and a direct motor tail. We've never flown the CB180, so not sure how it compares. The 125FP is excellent though. Very fun.

[carr869]

Installed the parts and decided to try to fly it. Nice calm day almost no wind. Spun it up, it took off and the tail rotor failed at that moment. Guess it was the gears. Dont know dont care. I'm just gonna trash it and save the servos for another project

[carr869]

Some guy from Novus called me at the house and said he was going to send me the parts to fix my heli. Cool! All I did was call tech support and left a message about what happened and he called me.

[carr869]

On another note it was raining today or I would have tried to fly instead of just spinning it up for a little test. I might never have found the tail rotor parts outside. Man I really wanted to fly today. Well we need the rain.

[carr869]

Attention! ! ! ! Check "ALL" screws before you try to fly. I just bought one of these and the tail rotor wasn't tight. Well, long story short the tail rotor flew off and the heli went nuts and broke a main rotor blade. Bummer. It came with spares but I wasn't planning to use them this soon. Look at the bright side, i can claim the first crash was factory defect not pilot error. LOL

[trenken]

@2BrothersHobby I got it fixed, thanks. Sorry, just new to RC copters. Lots to learn, but Im slowly getting there. Works great now.