Zippos Helicopters

[zippo855]

well i have had the helicopters for a while now. got them as payment for helping a guy rebuild his brothers rc boat that he used to run many moons ago. They were in decent shape when i got them, some minor wear and tear. Had rebuilt them back to stock, then as with most things i owned decided it needed something different.

The first one is a blade mcx s300, fairly small one, but fun to fly around the house.
this one is pretty much stock, want to get a new body for it sometime, and maybe a few aluminum pieces, but will see how that goes.


The next one is a blade cx2, i was flying it a year or so ago and it was as high as a telephone pole and the wind caught it and caused it to death spiral down, bent a few pieces, broke a few. I had got pretty much everything to get it back up and going, but it has sat since. Until i went down to my basement the other day to et something and saw the small one, charged it and flew it around. Then decided I needed to get the big one going. Found all the replacement parts and decided i needed a few other things so off to the hobby shop I went. Ended up getting the new body, upper bearing mount in aluminum, replacement servo that died, a little better battery, and put her together. So now it has aluminum upper and lower blade mounts, aluminum bearing mount, and decided against the aluminum swashplate for the moment.
Here she is




only thing i forget to check before reassembly was servo arm placement. apparently the servo wasn't set right from factory, so it doesn't want to move forward very well. goes back like crazy though, lol.

down the road i want to get a single blade 3-d style one so i can learn them a little more.