OT (boy's toys) Oh, FFS

That's the other effect - I forget what it's called. Basically the
phone charger's overcharging them, which means they need something with
more oomph to kick them back into life.

 

Good for you. Clearly it's been designed better than the phones I've
had probs with. The main offender is a cheapy Swiss no-brand one,
which clearly has no charging logic built-in. The others are a pair of
Philips ones, and it's possible that the main unit is being a bit more
clever about charging, but the second docking station is just a mains
adapter constantly applying a voltage.

If you're leaving it off power for that long then you'll be
discharging the cells on a much more regular basis, so this would be
following exactly the advice that used to be given to avoid memory
effects. So it should be no surprise that you don't get problems. Ours
are only used occasionally (especially the Swiss one), usually for
calls of just a few minutes, and never left off the charging station
for any extended periods.\

 

Sure. I'll go with that description from now on then. My batteries
were suffering from 'the other effect'.

OIOW you were talking bollocks

 

ITYFM that's not actually true.

It's more of a 'can I justify spending money on this when I'm off to Oz
for a 3 week tour and want to buy a Maserati next year'

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Of course, they'll explode now, killing my cat and burning my house to
the ground.

Ahh. I leave them lying around. SMWBO puts them back. Annoyingly she
does this with the (rechargeable) universal remote control as well.

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What's to regret?

That lot cost over 600 quid, plus the cost of building it. I want 400 quid.
It'll be getting Nige'd out with a reserve of 450 if no-one on here is
interested and I've no doubt it'll sell quickly enough.

There's a pretty ali case for the thing too.


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Oh ffs - hang on...

<googles>

Lazy Battery effect. Affects NiMH batteries & can be (kinda) cured by a
few deep discharge cycles (which is what your torch does - the phone's
probably crap at detecting oomph & bails out early).

 

I was referring to your earlier statement, now better isolated for
maximum effect.

Thank you. I now know what to call it.

Yupp. Sounds exactly right.

 

My reasonable quality one is used the same as yours, is still on the
same NiMH batteries its had for many years, & still holds a charge for
several days on the rare occasions I leave it downstairs & forget about
it for a while.

Being decent quality it doesn't overcharge the batteries, hence no
problem.

 

Gnnnnn

Nope, I'm strong. My chief minion is rather tempted though. Assuming it
doesn't come with lasers, where is it?



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Damn bugger and blast. OK I'm interested.
Why electrical rather than fuel though?

 

Sounds lovely, but after a long period of not flying,and even at my
best I was hardly able to hover them nose-in, I'll probably be
crashing them a lot. I've decided to stop pissing around and just fly
the things (as you suggested over a year ago!)

I've got a replacement receiver for the Eco-8 too, which I'll fit when
I get a tuit. I found that it was 'twitching' and the range was
utterly appalling, like barely ten feet reliable with the Tx aerial
down. This was why I stopped trying to fly that one until I got it
sorted.

If it turns out not to be the Rx then I can always put it into another
model.

 

I use electric because they're quiet; I can practice in my back garden
if the weather's still enough. Which it is tonight. Pity neither
model's airworthy.

 

No, you're under t' thumb

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I built it for a bloke, not myself. I'd not have bought another electric
heli myself for the over 600 quid he spent, but it's a very nice piece of
engineering. No crappy plastics, all ball raced moving parts, everything as
good as he could buy, but he's got no bottle.

As I've got a loft full of RC heli's ranging from small to the fucking
stupid big 1/5th scale UH-1 (model B) and Cobra AH-1 (J model), another one
isn't needed.

Electrics are pretty good these days (and a lot quieter than glo fuelled)
and the charger that's with this lot is 12v input, so it can be taken to the
field to charge "on site" rather than having to being the batts back to the
workshop for charging.


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I know guys who've been flying for years and still can't hover nose in. It's
not actually a requirement for having fun though.

Advice is still the same. Fly and then fly some more, but NEVER have "the
last flight" before packing in a fucking off home.

Good reasoning. These things attack without much provocation

If the crystal is removable change it. They're the weakest link in the radio
chain, specially when they've been introduced to the pleasures of 125G of
instant decelleration.


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I shall make it one of KPI's next week.

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And what, pray tell is "KPI"?


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<hangs head in shame>
Key Performance Indicator
<shuffle off>

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You're a...a *manager*, aren't you?