XK K110S RC Helicopter. Can a Noob fly a collective Pitch Heli? Supplied by Banggood
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ส.ค. 2022
- Thanks to some suggestions from you lovely viewers, I've got myself my first proper heli, and most certainly the first collective pitch heli I've owned and I intend to learn how to fly it. In this video - which kind of counts as a review as well I'll be checking it all out, working out what the switches do and attempting to fly it in Gyro mode.
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It even SOUNDS like a CP heli. Crazy tiny. I used to rock a Rex600 but it scared the living heck out of me every time it was in the sky as it was worth more than my car :) Sold it before it turned in to a Rex shaped debris field... This looks fun. Great overview Bud
Yikes, a 600 - now that's terrifying! I expect the sound will be even wilder when/if I make it to idle up mode - hopefully, but we'll see what happens next time
Well done mate done well
Cheers Tony!
It's great to see you start flying a heli. About 20 odd years ago I bought a Hirobo Shuttle ZX 30 IC and was too scared to even take off! Looking forward to seeing you progress.
Smaller definitely equates to slightly less intimidating, but it's still quite nerve wracking
we all learn a lot when learning and thumbling through it and reach out for help be it internet/forums or friends, "i mean that in a good way" polished over edited are useless for learning so thank's for keeping it REAL.. these k110s are great to learn on as it is a full on cyclic pitch and i crash mine and repair constantly not because the K110s is no good "it's great for price" and lot of fun, just My skills as heli learner LOL..parts to have on hand..many boom sticks, blades,props and main gears "black wheel with cogs"..brilliant tip from forum was to repair split boom with dental floss and superglue..saved me from weeks of waiting..X6 is decent once one gets used to it "adapt" and i'm a beginner also btw..
gotta change D/R..pitch and throttle settings in x6 to dumb it down to learn basic flight is coming from EG k127,E129. lets be honest we should not fly inside but lots do, so need to change settings as default in my opinion is too aggressive and jerky..
swashplate gets noisy after a while "bearing"..lipo 1s wise i have 450mah,500mah,520mah and HV 550mah,hv needs different charger to stock ones but gives bit of extra getup and go power..
It's all trial and errors with these things,they all seem to fly different out of box and need fine tune eg trim via switches on remote or subtrim which on x6 you enter via "press mode and back" button together for few seconds.
Eventually it's cheaper to buy a BNF one as backup of course depends on how many smashes you have learning, which should be 50-60 AU cheaper than initial purchase price. throttle cut has save my helicopter many times. "i know some pros advise not to use them too much as bad habit when panic mode" but has saved me from many new parts required..just learn to do at last moment of impact or into fence/gate/doors curtains chairs etc..
Very useful video. I had a Nano CPS years ago and now I’m looking at a new helicopter. They seem similar only this one has a nicer radio and brushless motor as I understand.
I was able to do a few loops but I always struggled with orientation. These are pretty light helicopters so if you keep it high and over grass, you can pretty well cut the power and the grass will soften the fall.
This looks like my next helicopter.
Nice little heli! I've watched a couple of reviews of this one and it'll probably bee my first heli when I'm ready for it.
They've been using this remote for ages now😄, I got it with the X251 6 years ago.
It's a pretty good radio for something you get in a kit. You can do quite a lot with it, although the interface is a bit tricky.
I am at the same stage as you are with my k110s and are also finding the same difficulty’s
I’m sure we will both get there in the end 😊 good luck
I hope you had better success than me if you put it into 3d mode yet. A humbling, but learning experience. I'm just waiting for nicer weather to get out there again
Awesome flying, Wayne! 😃
Pretty nice little helicopter indeed! But I have the same reservations with it you mentioned in the beginning... 😂
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
It's quite scary.... but there's an old quote about "doing something that scares you at least once a day" :)
@@CurryKitten But I do that! I get out of bed every day. 😐
Great overview. I ordered one, received it but I gave it to a friend for his birthday who’s copter crazy and cash poor. He’s flown it at least 100 times and has graduated to acro. I’ve flown it twice and it was certainly like the real thing in many aspects. I’ll save up and buy another one.
Having flown the real thing - did you find a model heli easier/harder than a quad?
@@CurryKitten it’s a bit different than a quad to me not as easy after the learn curve was established. Obviously I don’t have a Tactile feel on the RC Heli over the real one but the similarities of what to expect is spot on for me. I still would to have full quality FPV on a 400 size copter. I think it would be easy for me. Would love to see one produced.
I have a 450 size helicopter with this identical canopy paint scheme!
Snap - yours is way more scary though :)
I used to fly IC helis back in the 70s and 80s....Of course, you'd be far more at home if it had an FPV camera on it....🤔😳😳😏🇬🇧
Good old FPV, you can't beat it. I'm enjoying the challenge of using this LOS, but I must admit that throttle is the hardest thing to unlearn from flying everything else
@@CurryKitten I have an Eachine 119 fixed pitch heli for Indoor flying. 4 Lipos came with it and 15 minutes flight time. Great value at £38 I think it was...😳😏🇬🇧
Best bang for the dollar. The controller is actually pretty good. The Helicopter is great for the price. I have 21 different Helicopters. Mechanical setup is vital on each and every one. Then comes gyro calibration. Many people upgrade with an aluminum swashplate, but the the plastic stock parts keep the cost down....and act as a mechanical fuse.
BTW, your did way better than I did the first time out. Congratulations!
Thanks - I'll have to have a bit of a proper look on doing the mechanical & gyro setup. It feels ok, but it's not something I've checked properly.
I started with an HK450. Cheap HK wood prop came unglued from the central rod as I was taking off. The heli grenaded 6" off the ground 25ft in front of me. That prop torpedo'd right between my shins. I went back to fixed wing for years. Now picking up quads, maybe I'll come back n get a 250 or something.
Yikes! Not surprised you haven't touched them since
@@CurryKitten bummer part is that was a week into hovers & circuits. I just couldn't afford a quality bird for training, nor another cheapo to blow up.
well done matey! Yes, im afraid the orientation problems get worse as you go inverted. Nose-in upside down for instance: Pitch Normal, Ailerons Reversed, Pitch Reversed, Rudder revered. But upside down tail in: Pitch Reversed, Ailerons Normal, Rudder reversed, Pitch reversed.. so yea, there is a lot to eventaully commit to muscle memory! Though these days many good helis have a self righting bail out switch when your brain fails.
It's very weird - but until I can stop myself dropping throttle in the sim at the first sign of trouble, they'll be no inverted hovering for me! I feel I could get away with a loop now, but slowly slowly - I'm too scared to flick that idle up switch for now :D
@@CurryKitten throttle cut is your friend when trying new things. Its so light it will just bounce on the floor with the rotors stopping in the air. Just remember on your first loop use a just a little negative when in the inverted part, not a lot or youll shoot up inverted :) Look forward to the test!
I found it hilarious that the word "terrifying" was said at least a half dozen times 🤣.... and I totally know what you mean. I was able to rig my Blade MSRX with a runcam nano3 and a eachine vtx03 and fly it fpv and was actually able to fly it with confidence. Flying LOS breaks my brain but flying FPV is quite natural for me. Perhaps once you get the hang of this Lil bird, you can try it fpv. I must say, you are way better at LOS than I was and that's probably due to your fixed wing experience. Keep at it and I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress.
It was really scary - not so much in the "it's going to kill me sense" but it felt like it would explode in a crash. I'd have been a lot happier flying FPV, that feels very natural to me as well, but it was interesting to step outside my comfort zone for a while and try LOS. I don't think I've had to concentrate that hard on a model in a long time :)
@@CurryKitten good luck. 👍
I fly mine via OpenTX using a multi-protocol module. It is well worth the considerable effort to set up for when you go to 3D mode. You can then have multiple pitch curves, rpm curves, expo on servo's, audible timers, and slowly work your way from light to serious acro . See John Salt.
My Jumper radio with it's inbuilt multiprotocol module recently seems to have given up the ghost, and my other multiprotocol module is one of the ones with not enough flash ram on board to deal with the new updates correctly or I might have done that. But that radios not actually bad for what it does - it would be easy to set up different models with different pitch/rpm curves and it does have expo. The timer would be really useful though
always found the quality of XK products to be good for toy/hobby grade stuff. had a xk110 and xk120 stock up on the main gears :)
you can also set it up to fly like a drone non 3d so using the motor speed instead of collective pitch or both to fine tune gives you much more resolution from the throttle stick instead of 50 -100 % you got 0 - 100 % if that makes sense there fun to fiddle with. wish i still had mine would be tempted to put a small fpv camera and transmiter on it and fly fpv :)
Yeah - I'm not expert on Helis, but this seems to sit happily in the hobby side of things. It's a pretty decent radio for a package, and pretty neat build. Yeah - I get what you mean, by setting the pitch and throttle curve differently I could have it act much more like a 0-100% throttle. I've resisted doing so, just because I'm trying to get used to flying it as it is - so when I go idle up and try some crazy things my muscle memory will work for helis and not quads.... hopefully :)
@@CurryKitten I'm sure youl be tick tock and funneling in no time have fun that what were all here for right 👍
Reminds me of when I learnt: exciting and terrifying 😂
Yes - exactly that :)
Nice I have 2
Show off ;-)
It is 3-D and 6G 3-D is stunt mode
My heli few munits later doesnt flying only upping 45 cm why?
Dyslexia strikes again😀 KX in the title not XK oops lol
Any spelling mistake is the result of hanging around Jack for too long
Fly it in non stabelize mode or 3d mode and it flys much better. Set up a tame pitch to learn and you will have a blast 😃
I'll be trying 3d mode next time I'm out (hopefully this next week) I'm happy enough in the sim, so hopefully this will translate into real life
@@CurryKitten that will definitely help you
Nice will definitely see the progress I’ve never did the helli step can I suggest a stick cams? 😀
What's a stick cam? Some alternative to sticking a GoPro on my head?
@@CurryKitten it’s a go pro strap to your chest showing the stick movement lots of freestyle pilots showed them during the video
oh yeah - for some reason the meaning escaped me there. I do have a chesty and another GoPro - so certainly if we get to do any 3D that might be interesting, right now I expect it's a bit dull with quite subtle thumb movements going on
It would be cool if you fpv it ? Great vid😎👍
It would be, perhaps doable with a little AIO system, but I'll look at that after trying to fly it LOS with idle up on
still waiting for my E120 to arrive from BG.... not expecting it to ever arrive at this rate
Slow to send it, or is it just taking too long in the mail?
@@CurryKitten status has been "shipped" for over a month lol
I wonder if a Honda gx200 engine would have the juice needed to get a giant heli off the ground
I think people have used those in ultralights and similar
Yep, you would not want to get hit by a 450, i would not be scared of that thing but my 450's terrify me, i clipped my old car with a 450 and the damage it did to the car was pretty significant, the heli didnt come out of it well either lol
450's are scary enough just to see in the distance!
@@CurryKitten I never stop worrying about a blade failing where it bolts to the head grip, when the heli is at head height I'm super nervous even when its a few metres away!
Are you still exploring open HD? Have you looked at Ruby digital? Petru is knocking out updates at a crazy rate and it is so much better than open HD, having someone like you involved in the development would be great.
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To chime in and answer the question quickly is no, a noob can't fly a collective pitch heli :D if you're actually using the collective that is
Well, the pitch of the blades isn't fixed - so I'm using collective pitch, no? Quite honestly, everything in helis is a bit foreign so I can't be 100% sure myself. Please feel free to correct if I've got it wrong
@@CurryKitten You are absolutely right but when I read your title I thought about 3D collective flying which is insanely difficult. Took me months to get to where I am now lol
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I would love to see a mini helicopter shot down , with a shotgun.