sciolymeister wrote:sr243 wrote:Can someone tell me how to get 2 minute+ flight times. I have tried different length rubber bands and such but I am stuck at 1:45. Using a 1.75g rubber band, I use about 800 winds and has about 150-200 winds left. It only get 1:40 on a 25 feet ceiling. Is it spinning too fast (avg 6.5 winds per second)? When I use a 1.65g rubber band, I get 650 winds and about 1:35 with <100 winds left. This has a slightly slower avg winds per second, but still seems high. Is there a way to slow down the winds at the beginning? It seems like the rubber band just doesn't last long enough to get past 2 minutes for me even though it has good lift.
The case may that your ceiling is too low. We moved our testing location to a 3 story high gym area and our time improved a lot. Our old helicopter had also a similar time because the blades spun too fast, so to alleviate the problem we actually ADDED weight to the helicopter (I know it seems counterintuitive, but our helicopter time increased by a concsistent 15 seconds.)
well, a higher ceiling in most cases will improve time as you have more decent time. I added a good 30-40 seconds from a stairwell to the armory in U of I
WEIGHT is the enemy, well really its gravity but weight makes it worse, don't add unnecessary weight where its unneeded. Adding weight to an unstable helicopter can make it fly more true given that the fixtures are true as well. However, if it seems to fly true already adding mass to it is INEFFECTIVE and just hurts you.
if you state competition is in a large warehouse type thing like the armor or indoor football stadium 1:40 + decent will still be an excellent time and place in some states. The OH/NJ/IL/... crowds not so much but in some less competitive states its possible.
Decent time =
