Amazing work! Keep up with the videos!

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bud! Will definitely be keeping the videos coming!

This was the one I was waiting for...

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

It flies so good! Such a awesome heli!

awesome love it. great vid

Real nice and informative, we have subscribed 😎

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that! I watch your channel as well! Subbed as well

Awesome flight and great pilot jeff go to west hobbies for all your needs

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David! Greatly appreciate it!

Super video

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What up Bro?....im saving this video for the end of the day...ive got to do yard work and spray for bugs but you can bet your ass that i will pop a top on a cold beer and enjoy the maiden flight later:)

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

What’s up bud! Awesome man! Hope you enjoy!

Dang it Jeff, you just talked me into getting one, same setup as you just flew. Black Friday sale at Heli Direct had me stewing on a new bird LOL.

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! You will love it! I just finished my personal 580 and man it’s amazing! Love that thing!

@TerryMusick

Жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 I watched the build videos earlier this year, re-watching now. Great videos.

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

@@TerryMusick awesome! Thank you! I hope they are helpful and useful. Building anther RAW 580 on 12s now. Video will be out in a little bit.

For setting tail PERFECT go in normal mode and adjust the tail linkage until the nose no longer rotates. After go in avcs and check the limits again. After fly

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

Perfect tail setup is done on the bench. If your tail is setup right on the bench you will never need to touch it again.

Man those Goblins are cool birds!!! They have such a sleek design!!! I stumbled across a You Tuber named Jason Blalock who apparently flies these Goblins a lot. You know how You Tube throws videos at you based on your likes and all, well he popped up a few days ago. Kind of a hippy type dude but I don’t care about that. He’s a dang good pilot. I thought you might know each other.

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

My Goblin build but I really like it! Definitely need to get on for myself LOL I’ve seen a few of his videos definitely a fantastic pilot! Actually one of his videos popped up earlier today LOL

@robstanton9215

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Yeah, I was trying to figure out how to share one with you because he was flying a black custom built that looked like maybe a 700 size? He was really tearing it up and then snagged the tail boom on the ground but it held together surprisingly well. I’ve only seen a couple of his videos but the Goblins caught my eye. I never heard of them until you did the build for your friend.

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@robstanton9215 I watch that exact video to LOL he is definitely a fantastic pilot. Goblins have been around for many years now and are fantastic machines. I definitely very impressed with not only the build quality but flight performance!

Nice ending to the series! Do you have a video on how to tune your helicopter with the iKon2? As in what to adjust settings wise. So far I haven't played with anything on my XLPower 550 but I do know that if I do a punch out the tail walks out to the right then comes back. I'm glad I watched this series, I wasn't aware I could use just the satellite receivers. My first 550 I used the telemetry RX and a satellite RX, my second one just has two satellites. I haven't figured out how to make the telemetry work on my first one so I didn't buy it this time. Anyway great videos, keep them coming.

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! No I don’t have a watch to adjust video. But I do have a set up video on the Ikon. Do you want to adjust your tail pitch pre-compensation. Meaning when you give it collective you wanted to feed more right rudder pitch. What ESC are you running for telemetry? And what are you trying to get? You can all run a SRXL2 satellite and get full telemetry with a satellite and no external RX.

@TerryMusick

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 I guess it would be the tail pre-compensation, I was just curious of what tune on it. I'm still in my first year of flying helis and trying to learn as much as I can. It flies great with stock settings, I'm sure the more experience I get it will come to me as to what I need to do if anything. I'm running the Hobbywing 120 Platinum. Not a big deal on the Telemetry, I maybe getting back the RPMs, just haven't noticed. I've got a Blade 360 Fusion and I'm thinking hard at putting an iKon2 on it also, I really like the unit.

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

So yeah it would definitely be the precompensation, just a bit a little bit at a time. On what to look for as far as tuning comes with time. One thing I really like with Ikon is any questions you might have or some thing you’re trying to figure out what each parameter does in the software if you just hold your mouse cursor over it it explains it in detail. It’ll tell you what happens if you go too high or too low, really you just look for wobbles or tail walk out or maybe pirouetting left and right sometimes when you Piro left it spins faster than when you Piro right. Or vice versa, but the stock tune is usually perfect! Really I just adjust of course my rotation speed to my liking and depending on the model I’ll have to play with the tail stops and or tail precompensation and then most of the time I up the pitch boost for hard cyclic stops. The Ikon is definitely my favorite FBL out there and one I run In pretty much all my helis!

@TerryMusick

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Jeff, I have another question. I installed the iKon2 on my Blade Fusion 360 as I test flew it and everything seemed fine except the tail was slow. I revisited my tail servo throws took them until bind and backed off about 5 clicks each way. The tail was definitely faster, I did an inverted piro-punch out over to upright, my tail started the most violent shaking (extreme wag) I went to throttle hold and auto'd it down from 40 feet, my first ever auto. I adjusted the tail throws down a few more clicks with the phone app and flew again, same thing happened again but on a left hand banking turn. I just flew it back to the ground nothing I could do but land and start over. I didn't think about throwing the tail into rate mode until after I got it back down. My linkages are working fine when I took the Spektrum FBL off is this P-gain causing this?

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@TerryMusick make sure that you have the correct tail servo selected, meaning make sure that the HZ and Pluse is set correctly to your specific servo. Make sure tail is set up correctly meaning tell servo 90° 2 to 4° of right rudder at neutral stick. If all of that is perfect and you are still getting an extreme wag check of course tail gain in your radio. Is the tail gain being down in the Ikon or Radio? Not the PID gains but regular tail gain.

Awesome helicopter! Question, I just got a NX6, everything works fine with my 230s except for the safe mode, there is no self leveling in normal mode, how I set it up? everything is new for me

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Have you set it up by the book? You should definitely have self level in normal mode and rescue. (Safe mode) if you set it up by the book and still nothing, try deleting your model and starting over maybe something did not go proper when the first set up happened.

@danilocastro7328

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 yes i used the book. deleted and bound again, it worked 😄 thank you!!!

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@danilocastro7328 awesome! You’re welcome. Some times that happens

Lol i thought this was the nitro build😄👍

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

Nope the electric one! Nitro maiden will be coming soon!

@rtoebak76

Жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 I looked at the body colour and was like ow man thats not the one😄

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

@@rtoebak76 You could technically use that cannot be on the nitro lol

Also really want a raw, but it is so expensive. I can get a Trex 550x super combo for couple bucks more than just the Raw Frame with no electronics. But I still want it

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

It’s really not that more money to build a RAW 580 over a Trex 550X. I have flown both and I like the RAW 580 way more!

@wernervanderwesthuizen6059

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 probably not in the US but here in SA it is a big difference. Raw 580 just the frame cost around $1000 where a 550x super combo is around $1160. So to get Raw with electronics it would cost around $2080

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

To build this exact 580 it’s around $1700 a Trex 550X combo with the good servos is $1200 so $500 difference with all great electronics. RAW 580 kit is $730 with blades

@wernervanderwesthuizen6059

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Stop convincing me

@GrimesRic

2 жыл бұрын

@@wernervanderwesthuizen6059 get a raw!

Hi. Im still deciding between trex 550x kit only and raw 580, which one do u reccomend for starting out?? My local shop only carry align stuff.

@matthew_borserini

2 жыл бұрын

For your first helicopter?

@izzfpv5628

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthew_borserini nope... I been flying mikado logo 550. And the parts are really hard to get. So i decide to chamge frame

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend either, they’re both fantastic machines. I really love my aligne kits! But I really like this goblin too. I personally don’t have a hobby shop that carries helicopter stuff so I have to order everything anyways. But 90% of my helicopter collection is all Align kits. You really can’t beat the price of a Align 550X combo.

@matthew_borserini

2 жыл бұрын

I think it depends on how much you want to spend. The align kit comes with basically everything you need and go’s together well, but the SAB doesn’t come with any electrics and will therefore costing more. But personally don’t think you can beat SAB.

@izzfpv5628

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthew_borserini electronics i alr have.. I now only getting the kits only

hello! what rc simulator do you recommend to practice?

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Hello! I highly recommend ACCURC, best sim I’ve found.

kill it Jeff!! good stuff there

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate It man!

So I do not know if you will respond to an old video but here goes, I already have a goblin 700, not convenient for everyday flying. Too much heli. So I want to build the best (over all performer - something good for today and tomorrow as I improve) mid sized 6s heli available on the market, don't care about brand. But it seems, maybe the Raw 580 is the answer. I know that you build and fly a lot of models. Am I on track? What would you recommend for 6s quality and performance in one package? Thank you for your opinion.

@westhobbiesrc8051

Жыл бұрын

So personally I find the RAW 580 the best 550/600 size heli ever made! I fly it the most out of every heli I own or have built and flown! The Setup that’s in this RAW 580 is perfect! Incredible power to weight ratio. Super light feeling In the air, great flight times! I would highly recommend the RAW 580!

@sheffandjelley

Жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thank you for taking time to answer my question and share your opinion. Your feedback is really quite an endorsement for the RAW 580! The Kraken 580 seems to be a Cadillac quality kit, and it looks great as well, but I think the RAW is the better fit knowing I want to run 6s only. Plus I always want to get in on that rare moment when all things come together for the creation of an exceptional, magical benchmark performer! I always struggle to pull the trigger and make the big $$ investment in starting a heli build. Cant afford mistakes! LOL Thanks again for your input! I really enjoy your videos btw.

What sort of flight times do you get, head speed?

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

So I have head speed set to normal mode 1500 Idle 1 1800 and Idle 2 2400. With mixed flying on a 6s pulse 5000mAh pack was getting around 6 minutes. If I was only in normal mode or idle one I can get upwards of 8 minutes.

@deant6168

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 ok I'm getting barely 4 min on mine 6s 5000, running 2150rpm mixed flying

how high is your faforite hs in%?

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

On this heli, 2400 RPM. It has tons of power and really moves around!