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ScottMaurer19 wrote:
dhdarren wrote:When flying my helicopter, I have been experiencing issues with the knot in the motors getting caught against the motor stick. Not sure how much it actually affects performance, but it definitely makes some unsettling noises when the knot keeps making snapping noises as it moves against the motor stick. Where should the knot be positioned when winding it (in the middle of next to an o-ring), or is there any other solution to this?
Chinook or coaxial?
This is for a Chinook design, built according to the FFM kit
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WS: 12 | 9
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AirTraj: 2 | 6
WS: 3 | 11
DP: 4 | 15
GeoMap: 4 | 25

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Hover: 1 | 4
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dhdarren wrote:
ScottMaurer19 wrote:
dhdarren wrote:When flying my helicopter, I have been experiencing issues with the knot in the motors getting caught against the motor stick. Not sure how much it actually affects performance, but it definitely makes some unsettling noises when the knot keeps making snapping noises as it moves against the motor stick. Where should the knot be positioned when winding it (in the middle of next to an o-ring), or is there any other solution to this?
Chinook or coaxial?
This is for a Chinook design, built according to the FFM kit
Put the knot really close to the hook not attached to the rotor. This way it doesn't get caught.
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Unome wrote:
DaPlug wrote:What are the highest raw times people have seen at competitions lately for chinooks?
I've yet to hear of anything higher than about 2:15 raw time.
At MIT, there were teams getting close to 4 minutes
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[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 8/3/2/26
[b]Helicopters:[/b] 11/-/2/43
[b]Microbe Mission:[/b] 13/2/2/8
[b]Event:[/b] R/S/N
[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 1/2/8
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Nano1llus10n wrote:
Unome wrote:
DaPlug wrote:What are the highest raw times people have seen at competitions lately for chinooks?
I've yet to hear of anything higher than about 2:15 raw time.
At MIT, there were teams getting close to 4 minutes
Really? Was this with or without some of the bonuses (ie. time bonus/colored rotors)? During 4th block, I heard the highest time was around 3 minutes.
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daydreamer0023 wrote:
Nano1llus10n wrote:
Unome wrote: I've yet to hear of anything higher than about 2:15 raw time.
At MIT, there were teams getting close to 4 minutes
Really? Was this with or without some of the bonuses (ie. time bonus/colored rotors)? During 4th block, I heard the highest time was around 3 minutes.
These are raw times; during 5th block, someone got around 3:30
[b]Event:[/b] MIT/R/S/N
[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 8/3/2/26
[b]Helicopters:[/b] 11/-/2/43
[b]Microbe Mission:[/b] 13/2/2/8
[b]Event:[/b] R/S/N
[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 1/2/8
[b]Designer Genes:[/b] 1/2/4
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Nano1llus10n wrote:
daydreamer0023 wrote:
Nano1llus10n wrote: At MIT, there were teams getting close to 4 minutes
Really? Was this with or without some of the bonuses (ie. time bonus/colored rotors)? During 4th block, I heard the highest time was around 3 minutes.
These are raw times; during 5th block, someone got around 3:30
Were these times using the FFM kit or a homemade kit?
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Seems like Ward Melville won, I wonder if that is "vjindal" who posted earlier on the forum.
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Nano1llus10n wrote:
daydreamer0023 wrote:
Nano1llus10n wrote: At MIT, there were teams getting close to 4 minutes
Really? Was this with or without some of the bonuses (ie. time bonus/colored rotors)? During 4th block, I heard the highest time was around 3 minutes.
These are raw times; during 5th block, someone got around 3:30
Wow, so early in the season...rip me haha
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Rêveur wrote:
Nano1llus10n wrote:
daydreamer0023 wrote:
Really? Was this with or without some of the bonuses (ie. time bonus/colored rotors)? During 4th block, I heard the highest time was around 3 minutes.
These are raw times; during 5th block, someone got around 3:30
Were these times using the FFM kit or a homemade kit?
It was an FFM kit but obviously with a few modifications. I'm not sure what they did though...
[b]Event:[/b] MIT/R/S/N
[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 8/3/2/26
[b]Helicopters:[/b] 11/-/2/43
[b]Microbe Mission:[/b] 13/2/2/8
[b]Event:[/b] R/S/N
[b]Anatomy and Physiology:[/b] 1/2/8
[b]Designer Genes:[/b] 1/2/4
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Nano1llus10n wrote:
Rêveur wrote:
Nano1llus10n wrote:
These are raw times; during 5th block, someone got around 3:30
Were these times using the FFM kit or a homemade kit?
It was an FFM kit but obviously with a few modifications. I'm not sure what they did though...
*magic*

TBH it was probably a combination of a ~3.00g helicopter, optimal rubber, perfectly built everything, and well balanced rotors.
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2017 (r/s/n):
Hydro: 3/5/18
Robot Arm: na/1/1
Rocks: 1/1/1

2018 (r/s/n):
Heli: 2/1/7 
Herp: 1/4/4
Mission: 1/1/6
Rocks: 1/1/1
Eco: 6/3/9

2019 (r/s/n):
Fossils: 1/1/1
GLM: 1/1/1
Herp: 1/1/5
Mission: 1/1/3
WS: 4/1/10

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