My New Toy! / Quick of Japan EP-8

[JD]

Hey Guys,

Thought some of you might be interested in seeing this. I completely recomend this machine. Its been a pure pleasure to build and fly this thing. The quality is incredible and it flies like a big machine. I love it!

Here are some pics:

http://www.annihilat.net/cgi-bin/alb...oto_height=500 (First build pics)

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/p1657650/#p1657650 (With Raptor 50 landing gear and painted canopy - THANKS SATOER!)

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/p1658185/#p1658185 (After cutting the Raptor landing gear down so they fit the size of the heli better)

[Dflyer]

What type of heli is this ?

Looks nice

[remie]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Dflyer

What type of heli is this ?

staat er in het klein boven :wink

het is een Quick EP-8

[Dflyer]

Yep Remie,

Een moment van zwakte gehad

[remie]

ach, dan kan wel eens gebeuren he .

@JD

We want to see some movies!!

[Sprokkel]

quick....
Origineel is het van quick world wide.
Meuk is het naar mijn idee, slechte kwaliteit, niet kompleet in de meeste gevallen.

Groet Dennis

[sven]

Wel mooi, al dat aluminium. :P Maarja, ik ben ook maar een heli noob. :P

[JD]

Actually its the Quick World Wide (HHI) helis which are said to have had poor quality. This is the original maker / designer of the EP-8 and i have no complaints about the quality at all. The metal parts are almost surgical quality and this is the best flying machine i own now (i also have a zoom 400, viper 70, and 3 trex's XL's). I really have nothing but good to say about this machine so far. It was a joy to build and so far a joy to fly. I can also run the same packs in it i use for my Trex but then 2 of them. 2 x Thunder Power 2100 3 cell wired in parallel for a 3S2P pack. I get about 12 minutes with this setup.

Hacker A30-10L motor with 20T pinion
Jazz 40 ESC
CSM 420 micro gyro
Volz Speedmax XP digital servo on tail
3 x HS-81 servos
400mm CF blades from QJ

Next i will be trying 6S1P with a 10T pinion but im already quite impressed with the power this machine has on only 3 cells. This new hacker motor seems to be a pretty nice item.

Now i just need someone to airbrush the canopy for me. Do any of you know someone who can do this? I am willing to either pay for it or give some free parts from my shop (mfis.nl) for a nice airbrush job on this canopy. Its fiberglass.

Cheers,
Josh

[wiggie]

Nice machine but is the tail driven in auto-rotation ? At the looks of the photo's i think not.

[JD]

No it is not. I still have not tried my first auto on a real machine yet... Is it impossible with a non driven tail or just alot more difficult?

[michel pet]

meer info zie hier.
http://www.ep-8.com/
http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4839

[wiggie]

Is it impossible with a non driven tail or just alot more difficult?

When the tail is driven you have much more authority when descending.

With a non driven tail it is a matter of timing, hoping and wishing
The tail will spin continuously during the descend.

[JD]

Hi All,

Just a small update. Satoer painted my canopy and i cut up some raptor 50 landing gear and mounted them to this heli. Also am running on 6 cells now instead of 3 and wow! its a whole new machine. Anyway.... Thanks to Michel for the awesome paintjob and without furthur ado here are the pics....


This is before i made the landing gear smaller:

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/p1657650/#p1657650


And this is after i cut them shorter so they fit the dimensions of the heli better:

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/p1658185/#p1658185


Comments welcome...

Cheers,
JD

[sven]

She sure is a perty bird, JD. :P Id love to see it hum around a bit. Got video?