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Last update: Wed, Mar 9, 2022 1:04 AM
they sold me a heli 3ch double horse that had problems like
the heli was uncontrolable the charger never work out the box
I been flying helis for 5 years.
Idont think the check the helis before, send to people
I called the co. wiht no results ARM #= b.s. and I have to pay
for return SH to mail it back .nice
I unboxed it about an hour later at home, I found the inside box to be in good order, after unpacking everything and getting the manuals and attention slips out and reading them all VERY thoroughly I was able to then determine all the parts, battery, transmitter and the helicopter itself were provided as advertised with nothing missing and all were in excellent condition and totally band new.
I then charged the main LiPo battery for the first time on the 1 Amp setting and it was fully charged in a little over an hour. The charger, wall adaptor and battery all worked perfectly and showed no signs of overheating
I took the time that the battery was charging to thoroughly inspect the helicopter, I found no obvious defects, using a small Phillips head screw driver I made sure all the screws on the rotor head and blade mountings were tight, I had to tighten a few of them but generally most had the correct tourque on them.
Using the supplied Allan Key I adjusted the tension on the blade mounts that they would still move with centrifical force to a strait outward alignment but would also allow the blade to fold in if it struck any foreign object. I also checked the blade seperation between upper and lower to be sure they were parallel to each other and only would give an inch with light downward or upward pressure put on the blade, the seperation and the tension is excellent and would not easily suffer from any blade slap.
I then installed the transmitter battery's (8 AA's) powered it up, the green light came on and I shut it off right away as it was working just fine.
After the battery was fully charged I installed the main power battery in the helicopter and snap locked down the provided battery holding case into the bottom of the helicopter.
Turning on the transmitter I checked that the green light was on, then plugged in the main power LiPo battery into the power plug provided on the helicopter. I then let it sit for 45 to 60 seconds for the gyro system to become aligned.
The flashing anti collision light on the tail was working great (Nice touch, BTW) and the red light seen to shine through the leftside fuselage body went out indicating the model was now aligned, calibrated and ready to fly.
I decided to do a power run-up to about 1/3 throttle, the speed control provided very good response and was very easy to run at very slow speeds up to my determined test speed with no cutouts and with very smooth throttle response.
Powering down after 30 seconds I then let the motors cool with the main battery disconnected and transmitter turned off. I inspected the helicopter again and everything was tight and no overheating could be detected.
After 10 minutes I turned on the transmitter again, and plugged in the main battery to the helicopter again. Now I powered it up enough to make it just light on the skids and tested all the control inputs they were quick, positive, and easy to control with the sticks on the transmitter, just allowing it to taxi or slide on the ground barely touching but not lifting right off the ground I adjusted my trims, the trim adjustments were positive, responsive and easily adjusted. Once all trimmed out I added more power just enough to lift about 3 inches off the ground and did rotations using only rudder control then I set her gently back on the ground it hovered very well and was crisp and forgiving to my control inputs.
Note: I did not have to make adjustments to the ESC, Reciver, nor did I need to Bind the Transmitter and Reciver frequencys, everything was setup and worked strait out of the box. From the time I unboxed it charged the main battery, read all the litature inspected the helicopter and familiarized myself with the transmitter to the time it made its first lift off was only 2 hours, I'd have to say that it is a RTF Aircraft out of the box. The instruction manuals are all quite adequate, easy to understand and properly illistrated.
In summation I give Banana Hobby credit where credit is due, I'm very happy with my purchase and every step of the process was to my ultimate satisfaction.
Thank You Banana Hobby, I am very pleased indeed and will not hesitate to order from you in the future again...
UPDATE:
I have the new Banana Hobby BlitzRcWorks Giant EC-135 Helicopter all tuned up and it's first official flight was at 21:00 yesterday it flies very stable, and I like stable.... its easy to control and flys very nicely. I did change out the BlitzRcWorks provided 11.1 volt 1600 ma LiPo battery for a better quality 11.1 volt 1800 ma battery from the local hobby shop and I get about 20 mins running time.
I have to make a small adjustment to the potentiometer and that ought to do it for the setup and testing. I have training wheels on it now so I don't ding it's blades, someday I'll be able to ride two wheeled like the big helicopter kids do.
Jens (Aviationape)
You are probablly asking yourself why didn't I just contact Banana Hobby about all this. Well I did and tried to. I placed a good half dozen phone calls and NEVER got a represenative. I got disconnected everytime. I sent more or less about a dozen emails and got repsonses to about 3. I know Banana Hobby is busy but with this kind of customer service how on earth are they still in business.
At this point I'm seriously considering getting out of the hobby all together because this has been a very stressful and disapointing start.
I have asked Banana Hobby to refund only a part of my order price to help off set the cost of the replacement transmitter and receiver but all they've told me is my shipping charges have been credited, I never paid for shipping in the first place as they had a spring special where at check out you put the promotion code of "SpringFlyer" and it would take off the shipping charges and I was also told that the airplane seems to working just fine now so it was ok. This was out of my last email. I WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER DO BUSINESS WITH BANANA HOBBY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This shaddy company needs to be shut down and in a hurry.
On another side note it took almost a month to get my airplane after my original order was cancelled due to the other plane I had ordered went out of stock and was not informed of this for almost a week.
Update: I finally got a email today go figure working with them to get a new TX if they make me happy i will edit my review on them.
so i received my plane today and everything works and is in immaculate condition it was so easy to put together a caveman could have done it. they even threw in some free glue. both of the batteries are working i have charged them and depleted them several times and they all of the cells in both of my batteries are charging to full and holding the charge. (checked with a cell reader). Again thx a tun and i will absolutely order from all of ya again!!
SENT 4/3/2012
Dear MARK *********,
We have received and inspected your package. We see here that you have requested for a refund. Please allow 1-3 Business Days for the refund to appear on your account. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Thank You,
Jimmy
Banana Hobby Customer Support Center
15751 Tapia St.
Irwindale, CA 91706
Tel. 626-373-2288 Fax 626-529-0056
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Custumer service was not perfect, first they wrote me the returned package had arrived then later they claimed it not had arrived.. Still waiting for refund on those parts in returned package..
3 years ago
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