14 Feb 10 - Reverted to FP.
14 Feb 10 - Reverted to FP.
| N° of launches / Time | Not recorded | 3 | 0 hrs 5 mins | |||
| Fixed Pitch "Standard" Version | Collective Pitch Version | Fixed Pitch "Tuned" Version | ||||
| Rotor Span | 20.5" | 0.52m | 21.0" | 0.53m | 20.5" | 0.52m |
| Body Length | 19.0" | 0.48m | 19.0" | 0.48m | 19.0" | 0.48m |
| Weight | 0 lb. 8.1oz. | 229g | 0 lb. 9.1oz. | 257g | 0 lb. 8.0oz. | 228g |
| Main Motor | Ikarus Standard (Speed 280 type) |
Ikarus Tuning Motor G310 (Speed 280 type) |
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| Battery | 7-cell NiCd 250mAh or NiMH 600mAh | 8-cell NiCd 250mAh or NiMH 600mAh | 3S 15C 800mAh LiPo | |||
| Tail Rotor Motor | Geared N20 pre-installed | |||||
| Receiver | Piccoboard Plus - PPM - 6 channel - 35MHz, combined with 2 speed controllers (main & tail rotors) and the gyro. | |||||
| Servos | Collective - N/A | Collective - JP Naro | Collective - N/A | |||
| Pitch - JP Naro | Pitch - JP Naro | Pitch - JP Naro | ||||
| Roll - JP Naro | Roll - JP Naro | Roll - JP Naro | ||||
| Gyro | Integral to Piccoboard | |||||
| Flying performance | Skitish and a little underpowered | Skitish; not flown much | Skitish but plenty of power | |||
14 Feb 10 - I was flying a couple of days ago and the swashplate destroyed itself even though the model didn't have any heavy landings or impacts. I decided I would reinstall the Fixed Pitch (FP) equipment removed earlier and fly it in that mode. I decided that I'd leave the tuning motor in place as the additional power would be welcome
22 Jan 06 - Now that I have the Zoom 400 the next flight of the Piccolo is getting nearer, although I'm still going to get some more practice first.
30 May 02 - I decided that I would get a larger helicopter to learn on as the Piccolo is very skittish.
3 May 02 - I've completed fitting the Collective Pitch upgrade, and now just need to set up the tracking before flying. As can be seen from the photographs, the wooden blades were so closely balanced that a piece of very thin tape only 1cm square was required to correct the difference.
20 Apr 02 - Whilst at the Intermodellbau in Dortmund, Germany, I picked up a Bell UH-1D (Huey) body kit, a training stand and training undercarriage. I will be using the training stand to build my skill, and then progress to the training undercarriage. I'll include more information on the training stand when I've assembled and used it.
16 Feb 02 - I've had the Piccolo for a short while yet, but only made a few hops so far (not really flights). I have the collective pitch conversion kit, which will be fitted shortly. The English instructions I got with the collective pitch upgrade kit were abysmal and contained a number of potentially significant errors. I therefore re-translated them and include them here (in .pdf format).
| English Collective Pitch Upgrade Instructions | If you found these instructions useful please |