(RD13) RD13 - Icarus - new props and landing gear

Published: Sat Apr 14 2012

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Another makeover for Icarus. It started while in the field in eastern alberta at my cousin Kevins place, I had crashed RD8 pretty bad , It was eaten by Charlie Brown's Kite eating tree. Anyhow while I had it torn apart on the bench, I rebuilt RD13.

Today I installed the landing gear from hobby king, required two holes to be drilled , one into each strut. The parts are:
Struts: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hk-500gt-landing-skid-align-part-h50122.html?___store=en_us

Skids: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hk-500gt-landing-skid-pipe-align-part-h50090.html?___store=en_us

 

They make for an easy 5$ landing gear, not really helpful for bottom mount gopro.

Then there is the new Lipo alarms, I like them better than the ones I have been using, this one is small, loud and works for 1S-4S.

Part:https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbykingtm-lipoly-low-voltage-alarm-2s-4s.html?___store=en_us

Test flight with a 2200 3S was easy 9 minutes. IT was my first flight using the "Pinch" technique. My hands cramped at halfway in.