Official Fly Wing 450L V2 450 Size Helicopter Discussion Thread

[iFLY_RC Vic]

It is VERY HARD to find details on setup of the displays for the RX and TX on the transmitter. They don't read properly.😡 Is there a "technical" representative to correspond with or is this the best avenue to find information?

[iFLY_RC Vic]

There are two TIMERS on the transmitter display panel. How do they work?

[iFLY_RC Vic]

They just got the FW450 back in stock a week ago. I ordered one and got it yesterday!

[xviper]

Thanks for the info, however, it's been a while now and Motion (or any other trust worthy sellers) never got any stock since I was first interested in this. I don't trust the sellers that has these in the Asian markets. Now, with some of the "iffy" reports, I've moved on and this is off the table.

[aJohnM1948]

Nice! I guess the calibration procedure is for "just in case". I use the Bigaole Return to Home module in all my sailplanes and never have I had to do any GPS calibration on them. They just secure the satellites and simply works.

Magnetic north varies slightly by location, depending on where the 'copter compass was calibrated before you got it will determine how accurately it will hold it's position and/or RTH. Ideally if you are flying x number of miles away from the location where the compass was previously calibrated you should re-calibrate the compass. The value of 'x' may be unknown by you or you may not be able to accurately ascertain if it's compatible with your location so ROT when in doubt always calibrate a new drone/heli/compass to your home location before attempting to fly with the GPS turned on.

[aJohnM1948]

Have you tried the "return home" yet? I'm wondering if it knows where "home" is without the compass calibration. I take it that it does the "position hold" well?

If the compass wasn't calibrated it wouldn't hold position and would likely start circling and crash. I know because my Hubsan Zino drone compass lost it's calibration and the drone circled out of control and flew away into the next neighborhood where it was destroyed when it hit a tree and fell into someone's back yard.

[aJohnM1948]

Where can I get information on if/how to fit a scale body to my FW450. I looked at YouTube videos for this 'copter but didn't see anything of that nature.

[iFLY_RC Vic]

I have seen these advertised as V2 450 and V2 450L. Is there a difference? What does the "L" stand for?

[clearprop88]

I replaced the feathering shaft in my 450. I didn't find a thrust bearing. Does it have thrust bearings?

[clearprop88]

I had a crash when I went from inverted to upright. The belt slipped and it crashed to the ground with no power. The belt is very loose, I had this happen before. The belt drive mechanism needs to be improved.

[xviper]

Yeah it does hold the position well all hands off no issues. It also returns to the spot that the heli got GPS lock just fine.

Nice! I guess the calibration procedure is for "just in case". I use the Bigaole Return to Home module in all my sailplanes and never have I had to do any GPS calibration on them. They just secure the satellites and simply works.

[flyboy787]

Yeah it does hold the position well all hands off no issues. It also returns to the spot that the heli got GPS lock just fine.

[xviper]

I bought my fw450 from Helidirect on 12/28 and I have flown it 4 times and I have yet to do the calibration on the unit. I dont know if that is a bad thing but I am able to fly it in front of my house and at my fly field and it has no problem in the GPS mode or the 3D mode at all. I dont know if I really need to do the calibration on it since it has been working right out of the box with no issues. I get GPS lock on the unit just fine.

Have you tried the "return home" yet? I'm wondering if it knows where "home" is without the compass calibration. I take it that it does the "position hold" well?

[flyboy787]

I bought my fw450 from Helidirect on 12/28 and I have flown it 4 times and I have yet to do the calibration on the unit. I dont know if that is a bad thing but I am able to fly it in front of my house and at my fly field and it has no problem in the GPS mode or the 3D mode at all. I dont know if I really need to do the calibration on it since it has been working right out of the box with no issues. I get GPS lock on the unit just fine.

[clearprop88]

I set up my NX10 with the FW450.
I'm using an Orange 9 ch CPPM receiver.
I get the green LED indicating that it's calibrated and receiving GPS sats.
When I pull both sticks down and out the green LED never goes to blinking .
All switches and sticks are working properly, but I can't get the motor to start.
I calibrated the sticks in the software, but the motor won't start.

Any ideas?

[554dug]

With regards to the Spektrum serial rx 4651t, do I still need the converter cable from Fly Wing for the one wire bus?. What does it do?

[xviper]

As expected, Motion made good on the mistake and sent me the correct helicopter which arrived today. Thanks! I'm looking forward to getting it in the air.

You must have gotten the last one they had. They're still out of stock. Let us know how much "setting up" you needed to do to get it ready for its maiden.

[soareyes]

Rats! I ordered this helicopter Monday and today it was delivered, or so I thought. In an obviously too small box was a RotorScale Firefox 250, an $80 micro heli. I'm sure Motion will take care of this but unfortunately the Fly Wing 450L now shows out of stock. Anyone else receive the wrong helicopter? Maybe some lucky person received my Fly Wing instead of the Firefox they actually ordered, haha!

As expected, Motion made good on the mistake and sent me the correct helicopter which arrived today. Thanks! I'm looking forward to getting it in the air.

[xviper]

Ask a friend first? If you plan on flying this heli at your club or the same spot mostly, then maybe they can meet you there, do the GPS calibration and it will stay that way for your field. I brought it back to my field since and didn't bring my laptop again

This is also another option and I may consider it. I'm not willing to ask a friend to load a program onto his laptop that he doesn't know about. We all know this download is "probably" safe, but it's hard to ask a friend to trust that it won't do something weird to his laptop. I'll poke around to see if anyone I know has an older laptop that isn't too important to them.
I'm really beginning to like the idea of this heli. I never was able to actually "fly" any of my previous CP helis and I got bored with just hovering around for years.

James, any idea of when Motion will get these back in stock? I see one of the "Amazon-like" sellers in China just got them back in stock (price also went up from a few weeks ago) but I'd rather buy this one from Motion.

[xviper]

I had a similar dilemma last year with the need to program various components not possible with my IPad. Ended up buying a Lenovo Windows laptop on sale at Best Buy for $100 which did the job, barely. Not much help, but worked for me.

That is an option but I doubt I can find a laptop that cheap with Windows 10 on it. Nevertheless, I am reticent to spend another X hundred $$$ just to be able to fly this model. Such a laptop would have very little use for me for any other purpose. As it stands, shipped from Motion to my door, this is already going to be almost $800.00 CAN.