FIRST HELI FLIGHT in 10+ Years! - SAB GOBLIN 570 + IKON2 FBL 

“I haven’t flown Helo’s in around 12 years and it is going to be a boring flight…” continues to flip and rip that sh*t!! Wicked

It has been a while since the sticks have been run on a Heli. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this or not but once it was dialed in and flyable I had fun! Thanks for watching!

You're one of the few that I've seen go from a heli to Fixed-Wing. Usually it's the other way around. The flight versatility of helis usually keeps the interest of fixed wing pilots than going the other way around.

WICKED video ! I miss my Goblin !!!

Enjoyed the video, my first heli was a Blade 250, second one is an Align 500 Trex and my third still in the build mode is an Align Trex 800E DFC, can't wait for decent weather here in IL. USA

Well done.

That heli sitting on the field looked very much like a flight sim. Initial setup is usually a lower HS in S1 would have made tail wag better till you get it dialed in S2. New sub btw.

Nice heli. Strangely I sold both my Goblin 570 and 380 to fund my turbine habit. They are rock solid models. You clearly haven’t forgotten how to drive ‘em. Nicely done. 👍🏻😎

Im heli guy that recently subscribed and this ia awesome to you fly.

You fly heil way better then i fixed Wing 😊😊😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

it dont seem to matter what it is! u just wring it out!!! love it!! Awesome flying !!!

You wouldn't know its been a while for the way you put that chopper through its paces. Very nice Johnathan!

Hi Jonathan, So you started out with helis. My first heli was a fixed pitch DuBro Shark back in 1975. No heli radios back then and no gyros. A gust of wind flipped it inverted and not enough height to roll out. Later bought an Hirobo Shuttle ZX and had fun with it. Next up were Schluter Champion and Scout. Both .60 powered. Was going to enter my first contest Sept. 91 and last August was involved in an auto accident that caused a serious back injury. That's another story. You and Katie stay safe.

Hi Jon , Just proves my point , Helicopters don't fly. They're so ugly , the Earth repels them !! lol Great as always mate Phil

legend!

Nice to see a heli! It will make you a better pilot without any doubt. look forward t hear how you progress.

Definately enjoyed this, as a rc heli pilot.

I know the pain of the JR radio setup with the Ikon2 as I have just replaced the flybarless unit on my Soxos DB7 and has made such a huge difference to the stability of the heli. I think I spent about an hour sorting out the channels and XG14 to what I wanted. The RG012BX RX is a brilliant receiver for helis, being such a small full range receiver :) Welcome back to helis!

Awesome stuff man, I haven't flown heli's or planes since the mid 90's lol. love your videos.

Awesome to see you flying some helis. I recently built a Synergy n5c and im loving it. I have the Brain 2 flybarless system in it. The Brain 2/iKon 2 flybarless system is great and the setup is easy. I personally like the panic putton function too.

Awesome...

In my opinion, Ikon is the second easiest FBL to learn. You will be a master in no time.

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Hey Sir. Hope your doing well. Got a suggestion for ya. Instead of saying intro. Maybe say what is coming up in this video and say to the audience stay tuned, then que the intro. Just was thinking. Great video today. Really enjoy Heli.

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Great you did pick up on a heli video,now maybe build one from scratch. It’s not just about planes in the RC world.

What kind of feedback are you looking for? Pretty much all of my helicopters run Ikon best FBL out there in my opinion!

Yeeehaa🤘…that’s pretty cool. Didn’t know that you used to start with Helis 👍 I did it the other way around and was shocked when I flew my first heli; was used to fly 55-65” Extras . I run the Brain2 on my little Logo480 and set Expo to “0” (Expo in Transmitter only); setup is between sport and 3D, which gives me a smooth feeling for it! Cheers from Munich

That was pretty nice for such a long time. Been flying for about 6 years helis only and due to weather I don't fly on winter so when I go back into "flying season" I am always super uncomfortable. That looked like you were really doing well so congrats. I flew iKon/Brain for some time (not anymore) and your tail issue may be mechanical. Usually fast wags can be corrected with the main P gain. But slow wags, most often than not, are mechanical. You can probably try to tune them out but it's much better to have a good mechanical setup. Make sure your push tail rod at center tail servo position is exactly halfway travel on the tail shaft. Adjust the length as necessary or move your servo arm or change to a different hole on the servo arm. Also you have to make sure your tail is butter smooth. Take off the little dog bone linkages on the tail from the tail blade grips and make sure the slider is falling on its own weight without any friction. You can use very low grit sandpaper to sand the shaft slightly until that happens. Then make sure your dog bones are not too tight. You can move them around a bit to loosen them up a bit. Disconnect your push tail rod and the tail fully assembled should move very smoothly. Then make sure you tune your main P gain. Do "speed passes" aka fast forward flight left to right and try to stop it at each end. Keep increasing your main gain in about 5 point increments until you get a fast wag. Then drop down 5 points and your main gain should be set. You can play around a bit with the "I" gain after this if after perfect mechanical setup the tail is "loose". Since I saw you are trying tic tocs that is a very good maneuver to see if the tail is loose or not. The tail should remain on its place always while you bang on the sticks back and forth. Try to do "rainbows" which are slow tic tocs and "stop" the heli with collective at each end. If that feels strange or uncomfortable, do flips. Flip from upright to inverted and stop. Try to work out how much collective you need to just stop the heli at the same altitude. The hard collective stop should let you know if the tail is holding fine or not. Sounds more work than what it is, though. I hope you have integration/telemetry on JR, as Spektrum with the proper telemetry receiver you can program the unit from the radio itself and not have to connect to a computer each time you want to make a gain or parameter adjustment. So there you go hope these few tips help you out. Cheers!

Work on your nose in bro!! It'll save you lots of $$$... Put the sticks and balls back on if you have to, or work the sim a bit. Great flying!!

Give yourself more credit as you looked like you haven't lost stick controls 👏👍

About times to get back heli hahahaha

Guess it was just a slip of the tongue, but you know KV in regards to brushless motors does not mean kilo volt. (Stands for rpm per volt) Nice heli!

I also haven't flown helis for several years. Been thinking of buying one to try the new electric technology.

that's too bad because the AR7210 is a great unit. I love that it is a Rx and FBL unit all in one...way less wires. the only downside is that you really need to purchase the upgraded advanced firmware to make it sing. next I'm going to install the bluetooth module so I can change settings right from my phone or eventually from the tablet built into the ix20. I too am one of those guys that started in helis and moved to fixed wing but still fly both regularly. I love the challenge of scale helis but airplanes are probably a little more fun. cheers!

You might be missing a few fingers brother but you have the skills a man with 10 hands dont have lol

My older brother would like this…

I should use an little bit less rpm on the blades, its more relaxing flying witch I do on my Henseligt heli of the same size, also complete 3d flying, Regards from Remi Belgium

Where's build video number 2 for the hog? Need more build videos

Oh so you do fly Helis too!! Cool man.. Great to know how to do both, cause I get bored of one thing after awhile.. Do you build rc cars or boats?

The way you fly seems a lot more “fixed wing friendly”, as in I think we could fly together, we have A problem where we fly that we have dedicated areas for helicopters that those pilots don’t use, and spend the whole time either doing extreme 3D, hovering or constant auto rotations. Which is fine, just not in the middle of an active fixed wing runway, if they got into the circuit and did loops, rolls, pirouettes, TickTocks, and what I would call a “stall turn” then I would have no issues flying with them

Very nice but I need to ask. When is the A-10 build going to start. LOL. Thanks.

Well look like u still have it good job hahahaha

I would like to see you do a F3C comp event just to change it up

Which do you find harder or more time to learn to fly heli or jet also have you ever used flight simulators maybe do a video on flight sims

Hello, Great Ch. I thought JR was done ??

Heli's is what I flew for many years before the FAA stuck it's nose in and I quit. My trains had NO government over sight. Now that you have a heli back in your stable, is there a heli version of the turbines you sell?

Hope you don't mind me asking but did you loose your fingers with rc props etc hope I don't offend you by asking.

You know, you can get scale turbine helis. Just saying..

I don't care that much for the stunts on the model helicopter I like normal helicopter kind of flying

jees you go on and on boring