Quadcopter102
Well-Known Member
As it happens I am a "Rooster" by birthdate - so I was up for 2017 being a good year. I recall on one thread, one of the guys replied to me saying "... if it was not for all your bad luck - you would have no luck at all".
Also, in my early days I was asking about a radio that does all I would want from it ..because I did not want to build up a collections......
I have a Devo 10 which - well that story is chronicled on my first few posts on here - I thought it was faulty - the fault was in my head and lack on knowledge actually! But ist sat for over a year looking all forlorn and sad. I purchased a TGY i10 from HobbyKing, an on-nine supplier most of us grow to dislike to some degree or another. Its a good radio and suits me - but during a setup - suddenly the throttle stick began to flop around akin to a aged and retired porn stud. I had the back off.... a tiny 9mm overall length spring had lost one of its end hoops ( is that the right name?).
I contact HobbyKing.... I have had less than a year - I checked my emails and it arrived a few days after I ordered from their Sydney store...BUT HK deem warranty starts the minute the order is received! Time in transit is .... within warranty liabilities" Now you can see why a lot of us really dislike HK. So there I am a cracking good DJI Nasa M Lite just installed and just needs a couple of Aux channels setting up on three way switch...no radio. I cannot get a spring anywhere.
I asked FlySky and this is their reply.... the spring is FREE but...
"i just check the FedEx shipping fees is $45 USD ,and the bank fees is $30 .So total amount is $75."
HK were better - they only want $32 for shipping.
Looking throughBangGood for anything that looks like it will do...( I got Taranis springs...too long) I find BG are doing the FSI6S at a good price and I took a liking to it a while ago - and - it will handle the RX I have which is about 10 FSi6A and a couple of TGY i10A - so I order it.
Then I think that's OK for a spare in teh future...but now??
Back to HK and check again.. no springs BUT the TGY i10 is on a reduced Chinese New Year offer.... what the hell - I ordered it!
5 days later the FS i6S arrived express post from BangGood, three days later I am advised a delivery from HK. Before it arrives I check out the FSi6S - and update the firmware. Its never worked since!
At first I thought it was just the adjust sticks function that locked up the menu... but
having set up the Aux channels for the Nasa m Lite - had it out and flown it.... brought back in and de-propped, took the lipo off to charge it and put another on to adjust a couple of settings.... its not bound anymore. ALL setting are lost every time I shut it down!
No worries - stick a claim in to BG and go to collect my new i10.
Open it up check it - put my own already charged battery in and ........ but whats this.... why is the bottom section of the capacitive display panel.... far brighter than the top! And why can I not adjust screen brightness....a week after creating video's for you tube for both BG and the FSi6S and HK and the i10 - my claim with HK is currently marked "proceed to settlement" - so I assume its a refund.
BG have not replied yet and my claim is marked as "in process".
At the same time I have 4 items I ordered off 3 different eBay sellers mid December 2016 and they are still in transit and will I "wait just 7 more days" - for the second time.
So for a guy NOT wanting a collection of radio's - unless and until a couple of stores decide to issue a refund and decide what I need to do with the debris.... I own,
1 Devo 10 as new nev er used ( offers
)
2 TGY i10 - with sensors,battery and 10 chnl rx
1 TGY i5 thus is a 5 channel starter - yours for just $40 or less!
1 FSi6S as new used just once "in action"and has doubtful future.
Which seems to be the making of a collection!
Now the good news is my birthday wish list includes a Nasa M V2... and I know its ticked off!
Which leaves me with 2 Revolution FC and a NEO M8N GPS Module - which works OK - but I am too dim to tune it in as I want it... but then I do stand it next to my Phantom and its a hard act to follow!
Christmas brought me a Tarot 650 frame - now you may think I am mad - but I don't want it!
It just seems big and spidery and needs work and thinking - I just want to play!
So the year of the Rooster just needs a truck to run over it and bring in - WITH LUCK - a new one!
Also, in my early days I was asking about a radio that does all I would want from it ..because I did not want to build up a collections......
I have a Devo 10 which - well that story is chronicled on my first few posts on here - I thought it was faulty - the fault was in my head and lack on knowledge actually! But ist sat for over a year looking all forlorn and sad. I purchased a TGY i10 from HobbyKing, an on-nine supplier most of us grow to dislike to some degree or another. Its a good radio and suits me - but during a setup - suddenly the throttle stick began to flop around akin to a aged and retired porn stud. I had the back off.... a tiny 9mm overall length spring had lost one of its end hoops ( is that the right name?).
I contact HobbyKing.... I have had less than a year - I checked my emails and it arrived a few days after I ordered from their Sydney store...BUT HK deem warranty starts the minute the order is received! Time in transit is .... within warranty liabilities" Now you can see why a lot of us really dislike HK. So there I am a cracking good DJI Nasa M Lite just installed and just needs a couple of Aux channels setting up on three way switch...no radio. I cannot get a spring anywhere.
I asked FlySky and this is their reply.... the spring is FREE but...
"i just check the FedEx shipping fees is $45 USD ,and the bank fees is $30 .So total amount is $75."
HK were better - they only want $32 for shipping.
Looking throughBangGood for anything that looks like it will do...( I got Taranis springs...too long) I find BG are doing the FSI6S at a good price and I took a liking to it a while ago - and - it will handle the RX I have which is about 10 FSi6A and a couple of TGY i10A - so I order it.
Then I think that's OK for a spare in teh future...but now??
Back to HK and check again.. no springs BUT the TGY i10 is on a reduced Chinese New Year offer.... what the hell - I ordered it!
5 days later the FS i6S arrived express post from BangGood, three days later I am advised a delivery from HK. Before it arrives I check out the FSi6S - and update the firmware. Its never worked since!
At first I thought it was just the adjust sticks function that locked up the menu... but
having set up the Aux channels for the Nasa m Lite - had it out and flown it.... brought back in and de-propped, took the lipo off to charge it and put another on to adjust a couple of settings.... its not bound anymore. ALL setting are lost every time I shut it down!
No worries - stick a claim in to BG and go to collect my new i10.
Open it up check it - put my own already charged battery in and ........ but whats this.... why is the bottom section of the capacitive display panel.... far brighter than the top! And why can I not adjust screen brightness....a week after creating video's for you tube for both BG and the FSi6S and HK and the i10 - my claim with HK is currently marked "proceed to settlement" - so I assume its a refund.
BG have not replied yet and my claim is marked as "in process".
At the same time I have 4 items I ordered off 3 different eBay sellers mid December 2016 and they are still in transit and will I "wait just 7 more days" - for the second time.
So for a guy NOT wanting a collection of radio's - unless and until a couple of stores decide to issue a refund and decide what I need to do with the debris.... I own,
1 Devo 10 as new nev er used ( offers
)2 TGY i10 - with sensors,battery and 10 chnl rx
1 TGY i5 thus is a 5 channel starter - yours for just $40 or less!
1 FSi6S as new used just once "in action"and has doubtful future.
Which seems to be the making of a collection!
Now the good news is my birthday wish list includes a Nasa M V2... and I know its ticked off!
Which leaves me with 2 Revolution FC and a NEO M8N GPS Module - which works OK - but I am too dim to tune it in as I want it... but then I do stand it next to my Phantom and its a hard act to follow!
Christmas brought me a Tarot 650 frame - now you may think I am mad - but I don't want it!
It just seems big and spidery and needs work and thinking - I just want to play!
So the year of the Rooster just needs a truck to run over it and bring in - WITH LUCK - a new one!
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