PicXXz Helicopter

Namuna · Post by **Namuna** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:31 pm

Those dirty whore lovin rat bastards!!!

The renigged on letting me use the coupon. I talked to a guy during the day and he said no problem, when I get there the original guy was already gone and the other people look at the coupon details and said the coupon is good for in-store ONLY!

I put up a stink but they wouldn't budge.

I ordered the Heli anyway, but I'm still pissed about it.

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:43 pm

wait til it comes in, and then try and use the coupon again.

"It's in the store, isn't it?"

Hey tuner, how does that mosquito fly?

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:04 pm

9v adapter thing wont work on its own. if you look under the pcb, there's another set of battery terminals. Havent taken it fully apart yet, but i think it might be a 2.4v connection.
You may need to leave 2 batteries in while the 9v adapter is running.

i'll mess with it some more tomorrow.

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:22 pm

Murdoch wrote:wait til it comes in, and then try and use the coupon again.

"It's in the store, isn't it?"

Hey tuner, how does that mosquito fly?

They'll ship it to his house, and I believe that's not in store.

betty k has one of them others I think, and it looks to fly very well, but I suspect it's the second rotor. I could be wrong, cause I know dick about helis.

You can't get past the "realistic" look of the PicooZ. Like supe says, it's the lights.

silla

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:50 pm

it was sort of a joke anyways...

Tuner1989 · Post by **Tuner1989** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:14 am

Murdoch wrote: Hey tuner, how does that mosquito fly?

Dont know yet there out of stock online again, i'll let you know when i get my hands on one.

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:21 pm

Clint wrote:9v adapter thing wont work on its own. if you look under the pcb, there's another set of battery terminals. Havent taken it fully apart yet, but i think it might be a 2.4v connection.
You may need to leave 2 batteries in while the 9v adapter is running.

i'll mess with it some more tomorrow.

Heya Clint-

Did you happen to do any digging on this? I've got some time this weekend, and grabbed the appropriate jack, was hoping to get in there and make this AC chargeable.

I was confused by your statement about leaving 2 batteries in while the 9v is running. What are the second set of terminals attached to? I'm nervous about digging into my only controller without some good advice. TIA.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:04 pm

SuperFly wrote:
Clint wrote:9v adapter thing wont work on its own. if you look under the pcb, there's another set of battery terminals. Havent taken it fully apart yet, but i think it might be a 2.4v connection.
You may need to leave 2 batteries in while the 9v adapter is running.

i'll mess with it some more tomorrow.
Heya Clint-

Did you happen to do any digging on this? I've got some time this weekend, and grabbed the appropriate jack, was hoping to get in there and make this AC chargeable.

I was confused by your statement about leaving 2 batteries in while the 9v is running. What are the second set of terminals attached to? I'm nervous about digging into my only controller without some good advice. TIA.

(slight correction) The TX portion uses 3.6v-4.5v(3 cells), the
charger uses 7.2-9v(all 6 cells). The 3.6v terminal leads are hidden under
the circuit board. Look under the pcb to determine which 3 cell positions
run the tx. (I cant recall which 3 slots it was offhand)

So, if you just leave the 3 batteries in for the tx, and then disconnect the
leads that use all 6 cells, and re-attach them to the 9v adapter, you will
be all set to charge on the 9v adapter and fly on the 3.6v AA batteries.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:20 pm

Clint wrote:So, if you just leave the 3 batteries in for the tx, and then disconnect the leads that use all 6 cells, and re-attach them to the 9v adapter, you will be all set to charge on the 9v adapter and fly on the 3.6v AA batteries.

Sweet.

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:13 pm

Clint wrote:
So, if you just leave the 3 batteries in for the tx, and then disconnect the
leads that use all 6 cells, and re-attach them to the 9v adapter, you will
be all set to charge on the 9v adapter and fly on the 3.6v AA batteries.

so if anyone does this can they post some pics of the conections that need to be made?

thanks a head of time!

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:56 pm

steelwoolghandi wrote:so if anyone does this can they post some pics of the conections that need to be made?

thanks a head of time!

It reads to me that they're 4 leads (2 sets) from the battery bay. The Tx only needs 3.6V to fly the heli and breaks the battery bay at the appropriate point with one set of leads. The other set is oriented so that they get the full 9V from the battery bay and that charges the lipo. So just disconnect the 9V leads and run them to the AC jack and just fly the heli with 3 batts

Please don't say "i know that already"

Maxx

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:15 pm

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2255015

Well I bought one tonight so looks like I will be trying out this guy real soon I should have it as soon as Tuesday. Since the Ratshack wearhouse is in Fort Worth Texas I usally get it as quick as 1 day shipping.

I still like my PicooZ but wanted to try a little more and still stay Micro.

beanoman · Post by **beanoman** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:21 pm

Some dude on rcg got his, said it was the pisser... Didnt work because of some kind of quality thingamabob or whatnot... dunno.. That was just one heli. I hope yours is ok.

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:30 pm

beanoman wrote: I hope yours is ok.

Um me too

Tuner1989 · Post by **Tuner1989** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:21 pm

Let us know how it goes steel, i was gonna order one soon but i'll let you be the testing subject first.

---Tuner1989