My MS Hornet 2

Modellsport Hornet 2

right out the box
slowly assembling, click read more below

Equiped with

Ms Modellsport Hornet 2	bought 130€ on www.ebay.com
Gyro:	CSM 400 **
RX:	Rx 600 FM 41Mhz
Pitch/Roll/Nick-Servo:	Hitec HS55 **
Tail-Servo:	Hitec HS55 **
Battery:	2000H3S 2000mAh LiPo Pack 3s Kokam bought 213€ with charger on http://www.rc-lipo.de/. battery are expensive but can be reused for my Draganflyer 4 rotor helicopter
Blades:	Carbon blade *
Others:	Hacker Motor Pinions 2.3 bore with dual set screw 1 $12 Steel Pinion – Tail Drive Shaft 1 $6 Revolution Aluminum base w/CF plate frame for Hornet 2 99€ Hornet Aluminum Head Block 1 $29 * Stabilizer Anti Rotation Arm with Pin Set Screws 1 $15 * CNC Blade Grips 1 $29 * Hornet Collective Pitch Pivot Support 1 $20 * Hornet Collective Horn 1 $20 * CNC Stabilizer dome 1 $20 * Pro wood fully symmetrical blades with CNC Spacers 1 $17 Horizontal Fin / Clamp Set 2 26€ Tail Fin Mount with Tail Servo Mount 2 26€ CNC Anti Rotation Arm 1 $9 * CNC Tail slider arm 1 * 120CCPM Low Profile Swashplate SR4 3 $79 High Strength Plastic Main Gear 180T/40T 3 $11 Horizontal Fin Holder Hornet II with Fin+ “W” Carbon Fiber Tail Blades+ Tail Rudder Servo Mount Hornet II+ Vertical Fin 3 free Precision High Speed Steel 2x36mm Tail Shaft 3 $6.50 Precision Tail Gear Case Hornet II $45 Precision Tail Rotor SE $60 Tail Pitch Lever (Bell Crank) $25 Tail Pitch Slider SE $35 Total: 666€ www.helihobby.com will sell you anything even if it do not past together… 11/20 www.updaterc.com correct prices for europe. 15/20 www.microheli.com SUPER great shop, advices and services, highly recommended 19/20 * Fully upgrade rotor head (including swahsplatte + anti rotation arm ) bought 140€ with carbon blades (value $229 without blades) on www.ebay.com . but Available on www.helihobby.com ** From a spare hornet 1 bought for 301€ on www.ebay.de and partially resold without electronic for 200€ (kept the best part)
Motor:	Hacker 20-22S brushless + controller **
Number of Crash:	0

Do you need so much upgrades? certainly not! I would say that the carbon frame, the tail gear case, the swashplate, the tail rudder mount are a must. Prices are going down with the new H2 clone (Dragonfly), moreover I aquire a lot of parts on ebay….

Details

	The Hitec HS-55 continues the Hitec tradition of affordable performance. Featuring precision components that have been engineered to provide long lasting trouble free service. The HS-55 is the perfect choice for any micro application from indoor R/C and hand launch gliders, to ultra small electric Park and Yard flyers, Speed 400 and 1/2A powered aircraft. Technicals informations Dimensions: 23 x 12 x 24 mm Mass/weight: 8g Operating voltage: 4.8 – 6.0 Volts Nominal voltage: 4.80 Volts Torque: 1.1/1.3 Ncm Transit speed: 0.17/0.14 sec.
**	Complete plastic head CP 43.13€ Boom & tail assembly 45€ Hornet 2 main frame 25.06€ Complete CP metal head upgrade 152€ on www.ebay.com by lilly2525 (1527)

Assembling

Less expensives rotor blades!

Rotor blades are way to overpriced for that kind of heli, and cost as much as 30 size blades and sometimes more!!!! crazy I list here the less expensives, I encourage You to discuss this on forums or contact me if you find a better source.

• W Blades >>> Symmetrical <<< MS CP Hornet, Piccolo Pro, Dragonfly Tandem Hummingbird Elite CP Main Blades $27.49

Manuals

http://www.mscomposit-usa.com/products/helis/MSManuals.php

LIPO voltage monitor

http://www.riverrider.dsl.pipex.com/VoltageDetector5.pdf
http://www.riverrider.dsl.pipex.com/VoltageDetector4.pdf

Shops/tuning parts

• MicroHeli was the first builder of upgrades for micorheli and his parts show better engineering than the others
• HeliHobby also sell a full range of tuning parts
• http://www.deeteeenterprises.com/
• http://www.like90.com/
• http://www.rchover.com/home
• http://www.duzi.cz/
• http://microhelis.homestead.com/index.html
• http://www.dreamhobbies.com/
• http://www.fxaeromodels.com/
• http://www.electricflight.co.uk/
• www.heliup.com
• http://www.rchover.com/hornet_tuning_parts
• http://lipoly.co.uk/ …….Cutting Edge …..No Compromise ….High Precision…. Top Quality….Products…

Tips

• Walt’s Hornet Tips and Tricks 33 Tips
• RadioRob tips
• http://www.piccolomag.com

Flight journal

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