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Heliman
Location: Waukesha, WI USA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | same thingHey guys -- I am completely new here but have been reading all this stuff on the Blade CP. I bought one last weekend... I'm a total heli beginner.
This little guy has proved to be quite a challenge, to say the least. After smashing it to kingdom come on its maiden voyage, I've been having little success and making many repairs. I made some training gear out of bamboo skewers (which also make for great kabobs when you get hungry from too much heli-fixing), and have got the crashing to a minimum. Problems still... very little life from the blade, so I called Horizon and the tech told me to lengthen the pitch rods. Done. Back at the park, and got her up in the air for a while! Then the radio jitter started and after a really not-so-rough landing I notice that the small ball end which holds the pitch rod on on one of the blade grips is broken off. Sigh. Epoxying right now, so hopefully it will hold...
but now the reason for my post - my tail motor also has the same defect as the one described here. I've been able to snap the small retaining bushing back into the housing, but it's come loose again. Definitely a problem. I should call Horizon but I feel like I've bugged them enough for one day  Perhaps one of their techs will see my post and offer to help.
Other than that - I can still say that the level of quality and engineering on this is very high - much better than I was expecting for the purchase price. Now if only the operator was better engineered.
Thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions and everything else here - they are MUCH appreciated. Now just gotta save up some money to get some better batts and a new charger. |
It is amazing how much easier my Rappy is to fly than this thing. Once I get this puppy sorted the Raptor will be a cinch.
