stealth916
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Location: Rocklin, CA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Had the day off - so I picked up a Blade CP from the LHS today, with 3D upgrade kit. I have not yet installed the 3D blades or motor, but I did install the heat sinks.
Step 1 - I applied loctite to my tail motor screws. (thanks for the tip guys!)
Step 2 - I rearranged my spacer/washer setup in the blade grips for the sticky collective issue. I also checked all links and found them to be smooth and slop free. I charged the battery while doing this.
Step 3 - Plug in the heli and ready for flight.... and I had some serious glitching as soon as I armed the heli. When I would even tap on the Tx, the heli would twitch and blades would spin a little. I thought it was crap. I also thought the heli would self destruct or chop my hand off, before I could get it unplugged. Every time I would make a move for it - it would jump!
I called Horizon and they suggested checking the crystals. I took out the Tx crystal, noticed the socket for it looks real cheesy. I spread the legs of the crystal apart a little to give more tension in the socket, and reinstalled it. Glitching went away!
Step 4 - Ready again - Spool up and....... boy is this thing stable! Even in a 5 knot wind, no problem. I hovered for about 5-6 mins, while adjusting all trims. During this period I landed & took off at least 15 times. I hovered in ground effect, maybe 12 inches off the deck for a bit - and also about eye level for awhile.
This is my first 'flown' CP heli, and my first 'flown' tail rotor heli. I have a Trex 450X which I have not yet flown, and a Kyosho Concept SR-K - also not flown. I have been flying a Hirobo Lama SR for a year, and I have almost a year of time on the sim - and I can do anything in the sim, very smoothly (you would hope so after a year).
The sim time paid off - because flying this thing on its maiden was no problem. I do think dual rates are in order, because I did get some wind buffet whilest hovering, and had the opportunity to notice the rates on the stock radio made recovery a little spirited. I also think I would like a modified pitch curve - maybe a little flatter/smoother around hover, as I noticed the heli was very sensitive to pitch inputs in the hover. So I am going to pickup a crystal for use with my Futaba 9CHPS.
For $220 Ready to Fly - including toll free support and probably what will be a solid parts network, this heli purchase is a no brainer! |
