speedyrob
New Heliman
Location: Clarksville, AR --USA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Hi all,
I am new to this forum and new to rc heli. After reading a lot of the post over the last week, I feel that many of you have valuable experience to share, so I joined and would like to post my learning experience.
I love to read about other experiences when learning especially those who are just ahead of me, lets me know what to expect. So, I want to post my learning experience for anyone considering learning to fly or just starting out. I have read quite a few of the post on here so maybe I can learn from others mistakes and avoid a few myself.
I just received my new electric heli from xheli. It is a Dynam Razor 450, a lot like a TRex. I could not find out a lot about these but the have a pretty cheap price and it had CNC rotor head and tail rotor parts. Nice painted fiberglass canopy, brushless motor, gyro, lipo and charger and all the electronics. I am a little nervous about how these cheap electronic will hold up but I will be happy if it last a month cause I image I will be pretty hard on it.
So far, I am pleased with it, not knowing anything about these, it seems to be good quality as far as the mechanics go.
I spent about 4 hours on Clearview and HelisimRC, then I charged my lipo and checked out the heli, checked how tight the blades were and verified that the controls worked properly. These Razor 450 comes RTF and supposedly have been setup and tested at the factory. I put on the training gear (arrow shafts and foam balls) and took it out in the yard. Hovered pretty nice, kept having to trim, I am not sure the swash is completely level but it does hover and is very similiar to the way the CPPro with training gear in Clearview hovers.
It is really smooth and quiet. I keep it about 2 feet off the ground and try to keep it close to me, when it starts to drift away I try to get it to stop and then set it down soft as I can and start over, the training gear seems to help cushion it, especially on grass. I ran out my first battery doing this and did not crash, I think the sim helped a lot because when it would start to move, I would react just as in the sim. ( I still lose it in the sim)
I want to note that I did not practice the easy models in the sim, I practice with smaller electric CPs and on HelisimRC I chose the sport model 450 setup which gives you more of a challenge, I even added some wind, I can tell I definately don't want to fly in wind yet. When someone say, make sure you learn on a perfectly calm day, I can tell you they are not pulling your leg. Try it on the sim, you will see, got your hands full already.
Well, I am charging up, practicing the sim, cutting the grass, until it is ready to go again. I have to say, so far, I love these heli's. I have always want to try 'em, the sims do help me a lot. I got the Esky tx to use with Clearview and the free HelisimRC. As I said, as a newbie, my experience with the real heli was very similar to the simulator.
Thanks for all the advice you all give to others, I have read a lot if it and it helps lot more people than you know. |
