Crashed the Heli yesterday

Onefast99gsx · 02-17-2008

Hi Brian-

Thanks for the great tips on where the sticks should be for doing some 3D stuff. I appreciate it. I still haven't gotten the simulator yet because I'm still
learning basic flight with it. My parts won't be here till probably Thursday. I ordered all kinds of stuff this time around. Even stuff I don't need. I think on my next order, I'm gonna get some carbon fiber blades. I was up in the cities last weekend and stopped at a Hobbytown USA. Nice shop. Wish we had a good hobby shop like that around here.

Anyway, my radio is the one that came with it. The throttle & pitch curves are all preset. It's not as fancy as something like yours or a Spektrum Dx6 or 7 radio. However you can easily throw one of those in mine. Probably best this way when it's my first collective pitch heli. I don't wanna have to learn to program the radio & fly at the same time. I think my curves are the basic/most common "V" You'd think that this brushless motor doesn't make much power but beyond 90-95% throttle, she starts to generate some serious amount of wind.

I only have just the 1 idle up switch. What's the difference between your idle 1 & 2? I can tell you that at mid stick, my pitch is zero and low stick is -9* and high stick is +9*. Which is just a bit low to what you're running. My book actually shows 7* as the high. Bob White from heli freak said he likes 11*.

I just need to get mine fully trimmed in. We got a shitload of snow here in central WI and the only decent days that i've been able to take it out, it's been a bit on the breezy side. Every time i make some fine tunes to the swash, it's affecting my pitch of course so my main concern is to just get it fully trimmed out. Can't wait till spring. I did take the training gear off it the other day. Last week I was actually flying around normal in 3D mode(but not doing 3D stunts). It's alot more fun because it seems more responsive. One thing you have to train yourself is to NOT treat the throttle stick normal or you'll come slamming to the ground with the negative pitch. You knew that of course. Not that I did that or anything but I just have to keep it in mind when in 3D mode.

Do you have any current pics of yours? I want to get a pic of my 2 heli's side by side once I get the canopy painted on my new one and get the parts of course.

I can't seem to find any info on that fun fly on the 24th in WI. Are you sure? Unless it's the 24th of a different month because we got alot of snow here.

Later.

PS- You're sig says you're in S.C. So you left MN again?