HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
01-05-2007, 03:30 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: leftseat140
... The problem is that if I idle it up and push say forward cyclic, the blade leans forward and a little to the left. Just the opposite when pulled back. It seems like the linkages are off by 10-15 degrees. ...
... The problem is that if I idle it up and push say forward cyclic, the blade leans forward and a little to the left. Just the opposite when pulled back. It seems like the linkages are off by 10-15 degrees. ...
the idea is that if you apply a force on a rotating object, it does not react to that force until later in the rotation
(I have read that in theory it is 90 degrees later, in practice it is somewhere between 0 and 90 degrees).
Because of this, one needs to tilt the blades a little before it actually rotates to the position one wants to move to.
So for forward cyclic, one needs to start leaning on the blade a little before it spins to the forward location.
01-09-2007, 08:52 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
Boy do I feel stupid getting a BCP as a first heli now...the tail booms aren't the easiest things to replace on those...stupid basketball goals jumping in my heli's way!
11-14-2007, 12:33 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: dfalcon
If any of you guys has a pitch gage, can you measure the stock pitch curves for me? I'm going to set it up with my Futaba 9C as soon as the rx freq crystal arrives later this week. I switched the servos out for HS-55's so it's already to late for me to check the stock pitch myself.
If any of you guys has a pitch gage, can you measure the stock pitch curves for me? I'm going to set it up with my Futaba 9C as soon as the rx freq crystal arrives later this week. I switched the servos out for HS-55's so it's already to late for me to check the stock pitch myself.
11-14-2007, 01:09 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
I ordered this one from Tower Hobbies:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXBFL2**&P=ML
This one from Great Planes is identical but less expensive:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXFAT0**&P=7
Just keep in mind that the receiver (like some futaba receivers) is limited to the upper half of the 72mHz band (channels 36-60).
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXBFL2**&P=ML
This one from Great Planes is identical but less expensive:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXFAT0**&P=7
Just keep in mind that the receiver (like some futaba receivers) is limited to the upper half of the 72mHz band (channels 36-60).
01-19-2008, 06:33 AM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
I need to replace a blade grip. Does it simply pull out from the main hub? Cannot see a set screw or other retainer but have a hard time beleiving it is only a friction fit and don't want to test it with a hard pull
01-25-2008, 12:30 AM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
ORIGINAL: dfalcon
Has anyone else had to change the blade grips on the Axe yet? Each grip is held on the feathering spindle shaft by a little phillips-head screw that screws into the end of the spindle shaft.....
After about an hour and a half of trying, I almost stripped both of the screws before I got one of them out. Two screwdrivers just wouldn't cut it. Luckily (...!?), in the crash I described in post 54, the brackets of one of the grips sheared clean off. On that side, I was able to grip the screw with a pair of pliers (only the biggest pair of pliers I own finally did the job) and use a screwdriver on the other end.
I lucked out only having to change the blades and blade grips, but man, what a job it turned out to be.
Has anyone else had to change the blade grips on the Axe yet? Each grip is held on the feathering spindle shaft by a little phillips-head screw that screws into the end of the spindle shaft.....
After about an hour and a half of trying, I almost stripped both of the screws before I got one of them out. Two screwdrivers just wouldn't cut it. Luckily (...!?), in the crash I described in post 54, the brackets of one of the grips sheared clean off. On that side, I was able to grip the screw with a pair of pliers (only the biggest pair of pliers I own finally did the job) and use a screwdriver on the other end.
I lucked out only having to change the blades and blade grips, but man, what a job it turned out to be.
03-08-2008, 04:33 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
Hey everyone, my Ace CP-L! is on its way to my house right now, I have a question about the idle up... HOW do you switch to idle up, do you have to switch while you're flying or can you start out in idle up? because of the fact that the way I see it if you switch the idle up switch while the heli is stationary won't the rotor blades just cick straight into full headspeed? I would think that may result in a crash or loss of control or damage the rotor head, etc...? I foolishly purchased a Raptor G2 (CRAPtor G2) about 2 years ago and stuck w/ fixed pitch helis after that HORRIBLE helicopter, any help yall.. this will be my first GOOD ccpm helicopter
03-09-2008, 07:49 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
Turn on the machine.
Collective control all the way down.
Switch to idle up. The headspeed really goes up!
Begin to advance collective, the heli will start to climb after some movement on the collective.
Cut the power back to idle.
The heli is forced back on the ground.
With idle up engaged, and the collective all the way down, the main rotor is at maximum negative pitch.
Advancing the collective moves the pitch towards positive.
I expect the heli will leap into the air with full collective, from the ground.
Switching between idle up ON and OFF in the air is what gives you tick-tocks and other impossible things.
Collective control all the way down.
Switch to idle up. The headspeed really goes up!
Begin to advance collective, the heli will start to climb after some movement on the collective.
Cut the power back to idle.
The heli is forced back on the ground.
With idle up engaged, and the collective all the way down, the main rotor is at maximum negative pitch.
Advancing the collective moves the pitch towards positive.
I expect the heli will leap into the air with full collective, from the ground.
Switching between idle up ON and OFF in the air is what gives you tick-tocks and other impossible things.
03-09-2008, 09:25 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
thanks, I was just wondering if it will damage the heli by switcing from a non moving, stationary headspeed and rotors to a full headspeed in the idle up mode, and also tic tocs aren't done with switching from idle up to normal mode in flight, thats done by switching from positive to negative collective
03-12-2008, 07:56 PM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
wow... just received my axe yesterday, and I have NEVER been so impressed with a product as i am with this one. amazing heli, here she is.....
03-13-2008, 11:35 AM
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RE: HeliMax Axe CP purchase!!!!!!
First EVER flight yall! AMAZING helicopter I dont understand how anybody could ever say anything negative about it... I had my first flight outside today and I'm already into forward flight, pirouette 360s, some nose in, AMAZING heli, have had it very high in my coldasack and got it right back down with very stable control, happiest purchase yet for 200 dollars!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onax6i0Fhh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onax6i0Fhh4
