Wildjones
Posts: 34
Joined: 3/14/2005
From: Morghan Hill,
CA, USA
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Thanks, I just charged it right off the bat figuring thats what i should do because they didnt specify. Well I have gotten 3 flights in and am about 5 minutes from my 4 th flight... I know they say not to tune your heli until you feel comfortable with it but I am really tempted to start messing around with it lol...So far i have noticed this about my XRB:
A) It likes to turn to the right when hovering-I fixed this by using the trim on the radio and noticed that its a bit better higher in there air, I think when its lower it gets its own rotor backwash, but thats just my theory
B) It likes to slide to the left when I let go of the sticks-For now i just used the trim on the radio again but will check it out after installing the new paddles and I track the blades.
C) The blades are a tad bit off tracked but not really too bad-I can live with it like that for now. It doesnt wobble terribly so Ill just deal
D) Its VERY stable or more stable than other helis that I have seen in action and its not even set up to its full potential.
E) Its takes a beating quite nicely-I got a draft of wind from a window (its was very stormy today) and got blown a tad but towards a wall and I was flying with the Heli facing towards me so i messed up when trying to keep it away from the wall and cut the throttle. The XRB tmbled onto a small couch in the entryway rolled and landed (I am using the training gear and have bounced on the gear alot, a few times really hard). Nothing broke thank goodness.
I fly my XRB in the entry hallway and its about 15 feet long and 10 feet wide with an 8 foot ceiling until the ceiling opens to reveal the second floor where i have about 16 feet to go up (sorry i dont know how to describe this very well), because of the small space i havent really experimented with fast forward flight but i have noticed that when going forward you need to give it a bit more throotle to keep the heli level.
I feel comfortable flying my XRB at about waist height but not much more because I feel i cannot control it very well and with the cockpit facing forward and me standing behind. I need to work on flying it facing towards me but I just cant react fast enough to make the corrections to its flight path. Also I have a hanging light from the roof of the house that lowers toward the open section of the 1st flower ceiling and i am nervous that i might catch a blade or two on the light.
Oh yeah on my second flight my transmitter made a pop noise quite loud. It was at the end of the barttery and i had the throttle stick as high as i could go but the heli was only about an inch off the ground and then it made the pop noise which scared the bejeebers out of me and I lost control of the heli. Anyone have a similar experience? It works still but it just seemed a bit weird to me. If you have any ideas of what might have happened it would be muxh appreciated. Thanks!
I love my XRB and am so happy i got this!
Michael
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