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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/20/2008 6:51:45 PM   
RickyD77


 

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Status: offline 		JUst a quick question , Ihave a small problem with my blade , the helicopter keep turnin slight ight and my trim was all the way left, i have try with the proportional mix too and no success

any advice

thanks

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/20/2008 8:55:23 PM   
UTM


 

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JUst a quick question , Ihave a small problem with my blade , the helicopter keep turnin slight ight and my trim was all the way left, i have try with the proportional mix too and no success Try adjusting the gyro gain also. This works in conjunction with the proportional to hold the tail. You may have to turn up your gain and then dial in the prop.

any advice

thanks

Sounds like one of 2 things. Either you hav one of your shafts slightly bent and binding, (it doesn't take much to throw off the whole thing) or you have a motor going out. how long have you had your bird/how many flights roughly. Stock motors will last about 200 flights.

I'd certainly check the shafts first. There are other possible problems as well but these will be the most common. Let us know and we'll try and help.

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/20/2008 9:20:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		i have it for about a week i'll check for the shaft... the heli still fly great but its just like i dont have enough trim to trim it right

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/20/2008 9:39:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		did the proportional mix is supose to make any great diference cause either way i didnt notice change, thanks

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/21/2008 3:15:52 AM   
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did the proportional mix is supose to make any great diference cause either way i didnt notice change, thanks

It has always seemed to me that when adjusting the proportional is that a little is alot. i have tried turring the pot a quarter of a turn at a time only to be met with frustration because i didn't "fix" the problem. Try centering the pot and turnig it about 2 degrees at a time CCW. turn the other pot CW about 2-5 degrees and then do the prop pot. i have been through this very same thing with my heli. After centering the pot and starting slow i have it dialed in perfect. I still will suggets check both shafts for bend. Take blades and flybar off and push your rudder stick all the way left and give throttle. Repeat on the other side. This will spin 1 shaft at a time and you can check for wobbling. Any wobble is bad! make sure both shafts are perfectly.

Being that you have only have had your bird a week I wouldn't suspect motors being out. You'll get it tuned! Good luck!

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/22/2008 3:27:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Try turning the gain more clockwise, as well as the proportional. That always helps mine. Make sure you center the rudder trim when making adjustments and don't forget to unplug the battery between adjustments. You can also try a drop of light oil on each motor's bottom bushing. Some people have also had luck with re-binding the heli to the transmitter.

Chris

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/22/2008 5:42:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Guys! Am knew to the CX2 w/ 2.4 Ghz. Just need some info re: radio range Horizontal & Vertical distances. Also do you encounter blind spots. There must be a fail safe because I almost lost mine flying too high est. 50 to 60 ft. & wind took it a good 300 ft. horizontal then just fell out of sky. Other than a bent outer shaft , it was still in one piece. Note I have Boomtown Hobby skids. Art

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/22/2008 9:36:19 PM   
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Hi Guys! Am knew to the CX2 w/ 2.4 Ghz. Just need some info re: radio range Horizontal & Vertical distances. Also do you encounter blind spots. There must be a fail safe because I almost lost mine flying too high est. 50 to 60 ft. & wind took it a good 300 ft. horizontal then just fell out of sky. Other than a bent outer shaft , it was still in one piece. Note I have Boomtown Hobby skids. Art

The range of the Tx is going to be linear no matter how you slice it. It is rated as a "Park Flyer" which I believe has an effective range of approx. 150 yards.(anyone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this) I haven't ever had a signal loss due to distance because this heli is so small I loose track of orentation after about 150'. I did watch a buddy of mine crash his CX2 because he thought it'd be cool to apply full throttle and just keep climbing. Just via visual guess I would say that 450' is about right. It was no more than a small spec in the sky when he lost contact. It fell the whole way and smashed into the street. I've never seen a CX2 in so many pieces and not on a workbench!

2.4ghz can be effected by blind spots(shadowing) but they are generally caused by metal of some sort. Seems like more of a problem on a larger bird with alum. frame and not for the CX2. I've flown mine in every orentation imaginable and never suffered that problem.

Sorry to hear about your crash. Sounds like you came out fairly well for that type of crash. I once was flying mine at around 70' when a gust blew it completly over to inverted. It fell all the way and hit the street resulting in both shafts being bent over about 80 degrees just above the lower head. I had to cut it off with a hacksaw to fix it.

Good luck!

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/23/2008 12:43:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the reply, 1 thing comes to mind is that the area it shut down. The neighbor has a older type dish in his backyard, probably at least 6 ft dia. I flew into the path of where it was pointing. Could like that might be why? I am est distance as this happened 2 houses down with 100 ft. wide property lines less mine.



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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/23/2008 6:47:36 AM   
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Thanks for the reply, 1 thing comes to mind is that the area it shut down. The neighbor has a older type dish in his backyard, probably at least 6 ft dia. I flew into the path of where it was pointing. Could like that might be why? I am est distance as this happened 2 houses down with 100 ft. wide property lines less mine.




I doubt it. I fly very close to a RADAR system and a gazzilion satellites here in Iraq. I've haven't had problems with it thus far. Although the 2.4 TX will interfere with the non-2.4 systems. I learned this by accidentally leaving my Spektrum TX on while I was flying my CX. When I flew near the TX, the CX started twitching. So, what did I do? I naturally flew it around the TX to "see what happens." Two broken blades later, I figured out what "happens."



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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/23/2008 12:03:23 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: artscale

Thanks for the reply, 1 thing comes to mind is that the area it shut down. The neighbor has a older type dish in his backyard, probably at least 6 ft dia. I flew into the path of where it was pointing. Could like that might be why? I am est distance as this happened 2 houses down with 100 ft. wide property lines less mine.




I doubt it. I fly very close to a RADAR system and a gazzilion satellites here in Iraq. I've haven't had problems with it thus far. Although the 2.4 TX will interfere with the non-2.4 systems. I learned this by accidentally leaving my Spektrum TX on while I was flying my CX. When I flew near the TX, the CX started twitching. So, what did I do? I naturally flew it around the TX to "see what happens." Two broken blades later, I figured out what "happens."



That,shouldn't be happening?My friends have CX2's and we fly at the same time (3 of them in the air) and stand next to each other in a line while flying them. It shouldn't interfear with a non 2.4 tx either. Strange? Ron

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/23/2008 6:22:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		The LP5DSM transmitter is a Low Power transmitter. The range isn't suitable for airplanes with the CX-2 receiver. I've tried it with one. The plane flew out of range at about 250'.
Changing to the DX-7 transmitter, there was no range problem.

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/23/2008 9:48:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		HI all,

I would like to utilize the 5th and/or 6th channel on the CX2 4-in-1 utilizing the DX6i. How do I program that? Thanks in advance.

Kenn

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RE: Blade CX-2 - 4/24/2008 12:38:25 AM   
artscale


 

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The LP5DSM transmitter is a Low Power transmitter. The range isn't suitable for airplanes with the