Crash,
Yep, had my share of BAD LUCK early on too. Been flying about a year now. The first two months were a total disaster for me. I couldn't even begin to tell you how many sets of blade I busted. Took me weeks, just to get a 10 second hover. Then everything just clicked. Now hovering and flying are second nature, your fingers and brain start to work together. Takes time, everyone has a different learning curve. Go slow and be patient.. Also, get more $$$$
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: crashcrash
Money pit (micro heli's)? Bought a dragonfly#4, hovered it a few times, broke it a few times replaced the parts. Took it out to the fieild and put it up...it went snake poop on it's own, crashed (radio probs I think) never actually got a flight. Got rid of it (couldn't see putting another dime into it) and bought a CPB thinking it would be better. Did some short hovers doing OK and I fell asleep while the battery was charging and burnt them to bits (my fault). Ordered a new battery and flew it some more...battery seemed weak because it drained more quickly than the old original battery. Flying again and I hit something. Took out the spindel and CF blades. Ordered the plasti symm blades and parts to fix head. Now it will hover for about 45sec before falling out. I know as the battery drains you have to trim your tail and alierons to maintain level straight hover because it changes as it drains (does for mine ayway). Again...I haven't even flew this thing and it continues to suck $$$. I may have got a new battery pack with a bad cell, $23.00 gone. I'm going to get a new battery pack today to see if it will help the power drain problem. Before I took out the CF blades and spindel, I was getting pretty competent in hovering (almost 1-2 full minutes in the air without having to land). I hope like heck I can get a handle on this before it runs me to bankruptcy. Any one else have this much BAD LUCK?