Barrick / Rick Dude / Old Phaaart,
Sorry for the bad day, we all have them, more than not. Hmmm, frustrating hobby, so is bowling. Can't get a strike everytime.
Flatblades or Symetrical blades, Hhmmm, I find that flat blades are better in small areas. It really depends on your skill level, others will swear by sym blades. That's something you have to do, trial and error. What works best for you.
You have made an awesome purchase, DX7, Trex, with the JR Pack... Pretty much top of the line for a 300 or 400 class heli..
Take it slow and be patient, that works wonders, less crashes and saves $$$$$$$.
And for me too, the Trex 450 class, is as far as I'm going... Age catches up with us, I can tell that the old hand-eye co-ordination isn't what it use to be.
Best to you Rick,
Always,
Dave / Choppersrule
ORIGINAL: Barrrick
BARRRICK here....bad day for OLEPHARTTS also ! had my second blade strike, only this time on the PRO. So, needing to replace blades on the CP and the PRO, drove to the LHS. Got a black glass set for the PRO. Now a question : will the CP fly better , all stock, with FLAT BLADES (woodies) or with SYMMETRICALS (also woodies) both of which I brought home with me.
Big meeting in the LHS with old time friends ( I worked there for two years a while back ) and old friends and customers in the HELI scene. As a result of all these folks, AND these readings in this thread and etc etc.... I spent a little bit of money on what you see in the PIC. Now, this is for the future, REMEMBER I can HARDLY HOVER YET.....
But they tell me the DX-7 combined with the T-REX with the JR SPEC. PACK OF DIG.SERVOS that you see, should make a good combo.
Now later I will get the MOTOR, the ESC and the GYRO, only when I can FLY A HELI. But I will assemble it slowly, and I got a LOT OF HELP from my LHS and all my friends there. For the time being I can READ MANUALS and maybe hang the servos, the T-REX is almost all done as it is an ARF.
TODAY the flying in the garage went really really bad. Just could NOT GET IT TOGETHER. Funny but in other things I do, same thing happens.
I hope you get to see my pitiful efforts IF LOOKYJ manages to post for me.
Y'ALL are still the GREATEST GROUP OF PEOPLE.
RICK
AND TO FOLLOW OUR GURU DAVE THIS IS AS FAR AS I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS HELI HOBBY. I can no longer do greasy kid stuff with slimers, drive 50miles for a field, etc...