I guess it beats sitting around listening to your I.Q. points drop. We could write a troubleshooting book right off this thread covering the CP and CP-Pro nose to tail, skid to tip of rotor head, and everything inbetween. Man...I've seen some WEIRD stuff come up with this heli. My three suspects (tail motor/3-1/servos) were experience and logic. AND...I did what I tell others...check the simple/cheapest stuff first. Loe and behold...it was the cheapest item that failed. I just come off a very impressive hover session. A few more adjustments to the servo links...It should be perfect (? whatever that is).
ORIGINAL: Wnuk
Getting it handed to us, isn't that what keeps us in this hobby? I think everyone one of us who participated in this thread knows that tinkering/fiddling/fixing brings us as much pleasure as actually flying these things! After every flight I take, I evaluate what went right or wrong and try to think of ways to improve them. Be it mechanically, my stick inputs, you name it. I'm always thinking! I really believe that if things worked perfectly each and every time, we would grow bored rather quickly and move onto something else.
ORIGINAL: crashcrash
OK...you get this kill then. What got me was the "all of a sudden" thing. I get good height but stability is a little weak...like not enough head speed. I'm in the process of shallowing my pitch to get the head speed back without loosing lift (explain that one 3 times fast). My DD system should be here tomorrow ya know. I also noticed my rotor blades are nearing the end of their useful life. Tail motor drawing excessive current...whoda thought. Normally...they just get weak and die. I just love getting it handed to me...don't you?
ORIGINAL: Wnuk
Hey, give me partial credit then? I thought that current was your issue
You better turn that gain down, you are burning up a LOT of tail motors!