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Old 12-10-2008 | 11:57 AM
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Default RE: FP vs. CP for beginner

I actually had my first bang up yesterday and trashed one of the wooden blades when I whacked it good into a kitchen cabinet trying to get a little fancy. Once I got my replacement set from the LHS and installed them, I spun up for the fist time w/ the new blades only to see my little heli wobble all over the floor. I'm pretty sure the main shaft is straight as can be but getting the main rotor blades tracked is proving to be a little challenging. That's probably the problem, right? I put a colored spot on one blade and did the normal test described in the manual. So far, after some adjustment the blades seem to be tracking pretty true but when I spin up it still tends to do a dance across the floor while getting up to speed. This is especially troublesome after having it dialed in so well just before the crash. Also it seems that while looking straight onto the front of it when it's mounted to the kitchen table, the higher the RPM's get, the more the whole main blade assembly wants to pull the heli up on one side. I'm pretty sure it's not the flybar doing this, or at least I think not, because it seems to stay parallel. For right now, I'm waiting to do futher tests because my transmitter batt's are charging which takes like 16 hrs. Ugh, this new hobby is tedious for sure but nothing I can't handle, I'm sure. Anyone have any words of wisdom pertaining to this? Thanks.