Great web site.

I picked up an SR about a month ago. Practiced in the garage, no wind,getting it to hover a few inches off the ground. Probably not the safest place to fly. Now flying outside in the backyard. I use 2 sets of T-Rex training sticks with foam balls. Ihave 6 of them on the bottom. A bit heaver than the E-Flight trainer but makes it more steady for me (good thing).

I have a DX7 for my msr and mcx so decided to try it with the SR.

The DX7 workes great for me. I am still a beginner when it comes to larger single rotor Heli's. With the DX7 I cranked the rotor speed down to about 75% (my SR gets a bit sluggish if Igo below 75%, but is easier to hover) and limited the servo travels to about the same as the HP6DSM.

Big improvement for me is I reduced the collective even more. Ihave the pitch set so it never goes negative. Even with the HP6DSM in "beginner mode" there was a little bit of negative pitch.

When I fly and go into panic mode I ram the thottle all the way down and was driving the rotor blades into the tail boom (3 so far, but easy to replace). Now with the DX7 the SR lands a bit more softer.

If I ever get any better flying Iwill crank things up on the SR.

I CRANKED THE TAIL ROTOR GYRO A BIT COUNTERCLOCKWISE. The tail rotor was kinda "twitchy" with the motor constantly speeding up and slowing down. Now runs much smoother. I lost a little bit of heading control so I have to adjust the direction some (left hand joystick) but I think it makes a smoother flying heli. Also Ithink the tail rotor motor will last longer this way.

PARTS BREAKAGE SO FAR:

Tail booms (3)
Blades (2)
Rotor shaft (1)

Iguess not too bad considering.

It is windy in Valley Forge, PA right now so will try flying later.

Tom.............