hey guys i am getting better a very lil at a time lol ....but today i bent the main rotor shaft......oh well .....but i swore i read somewhere on here that adding flybar weights hep tame the cp down a lil ...is that true?.

thanks

otto

Yes it is true . The same as heavier paddles they do the same job . When your flying 3D you want your flybar light and your paddles light for snappy moves and the opposite for beginners .

Yup. Add a weight on each side on the outside. The added weight should decrease your headspeed a bit and also slow down the cyclic response which tames it down. I havent done this but seen guys talking about taming them this way. When you think about it you can visualize how it would work.

I have a Blade CP Pro

I added extra weights (1 wheel collar each side) to my flybar.

Put on Plasti Blades (more weight)

Turned up the pitch on the blades (1 turn on the links), I may go anther turn

It calmed the CP Pro Down and made it easier to fly

great thanks guys ......i'll order some collars .......i already have the plastic blades and suffered a boom strike .wasnt to bad just a lil crack..........i solved that problem w/ a carbon arrow and some epoxy i had layin around.

thanks again
otto

As far as your bent main shaft goes...

Pull it out and roll it over a flat surface (plate glass, ground metal surface, etc)

Find the bends and with a hammer tap them out.

I put a block of wood under it and keep tapping at it until it it straight again.

Works like a charm

awsome trick ad5tb.....i did it and that took all but 2 minutes ........works great........i knew the shaft was bent for a while now just wanted to fly it more b4 repalcing it ........glad you told me that trick ..now it's a lot easier to get off the ground and lil easier to control .....shoulda done that sooner


thanks again
otto

I have two main shafts on in the Heli and one that is straighted out and ready to go.

When I bend one I swap it out and then straighten out the bent one for the next time

My son picked up a used Blade CP for $100.00 and It had the shaft between the two blade grips that was bent I straightened that one out too.

I keep the broken pieces around and fix them when possible.

keep reading the forums there are a lot of good tips in here.

So do I. Quite often. I don't always find time to straighten the bent one before I find myself with two shafts to work upon.

Then again, I guess it's more efficient to straighten the two at the same time. (You know, tools already brought out to the workbench, etc.)



Wish I (we?) could do the same for the wooden blades.


Biker-74

Oh but those Plasti blades are so cool when they hit stuff

Had a boom strike yesterday

Blades Dented

Boom Shattered

Good thing I kept a spare boom on hand.



I'm almost convinced there is a CBer in the neighborhood as I and my son both get glitches


I had the freq counter running and the wide band receiver to try to find it (source of interference)

Yeah. I got those plasti-blades. Just mounted them. First flight ended up in a dead-chicken-dance after less than two minutes.


One of the plasti-blades is dinged out beyond repair. Will go back to them flat-bottom woodies after all.


Biker-74

My CP Pro is a juggernaught now with the following:

-Flat Bottoms Plastiblades
-G90 Gyro
-E-power 11.1V 3s 1300mah lipo
-Superskids
-flywbar weights

ad5b

try different antenna routing. the heli guru at the LHS told me the wire wrapped around the skid is not a good idea, despite what Horizon claims. I'm running mine down a long plastic tube. Also put a ferrite ring on the main motor pigtail.

seems better now (I was plagued by glitches) but it still does that weird little 'jumping' thing. I dunno if that's radio related or the swash sticking or some other mechanical problem.

I'm eventually going to get a high end PCM radio.

drphoto

I was thinking about running the antenna down a tube along the tail boom

or going with one of those mini antenna's


Then again this may be reason to buy one of those Spektrum radios