After flying / crashing my BCCP for a month, I've noticed that my skills on the sim have become more proficient with hovering and forward flight. Hopefully my "proficiency" with the sim will transfer to the BCCP soon!

Practice is everything with this hobby...both flying and setup. With the sim, your learning orientation mostly. don't be discouraged when you find flying the real thing to be substantially more erratic. Rest assured, you are in no way waisting your time with the sim.

Happy flying

I don't know what sim you are using but if it's G3, try this one: [link=http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4538]BladeCP Like helicopter[/link]. I've found it's pretty close to the real CP.

I've gotten a lot better on the sim myself. After wrecking my real BCPP more times than I can count though, I'm finding the sim to be a more comfortable place to fly.

GSK... I don't know how much it's our flying abilities, or just how crappy the BCPP is though. Mine's days are numbered and will be replaced with a T-Rex asap. I'm using G-2, so I guess I'm out of luck... Been using the Dolphin 3D .46 on G-2.

shaq555, go to this link, and look down to trex for G2. I find it very close to the bcpp, and you can modify it of course in RealFlight.

http://www.trextuning.com/videos.php

orlbuzz

I wouldn't say the BCPP is "crappy". It's just a really small, lightweight heli and that's exactly how it handles. Everyone tells me (and I've seen it myself with my Walkera 36) that the bigger they are, the more stable; the smaller, the more skittish. My 36 is noticeably heavier than my CP, with a larger rotor diameter and I've noticed it's a lot easier to control. The T-Rex is the same way. I'm actually on my second CP (totaled the first one) and I still find it an interesting challenge. One of these days, I would like to move into the big nitro helis but will probably still fly the CP occasionally, if it survives that long.

I guess what I mean by "crappy" is exactly what you say. It isn't the fact that it IS crappy, it's the fact that it is small and very snappy, and thus MY CPP is crappy because I've crashed it into poles, the floor, and the ground (I haven't hit a wall yet)!

My CPP is on the verge of being totalled. I got the nose in hover now, no problem, and can do very slow race-track patterns in the basement. I'm pretty sure I could do larger circuits a little faster in the yard, but it's lousy weather all weekend (the forecast). I could easily dump another $40 in this thing with a new frame, skids, etc... Actually - anybody do the superskids thing??? I could also use a new tail motor soon.

I'm getting by with a worn out tail motor by turning up the gain, and also the mixer.

I'm anxious to buy a T-Rex, but I'm also teetering on beating this CPP a little more so I don't do the same with the T-Rex. I suppose another month won't hurt, and who knows, by then maybe I won't be putting this CPP into things!

I'll have to try that link for the TRex. I did download one but it didn't work (wouldn't take off). Probably a set-up issue???

Shag....if you can do all of that with the CPP. The Rex will be a cake walk.....I think the best thing about the rex is its ability to take some wind...I had mine in some gusts the other day that would have blown my CPP and CX down the block. The rex moved alittle....but nothing that I couldn't handle.

TOWER

I've hit all those plus myself twice AND an antique Mercedes-Benz I'm restoring. That one really hurt! Fortunately, no damage to the Benz but the CP was a mess. I had CF blades on it too. Another $30 gone. Oh well.

I have superskids on mine (the V2 ones from Helidirect). After breaking the stock landing gear a few times, usually taking out the blades too when it fell over, I decided they were a worthwhile investment.

HA!!! I got the T-Rex to work with G-2! It turned out that there's "flap", and for some reason mine was set to 10 degrees, so I had no lift. Took it down to 0 degrees, and of course it flys like it should. I believe this "T-Rex" in the sim is a little more agile, and is definately more like the BCPP.

I think I'll get a set of those superskids. That should take care of all the CA and all the little wrappings and balls of CF that are crutching this frame set up.

The T-Rex - I think I'll get the airframe beginning of this month, get the electronics end of the month (my budget). That'll also give me more time on the CPP, plus my 9303 needs sent back to Horizon for a new memory battery anyway.

Oh yah 1 last thing. That pin is not a shear pin. Its a retaining pin. A shear pin is meant to shear off in the event that something goes bad.Thats why this pin is made so strong.To retain the head. A soft pin will slowly deteriorate and may actually shear off in flight. This would suck at 30 feet in the air inverted if your head assembly were to come flying off.

OOps. Wrong post wrong place. thought this was the Retaining Pin thread lol

No worries - you got it to the right guy anyway - That's what I thought about that pin - if you used brass /copper, it would eventually wear and shear on its own, which wouldn't be good.

Yah cuz they never seem to break when needed. They always do it at the wrong time. Like high altitude when youre doing some crazy move thats a first attempt..lol