This is my very first heli. I was sold a CP Pro by a manager at chain store. He said that I should be able to learn how to fly it reasonably well. Hahahahaha. I purchased RF3.5 to help prevent totaling the Pro. I'm trying to learn on the Axe CP on the sim and I can't seem to keep it in a reasonable area. The larger heli on the sim the better I do. I've flown all of them on the sim and can hover all except the Axe. It's all over the place. Well the CP Pro has been all over the yard too. Two tail booms on Saturday. I'm either ready to trash the whole idea or buy a larger heli like a Trex 450. What am I doing wrong? Any help? I used to fly planes and enjoyed it but now live farther from a field than I want to drive to fly a plane. I have put extra weights on the flybar, flat bottom blades,(original pair didn't last 1 day). But I'm still more like a pinball machine than a helicopter. Help [&o]

you could add additional flybar weights to calm the cyclic action. But, thats the nature of heli's. It just takes time to learn the stick movements so they become second nature.

Have you been through RADDs flight school. Do a search here on RCU for the RADDs school of flight. He has a very detailed guide to begginers. Alot of people follow that as a guide to new heli pilots.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. When I flew planes I always put negative expo on all. I wish I had that now.

Yes, a good computer radio that you can ajust the expo on will have some of the same effect. But the flybar weights will help.

Gmaag, you can also try moving your servo rods one or two holes "in" to help tame the responsiveness on the heli...I did mine in one hole and it is a little easier. Maybe plastic blades for more weight to ? I have those and heard it helps........Jeff

also try adding some extra weight and/or training gear. The training gear weighs in aroun d 19g, and if you put about 40g total extra weight on the heli it will make the heli much more tame, like some super skids and a set of training gear. It will lower the CG and add to the pedulum effect (ie things in motion tend to stay in motion, and the converse), its like balancing a pole on your finger, the longer the pole is the easier it is to balance because of the CG and the response time. Adding extra weight will do that too. Also I find for me it's alot easier to fly with the syms than the flats, I dunno though how everyone else finds it