so I just started trying to hover with the cp pro, and it seems like when I try to give it throttle to try and hover it kinda tilts off the landing gear to the right, and I have to correct it on the joystick, do I have to trim the porortional trimmer pot? or is it something else

thank you

Is your swashplate level? Are you using training gear? If so make sure it is balanced from front to back and left to right. Even though it says RTF it doesn't hurt to double check that every thing is set up properly.

Nick

the swashplate looks level to me, and I was trying it without the training gear when it was doing it

Well for one Def you lose lift when the rotor goes over the tail so you pick it back up on the left which means it will kinda go right JUST a bit, you can use trim for that and it should fix it, but I agree make sure everything's level and 90 before you go too much further. By default mine always goes right just a tad so you constantly have to give left on the right stick, but just a tad. Just know it WON'T go straight up without some movement on the right stick, remember it's a BUNCH of miniscule movements that makes a good flight.

REALLY REALLY look for RADD's school of flight and follow. it doesn't sound like you are a natural, like the 90% of us that also aren't. He give's you MANY MANY good ideas for getting to flying well.

DY

yeah, it might just be natural because when u give it throttle to lift off the left skids lift up and it goes to the right.

Hey Def,

Sounds like just a trim adjustment...the bottom trim adjuster on the right stick, try moving it to the left just a bit, and see what happens. The heli will never actually take off without some sort of correction, so some is normal. In fact, most of the time, as soon as the heli lifts off the skids, it usually will tend to drift to the left....this is totally normal, and it's due to the thrust of the tail rotor trying to push the heli to the left.

Some people, like DY, put some extra trim in the cyclic to compensate somewhat, I just adjust as I take off, since it's not always the same amount of movement. Also, do keep in mind that hovering is MUCH more difficult when you are low to the ground, in the "ground effect/rotor wash"...the wind blowing back up from the ground really disturbs the heli quite a bit. Hovering is much easier about 3 feet or higher, but that's probably not a good idea for a newbie at first. Just stay low for now, and remember that it will get easier with more practice!

Hope this helps, remember, lots of patience, and practice!

Glenn