Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

I bought myself a Blade CPP the other day being new to heli's and so far have 3 batteries through it.
I can get it to hover over a sheet of ply wood, but when I try and get it to go away from me and then turn nose in and come back to me I cant always get it back to the plywood and even though my grass is short it still hits the tail blades, and its very hard on them, I'm on my 3rd set. The last time it hit the grass the blades are fine, but the little gear and whatever holds the rotor in place flew off and hit the main rotors, so they need to be replaced now too.

I really only have a road to practice on if its not grass, and i figure cars are an obstical I should be avoiding. But I cant seem to find any landing gear that would raise the body up 4cm or so.
Or maybe there is another trick to grass landing and take off?

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

Some folks glue a button or plastic bead to the bottom of the vertical tail support to keep it from sinking as far into the grass. This may help protect your tail rotor.

Also, installing Super Skids will get your tail rotor a lot further from the ground. Those skids are quite a bit taller. Much heavier, though.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

I just use a flattend cardboard box for a heli pad.

if you have to emergency land on the grass, just remember to cut the throttle if the rotors get tangled in tall grass.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

hrm, I land and take off from tall grass all of the time, probably a good 3 to 4" I just hold the rudder to the left (ie no tail motor power), until it gets light on the skids, and then let her rip. I also have the dual tail mod, the micro heli CF tail fin, and the fuse mod so just incase it over amps the ESC it will just pop the fuse. With landing on the grass I've never popped the tail rotor off once. I don't ever plant it in the grass though. It's always soft put downs.

You might just need a bigger tail skid like the other dude was saying. This one is CF and 12 bucks, but you should never need a new one. There are also other options, like the super skids for example
http://www.microheli.com/mhshop/prod...roducts_id=334

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

See my problem is that I only have 3 batteries of fly time, when i am setting down in the grass, its not my first instinct to cut the tail power just befor touch down.
Most of the time I cut the power in time for the blades to have stopped moving enough that the grass doesnt do anything, but sometimes its like it hits an extra strong blade of grass, and the blade brakes, which is odd because its plastic.
I think I will pick up that tail fin, and give that a try, might keep the tail out of the grass a bit more. If nothing else it looks good and shouldnt break.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

Try a DD tail. search the forums for DD (direct drive). Not only does it perform with better autority but the DD setup it far more durable when it comes to small bumps into the ground, bad landings ect. Also the prop used is a smaller diameter giving better ground clearance. I also like it on mne because when I am indoors the tail blades dont get hund up in the carpet.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

X, since your 3 batteries into it, I'd recommend Radd's School of Rotary Flight that you can find with a search as a basic in ways to learn & save your heli. Good luck, Doc

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

i took a fiberglass rod from old training gear and cut one of the rods a few inches longer then the factory landing gear and replaced it with it. now my tail rotor is a few inches off the ground.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

You can also go with the ducted fan upgrade. Looks sweet and is pretty well protected from hitting the deck

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

If you have any problems with the piece of silicone tube holding your tail blades falling off, I've found that you can use a rubber grommet from the canopy mount. It fits very snugly over the "stock" piece of tubing. I also have a habbit of supergluing my tail blades on to the drive gear.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

Thanks :)
I have noticed it gets loose pretty easy, I was thinking about glueing that little peice of tubing onto the shaft. or at least the bearing into the tail so when the tail rotor falls off its one less part to buy.

RE: Grass landing and take off with the Blade CPP
 

I kept losing that stupid bearing too. I finally cut a thin piece of tubing and stuck it in between the bearing and the gear. Haven't lost a bearing since! Make sure you cut straight and keep it thin.