i just bought a eflite blade cp, i am not new to helis but have not gone into forward flight yet(except on a sim) i got this heli and i am having problems with it, the tail rotor will NOT trim straight, i have the 4-in-1 board adjusted all the way and i have the trim tab all the way over and i still have to hold about half stick to keep it straight! whats going on? any help will be greatly appreciated....thanks

I could be wrong about this, but it is possible that your tail motor is bad. I don't fly a heli with a tail motor though so i could be completely wrong. might be worth checking, and the tail motors aren't that expensive, so even if it is still good at least you have a spare laying around.

im not sure thats the problem, im thinking something may be wrond with the 4-in-1 mixxer board, the motor works fine just it wont trim, i have to hold alot of rudder stick to keep it straight, i will look into the tail motor though, anythings possible...thanks for the suggestion

i also think it may be the tail motor. Mine turned out to be very low quality and I crashed my heli cause it went outta control. Try keeping spare ones all the time cause tail motors burn out or get bad very easily.

well i guess i will get a new one and try that, if its not the tail motor what else could it be?? im going to take it to my hobby shop that i purchased it from and have them take a look at it, if its not the tail motor im going to see if they will exchange it for a new one!! thanks for the help.

well i guess i will get a new one and try that, if its not the tail motor what else could it be?? im going to take it to my hobby shop that i purchased it from and have them take a look at it, if its not the tail motor im going to see if they will exchange it for a new one!! thanks for the help.

http://www.helihobby.com/html/blade_helicopter.html Try THE TAIL MOTOR UPGRADE THERE. Its a 2 tail motors powering one rotor. Pretty cool stuff.

wow they got alot of cool upgrades for the blade, i like that complete metal head assembly, i will get just a new stock tail motor and see if that fixes the problem or not, i want to get it flying right before i start upgrading it...lol...thanks for all the help

ok np

I know this almost sounds too simple but make sure the tail rotor is fully engaging the gear and the little piece of fuel line is pushed up tight. This is easy to miss if you don't look carefully. Been there. Tom

hello tom, i already looked at that, the tail is completly together and tight, the tail is not slipping on the gear at all, i think that this may have just been a "bad" one from the factory and they messed sumthin up in it? im taking it to my hobby shop today so hopfuley they can fix it or will exchange it for a new one, ive only had it for 2 1\2 days now so i hope they can do sumthin about it! thanks for all the help....chris