Oh man, you guys gonna hate me again!!

I went out to my favorite vacant building again - it is surrounded by tall trees and buildings, which tend to mellow out the WIND... da dah DUMmmm...

But its a sunny, hazy day, and only a gentle breeze with occasional moments of dead calm. Let there be heli!

I immediately went into my figure 8's, and after a couple nice passes, I set in for a perfect landing. Ahhh, I dared thunk I was gettin the hang 'o this!! Forward Flight!! Cruising around and having FUN!! KEWL!!

I re-set myself and reduced my EXP to 10% on the cyclic. Made sure I had plenty of control throw.

I took off again and went into the figure 8's. Doing great! Nice turns!! The tail, while still chittering and oscillating, was pointing the way I wanted the whole time!! How much better can a heading hold gyro really be? I mean, I had it!!

Then of course, the exciting bits!! [X(]

I was coming in from the right, and too fast, AND right at my car!!! [X(]

I was thinking "Great! Sure looks like CERTAIN DEATH, Mr. Safety Preacher!!!" AAAckkk!!!

Then I got the Eye of the Tiger and Nerves of Steel at the same time - I pulled hard back and right - and make a 30+ MPH highly banked (near vertical!) turn within 10' of my car!! YYYeeeeEEEEEE HHHAAAAAAAaaaaa!!!

Now I am RIPPING!!! I AM GOING TO DIE if I don't level out!!! DONE!!!

Now blazing right toward the center of my Flight Area, so... I ease down the throttle and pull back - and zing up to about 60' altitude! Whoo hooo!! I was thinking a good wind gust might take me over a nearby building!

No problem! I turned the nose toward me, gave a firm down elevator, and reduced throttle - she dove right for the center area - keep her level!! - I then pulled back and she gently flared into a hover right in front of me. Ta da!!!

On the next run, I found her diving hard and fast and steep at the ground!! Again I thought "Great, again looks like CERTAIN DEATH Mr. 'I'll bet you I don't crash before I learn to hover'!!!" AAACCCCKKKK!!!!

Again I thought "No way - TAKE THIS BE-ATCH!!" and gave HARD back elevator and FULL THROTTLE!!! WOW!!! I kept the tail straight at the ground and she flared really hard and made a radical SOUND - the tail came withing a foot of the concrete, and then of course she stopped and started to rocket back the other way!

No problem! Just eased up on the throttle and put the nose down - back to a hover!!! AWESOME!! Cheated death again!!


All this during light breezes and with my tail oscillating and gittering - gadsss I am nuts!!

I think I am a crash waiting to happen - but I love exploring my ability to control this model - so far so good!!

YEEEE HAAAA!!!!

Non of the hobbie stores around me sell the axe cp. Are there any other helies that have parts that are interchangable such as the blade pro etc. Also my blade grips won't get tighter because the nuts keep spinning and I cannot grab hold of the nut with anything to tighten it. Should I use some ca on the nut to hold it tight while tightening it?

Ya, CA might work.

Don't know about your flying ability but you should be a writer for Cramer. Enjoyed it!

I called them today, Hobbico and they are sending me a new 3 and 1 I found them very helpful I needed to replacing the main gear. They told me the easiest way to do it and it worked great.

I would like to thank strtykrincognito for the radds link I am working on left and right side now

Chaseman81

Dude your an accident waiting to happen. I'm wating for the day I log on and see the post title "The Vacant Lot Crash" or something. Man take it easy, you got to much money into your heli to go and crash it.

If you do go down can you send your radio, gyro, and surviving servos to my address. [sm=lol.gif]
Just jokin

lol, Great story markind! That just about sums my ability up as well. I am always on the verge of control. One day I actually hope to HAVE control. I was very tenative for the first month, and then I read someone's logon name that read "Fly it like you stole it". I figured the only difference would be about $20 per wreck so I just went for it like I was on a simulator. It's way more fun that way.

About the blade grip screws. Once you get one screw off, you just pull the other blade grip from the center hub, It pops off. hope this helps.

Just got my Axe CP last night.
Put the blades on and charged the battery.
Gonna fly it some this weekend; got a couple questions first though.

Regarding the idle up switch; which position provides idle up? towards the back or front of the transmitter?
Regarding the tail motor heatsink; it seems very loose fitting, flopping around easily. Is this normal?
I tried to pop it off and tighten it, but gave up when I realized the amount of force I was using was probably going to break something. I thought I'd just smear a bunch more conductive grease on the motor and slide the heatsink into it.

Make sure they're not going in cross threaded.
When I removed the screws to install the blades, the nuts fell off. I picked them up and pressed them back in with some needle nose, but did'nt notice that they were'nt all the way seated. When I tried to install the screws they tightened before they should have. I removed the screws and the blades and took the pliers to the nuts again. The screws now threaded in properly.
Just remember, if something doesn't go, the very, very last resort is to force it; try anything else you can think of first.

When the idle switch is face down its off. (toward the back). My tail heatsink was also loose, I just left it go.

If you have the OEM stock transmitter, idle up off is back

Handofdume- Are you saying the heli-max stock radio that comes with the axe is idle up face down(back)?

Well, now I'm confused.
I should specify stock radio.[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

Is it the stock transmitter

what is the oem[sm=72_72.gif]

Idle up is pulling it towarda you. If your not sure, put the throttle just short of half way when u plug it in, you will definitely know then

RWJ don't CA the nut. Like Schoobaka said see if it's cross-threaded. After I install the blade grips I put the blades on the heli and screw the cap bolt all the way down then use the exposed threads of the cap screw to catch the nut and suck it into the grip till it gets tight then back off to the proper blade tension. Works every time.

Idle-up switch: pull toggle towards you idle-up is on, push toggle away from you idle-up is off.

OEM- Original Equipment Manufacturer

Does anyone els have trouble uploading pictures[:@]. I click upload image, then browse, and choose my picture. Nothing happens blank screen what am i doing wrong????????

Markind, surprised your hobby isn't writing. Take some deep breaths, count to as high as you can then tell us about your flight.

One servo down[]. would it be bad to replace the front stock servo with a HS55, and leave the other two?

YEp when I come off an adrenaline rush it comes pouring out the keyboard!

Seriously tho, I do need to contain the bird better. That whole paragraph was only about a few seconds out of 3 full packs of very enjoyable, mellow figure 8's and meanderings, and scores of feather landings, but I'm NOT ready to shed the training gear yet.

Certainly, the next pack will be just hovering around again, getting back into the zone, making sure the machinery is still good.

AFter that, more figure 8's, as long as there is no wind! Its GREAT FUN! With this maneuver, you get to practice tail control, coordinated turns, left and right, flat, climbing or descending, flares, a couple straight runs - a very cool show! AND the bird is pretty much never all the way nose-in, so its pretty easy to maintain orientation. Another advantage is that when you are gaining speed, you are moving toward the center of the flight area, and have the whole other side to slow down and turn. I was pretty comfortable except for those two torture spots! [X(]

TEX ! ! BRo sorry man I just read about your Blade and there I went with my bologna!@! I feel bad now,.,

Remember, a heli that dies while inverted goes straight to heli-valhalla!

Looking forward to reading about your AXE CP!!

Oh yea!
Since the servo's have different rates and reaction times the response will be erratic and CCPM will make it even worse. It's best to keep them all the same.

Thanks for the help heliko. do you think I should buy 3 HS55's or or pay 20$ for one stock.

Definitely go for the HS-55's. They work so much better. It's the second best mod you can do right behind Li-Po's.