I got my Novus Cp a few day ago from towerhobbies. After charging the battery i went out to fly it not expecting any problems, just like my Axe Cp. When i went out to fly i had made NO adjustments, to tighten the rotors etc.. I followed the instructuons on the binding proccess. But the servos continues to twitch. I didn't think to much about it beacause this is my first 2.4 ghz radio. While spooling up i noticed extreme vibration and before the heli took off,but never got off the ground, and it tipped over. i did this about 4 times.. restarting the binding procces each time.after inspecting the heli closely i think that 1 of that blades is pitched to much...the other is straight, but the other 1 is pitched. I also tighted the bladdes.

Any Ideas.....

My bet would be that's the root of the vibration. I had similar problems with my AXE CPV3 after a good wreck. I had to remove and reset all the pitch links. Not sure how the head is on the Novus but it looks like something needs to be re adjusted.

I reset the servos and it seem to fix the pitch problem, and i dont think that was the problem now, so I'm not sure what it could be...

Do you think it could have been the rotors that I did not tighted after I opened it from the box?

All my linkage was a little off out the box but that one is way out just tighten it in to equal and check tracking and you should be fine also for a more in detail manual download the walkera 4g3 manual from walkera.com the china based sight it tells all there is to know about this heli good luck after a little fine tuning mine flys great

I also think this my have to do with the binding proccess. this is my first 2.4 ghz radio and i only did what the instructions told me to..

Hey guys i just looked over the binding proccess it it says that i have to connect the battery to the ESC. I have NOT been doing that can you please explain this some more to me. I have just been connecting it to the connector that is is on the outside, and to just to make sure,it is talking about that u have to plug it in where u take off the cover and there is a grid of connections 3 going down on the left side and 4 on the right side right?

I hope this fixes it!

is this the brushless version or brushed?

EVERY TIME you turn on your NOVUS TX it is LOOKING to BIND with the RX! The NOVUS series from Helimax is a copy of the Walkera based products, so your Novus CP is the stripped down version of a WALKERA 4g3.

The trick is to line-up the nano-sized plugs between the 3.7v lipo & the 4 in 1 (that's the 2.4ghz RX, Main & Tail motor ESC's & Rate Gyro). But DON'T PLUG THEM IN, now reach over & turn ON the TX (it will start to flash), NOW plug in the lipo! You should here the intalization beeps, put the heli down on a flat surface, and let it finish intalizing. When the TX light goes steady on (from flashing), your ready to fly!

As far as your vibration is concerned, my first bet is that the Feathering Spindle is BENT since it is the weakest componet on the heli, or you need to track the blades! If the feathering spindle is bent, you can check it by removing the blades, insert a #0 phillips screwdriver into the blade grip and turn it, if you see that blade grip or the other move up & down or side to side, then the FS is bent (replace it).
To check/adjust blade tracking, first we need to know which blade is HIGH. If you have the stock foamies, they should have colored tape on the tips of the blades, carefully hold the heli by the battery tray & spin up the rotors, you should be able to see one blade tracking higher than the other (red or blue), whichever blade is HIGH is the one were after. We adjust the linkage that goes from the swashplate to the Bell-Hiller mixing arm, to adjust tracking. If the blade is high, shorten the likage. Then recheck your work!


Shadow

Hey thanks alot Shawdow but I'm still a little confused to where I plug the battery in. Could you show a me a pic of your heli just before takeoff so I can see where everything is plugged in?

And 1 more thing how tight are your rotors during flight.

Thanks again

Its Brush, No Mods or other things on this one.

OK, well my is far from stock, but lets see...

I don't use the foamy stock blades (I run cut-down Gaui EP200 plastic blades & CF), but general rule with micro & nano sized helis states: they should be snug enough in the blade grips not to move freely, but not so loose that they fall. I set them so when I hold the heli 90 degrees to the side they stay, if I shake the heli they both slip about the same amount without colapsing in.
Also I'm running double BL motors, so my wiring will differ. The plug that goes into the battery will be a walkera 2 pole male micro connector, I believe it comes out of the 4in1 in the lower righthand side. On mine you'll notice 2 sets of wires wrapped with electrical tape (that the BL ESC & Flea BL tail ESC tied together). First pic is of stock 4in1 with BL main, second is of DBL BL set-up.

Shadow

Ok so I'm not plugging it directly into the RX box but the cord that comes out the bottom right. And also in the first picture it shows a wire to the ESC but i dont have a wire going there. And in my instrution book it tells me to plug the battery in and then turn on the radio do u think it will matter and if not I guess I will try it both ways.

And if that is it I guess i'll go try it out today.

Hope It Works!

NEVER, EVER, under any circumstances should the heli be plugged in first ALWAYS SECOND!!!!

That habit is BAD, BAD, BAD... 2.4ghz or NOT!

TURN ON THE TX FIRST!
PLUG IN THE HELI...Allow to intalize, fly!

WHEN DONE FLYING

UNPLUG HELI FIRST!
TURN OFF TX.

Shadow

ya thats what i though when i read but im getting ready to go fly thanks for ur help!

So i just went out and tested it i folowed the binding proccess but the heli would not respond to the controller and continued to twitch although i did not try that throttle because i had no control. Any idea. steps i took.

1. turned Controller
2. turned heli on
3. waited for the controller to stop blinking

after all of this the heli's servos continued to twitch with no response

A couple of things you may want to check on the TX before you try and bind. Make sure the throttle is all the way down or OFF, also make sure the throttle trim is all the way down as well.

You only have 10 seconds to plug in the heli after turning on the TX, if you are late it won't bind.
That's why I line-up the male & female plugs on the heli with one hand, then on the TX with the other, then push plugs together. You should then hear some beeps, that's the 4in1 arming, several seconds later you should hear 3 more beeps (the rotorhead may twitch during those beeps), that's the ESC arming. The LED on the RX should be a solid red light, that says your ready to fly, if the LED on the RX is still flashing the RX has not binded with the TX, unplug the heli, turn off TX & try again.
Mine gave me some issues the first day I tried binding it as well, you will get it, it's just in the timing.

Shadow

Ok I'm going to go try later, when it cools down.

I recently went out and followed the binding proccess and after it i noticed that only 1 of the servos was twitching. It was the 1 toward the front of the heli. Other than this one sevo everything else "seems" to be working. I think i should just see about replacing the servo. Do you agree?

Also i had plugged the heli in within 5 seconds and let it set for about 10 seconds
Also if you are supposed to hear beeps im not hearing any.

That would be the Elevator servo, it also controls the pitch of the blades too. Could be a bad connection at the RX, carefully unplug the servo lead from the RX & then plug it back in. If it still twitches, it's most likely bad, replace it.
Well if yours doesn't beep, remove the canopy, you should at least notice during the binding process that red LED on the RX flashes, then the servo reset & center themselves & the flashing goes to solid red LED. That says the TX & RX are bound, your good to go!

Shadow

On my novus cp you have to plug in the heli then turn on the controller wait about 3-5 seconds and the heli will twitch centering all servos then give it a little throttle left tail it will arm the esc and now fly so try that plug in the heli then the controller mine will not arm if I turn on the tx first.

Oh ya I forgot you have to plug it in and turn on the tx and arm it in like 10sec. or it won't bind and stays in saftey mode and never turn off the tx before the heli it will go out of control and damn near destroy itself.