<style type="text/css"></style><div>I just received my RC helicopter,http://www.nitroplanes.com/new20airwo4c.html, Order Number 733175, and found damage while unpacking. Please see the pictures. Also just wondering why this is in a BL-V box with Lama 5 instructions?</div><div>Thanks,</div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave Worthen</font></div>

ok new fuselage sent.

John
Nitro Planes

Thanks John,
But now after charging the battery and trying to get it to work the motor will not turn on. Went through the instructions and followed them but can't get it to spin. The lights come on the servos and everything else seems to work. I don't know if there is something else that needs to be done, looks like everything is connected, but Iwould think it would be in the manual. I'm starting to think this was a bad decision.
Thanks,
Dave

You may have not yet "armed" the motor.

Sometimes you have to do something counter-intuitive to arm the ESC/Motor, and unfortunately this changes based upon which ESC firmware is being used, so the manuals often have it WRONG.

Try turn on the TX, powering up the heli, then taking the throttle up. If the motor does not start, then take the throttle ALL the way up and push up the throttle trim lever.

Then push the throttle all the way down, and push the throttle trim lever all the way down.

That may be enough to arm the motor, so then try slowly moving the throttle to see if the motors turn.

I just tried it again according to your arming procedure and the motors started to turn. Thanks for the tip. Now I have to figure out how to fly it!
Thanks again,
Dave

Great!

Remember that you'll need to trim out the heli.

It will tend to move around when low to the ground, because of all of the air it is disrupting.

After 2 feet or more above a smooth surface you'll find it starts to get very stable, but will need trimming.

Maintaining a constant altitude will often require constantly alternating between one click and another on the throttle.

It takes a while to learn all of this.

Concentrate on taking it up, trimming it so it does not turn when level, then land and take off to a hover again.

Watch the behaviour as it heads up and down, you may see a tendancy to turn one way as it moves up, and another as you decend. This is not unusual.

Once you have this down, bring it up into a hover, push the nose forward for a tiny bit and release to start forward flight.

It may decend as it moves forward, and you'll need to increase throttle another "tick" to keep it level.

Pull back for an instant and it should slow down and potentially rise.

All of this takes some getting used to...

However if you want to learn how to fly Heli's the CX's are a great start.

I've been playing with it in a really small room and it does seem to move around alot when low. Been able to trim it so it stabilizes somewhat but really need to take it out into a larger area like my garage, which is pretty wet from all the snow the cars drag in. I put the training kit on it so when I do crash it hopefully won't be too bad. I have also been using the FMS simulator and also have been looking at RADD's School of Rotary Flight. I have never flown before but wanted a helicopter for a long time so I figured that a CXwas a good way to get my feet wet. One way or another I will figure this thing out and I really appreciate your tips.
Thanks,
Dave