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Hey,
I’m brand new to the world of rc heli’s I’m going to become a pilot for the army and I’ve always loved choppers over the normal fast movers and I don’t know why but on sat I was up late and ended up buying one . . . . it was kinda a mistake because I don’t know anything about rc choppers . . . now the real things that’s different i got a Radio Control Walkera 36Pro CCPM 3D Flight Electric RC Helicopter w/ Brushless Motor [link=http://www.hobby-estore.com/walkera-dragongfly36-3d-flight-electric-rc-helicopter.html]This Chopper[/link] that’s the one that I bought and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions . . . . or concern’s

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there’s anything else that I might wanna look into getting to go with It I got a set of training gear and a extra battery but someone was telling me if you put training gear you have to adjust the chopper to handle the different weight. And I’m not to sure how to do that with a rc chopper

Well i'm off to work thank you for help

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Once you put the training gear on you'll probobly have to rebalance the heli, this is usually done by repositioning the battery pack.

If you've never flown an R/C heli, or tried one on a sim, I would suggest buying up some spare parts. Take a look at my Before/After thread to see why, all that damage was done just from the blades getting caught up in some tall weeds when landing, which caused the heli to flip over and "self destruct" [&:]

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no concerns, if your brushless won't work for you get an align 420LF. besides that most the problem with this heli is that it is underpowered. just be sure to do your own quaity check for walkera, they usually don't have time for that kinda thing [:o]. besides that trim the HELI (not transmitter aka TX) and make sure all trim tabs are in the neutral postion before you fly you shouldn't have to mess with them, besides that you'll want to make larger training gear and just go out and bounce around leaning the controls, never getting above a foot until you've got the hang of it. Until you've gotten tail/head/side in hovering down pat don't try much of anything else, but after tail in try "walking the heli" just hover it down the street with you following.

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i feel kinda dumb because i don't know what you mean by trim like i said my exp with rc choppers are slim so was that a bad heli to buy ?

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If you have no RC experience, ANY helicopter would've been a bad choice, honestly.
You're in for a steep learning curve, regardless of what you get. The #36 is a good helicopter, but it will NOT be ready to fly out of the box. It will almost certainly require a good deal of work to get it into a proper flyable state. Walkera quality control may aswell not exist. I suggest you start reading up alot on these forums, and learn as much as you can.

For the price, Walkera copters are great, but you DO get what you pay for, and aslong as you don't mind some tinkering, they're great birds. (For their price range, of course :))

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ok quick tips for adjusting. if your swash isn't level when the servo arms are at the neutral 90 degree position, pop off the ball link and twist it to make the minor adjustments. for the tail move the servo holder back and forth until you have it at the right spot. that's the main adjustments, and for the pitch servo twist that little rod for more minor adjustments.

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i'm pretty good at tinkering so i should have a bit of fun with it . . . it's my first bird so as long as i get a bit out of it i should be fine but i'm glad that i found a place to turn to with a bunch of people who love choppers as much as i do it's int he mail and shoudl be here any day now :-D i'll try and keep you guys updated