Got a little cocky with the Axe CPv3....

[Scrogg]

Well I finally got the puppy in proper working order! I used up a full pack with no problems skimming it in the living room floor...learning what the controls and trims do. I dare say I almost have it trimmed out. :whhooo:About half way through the second pack, she bit me! HARD!!! I have 3 nice bruises and cuts across my thigh and knee. Nothing serious, I thought it was funny, after it I quit rolling around on the floor in agony. The Heli won no doubt, it only suffered a broken blade grip.

 

[hamz9561]

Heli 1 - Scrogg 0! lol I've come close a couple of times doing the same thing with my Blade mCX.

 

[HPIguy]

Be careful with that thing indoors Scrogg. The CPv3 has enough mass and momentum behind those blades to really do some damage. Imagine if it had hit you in the head.....:whhooo: Congrats on the heli, they're addictive huh?

 

[Scrogg]

Yep bud, I can finally say I had some fun with this thing. As far as safety goes, I'm scared to death of that thing. It still has not left the ground!

 

[RC Addict]

Damn. Making me nervous about my first flight!

 

[hamz9561]

Don't be afraid to break it, RCA. Just take baby steps and stock up on spare blades and landing gear.

 

[HPIguy]

Don't be afraid to break it, RCA. Just take baby steps and stock up on spare blades and landing gear.

Good advice right there. I highly recommend RADD'S SCHOOL OF ROTARY FLIGHT for new pilots too.

http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html

 

[PaulC]

Scrogg, it doesn't look to be much smaller than a 450 and you really shouldn't be attempting to use it indoors unless you happen to have a room thats 20' x 20' and it shouldn't be within 6 foot of you when it's up to head speed!

You are lucky it's bruises and it didn't break the skin or amputate a finger or...! This isn't an mCX or a CX!

Trimming a heli while it's skiting is fairly pointless to be honest. Your going to have to get it airborne to trim it, ideally 4 or 5 foot up, take it outdoors or to a gym first! Do not get it airborne in your kitchen!

It's honestly about 3 times hard to hold a hover at 6 inches than at 6 foot due to ground effect turbulence.

When you replace the blade grip, also check the feathering shaft and main shaft for bends. Get a pitch gauge and set the pitch correctly on both blades to check it's all good.

But, glad you are having fun, hope the bruises heal.

Here's something to look forward to...

Though, imagine, if you watch from 7:30, I'd been hovering in doors when the radio failed due to an BEC brownout! If I'd be under that I'd be in hospital.

 

[Scrogg]

Well I took it back to my dad, it was his anyways. We burned two packs in the back yard, he said it was easier to get it to hover than when it came out of the box. I must have done something right!
I appreciate all the help and advice. I need all the help I can get with this thing.
Honestly, I wish I had bought an E-flite. Their heli's appear to be much better quality vs. Heli-Max. Anytime the blades hit something, even with the main rotor turned off before they hit, it bends the feathering spindle and breaks a blade grip. It's way too damn delicate. The electronics are good for a RTF IMO. They have been reliable and responsive to input.
Trust me we aren't afraid to break it. 3 swashplates, 2 feathering spindles, 4 blade grips, 1 set of tail roto blades, vertical tail rudder thingy, and finally the landing skid cracked. We have never hit the idle up switch, never had it over 7 foot in the air and I always let off the throttle if it's heading for the ground. My dad's ready to get rid of it. I told him to give it a little more time, then I'd sell it and get him an E-Revo.

 

[PaulC]

Scrogg that is normal for a CP. You don't get away with hitting things with the blades. Feathering shafts, main shafts, flybars, blade grips, blades and tail blades, main gears, tail booms, they are all crash parts. If you don't break them all in a small bump consider yourself lucky.

I'm not sure of the headspeed of a 300/350 class, but I expect it will be higher than a 450. The 450 has about 2800rpm and the blade tips approaching 150mph weighing about 300lbs. They don't do impacts well!

I have crashed my 450 twice. The first time with a plastic rotor head which disintegrated along with the fly bar and the blades landed 10 foot away, intact.

The second time ( in the video above, with an alloy head ) damage was, fly bar, blades, main gear stripped, feathering shaft bent and a ski end broken off.

The advantage I have is mine is an Align TRex 450 clone, so there are lots of suppliers of parts ranging from cheap knock-ofs that will barely do, to full offical Align parts.

Hang with it and treat it with respect or it might bite you. The smaller the heli the hard to fly, so consider moving up if you can afford to.

 

[Extreme RC Mods]

I picked up a Blade SR, two months later and still no replacement parts...... not too impressed. How can a company be so foolish to release a "HELI" with no parts support? Anyways I would recommend something else for beginners, the controls are set to extreme dummy and can't be changed, you have to upgrade. The whole design is meant to do as much damage possible with even slight blade contact, with the flybar above the blades it opens all the linkage for direct blade contact EVERY time the blades touch anything, very poor design. I agree with Paul, bigger is better, I'm waiting for my Trex 450 clones, can't wait to get in the air again.

Here is the SR, flying inside is fine as long as massive carnage is no issue and you have a full goalie suite to wear lol.

 

[Scrogg]

Damn Rob, you make it look easy. I need to send you his heli, see if you can do that with it!

 

[Extreme RC Mods]

LOL I think my indoor flying is reserved for the MSR only now. The next two packs I was messing with the idle up with no issues, the third pack all hell broke loose and there was carnage and blades from one end of the basement to the other lol. I don't recommend it, I was extremely lucky I never got hurt, safety glasses will not protect you from a blade smacking you in the face at 200mph lol.

 

[HPIguy]

I picked up a Blade SR, two months later and still no replacement parts...... not too impressed. How can a company be so foolish to release a "HELI" with no parts support? Anyways I would recommend something else for beginners, the controls are set to extreme dummy and can't be changed, you have to upgrade. The whole design is meant to do as much damage possible with even slight blade contact, with the flybar above the blades it opens all the linkage for direct blade contact EVERY time the blades touch anything, very poor design. I agree with Paul, bigger is better, I'm waiting for my Trex 450 clones, can't wait to get in the air again.

Here is the SR, flying inside is fine as long as massive carnage is no issue and you have a full goalie suite to wear lol.

Just so you know, you're not the only one that's pi**ed off about that situation. My 2 in 1 failed on the beginning of the second pack, resulting in no tail motor at all, sending the heli into the gravel driveway from about 25 feet up. I've owned a LOT of E Flite stuff, and have been happy with it in the past, until the SR snafu. I'm over the SR, and have already moved on. As soon (if ever!) as the parts come in, it will be sold. The sad part is, it's a decent little heli when binded to a good radio. E Flite pulled a wall street on us, they took our $199 and ran as hard as they could.