CX2...to..Blade 400..(Fook Me)

[Franksie]

I have had a CX2 since Dec09..loved it! done it to death!......hobby then got a grip...............phoenix and DX6i and loads of practice! bought a blade 400.
What a monster! (not even taken off the ground and it frightened the life out of me!) I have got no intentions of flying this beast til warmer weather.
Pretty much clueless at the mo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Advice greatly appreciated

[MartinH]

(not even taken off the ground and it frightened the life out of me!)

Was the same with me everytime I started my 450 up, man that was intimidating but you get use to it .

[derrick]

I have had a CX2 since Dec09..loved it! done it to death!......hobby then got a grip...............phoenix and DX6i and loads of practice! bought a blade 400.
What a monster! (not even taken off the ground and it frightened the life out of me!) I have got no intentions of flying this beast til warmer weather.
Pretty much clueless at the mo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Advice greatly appreciated

Wait till you jump to a fifty size nitro.

[alex]

You do get used to it- I am 3 weeks into my Innovator and it is gradually getting less scary.

I found this useful for learning on my own.

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

Link works now

it gradually desensitizes you and all of a sudden you are off the ground and not bricking it

[ddracer]

Wait till you jump to a fifty size nitro.

LOL just what I was going to post. When you hear the engine start to spin up and the 1.2Meters of rotor start to spin the panic really sets in. LOL

[MartinH]

You do get used to it- I am 3 weeks into my Innovator and it is gradually getting less scary.

I found this useful for learning on my own.

http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flyi...ex.htmlhttp://

it gradually desensitizes you and all of a sudden you are off the ground and not bricking it

You dont relize how long ive been looking for this site, almost 4 months lol.
btw the link dont work so heres a fix:
Radd's School of Rotary Flight

[chris jones2.4]

you would probably been better off goin to a hk250 or somin close,

[alex]

You dont relize how long ive been looking for this site, almost 4 months lol.
btw the link dont work so heres a fix:
Radd's School of Rotary Flight

Thanks- I cut and pasted it from my Desktop at home- not sure why it does not work though as the link works fine from my PC- must have been a cut and paste mistake by me!!

[PsiLo]

Re: CX2...to..Blade 400..(Fook Me)

Wait till you jump to a fifty size nitro.

Or a 90 size!!

[Mart61]

I'm a CX2 to T-rex 500 kinda guy and I can empathise with you on that point.

[longdog67]

CX2 for about 9 months then on to a Blade 400. You're doing almost exactly what I did.
The guy in the model shop said it should be a good starting point for a 400 "because the controls are the same" What he failed to mention is that the 400 is about a hundred times twitchier & much trickier to fly. Still, I'm getting there.

[Tony Brazao]

Make up some large training skids cable tie to lading gear, get the heli light on the skids and get used to the cyclic responses, keep the heli skidding on the floor for a hole lipo's charge. Once your confidence is up a bit, try getting the heli a few inches above the floor with the training skids on.

Add your expo to the dx6i too.

Keep on keeping on and don't worry when you crash, crashing is part of learning.

Happy flying,

Tony

[Franksie]

LOL, just wound it up in the kitchen! no take off of course!!! frightened the life out of the missus, !!!!!!