Another newbie saying Hi

[Scotttomo]

Hi everyone, my names Scott and I've recently took the plunge into the world of RC helicopters.
I've always fancied an RC heli but never had the balls to buy one.
Well last week one came up for sale on another forum I frequent and I bought it, an Esky CP belt. It came with the carry case and all the bits, including spares (which I know I'll be needing)
I've since found out though that this is probably not the best heli to start my introduction to the hobby, but I know I'm going to pick it up slowly with trying plenty of hours of practice.

I have ventured outside with it with the training skids on and got it to bumble around on the floor, albeit not in a very controlled manner. I'm finding it quite hard to set up the heli using the manual provided, the translation is not the best (I'm prosuming Esky are Japanese?) and it doesn't go into much detail of set-up. What details it does provide though are not clear, such as aligning the rotors and servos, hopefully though I'll find out soon enough from this very forum how to get the best from my RC heli

Anyhoo enough of my rambling, I hope to learn alot from you all, as going through the various sections you all seem to be a friendly bunch

Thanks for reading,

Scott

[vinny155]

welcome to the forum,a good setup is key to learning to fly these complicated machines,unfortunately ive no experiance with the belt but i would reccomend for you to strip it down and rebuild it yourself,not only will this give you a better understanding of how the heli works,it will also serve as a safety check as in is everything threadlocked thats supposed to be,ive been flying/learning since sept and only really started to learn once i started building them myself,hope this helps some bit,its a steep learning curve but very doable,
all the best
Vinny

[tiddler]

Hi Scott and welcome to the forum m8

If you haven't got it already, you would be well advised to get yourself a copy of the Phoenix simulator. Its a much cheaper and far less frustrating way of getting to grips with flying RC helis.

[Tridztan]

Hi Scot,
Welcome to the forum. You sure have found the right place for friendly advise. For a beginner an investment in a flying simulator will save you loads in crash repairs. The Phoenix simulator is the most recommeded in the forum.

Regards,

[horsham rc]

hi and welcome. slow and steady wins the race, hovering is the key practice to hover at all different hights and angles and you will be doin curcuits in no time. i poo my pants every time i go out with my raptor 60 but smile all the way home when it comes home in one bit, witch it has everytime (touch wood) good luck and enjoy

[Scotttomo]

Thanks for the warm welcome chaps

I have been looking at the Phoenix sim but think it a bit expensive new, around £70-80. Unless I can find it second hand on here or maybe on e-bay?

Hey Vinny I have contemplated stripping the heli, but I'm worried I'd find it a bit of a daunting task, there are so many bits and bobs screws etc. Can anyone recommend a place to start regarding stripping it down?

[vinny155]

take the main blades off,unscrew the main gear and undo any ball links from servo to swash pull the head off,put these bits aside for now,you will then have the main frame and electronics in front of you,just take it screw by screw,metal to metal being the important ones to check,check if the screws are tight/loctited if not remove,then loctite and fit the screw back in,do this with all metal to metal screws one at a time,on the head itself make sure that the feathering shaft screws are loctited,spectaculor results if not,ask me how i know,keep track of what you are doing via the manual,this is the way i would go about it on my helis but as ive said i dont have experiance with this heli so this is an educated guess,not to put you off or anything but there is a good chance that you will crash a few times,around 25 crashes for me in my first couple of months,and after fixing the heli once or twice you will soon be able to do it with your eyes closed

[Scotttomo]

take the main blades off,unscrew the main gear and undo any ball links from servo to swash pull the head off,put these bits aside for now,you will then have the main frame and electronics in front of you,just take it screw by screw,metal to metal being the important ones to check,check if the screws are tight/loctited if not remove,then loctite and fit the screw back in,do this with all metal to metal screws one at a time,on the head itself make sure that the feathering shaft screws are loctited,spectaculor results if not,ask me how i know,keep track of what you are doing via the manual,this is the way i would go about it on my helis but as ive said i dont have experiance with this heli so this is an educated guess,not to put you off or anything but there is a good chance that you will crash a few times,around 25 crashes for me in my first couple of months,and after fixing the heli once or twice you will soon be able to do it with your eyes closed

Nice one Vinny I might have to read that post a few times to get my head around it :lol:

Yeah I'm expecting to crash when I start getting the thing off the ground, but have been watching some videos online about keeping it at a point of just about to take off, and learning to orientate nose forward, moving it around the floor. I think I need to do a bit more research with regards to names of specific parts of the mechanisms on the heli, it might not be so baffling then if I know what certain parts are called.