Training Gear

[ryan-oakley]

I have been flying a e-flite blade cx2 now for 2 days. Unfortunatly though i have got through quite a flew blades as they are only really thin and flexible. I went down Penn Models to get some new blades and i also asked about the training gear ( the stabalizer bars) Straight away they said there is absolutely no point in buying them. On the other hand i have just looked at a site saying that they decrease the risk of blade breakages??? I dont know what to do as i Penn models may just be wanting me to break more blades so i buy more off them! So in fact what is the best thing to do? Are the Stabalizers pointless or in the long run do they save you a bit of money and hassle???

[Gaza07]

They will save you loads on blades and once your more confident you can take them off its easy for a experianced flyer to say you dont need them,If you have never flown any kind of heli before then they will deff help you

[Leebert]

Yes, training gear will save your blades and you can save even more by buying a 1m length of 2mm carbon rod from your LHS, cut it in half, glue and bind with cotton the two bits together in an X shape and push 4 bits of wine cork on the ends. Hey presto - instant training gear for micros all for about a 1/4 of the price

[kevinh]

or got to a large sport shop and buy ping pong balls, i paid 99 pence for 12 i think drill holes al the way through add them on to carbon rod there you have a ready made training gear

[warboysastro]

They'll need to be as light as possible, as the CX2 isn't exactly the most powerful machine out there, so the advice given about thin carbon rod and corks/ping pong balls is good.

Bear in mind training gear will only help slightly ****-eyed landings. It won't save your blades if you pile it in sideways

Cheers - Rob

[icarus]

Bear in mind training gear will only help slightly ****-eyed landings. It won't save your blades if you pile it in sideways

Cheers - Rob

Agreed but it saved me loads of money in the long run.
Landing properly in the early days was a nightmare and I was forever tipping it and snapping blades....also taking off was sometimes tricky and the heli would tip sideways and again take out the blades.
Another thing it did was stop me from smashing tail blades because it lands horizontily every time, without the trainer its too easy to come in hard on the tail and bash the blades/blade saver about.
Also takes ths sting out of a hard landing and saves the skids/frame.

I got some 2mm carbon rod also and used golf training balls, the golf trainers are plastic with loads of holes. I cut the rod to 500mm each piece, taped it into a cross, popped a ball on each end secured by tape wrapped either side so they wouldn't fall off and taped it onto the skids.

Its probably the best £5 you'll spend while learning.

[jamiesawyer28041978]

If you fit training gear you will have to readjust the trim on the helli, training gear will put it off one way or the other , vise versa if you remove it re trim heli again. Every one starts with training gear and dont allways listen to the shop guys , if you have a question post on here and 100% of the time you will get honest opinion of the matter . Good luck and happy landings..

[spankone]

i've had my blade since thursday. i love it but i think i've spent around 50 quid on blades allready. but saying that i've flown it loads, training gear helped me out a bit and will deffo save your skids.

[heliward0]

i've had my blade since thursday. i love it but i think i've spent around 50 quid on blades allready. but saying that i've flown it loads, training gear helped me out a bit and will deffo save your skids.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20-Main-Blade-...QQcmdZViewItem loads of blades and cheep!!!

[spankone]

cheers fella

[spankone]

just checked they are the wrong fitment for a blade