Help flying a single bladed!

[Heli13]

hi guys, im new to the helicopter world and was just wondering if you could help me out with my single bladed heli's.

I live in the rc car world, Fg's and all that and decided i wanted to go into heli's. Ages ago i bought a twister FP V2 for my 1st heli and never accutally flown it purely because i couldnt!

Then i bought a CX2 and manage to fly that pretty well and now can fly that around the house. Then i got bored a brought a mini one so i got the blade mcx. That again i can fly without any trouble! Then i thought i would try it and buy a heli i could fly in hotels and stuff so i went for a buzzfly 3D going into the single bladed well again! not knowing that it is a very lively toy! Again never managed to fly it because its lethal and dont know how to get it up in the air!

Lastly i ended up with a Blade 400 3D, big thing that is because it was going cheap in the shop and thought yeah why not, again cant fly that! Just cant get the hang of flying single bladed!

Please could you advise me on some tips and tricks on how to get them flying! (Would love to get the buzzfly and 400 going)

Cheers guys,

[Ritchieme]

Hi, I managed to find your original topic here :-)

I had lots of trouble from the start and nearly gave up a few times, have you tried a flight simulator such as phoenix ?

I started with an mcx and was really confident flying it, I then bought a micro fixed pitch single rotor and couldn't get the thing off the ground, finally I went to a field on a calm day and finally cracked it, now collective pitch is a whole new ball game ! You can fly, anyone can but it does take time and patients but I suggest you start with a sim. Where are you based ?

Ritchie

[Vikki]

Single rotor helis are a very different animal and require patience and learning to even hover well. Mostly, I suppose, because they are so much more flexible in that they can do amazing things in the air. One is using all the controls at the same time just to hover.

A simulator is a great help as it allows cost free crashing and, with the right cable, you can use you own trainer port equipped transmitter to use on it. Phoenix comes with a cable compatible with Spektrum tx's.

Vikki.

[Ritchieme]

You will never forget your first good hover, gives you a grin from ear to ear :-)

[Heli13]

Hi ritchie and vikki, i am based in the south, Bognor Regis? near chichester.

I would like to join a flying club but i cant seem to find any and dont know where to go! Is it worth getting a simulater then? and i have a spektrum dx6 so it would work with it with the right lead.

[Ritchieme]

Hi ritchie and vikki, i am based in the south, Bognor Regis? near chichester.

I would like to join a flying club but i cant seem to find any and dont know where to go! Is it worth getting a simulater then? and i have a spektrum dx6 so it would work with it with the right lead.

Def on the sim, I had the same problem I couldn't find a club so I'm learning on my own, its hard but you will get there.

[Heli13]

ill look into that then, phoenix 4 yes? i might get the 3 and use the update from the website, it works out cheaper then but if you hear of a club, then let me know and i will join,

would like to get good use of my heli's!

[Boomer]

+1 on the Sim, i have phoenix and can honestly say that it has brought me on in leaps and bounds. Its not quite the same as flying your own heli but its about getting the stick movements sorted. the Sim will help you there and before long you will find you can hover, and the first time you get your heli in the air, even though it will prob just wander, you get the biggest buzz and crave more.
My DX6i has a trainer port just above the battery box on the back, if your DX6 has a trainer port you will be able to connect the sim right out of the box. I went the msrx rout for flying anywhere indoors and i still use that today, its great for sorting out orientation which is a must learn. Its all about stick time really, the more you have, the quicker you learn. Good luck and welcome to the forum.

[Heli13]

ah okay, well my heli's are in the model shop now, all of them cause the connectivity on one has gone, and i dont think the others are trimmed right, thats another thing, my mcx needs to be trimmed but how do it do it? its such a hard thing to grasp and i cant seem to get it, i can fly it no bother, just the trim so it flys half decent would be good!

once they come back, ill look out for the sim, and give that a go! cheers,

[Vikki]

DX6 or DX6i?

There's Hayling helis but they have a two year waiting list.

Phoenix will help you a lot. I wouldn't be this far along without it. Put it this way, £10 a crash (minimum) and Phoenix pays for itself in 8 crashes. I've crashed on Phoenix more times than I care to remember.

[Heli13]

im sure its a dx6, its in the model shop at the moment, i will check when i pick it up, ive seen the dx18, why on earth do you need 18 channels for a transmitter?

[Vikki]

It's really a nine with a plug in module available to give the extra nine if you need them, I think.

[Heli13]

ah okay, makes sense,

on heli terms, what is the best heli to have? people say steer away from blades and e-flite itself, because of the expense, what would be a good heli? like for intermediate level, i can practice on the blades that i have!

[Vikki]

To be fair to Blade they get you started in the hobby and the repair costs aren't bad but when a motor bearing goes after a dozen flights and you try something like an Align. Well, the quality difference is more than quite apparent.

I still like my 300X and a bearing sold for some other part on it is the same size as the motor bearings so it's not a disaster if you check your motor rigidity occasionally. I like flybarless and I like BeastX so the 300X has it all. It's a proper heli but isn't as intimidating, size wise, as a 450 but, because they share parts and there's little difference in main and feathering shaft price, the crash price between 300 and 450 is similar.

[Heli13]

so is that a blade 300x?