What mini heli?

[tomcoleman]

cant wait to get it home

cant really open it in the office :P

[tomcoleman]

You certainly don't hang about! looking forward to a vid?

video to come!

[Syclick]

You will just love it!

[tomcoleman]

You will just love it!

- hopefully!

Hi Tom,

Check that the mcpx is set at 0% pitch at mid throttle, many of them are shipped with far to much negative pitch.
Its a great heli.

Cheers

how would i check this?

[Syclick]

Simple. Look at Blade mCP X - EFlightWiki and scroll down to Pitch Setting Limits section.

[tomcoleman]

cheers will have a go tonight!

[tomcoleman]

I'm struggling for it to take off. When I throttle the blades spin but it doesn't lift up

[BavarianRob]

Sounds like too much negative pitch. Mine was like that out of the box, wouldnt lift off even at full stick. Have you checked the pitch of the blades as per the posts above?

[tomcoleman]

Just git it working pitch was N not R

Just been hovering this thing is amazing. I'm pendulimng too much though :-(

An amazing purchase!!!

[paulsouthport]

Just wait til you get it outdoors! (over grass!)

[tomcoleman]

I'm not a pro just learning to hover.

I'm using pitch curv of 75-75-85-90-100


Seems very stable

[paulsouthport]

That pitch curve is a bit off.....

Pitch curves and throttle curves are a matter of personal taste but that one is almost fixed pitch.

Something like (for normal mode)
Throttle curve: 0, 50,80,90,100
Pitch curve: 30, 40,50,80,100

Those can be tweaked to taste. You want 50 at mid stick for sure, a bit of negative (below 50) below mid, and full range above.
With throttle curves you want a high head speed above mid stick (where pitch goes positive and you get lift)

[tomcoleman]

That pitch curve is a bit off.....

Pitch curves and throttle curves are a matter of personal taste but that one is almost fixed pitch.

Something like (for normal mode)
Throttle curve: 0, 50,80,90,100
Pitch curve: 30, 40,50,80,100

Those can be tweaked to taste. You want 50 at mid stick for sure, a bit of negative (below 50) below mid, and full range above.
With throttle curves you want a high head speed above mid stick (where pitch goes positive and you get lift)

Just testing these very snappy!!!


Although when I dethrottle
It slams to the ground. Mine are nice and soft

[paulsouthport]

Yeah, you need to be careful dropping the stick.
You can increase the 2nd throttle point a bit, say 60. Try that, it will slow the drop. Can also increase pitch points 1 and 2 to say 35 and 43, again will slow the drop.
Either way, you want to keep head speed as high as possible and only use pitch to ascend/descend. When you're outside and there's a breeze, having your original pitch curve may cause the heli to fly off to the next county....

[tomcoleman]

Ok testing now

Best to learn with your settings then??

Here's me

Blade MCPX v2 - YouTube