Which model is the same as a Blade 400?

[jboweruk]

Thanks for the encouragement John.

I'm just using the standard CX2 Tx on Phoenix at the moment. If I end up buying a 400, I'll end up with a DX6i anyway so will be able to use that. I guess I could get the 400 in anticipation of achieving my goal(!) but I fear the temptation would be too much to try it and I'd end up smashing it up!!

Don't really understand Tx setup yet - another thing to learn. So is it best to learn on the 3D model on Phoenix on the basis that if I can do that, the real thing should be closer... the big difference apart from the twitchiness, appears top be the HH giro - on the Standard and Sport models the tail follows the nose round which (for me) makes it easier to see what's going on!!

You were really lucky to have Asfalloth's help - seems to have moved you forward big time...

Ron (Boggy) put some settings up that make her like she is out of the box, to be honest it scared the bejeebus out of me to think it may be like that. But once I'd learned to fly that, then Asfalloth set my Real Blade up, she seemed a lot easier than I'd expected. Honestly mate, she's a lovely heli, but you do need a good setup to tame her down, and make sure you get good training gear. I got mine from Buzzflyer. Learn to get a dead steady hover on Phoenix, and make sure you have someone to help you the first few flights, there's nothing more soul destroying than seeing a heli wrecked that never left the ground as I did....

Learn the settings for the computer TX, you can change so much, I bound mine to the CX2 as well, it gave her a new lease of life, but er... don't use it to keep trimming the rudder, the tx don't like it ... ahem.

here's the link to Ron's Blade400 Phoenix settings...
http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/showth...t=12728&page=2

[heliTV]

Thanks John

Can I set this up using the standard CX2 Tx and Phoenix or do I need the DX6i? Decided to work on the 3D version in the sim on the basis that the real thing can't be worse than that...

Have you got your DX6i fixed yet (seen in another post) the problems you've been having are making me have second thoughts...

Thanks for all your advice so far - it's so nice to have someone around that's further down the same path I'm treading!!

Graham

[jboweruk]

DX6I is a nice tx. I've had my share but I know a lot of people who have it with no issues. Those settings for the heli are done in Phoenix you go into 'edit model', so you should be able to use them with your transmitter. Learn to fly that mate and believe me the real thing will seem a pussycat by comparison, especially if you get somebody to help you set her up right.

And I'm not that much furter down the path mate, remember I only flew my first solos last saturday, and only flew my Blade for the first time the previous Saturday. But I can say this, I think if you buy her you will fall in love, it's a lovely heli to fly (at least with training gear on), and I am looking at a better tx anyway, the DX7. I think some of my problems are trimming the cx's too often, I need to stop trimming and start using my thumb/finger to keep her straight. Bigger helis like the B400 only need to be trimmed once, whereas the smaller coax's keep slipping out of trim as the battery runs down. And I think that may be part of the problem, mine needs a lot of left trim as the battery goes off, and I think it's weakened the rocker that does the switches.

[heliTV]

Hi John
Yes, I've noticed the rudder trim going as the battery runs down on the CX2 - I tried retrimming whilst flying a while back and took my eye of the heli for a second or two resulting in a crash so now just hold more left stick!!

Hopefully the DX6i will work out for me when I finally buy a 400 - once I've mastered the 400 on Phoenix!! Managed to land the 3D version a few times today so am making some progess!!