Out the box

[aparkin]

when you test flying it m8 and are you doing it at the club.......... i want to see

[Garth84x]

when you test flying it m8 and are you doing it at the club.......... i want to see

I expect so mate, you want to see...crashes

[Garth84x]

The main blades are the same length as on the 450-3D? Unless you've bought a 500X by accident!

The 450X is easier to fly than the 450-3D by the way. Easier to fix too should sh1t happen ....

Sorry Tom i meant that the blades seem a lot thicker compared to the 3D

[groupcaptainbonzo]

You don't need to get better with the 3D the X is far better, far more responsive and funnily enough far easier to fly. ... And W A A A Y Y Y more fun. GO FOR IT ! and once you have flown it, you will only keep your 3D (as much as I loved mine) for spares. the 450X uses many of the same parts. Take it off the 3D and repair the X then you can oredr the part while you are flying !

[Garth84x]

Garth, reduce the throttle curve a little, put in 30% expo all round and have a fly.

Guarantee you wont touch your 450 3D again


John

Suggestions for the throttle curve plz John, as you know, im not going to be doing any massive 3D yet just getting to grips with it all

[Idleup95]

what transmitter have you got mate?

something like 0-25-50-50-50

[Garth84x]

Im using a DX6i at the minute.

[Idleup95]

yea 0 - 25 - 50 - 50 -50 should be fine !

[aparkin]

ive seen to many crash of late m8 i seem to crash every 20 th battery at the moe are 3 to 4th day out flying and poor don all i can say is ouch !!! please sir no more

but yes tomorrow about 9 30 good for you

[tomatwalden]

what transmitter have you got mate?

something like 0-25-50-50-50

I'd give it a little more than 50% throttle to be honest. Coupled with expo, you might find it quite sluggish in response at too low a headspeed, which could end up making it more difficult to control. Also, lower throttle = more work for the ESC = more energy released as heat rather than kinetic energy. ie. it's not good for the life of the ESC.

Without doing the maths, I'd imagine that 100% throttle on the 3D ~= 85% throttle on the 450X.

Just take it easy. Hover it at first, and progress slowly as you build confidence in the heli. It really IS noticably easier than the 3D to fly.

[Garth84x]

ive seen to many crash of late m8 i seem to crash every 20 th battery at the moe are 3 to 4th day out flying and poor don all i can say is ouch !!! please sir no more

but yes tomorrow about 9 30 good for you

Can't make it tommorow, im trying to secure a new job, so running around trying to sort that..maybe the weekend

[stephen. guest]

change out the cheese made servo's for ds415's forget blades/shafts gears(these needed which ever make of model) this little bird will take one hell of a beating,and still lol at you, if you don't mind the job of regularly changing the eflight servo gears it is probably the cheapest excellent 450 out there highly reliable fbl unit no upgrades other than servo's buy, program, and enjoy.

[aparkin]

sh 0257 are much better servos ds415s have slop in them out of the box (unless they have fixed this problem)

which day you going down m8 i can only make it 1 day over the week end so ill make it which ever day your heading down there

p.s just ignore james and his vh7

[groupcaptainbonzo]

I am still flying tail in. But manage loops, bunts and rolls etc as well as spins. When I crash, it is the plastic gears which cave in first and save me a lot of money. So the hop ups are still a long way down the line.

[450man]

I did find a few of the screws a bit lose and so I tightened them with threadlock where appropriate (not on screws into plastic) but apart from that it flew straight out of the box after tx setup.