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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / February 2009Eflite mCX to a 400
I am really good with a mCX. I figure with the heading lock gyro on the 400 it would not be that huge of a jump. Opinions???  Signaturegcisko@hotmail.com > I am really good with a mCX. I figure with the heading lock gyro on the > 400 it would not be that huge of a jump. Opinions??? I think you will find the jump from a counter-rotating heli to a tail rotor heli to be a bit more than you expect. The fact that the mCX is extremely stable is a factor. I don't believe you will find the 400 to be nearly that stable; you will have to fly the 400 all the time instead of loafing and only adding control input when you want it to do something different than what it is doing at the time. And, of course, 3D is a whole other world of heli flying which you haven't even had access to with the mCX. Other opinions? >> I am really good with a mCX. I figure with the heading lock gyro on the >> 400 it would not be that huge of a jump. Opinions??? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Other opinions? I reckon you're right. The OP is dreaming if he thinks he's going to fly the 400 with any real amount of control. And Heading Hold gyro's don't even BEGIN to help for circuit work unless the circuits are flown backwards. HH gyro's are actually a pain in the arse unless all you're doing is hovering and backwards/sideways flying. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >> I am really good with a mCX. I figure with the heading lock gyro on the >> 400 it would not be that huge of a jump. Opinions??? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Other opinions? be prepared to crash and burn would be my opinion, I can fly circuits with a MCx and a CX2 and it does next to nothing to prepare you for a 400 t-rex or similar, its a bit like saying you can ride a bike with the little stabiliser wheels on and then you have to relearn when you take them off granted it does help with the basic flying skills but that's all a 400 will bite you a darn site quicker than a mcx ever will, you have a lot more time to think with a mcx before it hits something SignatureKevin R Reply address works |
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