Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / April 2008

I just received  a Blade CX2 as a gift. Can someone tell me a good
flight simulation softare kit for this model?
Thanks, Harry

I have joined the wonderful world of RC.
After much deliberation I chose to go the heli route as I have a big
garden
and a park cross the road where I can practice.

OK I know its a toy but do all balde CX-2's rotate quicker 1 one
direction than the other if you apply full tail/rudder ???

Can anyone please explain to me the effect of increasing or decreasing the
gain & the proportion, on the 4 in i1 controller please?  The instruction
manual whilst referring to them both doesn't actually convey any meaning to
me at all :-)

This thing was announced on helifreak a little while ago. Every day
people have been hounding the guy for a release date and price, and it's
(I think) available now. $329. It's a two-axis digital flybar system,
like the V-Bar but it doesn't incorporate the tail.

I've still done nothing more than hover the T-Rex 450SE V2 in the tiny
back yard, but at least I'm building up my sim time.
I just switched over to the Synergy N9 on the Phoenix sim, and it's so
much better to fly than the little T-Rex, so I'm considering the idea of

First a qualifier, I'm a very new pilot. I haven't done much more
than hover and zig zag back and forth a bit. But I just picked
up a Blade 400 and damn am I impressed.
My introduction to heli's was with a co-axial ESky Lama V4. I

honey bee king 2 OR walkera 68#b ?
tnx

The manual states to use a piece of paper between the gears to get the
proper gear mesh. I used newspaper. Is that OK, or should I use some
specific thickness?
When the gear mesh is set, I need to get the engine lined up with the

ready to fly
http://search.ebay.co.uk/280215758389
feel free to comment on price or whatever

The T-Rex is all put together now, just waiting on the Futaba S9257 from
Skyline which will hopefully be here today.
If I'm reading the pitch gauge right, then I've got pretty much 9.5
degrees pitch each way. (collective.. I haven't done any measuring of

(on Phoenix, with both the Trex 450 3D and a Raptor 50 3D..)
This is bugging the hell out of me. I was practicing funnels yesterday
and doing OKish.. (OK, I was well chuffed..) I sort of started doing
them by accident whilst practicing sharp (heli on side) turns.

I have been trying to get my friends 500 flying but the tail rotor doe
not seem to make any difference ie. heli uncontrolable, please coul
anyone give me some ideas and if someone has a manual that they coul
email me I would be really grateful