Radd's School and More Crashes
It's been a while, so I figured I'd update the Heli Flyin' blog with my progress... Well, I've successfully hovered for about a minute now, thanks mostly to Radd's School of Rotary Flight. It is a nice set of lessons with the goal of helping newbie RC heli pilots become acquainted with their models and get a handle on the basics. I
After completing all 10 batteries of the Radd's program I took the SR out to the Rosedale Park. This is when I successfully hovered, actually several times, the longest being about a minute. The wind was a bit more than I bargained for, and I crashed three times, but the only damage was to blades.
The next outing was less successful. I went to an empty parking lot nearby and promptly wrecked after about 30 seconds of trying to hover. The tail boom was "L" shaped, but I was able to bend it back to more or less straight. I also broke the mixer arm from one of the blade grips. This forced me to rebuild the head, so I totally redid everything with the MicroHeli CNC parts I had already purchased. So far the following parts have been replaced on the SR...
- Replaced stock blades with stock blades.
- Replaced stock feathering shaft with stock feathering shaft.
- Replaced stock center hub with Precision CNC Center Hub from Microheli (MH-SR3002CH).
- Replaced stock blade grips with Precision CNC Blade Grips w/ Mixing Arms (BLUE) (MH-CP002BGPB).
- Replaced stock flybar cage with Precision CNC Flybar System (BLUE) (MH-SR072B).
- Replaced stock swashplate with Precision CNC Swashplate (MH-SR3012).
I also picked up a couple other parts from MicroHeli (all of which, btw, shipped from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to NJ, USA in about 3 days - very impressive)...
- Precision High Quality CNC Delrin Main Gear W/Hub (MH-SR3102).
- FRP Carbon Fiber Main Blades (MH-CP088).
So far I haven't yet figured out how to get the pitch right - it's 5-6 degrees @ center stick!! Maybe the swash needs to move up??? Hope to figure this out soon and be back flyin'!!!!