Anubis328
03-12-2007, 08:30 AM
This weekend, I dusted off my old Blade CP (purchased before the PRO was available), and gave it a few much needed upgrades. I got it for Christmas the year before last, and it was responsible for teaching me everything about helis (poor thing).
Anyway, the receiver antenna was cracked and wires were exposed all over the place, but that wasn't a real issue, because I had recently purchase the Spectrum DX7 for my T-Rex 450 SE (non V2), and had picked up a 6100 RX just for the Blade. Like many of you know... one of the main changes that the CP Pro offered was a seperate 3 in 1 and receiver (I had the Bell Hiller upgrade and a 1350mah 3 cell lipoly before the Pro was announced), but many of you may not know that the 4 in 1 on the CP is basically the same setup with reversed pins in the reciever and the 3 in one plugging in to the back. The receiver was going away anyway, so that was just removed and thrown to the side, to plug into the speed controller all I had to do was buy some 6 inch servo extensions, and cut the cover off of the female side to expose the pins. (Is that considered a sex change?) While I was inside the little bird, I thought I might as well throw on the E-Flite Heading Hold Gyro. What a difference!!! After completing the setup and getting the thing back in the air, I had it inverted for the first and second time within a day. (I have rolled my T-Rex, but I'm still fairly new to the inverted game.)
Other than the hardware upgrade, I also took the time to get the servos @ 90 degrees when at 0 pitch. Because this is the heli I learned on, I was just happy it could fly, and never took the time to get it set up propperly. It was really nice to see it back in the air again, even though it looks naked without the extra antenna hanging underneith. The Blade CP is one fun little heli!
On a side note... for those of you that had seen the heli with bottle rockets, the Gyro took the place of the weapon's system on the receiver, so it's back to civilian specs ;)
Anyway, the receiver antenna was cracked and wires were exposed all over the place, but that wasn't a real issue, because I had recently purchase the Spectrum DX7 for my T-Rex 450 SE (non V2), and had picked up a 6100 RX just for the Blade. Like many of you know... one of the main changes that the CP Pro offered was a seperate 3 in 1 and receiver (I had the Bell Hiller upgrade and a 1350mah 3 cell lipoly before the Pro was announced), but many of you may not know that the 4 in 1 on the CP is basically the same setup with reversed pins in the reciever and the 3 in one plugging in to the back. The receiver was going away anyway, so that was just removed and thrown to the side, to plug into the speed controller all I had to do was buy some 6 inch servo extensions, and cut the cover off of the female side to expose the pins. (Is that considered a sex change?) While I was inside the little bird, I thought I might as well throw on the E-Flite Heading Hold Gyro. What a difference!!! After completing the setup and getting the thing back in the air, I had it inverted for the first and second time within a day. (I have rolled my T-Rex, but I'm still fairly new to the inverted game.)
Other than the hardware upgrade, I also took the time to get the servos @ 90 degrees when at 0 pitch. Because this is the heli I learned on, I was just happy it could fly, and never took the time to get it set up propperly. It was really nice to see it back in the air again, even though it looks naked without the extra antenna hanging underneith. The Blade CP is one fun little heli!
On a side note... for those of you that had seen the heli with bottle rockets, the Gyro took the place of the weapon's system on the receiver, so it's back to civilian specs ;)