troxelb
01-14-2008, 05:11 PM
Hello!
A couple of weeks before Christmas, I bought myself a Blade CX2. After about one week of playing with that I went and bought myself a Trex 450 SE v2. (Yeah, I was hooked...)
So I end up doing most of the build and setup right around Christmas time but living in the Northwest has some drawbacks...It basically hasn't stopped raining until yesterday. I did get a dry patch a couple of weeks back where I spun my Trex up but did not lift off. (Gyro was reversed...."look at it spin!" "Is that suppose to do that?")
So I finally get a wind-free dry day and start doing Radd's school of flight. About that time I realized that I am a little better than I thought I was. (I have Realflight G4 also and have been practicing with a Trex 450 every day) So after my second battery pack I decided lift it off the ground. Right up in the air and into a stable hover! I almost dropped my Tx. Heh.
So I do another two batteries hovering and landing. The only issue I had was that my rudder servo was a little too far forward. I realized this when I did my preflight because I noticed that the ball link on the rod was way out on the threads. So I cranked it on a few more turns and all was ok. (Lesson learned there is ALWAYS DO A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT!) This easily could have turned into a "First Flight, First Crash post."
I would like to thank Finless and a lot of other people for the setup vids and just being knowledgable on the forums. I spent a LOT of time just reading the forums and watching the vids before I had a chance to fly. I believe that this website is a BIG reason why I had so little problems on my first flight.
So now all I have to do is adjust my rudder servo and I should be good to go for the next dry, windless day.
Oh, I do need to adjust my swashplate at some point. It is mechanically setup for about -12 degrees to +9 degrees. I set my curves up to just be -3 to +9 while I'm learning, so I will wait until I decide to idle up before spending too much time fiddling with it. (and who knows, I might have to tear it all apart before then anyways. Hehe)
Thanks everyone!
Happy rotoring.....
Brian
A couple of weeks before Christmas, I bought myself a Blade CX2. After about one week of playing with that I went and bought myself a Trex 450 SE v2. (Yeah, I was hooked...)
So I end up doing most of the build and setup right around Christmas time but living in the Northwest has some drawbacks...It basically hasn't stopped raining until yesterday. I did get a dry patch a couple of weeks back where I spun my Trex up but did not lift off. (Gyro was reversed...."look at it spin!" "Is that suppose to do that?")
So I finally get a wind-free dry day and start doing Radd's school of flight. About that time I realized that I am a little better than I thought I was. (I have Realflight G4 also and have been practicing with a Trex 450 every day) So after my second battery pack I decided lift it off the ground. Right up in the air and into a stable hover! I almost dropped my Tx. Heh.
So I do another two batteries hovering and landing. The only issue I had was that my rudder servo was a little too far forward. I realized this when I did my preflight because I noticed that the ball link on the rod was way out on the threads. So I cranked it on a few more turns and all was ok. (Lesson learned there is ALWAYS DO A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT!) This easily could have turned into a "First Flight, First Crash post."
I would like to thank Finless and a lot of other people for the setup vids and just being knowledgable on the forums. I spent a LOT of time just reading the forums and watching the vids before I had a chance to fly. I believe that this website is a BIG reason why I had so little problems on my first flight.
So now all I have to do is adjust my rudder servo and I should be good to go for the next dry, windless day.
Oh, I do need to adjust my swashplate at some point. It is mechanically setup for about -12 degrees to +9 degrees. I set my curves up to just be -3 to +9 while I'm learning, so I will wait until I decide to idle up before spending too much time fiddling with it. (and who knows, I might have to tear it all apart before then anyways. Hehe)
Thanks everyone!
Happy rotoring.....
Brian