JMP
06-06-2008, 03:47 PM
This may belong in the simulator section, but it applies to the real machine. Read on.
I'm new at this helicopter business, so I have spent a serious amount ot time in the ClearView simulator. I'm using an old RealFlight USB Controller G2 version. I am planning to purchase (maybe) a Blade CP Pro 2 heli as soon as they are available.
I have no difficulty with the CX2. It sort of hovers all by itself. However, I cannot hold the Blade CP Pro in a decent hover for very long in the simulator. The controller doesn't seem to have enough granularity to trim pitch and roll. Yaw and vertical controls are fine.
I really don't want to get a CP Pro or Pro 2, if I can't trim it to hover reasonably well. By hover "reasonably well" im mean keeping the craft in a two or three foot square for a few minutes. With the roll and pitch out of trim, I'm constantly fighting a pendulum (swinging back and forth in pitch and roll) effect trying to correct the drift.
I have seem some really good YouTube videos of CP Pros hovering nicely. So I assume it can be done either with better trim than I am able to achieve on this ancient controller, upgrades, or a whole lot more skill than I have right now.
I'm very persistant in wanting to learn to fly a heli. I'm also retired, so I have the time to practice a lot. I'm able to spend around $250 for a RTF heli. I know I'll need more for parts, but that's my basic budget and why I selected the Blade CP Pro 2 machine. Other recommendations are welcome.
Your thoughts about the real Blade CP Pro and its ability to be trimmed and hovered.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jerry Plemons
jplemons3@tx.rr.com
I'm new at this helicopter business, so I have spent a serious amount ot time in the ClearView simulator. I'm using an old RealFlight USB Controller G2 version. I am planning to purchase (maybe) a Blade CP Pro 2 heli as soon as they are available.
I have no difficulty with the CX2. It sort of hovers all by itself. However, I cannot hold the Blade CP Pro in a decent hover for very long in the simulator. The controller doesn't seem to have enough granularity to trim pitch and roll. Yaw and vertical controls are fine.
I really don't want to get a CP Pro or Pro 2, if I can't trim it to hover reasonably well. By hover "reasonably well" im mean keeping the craft in a two or three foot square for a few minutes. With the roll and pitch out of trim, I'm constantly fighting a pendulum (swinging back and forth in pitch and roll) effect trying to correct the drift.
I have seem some really good YouTube videos of CP Pros hovering nicely. So I assume it can be done either with better trim than I am able to achieve on this ancient controller, upgrades, or a whole lot more skill than I have right now.
I'm very persistant in wanting to learn to fly a heli. I'm also retired, so I have the time to practice a lot. I'm able to spend around $250 for a RTF heli. I know I'll need more for parts, but that's my basic budget and why I selected the Blade CP Pro 2 machine. Other recommendations are welcome.
Your thoughts about the real Blade CP Pro and its ability to be trimmed and hovered.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jerry Plemons
jplemons3@tx.rr.com