Side Slide

[JMP]

I picked up a Blade CP Pro recently and am in the process of trying to trim it so it won't be such a struggle to hover it. Yeah, I know they are twichy, etc. Pitch and tail trim were reasonable easy to set up on this machine; however, I'm having difficulty with roll. The heli wants to "slide" to the left. If I adjust the roll trim to counter the slide, the heli wants to roll right. Adjusting the slide out causes the heli to "lean" in the opposite direction.

Could the slide be due to something other than simple servo trim? Like overall balance, main blade balance, or just my poor stick management? Seems like I should be able to trim the thing to the extent I'm not continually leaning on the stick to counter the slide. I'm using the FM radio that came in the box.

On a related note, the manual says that each CPP is flight tested at the factory. I'd like to meet the guy who claims to have tested this one. Ready to fly and Blade CP Pro should not appear in the same sentence. An oxymoron if I ever saw one.

Any suggestions on trim would be most appreciated.



Jerry

[sokal]

I picked up a Blade CP Pro recently and am in the process of trying to trim it so it won't be such a struggle to hover it. Yeah, I know they are twichy, etc. Pitch and tail trim were reasonable easy to set up on this machine; however, I'm having difficulty with roll. The heli wants to "slide" to the left. If I adjust the roll trim to counter the slide, the heli wants to roll right. Adjusting the slide out causes the heli to "lean" in the opposite direction.

Could the slide be due to something other than simple servo trim? Like overall balance, main blade balance, or just my poor stick management? Seems like I should be able to trim the thing to the extent I'm not continually leaning on the stick to counter the slide. I'm using the FM radio that came in the box.

On a related note, the manual says that each CPP is flight tested at the factory. I'd like to meet the guy who claims to have tested this one. Ready to fly and Blade CP Pro should not appear in the same sentence. An oxymoron if I ever saw one.

Any suggestions on trim would be most appreciated.



Jerry
reason the heli flies right side low or looks like its rolling that way is to compensate for the push of the tail rotor

its called translating tendancy
its like this for all helicopter real or model

so just trim out the drift not making the rotor level with the ground

so normal hover look is tail rotor side low

[JMP]

Thanks, sokal. Much appreciated. I'll give it a try.

Jerry