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04-24-2010, 11:52 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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How do I attach battery firmly to Blade CP V2?
I just took this new Belt CP V2 out of the box and read the horrible description in the manual and saw the postage stamp sized black and white picture, but I still can't undestand how to attach the battery to this thing so the battery doesn't slide around in flight? The velco strap doesn't hold the battery onto the tray very tightly. I added extra velco to the battery, but still not holding tight enough. It slides front to back and could jump out of the tray if pushed hard enough.
This must be the simplest, easiest thing in the world to do, because nobody describes it. Yet, even as an engineer, I am somehow missing the trick. Help!!! I want to fly this thing (graduating from Blade mSR), but I won't fly if the battery is not tight. |
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04-24-2010, 12:03 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Get yourself some self sticking velcro from a local home improvement store and put a furry strip on the battery and the rough strip on the helicopter. make it the full lenght of the battery. You may also want to get a better vecro strap to hold the battery because the one that came with it isnt worth a crap. If you have the battery velcroed down and the strap on it will not go anywhere.
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04-24-2010, 12:23 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Well to get flying you can easily make the battery totally secure with a few elastic bands. No need to stay grounded when you don't have to. You'd be surprised how firm it can be as a result. As for how you are meant to achieve a secure battery mounting with the original strap, I have no idea, I couldn't do it either. By far the best way, and I think the way most do it, is to put a strip of loop (fluffy) velcro on the battery and a strip of hook (rough) velcro on the heli where you want to mount the battery. This method so far, stops the battery being able to slide. Having achieved that you then wrap around the battery and frame a strip of double sided velcro, which pins it down to the heli, so now it can neither slip nor peel from the velco on the battery/heli.
Not a Belt-CP but maybe these pictures will help with the principle. Cheers sutty
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04-24-2010, 12:35 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I am pretty sure that the reason for the manual not explaining it very well is that the engineers making the Belt couldn´t figure it out either.
I remember I had some trouble with this aswell when I had my Belt. The battery is located in a compartment and not on a nice tray like the heli in Sutty´s pictures. I tried velcro but that compartment was too small and made my battery touch the outrunner motor What I did, was nick a hairband from my daughter and folded it twice, then put it around the battery and the compartment. After that I used electricians tape and attached from the underside of the heli to the front and over the battery to secure against movement front/back. Hope you get my explanation wish I had pictures. It worked for me.
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04-24-2010, 12:47 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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That's true, it may not work as well, or as easily in the compartment, but to be fair, I did it the the same way on my belt. In other words I mounted the battery on the angled part. Better for so many reasons, but not sure how you would manage with the strap though if you haven't done a DTS mod, as there would be a servo in the way.
Cheers Sutty
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04-24-2010, 01:46 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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I just loop a stong rubber band around the battery/frame a couple times... not the "best" but I haven't had any problems with it. With that being said, I got a new frame piece for my heli due to a crash and the frame had less material on the left side to possible allow a traditional velcro setup.
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04-24-2010, 01:59 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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I agree. A strong rubber band, doubled, to hold the battery in place. I go one step more with a velcro strip looped to itself on the bottom of the tray and then up and in front of the battery to a one inch (approx) velcro self stick square above the battery and in front of the motor. This lets you adjust the battery to the front or back changing the balance of the heli if you wish.
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