Very cool, sounds like I need a new toy! ;-)
At 05:30 PM 12/22/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guys, Forgive the Bandwidth intrusion but I know that some of you
are interested in Rc Helicopters. About 20 minutes ago I heard the
FedEx truck Backing up the driveway. There was a box waiting and I
knew instantly it was my long awaited Blade 400. I opened the box in
the drive way and pulled out a fully ready to Fly 3D RC Electric
Helicopter. I grabbed the new DX6I manual to see where the flight
mode switch, and Throttle hold switches were, kind of a safety deal
for Helicopters, keeps em from Jumpin up and Biting you before you
get to know them. I put the 4 AA cells in the Tx and fired it up.
Sure enough there was a Blade 400 Model memory already installed. I
then put the 3S 1800 LiPo pack into place on the Helicopter. I had
the Throttle hold activated so I could check control throws, pitch
range and Gyro direction.So I looked around, no kids or dogs, I
lowered the throttle stick and clicked off the throttle hold. I
slowly brought the R's up watching the machine to make sure
everything was stuck on tight and everything was in balance. The
Blade features a super nice soft start ESC, at half throttle the
Blade was in the Hover. What a cool helicopter the head tracked, and
the gyro sensitivity was acceptable. I took it up did some flybys
back in to the hover it was pirouetting around me like We were long
time friends. So I landed it, took the battery off the vehicle to
charge, and came in here to tell you about it. It is impressive that
the Eflite gang can send out a totally set up Helicopter ready to
fly out of the Box. With so many potential problems in setting up a
machine this complex, this has to be heralded as quite an
achievement. By the way this is a real fly in the wind sport
machine. Mine winds a little higher that I would expect on approach
but what the heck, I will now read the Manual and figure out how to
adjust the throttle curve on the low end. Its even sweeter that this
guy is on 2.4, and it looks like the Dx6 I has 10 model memories
with Airplane and Helicopter basic software. So get some stick time
on one of the coaxial indoor Helis like the Blade CX, and then get
ready to move up. Darwin you need one of these!!!!!! Just wanted to
share this....... Merry Christmas to you...and Merry Christmas to
me, I know what I am going to be doing. Larry Jolly
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