Another Super Cub Day!

I got up at 6:30 this morning...really tough for me :)...And, I made it to the Duck Pond (See my favorite places to fly links on the right) by 7:03.

There was a slight breeze and in the mid 50's to low 60's F. I was in the last few minutes of my LIPO when my buddy David drove up. He brought his Blade 400 3D...which was pretty cool, I haven't seen one of them fly yet except for in videos online.

I have no pictures or video...but it was a fun hour.

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Replaced another Blade CP Tail Boom Today

I'm getting real good at this! I even replaced my tail motor...the original one was poping it's gear out on me -- the hobby shop guy says that's normal for these things. And, as you might guess, if the gear from the motor pops away from the big black tail rotor gear...you have no more tail rotor...and if you have no tail rotor, you're spinning out of control.

Tip: It's definately easier to replace the boom by un-soldering the wires from
the tail motor and sliding the boom off the wires...than trying to disconnect the wires from the receiver and pulling them through the boom that way.

Hey Joe...why you replacing your tail boom anyways? Good question. I have had my last few flights (See previous posts) on a boom that was slightly damaged and held together with some tape. Today, while making some tail rotor adjustments with the tail motor pot onboard the Blade...an adjustment I made was a bit too extreme, so I crashed and ruined my already damaged boom : )

The new boom and motor run great in my hovering tests...I can't wait till the next flying day to do some real flying.

Flying my Blade!

I had 3 great flights today with my Blade CP Pro and didn't break anything!!! Here's some video of my first flight at my favorite place, The Duck Pond:

Hey Joe, what's it cost to own an E-flite Blade CP Pro?

Whew! I think I wish I hadn't have done this...but, here's a link to a spreadsheet I just put together detailing my costs for my 1st year with my Blade CP Pro.

Click Here for the data

Proof that I can fly my Blade, yeah!

Took my Blade to this years departmental day-off party and flew my best flight so far. My onboard camera messed up, dang it, but here's some video my buddy "Blade-Changer" shot. I went for it, put the Blade in the air, and it was awesome. This is a stock CP Pro with yellow plastic main rotors. Thanks for watching.

Honey Bee Mk 3

I flew my buddies Honey Bee last night, indoors, in our church gym. If you aren't familiar with the heli, here's a link http://www.hobby-lobby.com/honeybee3.htm?c1=google&source=camp13esky

It was a blast to fly. I've spent almost a year trying to have a succesful flight (I had a pretty good one last Friday) with my first heli, a Blade CP Pro...which I think was a bit too much to bite off for my first RC helicopter. But, this fixed pitch Honey Bee was very stable and much more easier to control. It's really satisfying to have a great heli flight.

I flew my Blade last night too...and I did OK...until I attempted a hard landing on my already crippled landing gear. Now, I'm dismantling it (see picture) and need to replace the main shaft, landing gear and tail boom (3rd time in a month!) -- see my JoeFlyer review on the Blade to find my FixIt Shop videos on replacing the boom. I was stupid, so now I have to fix it...lesson learned: "Don't fly with defective parts"