E-flite Blade Cp Help.....

[TonyThomasian]

Hi, for some reason when i give throttle on the heli it doesn't leave the ground, even at full throttle.

My question is has this ever happen to any of you guys with this same heli, and what is the problem?
It seems that it has a whole bunch of power but its just not lifting up!

[TonyThomasian]

Any One?????

[RCRandy]

Tony- Sounds like you need to raise the swash plate to get more collective. Ive been flying one for a couple of months, and had never flown helis before. The best upgrades are installing the aerobatic enhancement kit, and going to a 3 cell lipo. You will get 15 to 20 minute flight times, and a higher head speed. They are usually setup pretty close out of the box, but if someone else has had it, and didn't know how to set it up, you might have to tweak it. This is the secret to getting this little choppers flying smooth.
Here are a few links. One to the RCU thread, and one to a tuning page.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_30...2Cblade/tm.htm
http://www.lenlutz.com/pages/

Good luck!
Randy
Wichita KS

[TonyThomasian]

Thanx i will try to fix it now. ANd yes i do have the 3d kit in it as well as the 3 cell lipo.

[bodywerks]

Then it is definitely your collective setup... I had the same problem with mine after stripping the gears on one of the servos. I screwed with all three arms to try to get a more neutral setup and ended up going too far. After some adjustments, I now have a killer head speed and decent lift-off.
The other thing to check is your gear mesh. If it's too tight it will rob power.

[TonyThomasian]

bodywerks,

How do i have to set up my collective so that it works? And yes, the servo was stripped and so i just replaced it and "NOW" its doing that.

[bodywerks]

I think I posted this somewhere else, but I'll do it here, too...
As you apply throttle/collective, the swashplate is actually pulled down to increase the blade pitch, and it is pulled down equally by all three servos. In normal mode, with the throt/collect. stick all the way down, your rear servo arms should be level with the swashplate or pointed up slightly. The swashplate should also be pretty much perpendicular to the main shaft in all views, and the top of the swashplate should be just a hair over 3/16" below the bottom of the plastic blade hub, like 13/64". to make all this happen, you'll have to remove and shorten the ball ends accordingly, and maybe reposition the servo arm of the servo you replaced the gears for. If you were like me, you put it back on a spline-tooth off