Raptor 50 HELP.. wont take off???

[kingsman84]

Engine is running perfectly but there is no lift, only down force can anyone help me???

[~SnApRoLl]

Sounds like you have your collective pitch reversed. Check the blade pitch with a blade gauge and make sure your getting the proper amount of positive pitch at throttle up. Hope this helps.
If you not familiar with heli setup, I recommend getting someone who has experience in heli's help you. Trust me you'll be glad you did!!!!!

Shawn

[Rotary R/C]

Ohhhhh my, yep you should deffinately have someone help with setup...

As Snaproll said sounds like pitch is reversed. Most likely need to go in radio programming and reverse the collective servo. Which you will at this point need to re-setup the heli to match your pitch/throttle curves properly.

Honestly, airplanes can be dangerous on take offs if not properly setup, but a heli is much more unpredictable if something goes wrong and you should seriously consider finding an experienced pilot to go through it and maybe test fly it, trust us. If you have ever seen the left overs after the "funky chicken" you are looking at a complete rebuild if not a complete replacement of your helicopter. Worse case scenario someone gets seriously hurt.

Just my .02
Marc

[dg512055]

You will find all the heli knowledge you can absorb here:

Finless Bob's Tech Room: http://www.helifreak.com/forumdisplay.php?f=60

[aaxiss]

DON'T TRY TO FLY IT again until you fix your collective and fully understand throttle and collective curves. that rappy can open a can of whup-ass on you or anyone close or not so close in the hands of a no-so experienced pilot.

Fly Safe fly smart know your equipment.

[Coke]

Please tread carefully, not putting you down but you're obviously very inexperienced, but the solution is probably just a simple setup issue on your collective pitch "but" if you get it wrong and start your heli up you could get a nasty suprise. Please get some help from an experienced heli flyer or you local hobby store

[BarracudaHockey]

For the Raptor there are few better resources than http://www.raptortechnique.com

Finless vids are good but they are mostly for CCPM helis.

[Flyinfool]

There are a few things that can cause a heli to not lift, including pitch problems as mentioned above, one or both blades on backwards, defective components, very low headspeed, improper assembly of head components, and a bunch of others.

As everyone said GET SOME HELP.
Even if you have to drive a couple of hundred miles, the gas bill will be less than the crash bill might be, especially if that crash involves injuries to people and/or property.
A Raptor 50 is very capable of cutting its way through a STEEL building.

[Cranet561]

go to www.raptortechnique.com will walk you through everything you ever needed wanted or could have wanted to know about getting a raptor 50 in the air.