gmcullan
Veteran
Location: Southbridge, MA
| Hovering in the kitchen this evening (clear space 10' x 10') about two feet off the floor, I had a great case of PIO (pilot induced occilations). Instead if reigning in some slight drift, I induced an ever quickening series of front/back/left/right woop-de-do's. Finally ping-ponged from the kitchen table, across the room to the stove, and then finally across to the washer, finally ending up in the kitty food bowl. No apparent damage other than broken main blades and a slight nick on one tail rotor blade. All this transpired in just a second or two.
Since I'm and old newbie, I have a couple of questions. The tail wants to rotate in hover. This is what caused my initial divergence, overcorrecting for a tail swing while also inducing some cyclic. Just how "steady" should the gyro hold the tail position? Secondly, is it a reasonable practice to dress out the nick on the tail rotor blade and then rebalance?
Regardless, I've been having a ball with the Blade CP. Quite the little machine compared with my original Schluters from many years ago.
Gerry Cullan,
HB CP2, T-Rex 450 SE & SA, HDX300, MicroHeli Monster, Mini-Titan, Blade 400 |
