…and this time I had an audience to witness it. I took my Axe CPv3 to a small park in the old family neighborhood. My dad went along to take some pictures and my grandfather went to watch. There was also the usual gaggle of kids and their guardians that populate the park. The kids [...]
I had a few more successful flights with my Axe CPv3. I’m starting to get the hang of this thing and I think I’ve got the kinks worked out. I’m not flying it in a huge area, just in my backyard with some trees, wood fences, and a couple overhead wires. The environment is teaching [...]
I’ve been busy the last couple weeks and haven’t really had time to try flying my Axe CPv3. That changed today as I took it out this evening just before sundown and managed to get about 10 minutes of stick time in. I’m happy to say that it was actually very successful. I didn’t really [...]
Crash #3. I actually started flying my Axe CPv3 around a bit and lost control. Nobody to blame but myself. Another $30 spent to replace yet another blade grip, the seesaw, part of the swash plate assembly, and a flybar link. The main blades seemed to come through fine though. This is getting ridiculous, I [...]
I finally received all the replacement parts for my Axe CPv3 to get her flying again. Putting it back together was actually pretty easy. The only troubling parts were getting the O-rings stuffed back in the the center hub and making sure the main blades and fly-bar were tracking properly. Getting a helicopter properly setup [...]
The maiden flight of my new r/c helicopter, which I have named “The Spirit of St. Louie Anderson” because I feel that if Louie Anderson were a machine, he’d be a helicopter, didn’t fair too well. In fact, it was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. I managed to have it floating about four inches [...]
…exclusive domain of the most elite r/c hobbyists. They take years of practice usually starting with airplanes and becoming extremely proficient with 3D spatial visualization.
So what happens when somebody who’s never flown any type of r/c aircraft decides he wants to start with helicopters? Can somebody, who’s greatest claim to r/c fame is being one [...]