Installed the CopterX Head, Did my First Roll!

March 21, 2009 on 7:19 pm | In 3D, Flying |

As mentioned in my previous post, I totaled the stock, plastic SA head attempting a roll. In hindsight, there were a lot of problems with my last attempt. I had the flybar weights on, and my swashplate settings weren’t set right. My pitch was also set up improperly, and when I went inverted, I didn’t have enough power to pull me through the roll.

Instead of trying to rebuild the plastic head, I ordered the CopterX head from ebay for $40 shipped, and it’s beautiful. No vibrations and very stable flight. I really can’t see any difference between this and the Align head that costs 3x as much. Hopefully my next crash won’t be as bad since I now have a metal head, but if I ever total it again, $40 isn’t too bad for a quick fix.

Today I tried the roll again, this time with the aforementioned adjustments, and I pulled it off! It wasn’t pretty and I was nervous, but I did it. My wife only got the first one on tape, the second one looked a little better, and hopefully tomorrow I can give it a few more shots. It really is a lot like the Realflight simulator so in the mean time I’ll keep practicing on my computer.

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