CenturyUK's Neon Blaze - Pilot : Ian Contessa

replace the servos with jp 7.5. alloy upgrade main rotor is gash as rotor arm link breaks off were its connected to yhe shaft. untill they sort it i will be rolling with upgraded alloy swashplate and standard rotorhead but had to get longer rods for my linkages as they were to small. i like this heli coz the only probs seem to be cheap servos and on take off it pitches. which i can handle. avoid the alloy rotorhead untill they revise it. slalomflex check the flybar tracking n tail motor

Hey. Most alloy rotor heads for the smaller models are not really worht having due to not surviving too well in any crashes. They look great but bend easily. I have now sold this Blaze, but I did get it dialled in nicely before I did so by limiting the throws on the transmitter and it felt much nicer and less twitchy. Ian

hi there,is the blaze a good beginners heli,nice flying by the way

Hey Matey. I would say yes in all honesty, the newer 2.4ghz version has made some worthwhile changes which help make the model better over the V1 I have. The tail motor is bigger to ensure better life span and the head has changed ot make it a little less twitchy I think. It is of course not as good as a proper tail rotored model, which can be limiting later down the line but work ok. If you have any more questions just ask. Ian

Hi There, just took my neon blaze out for the first time ater a crash. It was perfect before the crash but now it is jumping about everywhere, The blades are not out of balance or anything like that, it is acting just as if I am applying the throttle and taking it off very quickly as it is jumping up and down something stupid, Any help would be appreciated,Thanks.
John.

Hi John. Oooh, sorry to hear you had a crash with the model. From what you haev said I'd be inclined to suggest a duff servo perhaps caused by the crash, either that or one with a tooth missing from it's gear train. The above could make one of the servo's jump about & inturn add pitch when not needed, more than likely on one side point of the swashplate which will give an odd input. If you can secure it down &/or spool the model up without the main blades you may see which one's playing up.

Let me know what you find and we'll go from there. Ian

NeonBlaze is a name i made up....not for this but...they jacked my name neon blaze...i dont beleive it...y?

LOL ;-)

Hey. Ah I'm sorry to hear of your problems my friend, but glad to hear they are all sorted out now. The only servo issue I have seen is where one of the servo leads was trapped between the carbon frames, this was leading to interference on this model. Keep at it and you'll soon master flying RC models. Let me know how you get on. Ian