ESky Belt CP: Second flight ever

My second ever flight with an RC aircraft. An ESky Belt CP 3D Helicopter ( not a toy, this is the real thing...)

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• Belt
• CP
• Esky
• GekkoNZ
• RC
• Helicopter

[gekkonz]

Flying these helis are about 1 hour of flying, 5 hours tweaking until you are used to flying it. There are also lots of forums on the net about these helis where some real experts can help out with adjustment and flying tips too.

[gekkonz]

Make sure that you don't over tighten the rotor blades, they should be able to be moved by hand, but not move when the heli is held perpendicular to the ground. They will straighten by the rotor forces. You need to ensure that the blade tracking is perfect, the manual explains how to adjust and test it ( thats if you can understand Chinglish, but there are pics that help ). make sure that the swash plate is level with controls centered and that all servos move correctly.

[gekkonz]

Also, the radio gear that comes with the heli is of low quality. It is fine to learn on, but you will want to look at a futaba set if you can afford it, as the stock one has glitch and build quality issues.

Oh, a critical thing for you to do, is not to fly the heli when you first get it! It will need to have a good look over. My one had a damaged tail rotor shaft, and a mates one had a bent mainshaft.

[gekkonz]

Good one for getting a Belt CP. I would say that one of the best things as a beginner to do is to put the trainers on, and spend all your flying time only hovering no more than a meter off the ground. This way you can learn to get used to the controls and the mechanics of flying. Also, on the stock controller there is a switch on the left hand side that is used to fly the chopper upside down. If you accidentally flick this switch when flying, you will lose control.

[gekkonz]

What i did was to open the controller, and cut and insulate one of the wires going to that switch so that is always disabled. You should also learn flying with the tail facing you so that the orientation of the controls is natural. Once you become used to flying it then you can fly with different orientations. Another tip is to get yourself a head-lock gyro, this makes flying much easier. The ESky one is fine.

[gekkonz]

The best tip is to really just take it easy for the first 10 hours of flight time, they dont take crashes kindly, and by then you will be quite used to flying it. They are also very sensitive to wind, so ideally you want to practice inside in a hall, or on a calm day.

[mandrakezu]

that heli needs some adjusment..... on swash plate servos....

[yazid129]

I got my heli, looked it over and tightened all the parts, and just recently took it out for its first flight.

I have training gear and such, so I was just hopping around (not even 3 inches off the ground :p) but the heli would always go backwards...I understand that it's supposed to go left, but it was going backwards and no amount of forward push on the right stick would offset it...Any Idea why that is?

[yazid129]

Nice video, I'm getting one too in a few weeks, gonna get one of those training kits too.

Any suggestions or tips you could share from your experience?

[kezamizogabi]

do u think sim. is a good idea to get?