Comments on: My Blade mCP X Mods

By: jasunto

jasunto — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:05:23 +0000

Nice. I have a graveyard of tail rotors and when im bored i bring them back to life. I break that tail pretty much every flight and it will be something so gentle that does it. Going to look into the aluminum ones. Scotch tape is my best friend.

By: davesharp

davesharp — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:37:54 +0000

One great thing about the baking soda trick is that it acts as an instant kicker too. Which is convenient because my spray bottle of kicker seems to have evaporated. Lots of guys just use a small spray bottle of water mixed with CA for their own non-chemical-funkiness kicker. In this case I just got tired of waiting for the CA to dry and decided to cover it in baking soda so I could go fly. Makes a decent fillet.

By: Mike Hogan

Mike Hogan — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:38:49 +0000

Hey, the mention of CA and baking soda sent me googling — never knew that trick before now. Thanks!

By: Mike Hogan

Mike Hogan — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:33:42 +0000

Ahh, she looks like a steak-house, but handles like a bistro:

http://www.antoniogenna.net/simpson/futurama/sfondi/1024x768Zapp.jpg

By: davesharp

davesharp — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:09:11 +0000

Another mod I forgot to mention: I removed the detents from my transmitter. This makes it much easier to hold altitude carefully in tight spaces. I may make another mod, adding additional drag to the throttle control. I was out flying in the wind today (30-40 MPH, holy crap, it was an adventure) and I found that I often accidentally nudged the throttle up or down while changing the yaw. Maybe a little drag would help, without the drawbacks of detents.

I think maybe the breakaway tailboom needs a short tether. That way it can’t get wrapped around the head on a bad crash with the head RPMs high.