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Blade 300CFX Flight log 7/100 - Failures 1/100



So today was a really good day because I've managed to hit just under 15min of flight using the three batteries show in the picture and most importantly with a failure. The wind was alot calmer today which made flying a breeze (excuse the pun). I was also able to do nose in and slow circuits which was a huge confidence builder.

Now on to the specifics: Even though I was doing tail control (and to be fair there's a pretty bandwidth gyro in the loop as well), I found that rotating the heli to get it into a nose in position caused quite a drift away from me so much so that I had to quickly bring to tail-in in order to recover the heli (achieved about two succesful crash-worthy recoveries - Yeah!). This could potentially be a inherent in the dynamics (which i think it is) or there's further tuning that's required.

In any case, success once again. I can see why accumulating more flight time in bulk helps. You get to correct and improve that crucial confidence onto the next flight without having to wait to long. Interesting enough, that's how neural connections are enforced in one's brain...

Accumulated flight time: 44min
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  1. Unknown1 December 2016 at 14:21

    It's amazing how you are passionate about helicopters

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