Blade CX2 Crashed and Burned

"Well I've been getting quite brave lately with my Blade CX2 where I fly it round the rumpus room and then fang it out the doors to contend with the elements of nature and I must admit it wasn't the wind or any flying birds that caused the crash, it was purely pilot error.

Thinking I was the guy out of the Airwolf TV series I found myself getting my thumbs mixed up and by mistake I gave it extra throttle instead banking forward and hence my CX2 collected a tree (it was very high up) and down she came in a blaze of glory.

Well I'm exaggerating but the tail has completely broken in half and even though you could fly it it just looks weird. Bit like taking you mini moke to a car rally ….so off to the Toys R Us guy to see what he can do for me for a new tail piece or do I do a Dale and order the u-bute carbon fibre assembly - who knows."

- Oddbod (grounded and on suspension pending repairs)

Meet the Shark

Whilst nothing to do with the CX2, I thought this was very interesting as it's a helicopter that uses coaxial rotor blades, exactly like the CX2.

"The Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. The Ka-50 is unique as an attack helicopter, in that it is the world's first and only single seat attack helicopter, the first coaxial attack helicopter, and the first attack helicopter with zero-zero ejection seat."

team mojo3 takes a dive

After garnering the courage to head outside with my new pimped out ride, I hit the local park looking to get in some valuable flying time...

As I arrived at the park I suddenly realised I had only bought one battery, flying time was only going to be around ten mins at the most.. The wind had picked up, not the most ideal conditions for a newbie rc heli pilot... But not deterred by atmospheric conditions, I switched on the radio control, plugged in the battery, and brought the blades up to speed.

In hindsight I may of hit the gas a little to speedily and the chopper rose quite suddenly to about 3-4 meters ... Not too perturbed I reduced the throttle slightly to rain back in the blade cx2 when a large gust of wind caught my little beast unawares, turning in on its side, and sending it speeding to terra-firma...

I had prepared my self for the worst, but in the back of my mind I knew I had the indestructible skids, the lexan plastic canopy, the new blade grip system which meant the blades bent backwards instead of breaking, and the carbon tail boom.. All this meant my cx2 had a chance... And sure enough, the only issue were the blades bent back, and some grass and dirt caught up in the cogs...

If there are any upgrades I would suggest, its the indestructible skids and the blade grips from bladecx2.com.

We're Back Up and Flying ...

On Friday, Oddbod and I picked up some replacement / spare blades for our CX2's from Mr Heli and then today, I repaired and took her out for some test runs in my lounge room first and then over to a mate's house in his rather large backyard.

It was a nice still day, only a breeze once, which took it awfully close to the clothes line (phew). I did start to have an issue though, when making the CX2 go forward, it wasn't responding properly and at one point as it's elevation rose - I had it hovering as high as a two-storey house ;)

team mojo3 blade cx2

This is the upgraded Team Mojo3 Blade CX2..

My CX2 was all stock until my landing skids fractured after a somewhat sub optimal landing attempt... yes I will admit my landing skills are less then perfect.. I found some indestructible skids at BladeCX2.com.. Check it out..

Team Mojo3 Upgrades

1. Clear Plastic Canopy, Gun Metal Black finish, and Extreme stickers.
2. Graphite Tail Boom.
3. Shorten Steel Flybar for increased maneuverability.
4. Improved Blade grips to allow blades to fold back reducing blade breakages.