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."

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 ;)

Out of Action

After breaking my lower blade, and then discovering the hairline break in the top blade, actually snapped off as well, I regrettably had to cease flight.

Until Tuesday, when Oddbod and I are off to see Mr Heli for spare parts.

I'm really enjoying my CX2, however, I need to get her out into bigger area without wind.

Update (15/1): Mr Heli wasn't there today, so tomorrow is another day.

Update (17/1): Still no parts from Mr Heli. Here's hoping by the weekend ...

Bad Ass CX2

Today, I had some really cool flight tests and I think I've got the trim down pat, just still getting use to the controls.

I tried to take it outside in my backyard, but it was too windy and it kept blowing the CX2 towards my house or off the grass, making it difficult to hover. The battery now needs charging as it started to feel sluggish and I'll looking forward to Sunday when Mojo comes around and we head out to the park.