Blade mCPX mCP X - Setup and First Flight - Beginner's Guide Part 2

Blade mCPX mCP X - Setup and First Flight - Beginner's Guide Part 2

[@FarmerFpv]

I'm by no means a beginner when it comes to heli's.. but its nice to see guys like you devoting your time to help beginners and its seems like you love doing it to.. Subscribed Best regards :) Farmer Farner

[@chrisn365]

I can fly 120 sr just fine, I decided to purchase the blade mcpx shown on your video. I can seem to get anywhere at all with it. I can hover it, but the smallest correction it goes wild. Most everyone on KZbin makes this look much more of a calmer helo

[@jgoudeau207]

Support Blade products!They keep us in the air;)

[@Chio_OB]

Excellent video, informative, concise, thanks for a great review!

[@chrisn365]

Thank you for the advice , im definitely going to look into that. Thank you

[@jcattera]

If you have the DX8, you can get the mCP X setup file in the Spektrum community under updates. You can then import it into your DX8. If I remember correctly, the D/R & Expo are set at 70% & 30%. My friend's mCP X flies very stable after downloading this file onto his DX8. When he flew it with the stock transmitter, it was all over the place lol! And he crashed it several times. With that said, it's a night and day difference when you bind it to the DX8 compared to the stock transmitter. Peace.

[@shotgunn069]

I bought one this afternoon (RTF) During preflight testing i noticed that if i idled it up to about half throttle and tried to yaw left (while holding it) the rotor head would just stick there after i returned the stick to neutral position then if i yawed hard to the right it would respond 1-2 seconds late rand stick in that position. I finally used up that battery, so i let the motor cool down while i looked for an explanation.

[@saskatchewancoyote5338]

Great video man!!! Really good detail and well done!!

[@tylermarion7371]

nice vid dood, and that's quite a collection of helis you got there. :D

[@audiotruyentonghop]

WOW THAT ROCKED!

[@fridgewater3]

cheers for vid really clear liked you approach

[@tienck]

Super job!

[@youtwoba]

Good vid! Did you or have you experienced any wobble and shaking of the heli. I just got one and it does this, not consistently, but sometimes, and the feathering shaft has been replaced already on mine too since it exploded on spool up. Horizon is sending me a new one too.

[@carr869]

I have one of the 9958's it's also a very fun heli to fly. Beware, it's Fast. You can set it to low ratemby pressing themleftmstick down after you turn it on.

[@HunterLaag]

Keep them comming :D

[@Scientist12345678910]

@christosioannides Idle up is when your rotor head speed is constant and the only thing that changes is your pitch as you move your throttle/pitch stick. You must use when doing anything upside down including flips.

[@Etkini]

@chrisn365 Are you using the stock DX4E transmitter? If you're just learning, it's almost imperative you use a good, programmable computerized radio, such as a DX6i so you can set up soft settings. You can find them new for about $160, and used for $100-130. They're definitely worth their price and weight 10x over.

[@jaws99099]

The music reminds me of the movie "a never ending story" for some reason. Good video! Do you have anything on how to use a collective pitch heli. Newb stuff for the controller? I own a mcx and msr.

[@jay1645able]

That was a pretty sick vid :) I subbed!!!!!

[@julianBraga]

@ROBLAG2 Thanks to ROBLAG2 for received information. Very helpful! Now of course if I'd read the instructions properly in the first place ;-) I'd like to add here that I am now doing ok with the MCP X GREAT machine with a BIG attitude when flying; don' be fooled by the small size of it. I manage a short hover lasting about 10 secs before I run out of space and fine control. IF you need to rebind the heli for some reason, follow the EXACT steps in the manual. Wont bind if not done right.

[@SgtGarand]

@fortgreene31 Honestly, if all you have experience on is the mcx2 and want to move to a single rotor, I'd recommend stepping up to the msr or 120 sr. Collective pitch and flybar-less is a huge step from coaxial, and this little bird is fast and can get away from you quickly if you aren't careful. My .02

[@Grrrrrene]

Thank you for your videos. You say the mCP X is not a beginners heli, do you mean that for someone without any heli flying experience, because I'm looking for something indoorsy to replace my coaxial heli. If this is too agile for collective pitch beginners, than what should a CP novice like myself buy?

[@squizzygolddogtaylor7463]

Hi I would very much appreciate your help in choosing a heli, my wife surprised me by buyi a great heli for my b/day she ask the guy at the store what he would recommend for me, I've flown twin blade a single fixed pitched before, he sold her a blade Mcpx micro 3D heli and I guess it would be a good heli but I found it to be too small to see in the air and found it hard to tell which way it was facing and was just to advanced for my skill level. I'm after something more around the size of a 400 and more around the beginner to intermediate skill range to fly outside and that I can grow into so to say but also will be pretty stable to fly. Cheers and thanks for your time and help. Brett

[@ranoldoe]

@meairman0386 I bought a blade sr as my first heli, and it wasn't at all as I had thought, I crashed in about 3 sec, lots of damage lmao, 3 months later I can fly noproblem, just doing sport flying, no 3d yet. I did have a 3-ch s107, but that seems more like a toy.

[@thiskid86]

page 5 in the manual says to charge your 200 mAh battery at 0.7 amps.

[@bassax7045]

not even bert kammerer had this much luck ,,so i wonder how many mild crashes you edited out ;-) liked your movie a lot though : )

[@yamaha4759]

@Grrrrrene i would suggest u get the 9958 fix pitch. a lot cheaper than this.. it's a 4 channel...

[@sonykroket]

I've had the mCPx for 1 week now and i'm getting a bit annoyed with it. My tailservo almost burned on day 1, i took off the battery before it got too hot. Second, it vibrates alot but that maybe due to the servo almost getting fried. Third, the servo's are not functioning properly after a while, the right one is stuck sometimes and the tail and right-one bounce up and down. I hardly crashed it but the controls become unstable due to the servo-issues. They need cleaning after a few days?

[@julianBraga]

Unboxed my RTF mCP X today; followed all the instructions and as soon as the heli picked up the stock Dx4 Tx it shifted right on into sever negative blad pitch. Now, I'm sure it's not supposed to do that. Right? I did a rebind to the Dx4 butno change to the pitch-settings. Frustrating thing is that it arrived in the box with neutral pitch!! What's happening here? Any answers, CrazyHeliDude?

[@andrewparker500]

Can the USB charger charge multiple batteries at the same time?

[@mickys514]

Please someone help :/ mine has had a couple of knocks and its still flys fine, apart from the fact that it shakes quite violently when at certain throttle level. It's gear hasnt dropped because I've had that problem where the gear ricochet's off the bearings when the rotor lifts. I figured that problem out. I think the feathering is ok but I'm not too knowledgable tbh. Any help would be most appreciated. Ty

[@shotgunn069]

@CrazyHeliDude No i dont. I did try rebinding, still the same. Horizon wants to have a look, they told me they will probably send me a new one. I'm thinking its time to upgrade to a better radio, i do like the Blade SR radio. I only wish i could bind them all to that radio..I could wait for the new 450 coming soon i hear, as it has a DX 6i included. I'm not all that confident with the SR just yet..and the DX7 is a better radio. I think i just made my decision!

[@jcattera]

@youtwoba - the tail wobbles (in a stepping motion) in the beginning of the flight and then it seems to go away.

[@shotgunn069]

found nothing, put the other battery in and started to test it again at about half throttle,10 seconds later a blade came off an hit me across my glasses. I did check to see if there was play in the grips, as i have heard there is a problem with them coming apart. I have not had any real big problems with Blade products, as i do own/fly mx, cx2, msr, sr120, SR, and now the mCPX and will continue to do so. But i'm stumped about this sticking in position issue, faulty gyro or mixer?

[@metheblob]

would u recommend this or blade 120sr for fun?

[@julianBraga]

@CrazyHeliDude I noticed that too. Mine flies well though, with the battery in fully home. Am I wrong?

[@silverbk911]

yay!! thanks?

[@RonCrowell]

call me dumb but after binding my dx6i with the mcp x"using the manual" it still wouldn't fly,then watching you say the throttle trim needs to be all the way down it now fly's.but squirrel y.could use advise on learning to control this heli.a video on dx6i settings would be great.and i been flying my msr,120sr for a while,just cp jitters

[@shotgunn069]

@CrazyHeliDude the rtr version, stock radio

[@kingdakapu]

thanks for the video! there's a bit of a confusion about the battery installation. the manual says to push it all the way into the holder. im a bloody beginner and didn't fly yet, so i have no experience how the helicopter should be balanced. can anybody please help me with this?

[@mtbjr91]

I have a question so i own the mcpx and when I took it out of the box and went to fly it I noticed when giving it throttle at a mid power lvling it is shakey also it seems the gear off the main roger blazed that goes to the motor seems to have quite a bit of play up and Dow and seems like it is barly on the pinypn gear how do i fix that?

[@alpinestarrider1]

nicee! hey can this heli invert?? ty :)

[@shotgunn069]

The stock radio DX4e, do you think it is a radio issue?

[@iseldoff]

It's so funny because I know your right but the manual says to charge the 200 mAh at 0.7 amps

[@ZBrownskii]

sometimes when im alone i cover myself in vasoline and pretend im a slug

[@209cynical]

i just received my mcp x in the mail today and did my bind with my dx6i and i notice that the servos make a buzzing noise, now is that normal, because i hear it on yours in the video, let me know please..

[@ConnorTKing]

What is the name of the quad copter with the gopro on it in the background

[@rcplanefunguy1212]

Does a DX5e have enough channels of this helicopter?

[@jamiew48]

how do you link the mcpx from a computerised transmitter to an uncomputerised transmitter? could you do a video

[@STEVILDOER]

Why does the Manuel say to charge the batteries at .7 amps and you say to charge them at .3 amps. Just wondering who is right.

[@Elios0000]

manual states .7 amps i have tested it up to 1amp works fine at 1amp

[@jamesm568]

according to the book you can charge at 0.7amps

[@CrazyHeliDude]

You can, your battery just won't last as long. As a rule, the slower you charge any battery (within reason) the longer it will last. But batteries for the MCPX might be considered cheap enough that replacing them sooner is an acceptable trade-off for faster charging.

[@jamesm568]

Sometimes I charge it at .1 when I'm not in a hurry and other times I charge it at .7.

[@usernamelane1986]

u hold right while binding a computer transmitter, u hold left when useing a non computerized

[@MonarchGuy974]

Why does the manual say to charge 200mah at (0.7)? What about hyperion 240mah?

[@NewajAhmed1]

can I use dx4 transmitter on mcpx bl ?

[@blowmeracing]

how many times did you actually crash it and covered it up with film slicing...lol

[@jimbobber56]

This dude is BORING and repetitive, but he knows his stuff.

[@usernamelane1986]

why have throttle trim all the way down?

[@marcbulva3876]

Ok I can see u can fly it all I've been flying a 4ch fp heli and want to step into 6ch is this the heli for someone who knows NOTHING about neg . Pitch Throttle curves and so on . Basicly I'm clueless about6ch please help I want to flip twist and do sick things w helis. Badly also no local hobbie shop at home And I work out on the road living in motel rooms 8weeks per state im in planing. On:-doing lots. Of indoor learning and crashing will it hold up and not break every time I oops. Help

[@absofbeer2007]

I charged both batteries at the .7 milliamps like the manual does say.. Probably won't be doing that again..

[@shotgunn069]

RTR stock radio, DX4e

[@4thGloryMonday]

So why does the instructions say charge @ .7 that goes against everything I've learned about li po

[@christosioannides]

can somebody please tell me what idle up mode is???

[@chrisn365]

My mcpx at full throttle will not leave the ground, now what?

[@shotgunn069]

@CrazyHeliDude RTR stock radio DX4e

[@Elios0000]

@rotorspeedmax ok so youll get 120 cycles and ill get 100 meh at 10 bucks or less who cares not like my 6S packs that cost 100 bucks a pack

[@shotgunn069]

sorry for all the responses, it did not look like my posts were being posted. Please delete

[@ZBrownskii]

its a deal

[@mickys514]

@crazyhelidude

[@chrisn365]

Worst helo made, even took mine back to the shop I bought it from and they couldn't tell me why it only gets 2 ft off the floor. I refuse to upgrade controls, fly ready my ass

[@HunterLaag]

Keep them comming :D

[@shotgunn069]

@CrazyHeliDude rtr stock radio DX4e