Radio Control Fun

SkyDancer

I enjoy doing R/C Helicopters as a hobby. I started with the Blade MCX Micro Copter for indoor use. It's a blast to fly it in the house because my celings are 18 foot cathedral style.

I just recently stepped up to the Blade SR which I use for very light wind outdoors. Just starting to master the takeoff and hover with the Blade SR. I purchased the Phoenix R/C Flight Simulation software that allows hooking up a copter's handheld transmitter. I'd rather make my mistakes using the simulator before jumping fully into flying the Blade SR. I have as much fun flying the simulator on my laptop as I do flying the real thing.

I bought a flat 7-inch x 7-inch LED platform made for underlighting plants at night and revised it into a lighted heliport to practice indoor landings in the dark using the micro Blade MCX.

Attached are some pictures of the Blade MCX micro taking off and landing onto the little heliport platform I rigged up using the plant platform.

Image 1 - Just sitting on the heliport platform doing initial gearing and servo checks.
Image 2 - Starting the spin up.
Image 3 - Doing a control surface chackoff.
Image 4 - Forward rotation off the heliport platform.
Image 5 - Landing onto the heliport.

Just something to share with those who enjoy R/C stuff...

Attached Images

	Running the Check List.jpg (275.6 KB, 39 views)
	Starting Up.jpg (283.7 KB, 12 views)
	Run Up and Final Checks.jpg (285.7 KB, 15 views)
	Rotating Off Heliport Platform.jpg (281.1 KB, 21 views)
	Landing at Heliport Platform .jpg (315.8 KB, 29 views)