This is my new bird, the EF Cypher 3D.
This is how she should look when built. According to the manufacturer "The Cypher 3D is ultra-quick to complete as it comes 95% factory assembled and almost ready to fly."
Almost ready to fly? You'd think that might mean you simply have to put in the battery and attach the rotor blades. Not so. The heli basically lacks all of the electronics and there's a lot. The airframe is built - which was nice of them - leaving me to set up and install 4 servos, a gyro, the receiver, the ESC, rewire the battery and set the pitch of the rotors. That's the heli sorted. Then I've got to set up and calibrate my 6 channel transmitter, program my pitch curves and trim the heli. Then I've got to learn to fly the fucker.
I don't know which part of this is scaring me the most.
This is the current state of play.
The heli is an unassembled tangled mess of wires surrounded by tiny electronic components, glues, batteries, connectors, chargers, instruction manuals and intricate new tools. My wife wants the dining room table back and the pressure is on.
First flight is scheduled for Sunday 8th March 2009.
T minus 16 days....
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