Now assemble the canopy, decal the model, do a final check of all components, and it s finished ready for flight. While the manual could use a few more written notes, the exploded illustrations and full-size drawings of the small parts for each assembly step do help make assembly easy. Flight performance is outstanding, as it should be, considering what its big brother is. All in all, a very nice helicopter that will give many years of service. Addresses are listed alphabetically in the Index of Manufacturers in the magazine.
Heavy paddles equal slower cyclic response, while lighter paddles have the opposite effect.
I set up the heli using the figures given in the manual because most modelers would use these as starting points. I also used full symmetrical fiberglass main rotor blades for aerobatic performance. First lift-off was quite a surprise. There were no shakes or vibrations anywhere on the heli. No trim changes were needed on the cyclic, and the tail-rotor trim was almost perfect.