just roll the shaft on your glass table .. can see the wobble much easier
99.99% bent liau your main shaft .. tail boom oso koyak worr .. hehehe

that is just your 1st reminder to whack the SIM kow kow
and the BCP is not an ez heli to learn due to many inherent shortcomings

No sim at this moment mah ... and too itchy until I cant behave ..... hehhehe ... nvm ... usually first time is a bit painful lah .....
Now I learnt to control myself first

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Added on March 14, 2010, 9:10 amThere's no sign of bend of my main shaft ......... dismantle those part and manage to take the shaft out ..... it looks pretty straight with eye inspection lah.

Probably i think it is survive because the blade is the wooden one

This post has been edited by daddoo: Mar 14 2010, 09:10 AM

After you figure everything out.... you can try to mod the belt cp to direct linkage... Try google some info out...
Megastation have the parts required for the mod..

Ohhh, direct linkage to those 3 servo for better cyclic response?

Found a few videos and I can see that their swashplate movement is better with the mod .... heheh, slowly slowly and maybe do this later when I can hover

Wow... great that your main shaft survive.... don't care if the blade is wood, CF, FG, Plastic... there will still be bending shaft because of the force...
Just like water... if you travel fast enough, it'll become just like concrete..

Yes, although the main shaft is not very expensive but at least it is save some $$$ for me ..... estimated that this round I need to spend RM60.00 to replace blade (still wooden, don't want CF first), tail boom and main gear. Now worry already because not yet able to lift up 60 bucks gone ....

Tail boom can bend it back to straight but with 2 shallow dents, so i guess just keep it as spare part although it looks usable.

Don't worry.. crashing is the key to success..... As long as you learned something from it... Just like paying tuition fee lo...

Fortunately the BCP spare part is not hard to get locally. But don't know why, some of the parts are out of stock for a month plus, when I called and ask the shop worker they all also don't know when the stock will arrive. Curious to know if it is because of the chinese new year holiday in China .....

But for 4G6 parts I think have to go for OHS already.

Then just import yourself then if the price is not much difference...
PS: EMS Shipping from HK is about USD25 (min).... Did you called up Megastation? Last time they got various of BCP parts, but after upgrade the wesite those was taken off...
Try, Hobbysportz~

Ohhhhh, megastation has a lot of BCP parts? Then I shall call them up. I did not call them because I cant find anything about the BCP so I thought they don't have that.
Hehe, hobbysportz will be my last choice because if you compare with others ah, you will find out that you should go for other shops first .....

Got your BCP parts and sim cable??

not yet .... still looking for the parts from various LHS. Called megastation yesterday but no one pick up the call, email also not replied yet at the moment.

found a "ahem" sim+cable package so hopefully that can use with the Tx ...... did you use your sim with Esky Tx before?

hehehhe, my progress is a bit slow cos I am old already ....... maybe 2 months later i still cannot hover my BCPV2

This post has been edited by daddoo: Mar 16 2010, 12:52 PM

Most of the sim cable will come with various adaptor for your TX...
ESKY should be using the connector like P/S2 connector for keyboard..
For me... JR don't have to use any adaptor as it uses the mono audio jack...

Maybe you should ask the seller if the package comes with adaptor for various TX or at least ESKY...

put in more practice and SIM time .. should be able to hover within 2 weeks or so la .. huahahahaaa
BCP parts hard to get coz most ppl have already moved on from BCP .. and now got v2 sommo ..
most shops usually stock ALIGN parts nowadays coz thats the most popular brand for now

hehe..i got BCP V2 also. it is my 1st Heli. Now sitting diam2 inside the carrying case. no time to fly.
btw, what kind of mod did you do to your tx?

Just the BCPV2 already make me going to bankrupt .... Not sure what's the price for Align parts so not dare to touch the branded thing first. Wait until I master this hobby then only consider that loh, I was making the wrong decision because in the beginning I was thinking of getting Trex 250 or 450. Only after i crashed my BCPV2 then I realize the cost of repair not cheap also. But still ok lah, I manage to find most of the BCPV2 parts from LHS and order a lot for this shot. It should be able to repair a few crashes without ordering new parts.

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Added on March 16, 2010, 8:39 pmHehehe, BCPV2 consider quite affordable for entry level people. Did you crash your BCPV2 before ar? Where do you order/purchase spare parts?

When my BCPV2 arrived, it comes with mode 1 Tx so I mod the Tx to mode 2 ........

This post has been edited by daddoo: Mar 16 2010, 08:39 PM

haha..i crashed 3 times already. i sent my heli for repair at GRAFFITI HOBBY R/C CENTER, 6th Floor, BTS. dont have tools to repair and i stil very noob in this hobby. where do you fly?

1st thing ... a PROPERLY SETUP heli is much much easier to learn and fly
2nd thing .. a stock BCP has alot of inherent weakness (just ask those who owned BCP b4) so it hampers your learning curve quite significantly
3rd thing .. if u think u will be in this hobby for a long run .. then it is wise to invest in a "good" radio which really helps in controlling the heli

i am not "ketuking" u guys who says budget budget thing ... if u insist on starting on a BCP then so be it
but it will be a very very hard long road .. the end results will prolly be more expensive than starting with a "good" radio and a "better" heli .. hehehe

If you just replace the parts I think you don't need special tools, find some videos on youtube related to this BCPV2 and it will give a lot of information including taking the parts away and some setup tips ....... I have successfully dismantling the parts and now waiting for parts arrival to restore back ... it is easy and simple. I am now learning to setup and tune the heli .....

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Added on March 16, 2010, 10:44 pmhehehe, you are experience so I know you are giving out your heart
hmmm ... as I said, I am now learning to setup the heli based on what is advised by nuttcaze, hopefully this will get my BCPV2 more stable. Just measure the length of my flybar at both side, guess what ...... they are not equally the same length
now still don't know I will in this hobby long run or not lah, still new and probably would give up 2 months later ........ my plan is to wait until I am good to do invert hovering, then only I will consider Align or other better heli/radio

This post has been edited by daddoo: Mar 16 2010, 10:49 PM

inverted hovering ??
err ... thats a very very long way to go .. good luck and happy training then
dont forget to whack sim kow kow .. hahahaha