Syma X5C-1 Landing

[suleymanyaman]

Hi!

I'm a newbie and bought Syma X5C-1 last week. I first tried it two days ago. In general, I liked it but the problem is I have a difficulty in landing it with throttle stick. When I try to land it, it lands very hard (falls in a way). There is no problem with lifting it up.

I think this problem stems from the nature of the throttle stick, its being loose. I know this hobby requires time and practice, but I think I need some advice about it. How can I get a smooth landing? Sometimes it makes me think that there's a problem with transmitter, which I hope not.

 

[Jackson]

requires time and practice,

Yup.

FWIW I never even tried to land when I started out, I was always crashing. Many of my first toys seemed oh so throttle twitchy (new pilots tend to overreact). Note you are using your hand muscles in new ways, just takes a while to get that fine motor control down.

 

[T.C.]

Just stick with cheap quads until you get lots of practice. I used to try to land mine and drop them 6 foot distances. Those syma quads are light so they rarely do much damage when they drop. Just keep working on going up and re landing.

 

[ArmyVet]

This is from the RC plane arena. But I think it applies to quads.
Anyway, cant hurt to read.

http://www.rcflightschool.com/TransmitterHandling.pdf


When I got my first quad years ago, I never had a problem landing. I was an old RC guy.
I did crash a lot hahaha
Have fun.

 

[mozquito1]

Muscle memory.
You'll get used to it.

 

[Rick M]

What they said. Also, remember that once you get very close to the ground you're flying in your own prop wash, so the last 1-2' don't mess around, lower it on down to the ground. Practice landings on grass, obviously. Persevere and you will get it.