Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This morning is absolutely flat calm, so grabbed a quick video of the 180 CFX to show the tail twitch, maybe just luck but this seemed to twitch a lot more than I noticed flying before, maybe as it was flat calm and I was just trying to hover in one spot it was more noticable, when I'm flying around I'd say I only noticed a couple of twitches a flight.
Last segment I am doing a slow piro and you can still see a couple of twitches as it rotates, so not affected by rotation.
This isn't a huge deal, and I suspect something Blade will improve in the firmware update (also saving servo positions properly and allowing advanced menu with 6ch radio's), the Align 3G FBL unit had a very similar twitch, which I believe was a sensor/hardware issue, so couldn't be fixed but Align dramatically altered the gain scale in firmware update which made it much less noticable, so am sure Blade can do the same with this.
UPDATE: Blade have released v1.53 firmware which fixes the tail twitch and other issues (not saving settings in advanced menu), you will need to buy the SPMA3065 USB cable to do this, for info on how to install see helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=667014
This morning is absolutely flat calm, so grabbed a quick video of the 180 CFX to show the tail twitch, maybe just luck but this seemed to twitch a lot more than I noticed flying before, maybe as it was flat calm and I was just trying to hover in one spot it was more noticable, when I'm flying around I'd say I only noticed a couple of twitches a flight.
Last segment I am doing a slow piro and you can still see a couple of twitches as it rotates, so not affected by rotation.
This isn't a huge deal, and I suspect something Blade will improve in the firmware update (also saving servo positions properly and allowing advanced menu with 6ch radio's), the Align 3G FBL unit had a very similar twitch, which I believe was a sensor/hardware issue, so couldn't be fixed but Align dramatically altered the gain scale in firmware update which made it much less noticable, so am sure Blade can do the same with this.
UPDATE: Blade have released v1.53 firmware which fixes the tail twitch and other issues (not saving settings in advanced menu), you will need to buy the SPMA3065 USB cable to do this, for info on how to install see helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=667014
