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I'm unclear what you mean by this?. When you go to step 8, what pitch angle is the gauge reading. Can it be adjust to 6 degrees using the slider in the software? in answer to the previous question.. Yes, use the inner ball position on the swash

Impossible to answer as it depends on many variables. However it best to start low (say 40%) and increase gradually to optimum value based on flight testing.

Covid has hit shipping from China. It’s only a few weeks since ‘non-essential’ commercial orders started to ship again, and even though shipping is happening now prices have gone up a lot. Expect increases in retail prices.

There is a multitude of different shafts for the Align 550/600 series according to all the various models and upgrades that have gone on over the years. many of these optional shafts are no longer available. Last time I did a custom build on one I bought a long shaft and cut it and drilled to...

I got myself an OMPHOBBY M2 Explore. I set it up on my new Radiomaster TX16S that I picked up for use on bind and fly models (highly recommend). This heli is AWESOME, I can’t say enough good things about it. Build quality is unlike anything else you can find in small BNF type helis, nothing...

The Spirit software is expecting to see 100% travel and the design of the stabilisation algorithms are based on that input. If the signal it receives is less than 100% the FBL wont work optimally. Truth is, in practical terms if it's only a few % it wont make any noticeable difference. but if...

That's right, shorter arm at servo will decrease pitch travel at the blade.. That's exactly what you want because at the moment even with travel at it's lowest setting in the software you are getting too much pitch (7.8 Deg as opposed to 6 Deg). So you need to mechanically reduce the travel...

It's not critical, but you can easily get it to 100% by increasing servo travel in the Tx servo setup screen.

1) 64 is just a value that has been picked as the minimum travel that would still keep the servo within acceptable operating travel. having to dial down the throw further would give unacceptable loss of resolution and torque output from the servo. 2) This i cant tell you but using a smaller...

You need to move the have the balls closer in on the servo. The FLB conversion needs different servo geometry compared to the flybar head.

that would point to something being wrong. When you move from step 7 (leveling the arms, swash and setting zero pitch). You must have the blade at zero pitch, pointing straight forward and the pitch gauge reading zero. Only progress to step 8 when you have it set up that way. As soon as you...

two things to try: Do a stick calibration on the Tx (read manual for how) If still showing a center error in the Spirit software you can use sub-trim in the Tx. (this is the one and only occasion you can use sub-trim in the Tx when setting up a FBL)

It should run just fine. That plane is designed for a 4S battery so that's fine. The standard ESC is only 40A, so you have plenty of headroom with your 60A ESC. The standard battery is only 2200mAh, so your bigger battery might be a tight fit and will be a bit heavier, but unlikely to be a 'show...

All sounds normal. The DX8 G2 doesnt have any charge indicator like the DX9 has. This is because the DX9 had it's charging circuit built into the Tx whereas the DX8 G2 has the charge circuit built into the battery module itself. The DC power supply plugs direct into the battery module so the Tx...

As a general rule an ESC either works or it doesnt. It would be unusual for an ESC fault to be intermittent like this. This is not to say it cant happen but it would be unusual. Check the low voltage cut before splashing out any cash. One more point.....Are you running governor mode or...

Could be the battery getting old and tired. If the voltage drops too low when under load (as can happen with a battery that's on it's way out) the ESC will slow the motor. Check the value that the low volt protection is set to. Try dropping it to 3.0V and see if that helps.

Welcome onboard. Do you have any details of the planes you have or are planning to get?

The flight control unit has connections for plugging in a Spektrum DSMX satellite or a micro SBus receiver (Futaba or FrSky). I dont think you could use a 3rd part FBL unit though, at least not without some home brewed modification. The stock FBL unit is very good, fully configurable on the new...

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