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Phil, Experimenting with the different rescue modes is interesting but in practice once you have decided which you prefer you only want one. Rescue by it's nature is something you need to activate in a panic situation, so the last thing you need is the confusion of having different options. For...

Bank switching is a really useful feature, you can use it for all sorts of things. My setup is pretty simple so my three banks are identical except for head gain. I found that I needed to reduce head gain when running lower RPM and the banks are the perfect way to do that. I just use my 3...

If it still charges and it's not puffed them probably it's ok

6.8V (3.4V per cell) is totally flat for a LiPo/LiIon. As already mentioned, did you re set the battery type in the settings to LiIon?

Thanks for this Phil. i was misunderstanding how the new channel assignment on Stabi function worked but it's clicked now. Basically as far as activation of stabi functions negative channel values on the channel travel range work like negative gain values, simple enough once it clicked. There...

Phil, I may have to eat my words, I think you are right, the channel assignment does appear to 'override' the gain setting. I'll read up some more, it's a feature I haven't used yet.

Phil, I think you may have one of those settings wrong: It's my understanding that this would in fact result in stabi being off. For Stabi to be activated you have to have a negative gyro % value. If the HH/Rate switch gives a positive gyro value then stabi is turned off regardless of what...

No, I don't think so. For Stability to be active you need to have a negative gain signal. The negative gain acts as a 'switch' to activate whatever stabi function you have selected. As I understand it this is true even when you have a channel assigned to switch stabi function. If you have...

The Spirit web site has a page detailing the complete gyro and stabilisation function setup options: Stabi mode - Spirit System Manual So as i've said previously, negative gyro gain activates rate mode UNLESS you have a stabi function active (e.g. stability or rescue), in which case negative...

You wouldnt even notice a difference if they were set to 333Hz, 200 times a second is still very high frequency. According to Mikado who invented the FBL controller there is nothing to be gained from higher frequency, I cant say if that's 100% accurate but for sure if it does make any...

The Charson and the Turnigy Reaktor are the same charger with different colour schemes, they both have the balance ports on the side, as does the original iCharger from which they are copied. Just buy whichever is cheapest because all but price is identical. You should never pull on the balance...

There is an easy fix for the noisy fan. You need to open the charger up and remove the fan. There is a sticker covering the hub of the fan, peel the sticker back to expose the bushing and put a small drop of oil on the bush (I used Scorpion bearing oil) making sure not to get the oil on the...

It's only a misnomer in the context of the collective pitch curve. On cyclic and rudder 'exponential' really does give an exponential shaped curve. In the pitch curve on the other hand the shape of the curve is defined by where you place the points. All the 'expo' function does in this case is...

Here are a few screen shots off my iPhone browser showing the Spirit wifi setup interfaced

PS.. the other way to switch between rescue and stabilisation is using the ability that was added at one of the last firmware updates, that is to allocate a channel that actually directly changes the Stabi function. That setting is buried away in the 'Function' list of the channel assignment...

Phil, the simple way to have a switch that activates rescue (with stabilty active when rescue is off) is to use the bank switching function. Just set one bank to rescue and the other bank to stabilisation then have a switch assigned to the channel that switches between banks. That channel is...

Are you in heading hold mode?.. heading hold should lock the tail pretty much solid. NEVER use trims on the rudder, if you have any trim set then put it back to centre. If the tail is still wandering when in heading hold mode them most likely you have the mechanical adjustment way out and/or...

That's correct.

No Phil, no mobile network is required. It works through the local WiFi network that the WiFi dongle creates with your phone, it will work equally well on pads or laptops that have no mobile phone network connectivity, or in areas out of range of a mobile signal. WiFi doesnt require a mobile...

Phil, if you have stability activated then you be in heading hold, just as you suspect. This is no 'quirk' like I said, negative value on gain activates only one feature, so if stability in on rate is off. There is probably a way to have both on if you go deeper into the settings but I don't...