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I'm not sure about 'thinking more clearly'.. More like 'made that mistake previously':wink:

D.O.G. That's a 'narrow band' 760us tail servo.. yes? That being the case then KST are correct. It will only work when connected to the tail output of a gyro or FBL controller that supports 760us narrow band servos (and when the gyro/FBL is correctly set to 760us). All modern FBL controllers...

Yes, sorry, I had in mind 'formal' competitions where there are people watching and scoring the flight in real time when I said 'excluded'. For a video contest like Tony's if you got into trouble and had to use rescue you would just scratch that attempt and have another go... No one need ever know;)

PS.. Yes 'rescue' capability is allowed but you would be excluded from competition or fail a proficiency test if you actually had to activate it.

You would be surprised. I don't fly anything with GPS but I've seen first hand a guy at the field program his quad using his smart phone. He basically pulled up a 'Google Maps' type interface on the phone and using the touch screen on the map image he selected the various way points around the...

Phil, That's right, as far as i know no competitions allow stabilisation systems. Also all the flying proficiency tests run by the likes of the AMA in the US and the BMFA here in the UK prohibit their use. I guess it's potentially a controversial subject. With some of today's programmable...

Super stable flying Phil, it looks to be dialed in really well. Have you got the new ESC yet? Is that using one of the Spirit's 'stabilisation' flight modes? If so then when it comes to an actual contest entry you would have to disable stabilisation:rules:. Of course for unofficial flights...

Yep, lots of people conclude that their 3GX is 'dead' because it acts like it's dead until you bind it to a receiver. The 3GX can work ok once you get to grips with it but you would probably save yourself a lot of hassle if you grabbed yourself a cheap 'Kbar' FBL controller. the Kbar is a...

ages since I run glow/nitro engines but from back in the day a couple of things that will hole a piston: Running a glow plug grade that's too hot. Running high nitro fuel without also putting in a thicker head gasket to reduce compression (and probably a cooler plug grade) So I'd be checking...

Thanks Rodney. You were right about the weather, it started raining moments after i landed and i had to pack up quick sharp. The 770 is a really nice heli, it's quite light (a good bit lighter than the Agile 7.2) and the big blades make it very 'floaty' and it flies really well at lower...

I'm sure you will be fine, 2.4GHz systems are pretty much immune to interference at the frequencies generated by an ESC. In any case I see you have a remote satellite receiver located well away from the ESC at the rear of the heli, so you are covered either way. Of course it's always good...

The weather was bad this weekend. Lots of showers made it difficult to fly at all but I did get three flights on my Goblin 770 to test out it's new Hobbywing 160A HV V4 ESC (ESC performed great). Here's one of the flights, nothing exciting as far as the flying goes though I have tried to make...

Nice flying. I'd be worried about the proximity of those trees. Trees have a magnetic attraction for anything RC controlled.

Personally I found v4 to be fine, it never gave me any real issues once I got my head around how to set the thing up, and V5 was also ok for smaller helis but needed the gain pots turning all the way up. If you are using a 'normal mode' linear throttle curve (0,50,100%) then that will give you...

obinaija, Sounds like you are having a lot of fun with your helis. For the price the V911 is hard to beat, but for outdoor flying it's a bit limited because they don't like wind. The Trex 500 you mentioned is a good heli but a huge step up in all ways from a V911, not only in cost. Flying a...

The swash stays tilted because the heli is on the ground and because it's sitting on the ground it cant respond to input as the gyros expect it to. The answer is to get the heli in the air where it is free to respond to input. BTW, probably not related but what throttle and pitch curves are...

The wobble on descent is normal on multirotors. The explanations I've heard are that it's caused by the rotor descending through it's own prop wash and/or blades stalling.. In any case on the multis I've flown (not that many to be honest) the only way to avoid it is to descend very slowly or...

Phil, The tail does 'rob' some power from the main rotor but the effect is relatively minor and wouldn't explain the heli drifting sideways. What does explain sideways drift is that when you add 'rudder' it increases or decreases the pitch of the tail and so increases or decreases the sideways...

I used 3GX when I first started with helis. They are not easy to setup and the software is not at all helpful, but in most cases once you get to know them they perform ok, not great but ok. I had most luck with V4.0 software, I had my helis flying pretty well on V4 with no real issues. V5.0 was...

Phil, It would be interesting to see what the problem is when you do a piro. Some correction when pirouetting is normal. I know that the pros make it look like the heli just spins perfectly on the axis of the mainshaft, but rarely is it that easy. You have to make small cyclic corrections as...