Icehunter
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Quite a few years back I picked up a Blade 400 with DX6i. I swapped out the servos to HS65MG as well as the tail to Hi-tec and a 401. So now pulling it out and playing with it again..I hit a snag. I releveled the swash plate,arms all line up,flybar cage is lined up,I am hitting +10 and -10 with a pitch gauge. Now trying to remember how to get the cyclic set correctly at 6 degrees. I watched a video online but it was made in the UK and the fella had his elev and ail switched on his radio and it totally screwed me up. So with my setup I did this....a linear line on throttle and pitch settings..0-25-50-75-100. The DR/expo was all set at 100/INH. Throttle hold on,radio in IU1. Throttle set at midstick.
I took the heli and faced it head on. Took a main blade and ran it also head on to me so that the other blade was over the tail boom. I locked the flybar to the table with a home made riggen all nice and horizontal. Then I put my pitch gauge on the front blade and it read about 2 degrees. I went in the swash mix menu and adjusted elevator numbers in there till it was a 6 degrees positive. I made sure that the right stick was full ahead while I did this. Then I did the same with the ail stick. Full stick ( I think it was left,but been a few days now) Pitch was low on it so adjusted the swash mix number again till I had 6 degrees.
Does this sound right? I have forgot everything I learned years back and trying to get my brain back in motion with all this again. Once I get one heli set proper I can attack the other 3 I have sitting here also. Even a link to a good clear video would help me out.
So in short terms....HELP !!!
I took the heli and faced it head on. Took a main blade and ran it also head on to me so that the other blade was over the tail boom. I locked the flybar to the table with a home made riggen all nice and horizontal. Then I put my pitch gauge on the front blade and it read about 2 degrees. I went in the swash mix menu and adjusted elevator numbers in there till it was a 6 degrees positive. I made sure that the right stick was full ahead while I did this. Then I did the same with the ail stick. Full stick ( I think it was left,but been a few days now) Pitch was low on it so adjusted the swash mix number again till I had 6 degrees.
Does this sound right? I have forgot everything I learned years back and trying to get my brain back in motion with all this again. Once I get one heli set proper I can attack the other 3 I have sitting here also. Even a link to a good clear video would help me out.
So in short terms....HELP !!!