General Cyclic pitch rates
- Thread starter bweber
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Lee
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Depending on your radio.
You need to find the menu for Dual Rates and Expo.
For a beginner you can start with 70% DR and 30% Expo
This will give you 70% of the maximum amour of travel, and the Expo will dampen down movements close to centre stick (for those with twitchy fingers)
The Sport/3D you leave DR at 100% and expo will be down to you and how you like it to feel. I have 0% expo on my helis.
You need to find the menu for Dual Rates and Expo.
For a beginner you can start with 70% DR and 30% Expo
This will give you 70% of the maximum amour of travel, and the Expo will dampen down movements close to centre stick (for those with twitchy fingers)
The Sport/3D you leave DR at 100% and expo will be down to you and how you like it to feel. I have 0% expo on my helis.
cml001
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If you are using a FBL gyro.. AR7200BX, iKon, etc.. There are presets that help as well.. Beginner, sport, 3d.. Start with the lowest setting(beginner) and work your way up to your liking in addition to the transmitter dual/expo. If your heli has a flybar.. Then the dual/expo is about all you've got to tame the heli. It'll be a matter of preference.. Lee's comment is spot on.. I personally have always keep my dual rates at 100%... I want full travel, but I still use expo.. Slowing the rate to which I reach full travel. Each bird is a bit different but I like between 10-20% cyclic & 5-10% for the tail.. As Lee said it helps with twitchy or over zealous inputs.
looking more for an angle then a percentage. like for 3D flight you want say 10 degrees of pitch on your swash plate hypothetically specking. I don't know what it should be, that is why im asking. so if i want 10 degrees and im getting 12 then you can dial it back with your dual rate and expo settings.
