My Blade 450 3D has the stock E-flite G210 gyro. Recently I've been having a counter clock wise drift. Belt tension is good and tail blades are proper. I've been upping the gain in 0.5% steps (now at 79.5%) without any noticable effect. I'm considering replacing the gyro and would like a suggestion or two as to what brand and model to use. I'm strictly a novice sport flier and don't want to have to sell the farm for a better gyro.
450 Gyro Upgrade
- Thread starter RMB677
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Installing the Align 790 gyro today using the instructions for a 780. I see that under the mode they say to set the mode to the mini/micro setting for class 250/450 helis or to medium/large for 500 up. I'm installing onto a Blade 450 w/ flybar and am wondering if the mode setting really makes any difference.
Thanks Lee. I set it for the small heli. I tested this afternoon and, other than reversing the gyro, it went well. Held a solid direction in hover even with a bit of wind. Too bad there isn't a device that will maintain altitude with the wind. I think I read that they have that feature on some high end proto helis ( a multimillion dollar computer).
Ken Jackson
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Delay is if you're running a slow tail servo. It makes the controller, essentially, wait a little bit longer than normal to see if the control changes it makes have an effect. Without delay on slow servos the controller will tend to overshoot and have to make corrections back and forth until it settles into a steady state. It will have the appearance of the gain being set too high, except instead of a rapid or "jittery" wag that doesn't end, you'll get a wide wag and then a narrowing set of smaller wags as it settles to a new steady state.