mooserider
Active Member
Hey all, I made a new thread, as the old one is off topic now. I have learned a lot since then as well.
Now that I have rate and HH mode set up now in my Tx and understand them better, my problem is that I need way too much right rudder input to keep the thing flying straight. The tall blows out easily on pitch bumps. To demonstrate this, I made some videos earlier. Maybe someone can catch something that I've been missing.
Setup info: It's an old kit I got about 5 years ago. Standard setup following Tony's videos (+10). I setup the tail in rate mode, with the servo at 90 and giving some sub trim to make it perfect. Reset the rudder end points. Then tested in rate mode (before this video). It spins nose left. So I extend the linkage to give it more (nose) right input from the tail. I continue this until I have as much 'right' in the tail as you see in the videos, resting the end points each time on the 3gx. I also have some right rudder trim in the Tx too... as the linkages are getting short on thread.
Video 1 - showing tail, correction direction and the right rudder it needs by default: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lb2vcBRj-Y
Video 2 - during flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfcmxQNzjRQ
You can see the tail still needs constant correction. I switch to HH mid flight, and it helps a little, but not much. I also do some pitch bumps to show the tail blow out, but it's quick, as the camera (my phone) is stationary. Sorry for the length, I didn't have editing software.
Now that I have rate and HH mode set up now in my Tx and understand them better, my problem is that I need way too much right rudder input to keep the thing flying straight. The tall blows out easily on pitch bumps. To demonstrate this, I made some videos earlier. Maybe someone can catch something that I've been missing.
Setup info: It's an old kit I got about 5 years ago. Standard setup following Tony's videos (+10). I setup the tail in rate mode, with the servo at 90 and giving some sub trim to make it perfect. Reset the rudder end points. Then tested in rate mode (before this video). It spins nose left. So I extend the linkage to give it more (nose) right input from the tail. I continue this until I have as much 'right' in the tail as you see in the videos, resting the end points each time on the 3gx. I also have some right rudder trim in the Tx too... as the linkages are getting short on thread.
Video 1 - showing tail, correction direction and the right rudder it needs by default: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lb2vcBRj-Y
Video 2 - during flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfcmxQNzjRQ
You can see the tail still needs constant correction. I switch to HH mid flight, and it helps a little, but not much. I also do some pitch bumps to show the tail blow out, but it's quick, as the camera (my phone) is stationary. Sorry for the length, I didn't have editing software.