Greetings all,
I bought a Twinn Rex Chinook quite some time ago, and have basically been working on the thing ever since.
The problem is the thing is the pitch is so touchy as far as wind goes.
Up and down, up and down, on and on.
Doesn't matter what headspeed I run or how much pitch I run, it's the same thing.
There is basically always around a 10-15mph wind here in my part of Ohio.
I'm guessing there is just too much rotor area for the weight of the heli.
After all, the real Chinooks were designed to be heavy-lift helicopters.
So it seems there are 2 potential fixes:
1 - Shorter main blades (currently running 325mm on 3 blade heads. I have invested a lot of time and money in these heads).
2 - Increase the weight as needed.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I bought a Twinn Rex Chinook quite some time ago, and have basically been working on the thing ever since.
The problem is the thing is the pitch is so touchy as far as wind goes.
Up and down, up and down, on and on.
Doesn't matter what headspeed I run or how much pitch I run, it's the same thing.
There is basically always around a 10-15mph wind here in my part of Ohio.
I'm guessing there is just too much rotor area for the weight of the heli.
After all, the real Chinooks were designed to be heavy-lift helicopters.
So it seems there are 2 potential fixes:
1 - Shorter main blades (currently running 325mm on 3 blade heads. I have invested a lot of time and money in these heads).
2 - Increase the weight as needed.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!