Spirit FBL Rescue question

[theonlygk]

Hi

I've setup an Oxy 2 on a micro spirit fbl controller.

It fly's really nice but whenever I've tested the rescue it climbs off at an angle and not straight up.

Really this isn't a problem but I'm struggling to get over it as I want to sort it.

Does anyone have any advice?

Does the gyro calibrate this every time I plug the battery in? OR can I calibrate this in the menu system and place shims under the skids to correct?

[trillian]

So far I have only flown one Spirit and tested the rescue on a few occasions in which it always stayed level. There is no calibration for the rescue (that I am aware of), so it depends on everything else being setup properly. One possibility could be that it could get 'confused' by vibrations.

[Grumpy]

Vibrations is the only reason why rescue might not go straight up

[kenny d]

When you first connect the battery , the Heli must be level ,

[theonlygk]

Thanks I'll check for vibrations and maybe re mount the controller.

Its strange as the heli fly's alright otherwise, but I checked through the software and couldn't find anywhere to calibrate it so thought I'd ask just in case I've missed it.

Thanks for the reply's

[Grumpy]

When you first connect the battery , the Heli must be level ,

Actually it doesn't have to be exactly level. If it''s tilted a bit (even quite a lot) it makes no difference. Many helis have a significant nose down tilt anyway due to their raked skid design, this also doesn't effect the self leveling or rescue.

The FBL takes it's 'level reference' from the direction of gravitational force, which of course is always straight down regardless of the position of the heli itself. The key thing is you don't disturb the heli during initialisation.