sk540 advice

[loopking]

im thinking of trying the sk540 , ive set up a sk720 for a friend and found the setup to be very easy and flys realy well with stock settings , ive had the aligns fl760 & the 3gx plus i had 2 cgy750s and am now flying a vbar and out of these i liked the feel of the cgy the best, am finding the vbar to have a robotic feel to it which i dont like but now have found a way to remove it so more testing needs to be done so if anyone is flying or had a sk540 id be interested in your views on this system before making my mind up , my flying is light 3d fast circuits,loops,rolls.ticktocks
manythanks

[tourerjim]

Ive read some good reports on the sk540 & almost got one then Align come out with v3 on there 3GX so im going to stay with 3GX for time being, but if I do give up on it" ill go for the sk540

[danch]

Re: sk540 advice

Have the SK540 on my goblin & just put one on my TDR, over the few flights I've done on the goblin it's felt locked in & really like it, I'm not up to tic toc's etc just yet but in general flight it feels nice

I'd love to try the new black edition with GPS add-on as it looks great

[loopking]

would you say the 540 has a more softer feel to it as the vbar i find to be very sensitive like flying a paddle heli with very light paddles on it

[danch]

would you say the 540 has a more softer feel to it as the vbar i find to be very sensitive like flying a paddle heli with very light paddles on it

I can't comment on it compared to the vbar as I have never owned one but mine felt locked in straight from the off apart from a slight wag I had on th tail due to too high a gain.

I have invested in the SK-LCD field programmer so I can fine tune at the field, this guide I found has some great pointers : Skookum SK540/720 Tuning Guide by Alvin Chai » RC Heli Nation

I also dialled in some expo on mine also to give that softer feel around mid stick.

HTH

Dan

[mc_clean_david]

I love the SK540! I have 1 x 720 and 2 x 540's now. I love the easy setup procedure and it flys excellent with stock gain settings etc. I personally have not flown a VBAR, but have flown 3G, 3GX, Beast X, CGY750 and the SK540 wins my vote.

A mate has flown VBAR and SK540 and he would say that his tail has blown out a few times on the VBAR!! But the 540 holds!

[loopking]

i had my tail blow out yestaday on my vbar doing a hard full climb out

[heathy]

It can be tuned to exactly what you want! I have 4 720's and 2 540's in service here. I use the same settings on all. Whats great is that you can set 2 banks for both cyclic and tail so tweaking is super easy. If you don't like what you've done just flick back to what you know!

[loopking]

ya i do like the sound of that seems like a good idear, ive just found with other systems there fine when flying sport when when you start pushing them thats when you find all the problems ive flown my mates 720 a couple of times and i will say i like the feel of it but ive never flown it hard as its not my machine, and he is only a light flyer( no 3d)

[sooren]

ya i do like the sound of that seems like a good idear, ive just found with other systems there fine when flying sport when when you start pushing them thats when you find all the problems ive flown my mates 720 a couple of times and i will say i like the feel of it but ive never flown it hard as its not my machine, and he is only a light flyer( no 3d)

What do you mean - a light fligher and no 3d - I will have you know I do flips!

[heathy]

Try it, and if you don't like it i will buy it off you at cost, can't say fairer than that, P.s only if you add a pic

[vanman]

Re: sk540 advice

Ive been running the 540 now for around 300 flights and it has IMO a very naturel feel i recently got a Sl v bar both are great units.the v bar i find piros more level But i always find myself reaching for the skookum . But time will tell when i get the v bar tuned to.how i like it both are cracking units bang for your buck skookum

[loopking]

dont bring the picture thingy up again not after last time ( hehe) well seems alot of you faver the sks and the vbars as the vbar is more dosh and you have to pay for updates and to get the governer to work and the sks are cheaper and updates are free im more and more swaying towards the 540

[loopking]

oh by the way paul flips are on the spot yours are more like flippyrolls (only joking)

[scallybert]

I'll bore you with this one again... It took me 2 flights to get an SK-720 flying better than the Mini V-Bar I'd been flying with for months. The SK philosophy and parameters seems much better. Tweeks to the SK gains did what I expected. The V-B parameters seem a bit strange or cryptic.

AIUI, the SK-720 & SK-540 should tune & fly the same as each other (with equivalent firmware versions).