Must be mad lol

[t-rex pedro]

I will happily give anything a go, testament me trying a Turnigy 3D-H on a 600. After all anything goes wrong it's only a 600 . The 3GX does work, of course it does, I've seen the Align team fly it for the last 4 or 5 years or so. What can I glean from the fact that none of them fly it on any of their helis, maybe the 450 and maybe a 550 for testing. I'll tell you what, it's full of issues. They release V4 to much applause and accolade, Kenny Ho makes it look like the most locked in fbl unit on the planet and we all fall for it. But wait a minute, most of the ungifted amongst us have our hard earned tip over, another set of 690's Mr Align please, it doesn't piroette for toffee, take a look on the Freak.

When there are sorted units on the market for not much more I don't get why anyone would want to bother. Sorry Kev, doesn't matter whether you can setup a heli or not or whether stupid or not, they don't perform well enough for the masses. Thats a fact. Pete, leave your V Bar on mate

Morning Dave,

I found the ground handling fine with no tip overs and the piro rate consistent with no 'whippyness' in piro manoeuvres.... It piro'd pretty flat too. The cyclics are quick (perhaps too quick) and there was a bit elevator bounce on hard stops (which can be dialled out) but certainly not a deal breaker for what Don wants it for.

The reason I would like to try a 3GX on a bigger heli is due to the flying characteristics being different to that of a 450, just out of curiosity more than anything. With that said, most of my flying time is precious and focused around competition practice so I don't have the time to 'try' different things so (for me) the V-Bar is as good as it gets (but at a price).

I'd run a 3GX on a 450L. If I get one going I'll stick a vid up and give an honest assessment.

Cheers

[tourerjim]

I run 3GX V4.0 on my 450 and 700e. Both run beautifully. I think it's a bit of the Skoda mentality, you can't quite get past the 'past' or the name. But use one and you'll be pleasantly surprised. I've only ever run 3.1 or 4. Never had a tip over. I can spool up into idle1 and move the cyclic about no problem. Just pop it in the air and it's good to go. They are easy as peas to set up and you don't need a £50 'pod' to make changes at the field.

This is one of the better answers to it all, ive got 6 heli's all with 3gx from 250 through to 700, ive also tried many other fbl units & ended up always coming back to the 3gx, so what i think it amounts to is what unit suits who & often the 'make'.
I have to agree some of the 3gx V's are troublesome worse one being the v3.1 imo which is why i mentioned going v4 ok so you get the odd twitch from one of the cyclic servo's & the odd nudge from the motor but only happens when on the bench so still well worth trying v4.

[Nick B]

I had that weird glitch movement on my 450l with 3gx 4,it pulsed the motor and spun the blades 3/4 of a turn too,and once i fitted the the 460mx back in the tail was shit,not holding and bounced..sod that

Never again......vbar rules lol

But good luck mate

[milly0812]

I had that weird glitch movement on my 450l with 3gx 4,it pulsed the motor and spun the blades 3/4 of a turn too,and once i fitted the the 460mx back in the tail was shit,not holding and bounced..sod that

Never again......vbar rules lol

But good luck mate

Steve has very kindly offered to have a look at my poorly vbar but I am going to try the 3gx regardless purely so I can say I did try. Some great posts lads but I am still vague as on which software version I should try there seems to be a conflict of interest between 3.1 and 4 ?

[trillian]

Steve has very kindly offered to have a look at my poorly vbar but I am going to try the 3gx regardless purely so I can say I did try. Some great posts lads but I am still vague as on which software version I should try there seems to be a conflict of interest between 3.1 and 4 ?

I gathered from Coolice's posts that version 4 has the potential for some occasional glitches that need to be fixed but maybe not everyone experiences them.

[3dx]

Steve has very kindly offered to have a look at my poorly vbar but I am going to try the 3gx regardless purely so I can say I did try. Some great posts lads but I am still vague as on which software version I should try there seems to be a conflict of interest between 3.1 and 4 ?

Found that version 3.0 is for me the most stable as for some reason, version 4 on the 500 pro give me a slighty whippy tail,no tip overs though,saying that I've never had the dreaded tip over on any of my heli's- just punch up into the hover and keeps your mitts off the cyclics and its all go !.

[Red3]

v4 has problems stick with v3.1 and as meny have said coolice has done more work with the 3gx than anybody i know stick with what he recomends 3.1

[George J]

there seems to be a conflict of interest between 3.1 and 4 ?

Theres a conflict of interest full stop by trying it Don!

[milly0812]

So I got the 3gx yesterday and it's on version 3.1 so does anyone have a link to a good setup video as it's very different to other units for setup in that it doesn't use a 1servo 90 degree swash ???

[coolice]

So I got the 3gx yesterday and it's on version 3.1 so does anyone have a link to a good setup video as it's very different to other units for setup in that it doesn't use a 1servo 90 degree swash ???

Hey Buddy.

It's very easy if you follow the instructions contained in the PC software, which walks you through the DIR setup phase step by step.
You need to set your transmitter to use 3 servo eCCPM, assuming your model does and then on entering DIR mode the 3GX learns what mixing type it is being used with and away you go on to the next steps once the cyclic and collective pitch overall travels are set.
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[milly0812]

I loaded the software disc which was painless but it keeps crashing

[AndyThilo]

Freddy can fly vidoes here:

Align 3gx full setup video 1 (freddy can fly) - YouTube

Watch all 5, tells you all you need to know. It really is VERY simply to set up BUT you have to set the heli up mechanically first. Not like a vbar where it takes all the skill out of setting a heli up.

[George J]

I loaded the software disc which was painless but it keeps crashing

And so it starts..........

[AndyThilo]

And so does the 3GX bashing

[milly0812]

And so it starts..........

Lmao and it will happen, unless of course you want to give me a free vbar G lol