USB 3G Link

[Tim Procter]

Superb.

Well the weather has been dreadful here all day but I found a gap this afternoon to test fly my 700 with the updated 3G v2.1 firmware and a couple of tweaks added..

The difference is night and day..

My God I couldn't believe how locked in the whole heli is now, Full pitch transitions from positive to negative the heli is awesome..

Tracking is just so much different it's unbelievable.

My advise to anyone who hasn't updated from the v1 yet.... Do it.

[Geek]

Cheers Tim
The V bar fan boys will not like that
I can't wait. I have been enjoying it more and more on the 600
I have not had any trouble other then auto's that turn upsided down fast ( might be me )
have fun

[Tim Procter]

The V bar fan boys will not like that

Having only read good things about the "V Bar" and never owned one I can't comment Paul.

What I can say is the heli has been transformed and any tail issues I had (and I did BTW wagging etc) has been eliminated, also the sudden tail twitch in flight has gone completly.

[ChrisB]

Cheers for the info Tim,i am going to upgrade my 600LE with V1 not that there is a lot wrong with it.

My 550 is already v2 but will upgrade to 2.1 when i get the lead.

Sounds really promising,i am a fully signed up V Bar fan but hey there aint much wrong with the 3g from what i have seen.

Both systems are keepers for me.

[SRH990]

Cheers for the info Tim,i am going to upgrade my 600LE with V1 not that there is a lot wrong with it.

My 550 is already v2 but will upgrade to 2.1 when i get the lead.

Sounds really promising,i am a fully signed up V Bar fan but hey there aint much wrong with the 3g from what i have seen.

Both systems are keepers for me.

It's worth the upgrade to v2.1 on the 550, I had a very occasional tail kick on v2.0 firmware which has completely gone after upgrading to v2.1.

With my 700N & 550E it's so impressive that you can just bang on full collective and it goes vertically up, no interaction, no having to fly the cyclic. I was a little wary with the 700 as I'd just changed the engine for a 91HZ I bought off busterboy (many thanks for that Tim), new cyclic servos and the 3G system with FBL head. This ended up as an anti-climax as it all just worked now quite a few club members are tempted to go the 3G route themselves.

[ChrisB]

Thanks Steve i will fire the update onto both mine when some usb leads are available.

I already thought Align had a pretty decent system there just waiting to realise its full potential, and as was the case with Mikado it just boils down to getting the software right.

[moonmanflyer]

Waiting for them to come back in stock so i can do the upgrade, i still get tail kicks on mine and though not a major issue would love to have full confidence in the tail

[SRH990]

Co-incidentally a club mate has had huge problems with the tail on his Logo 500 since he updated his V-Bar to v4. He's got a BLS251 on the tail and the wag he had with v3 firmware got worse when he updated. He's now dsicovered the cause after trying all sorts of variations of set up on the V-Bar unit - the thrust race in one of the tail blade grips had gone notchy, new thrust race and the tail is perfect

[acwman]

Well.. Just updated mine from V1 to 2.1 on the 450 sport.. Quick test flight with a couple of packs, and all I can say is very positive things. I have not actually played with any of the settings as yet.. but will probably experiment a little later. On standardsettings, it is pretty damn good. As ppl have said, it has a lot more locked feeling. The Piro compensation, has vastly improved.

Continuous rolling, and backwards rolling have got so much better. The bounces that were there are gone. Now comparing my beam 450 on vbar, I really cannot choose between the two to fly. Both though are exceptional flyers now

..Very good stuff. and worth the upgrade... especially if you still have the V1!

[ChrisB]

Got my USB lead today so will update my two tonight and report back tomorrow

[acwman]

Got my USB lead today so will update my two tonight and report back tomorrow

..Good stuff. Did you get a more exciting colour than me?? Mine dongle was Yellow

[Tim Procter]

..Good stuff. Did you get a more exciting colour than me?? Mine dongle was Yellow

They are all yellow as far as I know Andy.

Sod the color, It works..

[Geek]

Got my USB lead today so will update my two tonight and report back tomorrow

Chris where did you find stock?

[ChrisB]

Midlands had some ordered Thurs recd today

Upgraded my 600N on v1 and also my 550.

Upgrading was a doddle,took about 5 mins per unit.

Not flown the 600 but will do tomorrow,nipped out with the 550 and its just bloody awesome


Total transformation from before,locked in as hell,solid as a rock and piro optimisation as well,totally gobsmacked by the difference TBH.

[Aidi]

Chris,
As good as my 700 flies, and from what I am Reading seems as if it might be with updating mine aswell. You know how mine flies, reckon it's with it?