AR7200BX in Trex 450L act like my Blade 230s in Stability mode?

[Paula]

The lead from the ESC goes into the port labelled 'AUX1'

Thanks!
I thought that, but i wanted to be 100%

[Grumpy]

PS.. the picture you attached is the Spirit Pro. You have the regular spirit.

[Paula]

I think it's because i'm going through in demo mode first.
I'm just about to do it for real now.

[Grumpy]

Make sure to get the polarity of the plug correct because they will go in either way but only the right way works.. the diagram shows which way the plug needs to go

[Paula]

I'm trying to bind now

[Mike Sanders]

Good luck.

[Paula]

I think pitch and elevator are the wrong way around?

[Paula]

Sorry. I think got it now.

[Paula]

removing the rotor head to fit the swash leveller is proving challenging.
All the allen bolts seem to be knackered

[Grumpy]

Dont even try, just use the zip tie method to level the swash, you dont need to take the head off that way.

But if the screws are proving difficult, use a soldering iron to heat them up, they will come out easy then. Good quality hex wrenches helps a lot too.

[Paula]

I got it off before i read that.
It wasn't pretty.
I've got everything doing what i think it should. No idea why it took my 5 hours. Not very happy with myself to be honest.
Pretty sure i've screwed it up somewhere, but it all looks like its ok.
Next i need to know how to make the flight modes work. Beer and Pizza for me now.
Thanks for your help, i think i'm in over my head really.

[Paula]

Oh god.
I have no idea how to set my rescue and flight modes.
Any help greatly appreciated

[Grumpy]

Oh god.
I have no idea how to set my rescue and flight modes.
Any help greatly appreciated

You are limited on your options due to having only 6 channels, ideally you would use the 7th and 8th channel for bank switching and rescue, but there is a work around.

For your first flights just set the 'Stabi' function to one of the stabilisation modes:

• 'Coaxial stabilisation' is the strongest and makes the heli easy to fly but not very responsive.
• 'Normal stabilisation' feels much more responsive and well 'normal' to fly
• 'Acro stabilisation' is like normal when upright but will also stabilise when inverted, so good for when you start doing inverted flying.

....Just set up Stabi in bank 0 at this point, dont worry about Banks 1 and 2

Now set your gyro gain value in the Tx to a negative value (say about -50 for starters). Note that using negative gain is the alternative method to turn 'Stabi' on if you dont have more than 6 channels.

You are ok to fly now but you only have one stability mode (whichever one you picked), you dont have 'rescue'. Once you have flown the heli and got the tail gain fine tuned make a note of the gain value in the Tx. You now unassign the gain channel in the Spirit software and transfer the gain value setting to the Spirit using the dial that will now be active in the 'Sensor' tab..

You now have the channel that you used for gain (channel 5) spare to assign for bank switching. This allows you to setup alternative stabi modes in the different banks (for example 'rescue').

I can talk you through this last bit in more detail when the time comes.

[Paula]

Ok. Ive set the stabi function to Coaxial. but i can't get below 0 on my GYRO gain value. When i get down to about 2 % something definitely happens

[Grumpy]

I dont have a DX6i so cant say exactly how to do it. You could try reversing the gyro channel in the transmitter. What matters is that the Spirit sees a negative value when you check in the diagnostic tab of the Spirit software

The diagnostic tab will also confirm that you are in Coax stabilisation mode.