Any pre-setup advice - Trex 500 - RJX head - BeastX

[PsiLo]

So, the beastx and RJX head have been posted today. My 500 is running 9650's on cyclic and 9256 on tail. Do I need to adjust the servo arm lengths or anything for going FBL? I know on the 500 they are not straight when setup as per the book do they need to be for FBL?

I am currently running a set of the cheap 3D Pro carbons, do I need to look at different blades for FBL, if so what is best?

Any advice, tips or gotchas I need to be aware of ?

Looking forward to trying this FBL malarkey

[G-Bru]

Check this out from Marcel, all about FBL and BeastX setup! Brilliant setup aid!

Enjoy!

Part1: General flybarless considerations
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQBOqa95zrQ[/ame]...
Part2: Setup Menu
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6x0mo7DzM[/ame]...
Part3: Setup and Parameter Menu
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yj39SaBt88[/ame]...
Part 4: Flight setup

To be continued


G

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[Smudgyboy]

My setup before I put my fbl (same as your one) on.

Align 500 - DS510M x3 - JR 8900G - DS760 - HML50M01 (1600KV) on 14p.

Took the old head off and DS760, put the new beastx and RJX head on, I used the old blade grip ball join and shaft to go to the new head, only needed about three turns anti-clockwise and the blades were 0deg at middle stick.

Went through the setup, everything as default except for servos as you need to change these and I used expo from the TX.

Swash was already level from before so it was just a matter of going through the instructions (thanks Asid) until done. I went through it again just to make sure.

First hover in my back garden, took off slowly, no probs then hover around a bit piro job done. Very nice love this Beast!

Still need to fly it down the field and do a few flips rolls and invert and tune it in, that is if it needs it.

Best bit of kit I've bought in years, apart from the toy I bought my wife the other year!

[pgkevet]

On mine the 3Dpro cheapos are coping well enough..but that's due to my limitations I'd guess..best i can stress them is tick tocks and continuous sideflips and pumps. Servo arms stayed in the same holes on mine too. 510M

[PsiLo]

Thanks guys, what I was hoping to hear I only do some sport flying and poor attempts at tictocs and aileron tictocs so doubt I will be stressing the 3dpro blades, will ensure they are properly balanced anyway.

What do you line the pitch gauge up to without a flybar?? Just eyeball it for being level?

[Janek]

Make sure you select the correct orientation for how the BeastX is mounted on the heli........ someone at my field got this parameter wrong, he had vertical rather than horizontal, and crashed it as a result.

The other mistake he made was NOT checking the movements the beast generated when moving the heli by hand, before he tried to take off

He's learnt both lessons now

[Jamin_00]

I got the Align 700 fbl pitch gauge thing that goes on where the head button does and a flybar goes through it allowing you to see the pitch


The BeastX is really that simple to do.

Make sure you have 0 pitch at midstick and the head is set properly before hand then away you go.

I do admit to being on the phone with Bluegarry at the time of doing mine but it is very simples

Have fun

[pgkevet]

What do you line the pitch gauge up to without a flybar?? Just eyeball it for being level?

To get the zero midstick you can either ue a long bolt through the grip hole and line it up with the centre of the mainshaft or with blades parallel to the heli axis (over the boom) then a pitch guage will work (assuming you levelled the swash first). You use that position later with aileron to check the cyclic

[punkin71]

futaba 9650 servos

Can anybody tell me what hole to use on the futaba 4 point servo horn to acheive blue light for my trex 500?