VX1e swash gain on 450 size preset

[trillian]

Just curious about something. I just setup a VX1e on a Beam E4 450 with a DFC style head. I used the '325' heli wizard and set the head type to DFC and chose the '3D' preset.

I have not flown it yet as I only finished the setup last night. But what looks strange to me is that the overall swash gain is at 35. I think on all my other helis the 3D preset puts the gain at 50, which works fine.

Soooo, is it some kind of rule of thumb that the smaller the heli the gain is lower? or is it the DFC head? (this seems counter intuitive to me because my guess would have been that the faster the control loop is mechanically the higher potential gain you could run)

I could change the gain setting but tend to try first with the stock preset settings.

[myxiplx]

My gut feeling is that the smaller helicopters have less momentum and will react quicker, so may need less gain to have a similar effect.

Ultimately it's probably a combination of factors, and may be due to the typical mechanical layouts on the 450 size. Whatever the reason, the default setting is there because it was found to be a good starting point for a number of models, so it'd make sense to try that first and see how it works for you.