Vortex VX1E and HPS-3 head

[tillitgoboom]

Does anyone have any experience with VX1e and HPS-3 ?

Just ordered a HPS-3 for my Goblin 570 and will be running it with VX1e, gains info and any special notes appreciated.

[GIXERMAN]

firstly I would put under Vortex, then people can find in future.( i can change location)

secondly 3 bladed heads generally run lower Gains that 2 bladed

Also you pm Alex Hawtin I'm sure he would give you some guidance or Angelos would help when he is able.

[tillitgoboom]

Thanks please change location

hoping its going to be a pain free conversion and setup, so any experience would be useful to help the changes

[GIXERMAN]

Thanks please change location

hoping its going to be a pain free conversion and setup, so any experience would be useful to help the changes

Moved

I can't see why not, Don't forget there is a V4 update Available now

[myxiplx]

Should be painless, there are a lot of people running multi-blade heads with the Vortex already, typically you just drop your headspeed and gains a little (around 1/3 lower is probably going to be a decent first guess).

The new v4 update is worth doing by the sounds of things, it's getting some good reports, and as a bonus the updated setup wizard has settings for 2, 3, 4 or 5+ blades, and adjusts the default gains for you to appropriate values. So if you're replacing the head and checking your setup anyway, you might as well take advantage of the downtime and upgrade

[10x]

On version 4 there is a menu in the studio software and on the datapod under setup and rotor to choose 2,3,4,and 5+ blades

[trillian]

I have a VX1N on my minicopter Triabolo and I didn't have to do anything special. As the minicopter rotorhead has no damping I used the 'rigid' setting in the Vortex but otherwise I'm using similar settings to all my other helis.

[tillitgoboom]

Thanks for responses, I will upgrade vx1e to V4 while I am fitting the HPS-3