Spartan Vortex VX1 setup video series.

[Angelos]

Bob O, member of Helifreak and regular contributor to the Spartan support forum there, is making a series of videos on setting up the Vortex VX1 flybarless system. Here are the first few. More to come.

Cheers,
Angelos

[Gavalar]

These are very good setup videos. Very helpfull.

[WildWake]

Great Videos, Clear & understandable...
Keep em coming

[mark_w]

Great videos, perfectally timed as I plan to setup my Vortex this week

[danch]

Great video's & great work by Bob O

[WildWake]

Spartan Vortex VX1 setup video series.

At the end of video 3 Bob O says Governor vid is next,,,,
Please hurry with it....
Can't get my gov to run at the right revs.

[Angelos]

Tye,
the bad news first... Bob O wont be doing a video on the governor right away as he has no nitro model available to him right now.

The good news... You don't need to do anything special for the governor to work other than enable it and possibly tweak it's gain. Make sure you have set the gear ratio correctly. It is the only parameter I can think of that would make it over-rev. Or if the sensor is not reading correctly and it misses the magnet occasionally making the VX1 think that the engine is running slow. If you still have problems lets discuss it on another thread as I don't want to go off topic here.

-Angelos

[WildWake]

Tye,
the bad news first... Bob O wont be doing a video on the governor right away as he has no nitro model available to him right now.

The good news... You don't need to do anything special for the governor to work other than enable it and possibly tweak it's gain. Make sure you have set the gear ratio correctly. It is the only parameter I can think of that would make it over-rev. Or if the sensor is not reading correctly and it misses the magnet occasionally making the VX1 think that the engine is running slow. If you still have problems lets discuss it on another thread as I don't want to go off topic here.

-Angelos

Thanks Angelos,
jwatts007 said to me earlier it could be missing a magnet, so it would be counting 360 degrees as 180, so when the motor is doing 2000rpm the sensor is only seeing 1000rpm and try to increase the revs to get 2000rpm,
which in real terms would mean my little OS55 doing 4000rpm Ouch..
When I rotate the motor when the DataPod is turned on it is showing the the magnets as the "SENS" lights up every 180degrees.
The old Align magnets should work with the Spartan sensor?

[waveydavey]

Not sure about the Spartan and what happens with it seeing the magnet twice but it's not right Tye you only need 1 sens every roatation, if you're seeing 2 then on most governors this would be half the rev rate as the governor would be seeing your expected headspeed at half the engine speed so your headspeed would be lower I'm afraid, I'm sure the Spartan is no different. I only have 1 magnet fitted.

Again not sure how the Align magnets work but with the CSM Revlock or the Throttle jockey you only need 1 pole, the CSM you would leave the other magnet out and fit a brass counter weight for balance as it works on either pole the throttle jockey on 1 pole only and you would have to identify the right one or fit them both but opposites.

[jwatts007]

I had difficulty working out the instructions for the V bar Guv...so I went too look at Mr Mels vids on the Guvnor...he had a engine bolted to a table I could make head nor tail of it he was stating that this will be the last time he sets up a nitro engine...he obviously did could not bother getting hold of a nitro model either...let alone a vid too set up a auto boost for the glow that can be used very well but god knows how...

[Angelos]

The sensor and swash setup videos have been added to the opening post.

Cheers,
Angelos

[Made2Fade]

Great info Angelos, ive made this a sticky!

[Angelos]

The tail setup video has been added to the opening post.

Made2Fade, thanks for the sticky.

Cheers,
Angelos

[WildWake]

Anyone who is setting up the Vortex for the 1st time
I'd recommend Printing of the manuals from Spartans website, read through them, then watch the videos once before starting to set up, then watch the videos while setting up..
I'm completely new to this kind of fbl system, only ever used Beastx and found the info that Angelos has posted & the videos BobO has made superb.
I did my set up before BobO posted the videos, After seeing them I understood the set up sequence more was thinking about starting from scratch with my set up just make sure that I had everything set up right.
Big note.. don't plug any servos in until it says so.. if you can power it up with a 4.8v pack (just for set up).

[tonystevens]

which sensor orientation do I choose for the new VX1n? Ill be mounting the unit with the plugs facing the front of the heli but its not clear which one to choose as theres no separate sensor and im setting up using the standard vortex guide as there isn't one for the new unit?