Tamco EV.03 Hovering

[djbenhunt]

How can I hover my Tamco EV.03. It doesn't seem to want to!!

[pug907]

You'll have to give a bit more info mate, what's it not doing?? (apart from not hovering)

p.s. generally a good idea to introduce yourself on these here forums before asking for help! At least you came to the right place I guess, the guys on here are ooooober knowledgeable.

[djbenhunt]

Thanks for your reply. It keeps moving forwards!

[1chris]

Perhaps you need to learn to hover it?

[pug907]

Is there a trimming knob? Or little levers next to the sticks? Or just pull back a little on the right hand stick.

[djbenhunt]

It has a thrust knob, a direction knob, left right trim and then camera controls

[tomatwalden]

The Tamco EV.03 is a simple 3-channel heli (throttle, yaw and forwards/backwards). It should only move forward if the tail rotor tips the nose down to move forward. Otherwise, it should ONLY hover. If it is moving forward by its own volition, it must mean that it is imbalanced such that the nose is heavy. Without a proper swashplate, trim will have little or no effect.

Halfords | Tamco EV.03 3.5 Channel Micro Remote Control Camera Helicopter

[djbenhunt]

Thanks for that Tom, how can I solve this?

[tomatwalden]

Not easily is the honest truth. These type of helis that crop up at Xmas aren't really designed to be fixed that much. That said, you can still try a few things. If the drift is purely forwards - completely straight, then add some weight (eg blutack) to the tail to counteract the nose-down behaviour.

If however the drift is more "cyclic" in nature - sometimes called the "Toilet Bowl Effect" where the heli moves as if almost going down an imaginary plug hole, it's more difficult as the problem will be related to the links between the top blades and the balance bar. See Dealing With Toilet Bowl Effect On Your Micro Coaxial RC Helicopter

[djbenhunt]

I'll try the blu-tac, thanks for your help!

[djbenhunt]

It worked!! Thanks very much, just need to control the thrust!