Blade and agility mode!

[Bluenose75]

Ok so I've tried my 200srx in agility mode and pooped myself! So I thought I would get some time on the Nano QX in agility mode and that's ridiculously hard, any settings I could try on my dx6i to slow it down a bit?

cheers

Paul

[tomatwalden]

LOL! Agility mode is what collective pitch is like! Try lowering your dual rates (eg. to 80%) and increasing expo (eg. 20%)

PS. Are you starting in agility mode, or trying to flip into it during flight? .

[Bluenose75]

No always start in agility mode, just the nano is so hard to correct when it starts going

[tomatwalden]

I find the nano-QX in agility mode almost impossible too! Don't worry - collective pitch is nowhere near as bad as that! The 200SRX should be easier though, especially if you lower the DR and increase expo.

[Bluenose75]

Will try then duel rates what's the expo?

[tomatwalden]

Watch from 11mins onwards ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBNz0DBY3w

[tourerjim]

Ok so I've tried my 200srx in agility mode and pooped myself! So I thought I would get some time on the Nano QX in agility mode and that's ridiculously hard, any settings I could try on my dx6i to slow it down a bit?

cheers

Paul

You could use 'mix' in your tx so when in flight your heli is in a stable flight mode & when you use cyclic stick it switches into agility mode.

[myxiplx]

Dual rates helps slow it down a little overall, it'll make it a bit more gentle in flight, and slow down the maximum roll rates.

Expo has a similar effect, but only around the middle of the sticks. So it makes the helicopter more gentle and easier to control in a hover, while still reacting nicely when you need it to. A little expo is usually a good thing, just be aware that you don't want to add too much.

The above suggestion of 80% rates and 20% expo are a good starting point. You can slow the rates down a little more than that, but if you go too far it just starts to feel sluggish, and can actually be harder to fly.

[Bluenose75]

Binned the 200!! Run 2 cells in Intermediate mode and then took the plunge Advanced Mode! Set the DR to 70% and the Expo to +20% it was a bit windy, I was concentrating on just hovering dropped it a few times but cut the power and got away with it several times just needing to straighten the tail boom, then I thought its time a flip!! Not quite high enough! Only stripped a servo cog!! Will try again when fixed!

[tomatwalden]

Perhaps focus on upright circuits before a flip!

[Peteski]

The nQX is my specialist subject!

When I first started flying it in agility mode I had the elevator and aileron D/R at 50% and 30% expo, which I found pretty reasonable after a LOT of practice. At first it was near impossible not to crash and I had to slow down massively compared to safe mode and then build up my speed again from scratch. But I persevered and I've now managed to get the D/R up to 75% still with 30% expo and after about 500 packs I've now finally mastered it! I've always kept the rudder at D/R 100% and 0% expo as it piros fairly slowly anyway. It's the cyclics that are lightning fast.

I tell you, if you can master the nQX in upright flight in agility mode (obviously useless for inverted) then anything else seems like a piece of cake afterward. It's certainly sharpened up my responses no end and the transition to flying my mCPX and 130X was totally painless thanks to this little quad.

[Bluenose75]

Will try them settings over the weekend, cheers