hard landing

[martnslater]

hello all and seasons greeting.
i have a problem whith my mini pred (simular to wd/60).
i get it to hover at around 1.5 metres no problem there, and very stable. but my problems start when i try and set the heli down, i can not get it to land nice and steady, i dont crash but its always has a heavy landing . is it pilot error or do need to set the tranny up for better landings any ideas, kind regards, martyn.

[Steve]

Soften your pitch curve around the middle stick position, and land with a tiny-weenie touch of forward motion.

[gazza]

Hi Martin.

Unless you have a transmitter with 5 point pitch curve adjustment where you could 'Soften' the pitch around the hover point I'm not sure you can do much except be careful to be honest!

Would I be right in thinking that the mini-Pred TX has adjustable knobs for pitch and throttle? You could try raising the throttle or lower the pitch slightly?

It could be dumping headspeed as you lower the heli & and stalling/Overloading the blades slightly.
In which case reducing pitch or increasing throttle should cure it.

[martnslater]

cheers gazza
yep it has 2 knobs on tranny left side top pit, right side top plt,
but what does what because like i have said it takes of and hovers superb,
thanks again martyn

[gazza]

Not sure mate, the instructions should tell you??
If not place a hammer or something heavy across the skids to weigh the heli down, run the heli up so its just under the point of being light on the skids.

Very carefully increase one of the knobs.
If the headspeed falls and you hear the head struggling then you've found the pitch adjustment.

If the headspeed increases then you've found the throttle adjustment.

[martnslater]

when i find which 1 does what which way do i adjust up or down

[gazza]

Down for the pitch and up for the throttle mate.
Try the pitch first, if that doesnt work put it back to where it was and try the throttle. a bit of playing around should find the sweet spot and prevent further heavy landings

[martnslater]

cheers gazza will let youknow what happens.
best wishes martyn

[gazza]

No worries mate good luck!

[Mercuriell]

Hi Martyn - Glad you're now flying something !!! Maybe look at your pitch ranges - sounds like you have too much negative pitch for the head speed - while learning I'd have 0 pitch at low stick around 4-5 degrees at mid stick and no more than 11 at high stich - I suspect you have negative pitch at low stick at present which is fine for 3D but a bugger for soft landings while you're learning to hover.

[martnslater]

cheers john,
gunna have a play tommorow with me new tranny , jr x3810

[jimmyb]

Blades

Hi
Im new to all this just wanted to ask whether you have the original wood blades as i have just fitted some carbon blades to my pred and the handling difference is amazing?

[martnslater]

hard landing

hi yes i have the wooden blades ,where did you get the carbon blades from.
got mine hovering great at the moment but it is still landing hard, also had it side on now thats somthing else. regards, martyn.

[jimmyb]

Got the blades from elite models in ashford. Cost me roughly £25.
get the impression they are basically the same as the falcon 3d in size and fitting. Also the new blades sound great