Throttle curve.

[steve c]

Hi all, wonder if any1 can help i've been flying my raptor on and off for about a year now wish i had more time for the hobby but work and family come 1st. i was flying bog standard package deal, wooden blades,cheap tx etc...With this set up when i do a lazy fig 8 after a few passes by it would pick up speed when i weren't really increasing the throttle so i'd stop and start again. Well just of late i've fitted it with glass blades and now using a pcm9, a simple change in blades has made it flitey as hell! It picks up speed so much quicker and is more responsive but it's thrown me out of sink? An exsample left to right with tail to you, pass by left ready to come back right it would goes 10,15 feet up?? Now i've heard up'ing the throttle curve to bring the head speed up makes it more controlable?? I've not had the pcm long and am still getting to grips with it so don't really want to alter things i fly alone as there's no clubs nearby so everything is self taught...
Any advice is grateful..... Steve c

[abyiss]

fit a governor and you just set ya head speed...

very easy to fit and setup...

it will make a massive differance to you flying.

[Philimon]

I second that. For around £45, get yourself a RevLock 10. Best thing since the victoria secret catalogue, in my opinion.

[Kwickkwack]

I second that. For around £45, get yourself a RevLock 10. Best thing since the victoria secret catalogue, in my opinion.

I have fitted a governor, but have just noted in thr BMFA handbook , that for an A test, the only allowable "stabilisation " system was a gyro, and i guess that rules out the governor. I have to say that the governor makes a heck of a difference, and will use mine all the time, (not during my test of course)

[abyiss]

i used a governor in my a test,and i used avcs mode on my gyro.



no worries steve,,anytime dude.
fit a revloc 10..as i have these no all my helis,,you wont beleave the differance in flying your heli,,you never have to worrie and throttle curves..and you can set a v-curve up,

[Bug]

I used a governer on my A-test too.... i even showed the examiner a sensor check, so its not like i was hiding it, lol.

[Philimon]

I have fitted a governor, but have just noted in thr BMFA handbook , that for an A test, the only allowable "stabilisation " system was a gyro, and i guess that rules out the governor. I have to say that the governor makes a heck of a difference, and will use mine all the time, (not during my test of course)

I think they're referring to this auto-pilot type things, not a governor.

[steve c]

Re-cap

Right so i got my governor fitted it can any1 give me afew points to what throttle curve setting i could have?? I have a pcm 9 (don't know if it helps) but i'm running a os37 on 15%

cheers steve c...

[Jamez]

Sounds to me like your new blades have more transitional lift than you old ones, so as the heli moves forwards faster, you need less power to keep the same height as the blades create more lift, compensate by dropping a little throttle, but don't forget to put it back in through you turn or you will loose a lot of height quickly. Its one of the hardest things to get to grips with, as it is always different due to the wind.

[Ade_Law]

read this for info on the rev lock

http://www.flyingaid.co.uk/infobase/electronics.asp

Ade