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novice hoping for answers and help - please!!??
Greetings experts.
I'm a complete newbie, just bought my first helicopter, but I cannot get it off the ground. Here are a few specs:
Kyosho EP concept SR, with Jetranger fuselage.
Multiplex Pico 5 ch receiver
Graupner Solar MOS regulator
01T Gyro
Carbon blades
Graupner MC-12 Tx
Graupner 'Heli Special" 27T Motor (New)
Sanyo 2400 Ah NiMh 8 cell battery
T/O Weight about 1700G
When I got it it was a right state - the previous owner had even less of a clue than I did! I'ts since been reprogrammed to Mode 2, the left lever operating pitch. The throttle is CH5 using a potentiometer on the Tx. It spins up nicely, and I've got it trimmed (sort of) especially after reprogramming the basics into the Tx. It just will not get airborne! I add pitch at full speed and it slows, it really appears to grunt although less than before since the new motor has been installed. - it appears to give more lift at 0 pitch. I broke the original foam core blades during a moment of idiocy not having set the thing up first and now it's got 400mm carbon blades. Pits now is a matter of only a few degrees and adding pitch really doesn't move the blades a huge amount, perhaps a few degrees more.
It is certainly light on the skids, but appears extremely reluctant to escape gravity.
I suspect that the blades are too heavy or too long. adding pitch just slows the rotors down. Comments?
Anybody's guess as to what I'm doing wrong??
Many thanks
Phil Adams
I'm a complete newbie, just bought my first helicopter, but I cannot get it off the ground. Here are a few specs:
Kyosho EP concept SR, with Jetranger fuselage.
Multiplex Pico 5 ch receiver
Graupner Solar MOS regulator
01T Gyro
Carbon blades
Graupner MC-12 Tx
Graupner 'Heli Special" 27T Motor (New)
Sanyo 2400 Ah NiMh 8 cell battery
T/O Weight about 1700G
When I got it it was a right state - the previous owner had even less of a clue than I did! I'ts since been reprogrammed to Mode 2, the left lever operating pitch. The throttle is CH5 using a potentiometer on the Tx. It spins up nicely, and I've got it trimmed (sort of) especially after reprogramming the basics into the Tx. It just will not get airborne! I add pitch at full speed and it slows, it really appears to grunt although less than before since the new motor has been installed. - it appears to give more lift at 0 pitch. I broke the original foam core blades during a moment of idiocy not having set the thing up first and now it's got 400mm carbon blades. Pits now is a matter of only a few degrees and adding pitch really doesn't move the blades a huge amount, perhaps a few degrees more.
It is certainly light on the skids, but appears extremely reluctant to escape gravity.
I suspect that the blades are too heavy or too long. adding pitch just slows the rotors down. Comments?
Anybody's guess as to what I'm doing wrong??
Many thanks
Phil Adams
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