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Hello guys.
Just to let you know that today, in Cape Town, it's minimum 18 degrees, maximum 30, no wind, no cloud, the sea is flat like glass, blue and inviting. The sky looks deep blue, the views of the mountain are amazing..
..and what does this mean?
I can fly my Trex450! Wooo!
So, I rose this morning, got ready for work, and then took my heli out. It was hot. I'm actually at work now, in my shorts!
Anyway, flew like a dream. Tried to fly towards me, but feel out of control, although, better than 3 weeks ago when I turned towards me for the first time.
My question though... I fly quite high, so that if I attempt a nose in, and it goes to pot, I just give it throttle and swing the tail. Worked so far.
But when I want to bring the heli back in (Tail in, or side on), I drop the throttle quite a bit to get it to drop... About 5 meteres from the ground, I slow the fall. When I say fall, I'm not coming down too fast... still under the power of the heli.
But when I start getting close to where I want to be, I find I need to give close on 100% throttle to stop the fall. It seems to bog down at mid stick while it's falling, and I get a fright (everytime! I should start learning!), and a few times I have bounced it, unintentionally.
I think I need to adjust my curves and throttle, because maybe the throttle is down at 15,20%, and when I give it power to stop the descent, the picth increases, and this has an effect on the blades trying to get rpm?
My pitch curve is close to linear, but from 40% to 100%
My throttle is somthing like, 0, 40, 60, 80, 90.
May I should start with some more neg pitch, as sometime I find I battle to come down... and then a higher headspeed throughout? 0, 60, 70, 80, 90 or something?
Just to let you know that today, in Cape Town, it's minimum 18 degrees, maximum 30, no wind, no cloud, the sea is flat like glass, blue and inviting. The sky looks deep blue, the views of the mountain are amazing..
..and what does this mean?
I can fly my Trex450! Wooo!
So, I rose this morning, got ready for work, and then took my heli out. It was hot. I'm actually at work now, in my shorts!
Anyway, flew like a dream. Tried to fly towards me, but feel out of control, although, better than 3 weeks ago when I turned towards me for the first time.
My question though... I fly quite high, so that if I attempt a nose in, and it goes to pot, I just give it throttle and swing the tail. Worked so far.
But when I want to bring the heli back in (Tail in, or side on), I drop the throttle quite a bit to get it to drop... About 5 meteres from the ground, I slow the fall. When I say fall, I'm not coming down too fast... still under the power of the heli.
But when I start getting close to where I want to be, I find I need to give close on 100% throttle to stop the fall. It seems to bog down at mid stick while it's falling, and I get a fright (everytime! I should start learning!), and a few times I have bounced it, unintentionally.
I think I need to adjust my curves and throttle, because maybe the throttle is down at 15,20%, and when I give it power to stop the descent, the picth increases, and this has an effect on the blades trying to get rpm?
My pitch curve is close to linear, but from 40% to 100%
My throttle is somthing like, 0, 40, 60, 80, 90.
May I should start with some more neg pitch, as sometime I find I battle to come down... and then a higher headspeed throughout? 0, 60, 70, 80, 90 or something?
Good luck with the throttling then.
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