Trimming a Hirobo Lama XRB

[bibs]

Hello folks, I'm a newbie here and to rc heli flying.

I've got myself a Hirobo Lama XRB and although it's a great little heli I can't get it to just sit in the middle of the room by itself without input from me to keep it still. I've adjusted everything lots and lots and still can't manage it. Is there any easy guide to trimming it out, or common mistakes I may be making?

Thanks

bibs

[belair]

Why not try the shop you bought it, they would be able to help you out. Or did you buy it via the internet. I saw one in Canterbury the other week and it hovered very nice. Elite Models in Canterbury was the shop.
I don't know the model but there is a full review in Rotorworld this month, why not try the mag. You will find it in a good model shop.

[bibs]

I went to school in Canterbury and lived a few miles outside there for 20 years !!!

I've taken it back to the shop (Avicraft in Bromley, who I cannot praise enough for the most amazing service, esp Matt) and they trimmed it perfectly but practising I snapped the blades (again) and now need to retrim it. I'd rather not take it back everytime and would like to be able to do it myself. I've also seen the review in Rotorworld (it's Matt who's flying it outside their shop in the mag picture!) and they say it can hover by itself for a couple of mins and i want to be able to get it to do this myself whenever I need to.

Thanks for the reply.

Bibs

[mo]

Swallow your pride Bibs, if you live close enough take it back to Avicraft again.
They are as you have found a very nice bunch of chaps, and by watching them sort it out for you a couple of times will be a better learning that to keep on knocking your own pocket.
If Andy is in the shop give him my regards.
GOOD FLYING.
Mo.

[G-DAVE]

Don't understand why you need to retrim when all you have changed is the blades ?????
Mine came out of the box and needed no trimming - infact the thing is so stable that at the indoor on Saturday -we put it in the middle of the floor touching only the throttle got it light on the skids and took hands off .It climbed to the ceiling at which time we dropped two clicks off the throttle and took hands off .
It floated down and landed itself about 1 foot away from where it took off.
One point to be made when flying in your living room - depending on the size you will get slight turbulence from funiture etc. this will cause it to move around a little .
Dave :lol:

[bibs]

Yeah, had a fly last night (can't put it down) and I've trimmed it pretty well, I think it's just turbulence causing it to skit as I live in a cottage and none of the rooms are really massive. My flying space in the dining room is perhaps 10 feet by 8 feet and I can't think of anywhere else unless I knock a couple of walls down 8O :P

I'm off to Avicraft at lunch, I'll say hi for you Mo

[CaLviNx]

Trimming

Hi

Now im maybe being a little "thick" here i have a xrb that is rock solid in the air BUT you DO HAVE TO FLY IT!!!! its a skill you learn over time

Thats the whole point of R/C helis you fly them rather than having the thing just sitting there looking at you, otherwise everyone would be doing it.And it would get very boring very quickly.

So go practise and practise and FLY it not spend forever tinkering,this is not the same as a good setup mind you. Trying to get an unatainable setup that will get the thing to fly itself is pointless.

regards

[G-DAVE]

The XRB Cordless has several sub trims which have to be used to get the heli flying roughly within certain limits as the trims on the transmitter only have a limited effect.
Calvinx
I may be a little THICK, but you seem to be saying that trimming to obtain a good setup is not needed " surely not ".
In r/c heli the whole object is to try and obtain the perfect setup this will not have the model flying it'self , as helicopters are neutrally unstable and need to flown at all times, but will make the controlling of same much more rewarding.
Dave

[CaLviNx]

Glasses Required maybe

Hmm

Either certain members require glasses or just didnt actulally read my last post

just incase I will quote again to clear up any misunderstanding

,this is not the same as a good setup

( I should have added the extra word of "inital" here )

This is whats usually known as initally trimming and what I meant.

I mistakenly gave some a higher intellegence rating than I should
maybe for those of a lesser in intellegence I should have made myself abundantly clear and added it in words that could be understood

I hope that the myopithy clears up , or that learn direct is open again soon

:lol:

[G-DAVE]

Thanks for the clarification but I wasn't looking for a medical check up -
I agree all the right words were in your post but not totally in the right order , so seeing were now trading medical tips I can recommend an excellent clinic for DYSLEXIA.

[CaLviNx]

Medical tips possibly?

Hmmm

I suppose as they say if the "shoe fits" but at no point can I see from my post that I named anyone directly.

And thanks for the words yes, yes I do suffer from dsylexia but get by as best I can , even though I suffer from this condidtion I get by

and as you so rightly confirmed yes I did put all the right words in place so in future if you have nothing constructive to say, prudence might say, say nothing at all..........

[Mack]

The mud slinging has nothing to do with RC. Take it somewhere else chaps. It's irritating starting to read a decent artical and then finding it ends with grumpy men arguing

[CaLviNx]

Thank you

Hi Mack

Thank you for your input I quite agree with you, I only hope others can be adult enough to know when to keep stumm.

As the matter has been flogged to death.



:lol:

And to get back to trimming the Xrb It would be helpfull to find out what version the guy actually has, as he has not really listed what version it is, be it a older "wired" model or a "cordless" version, with this info we can actually get back to the job in hand and assist him to trim his model to such a state that he can only require further training to acheive his goal of actually flying the thing

Regards

[G-DAVE]

" Mud slinging " " Grumpy men arguing " Just sounds like a normal club meeting.
Apologies if the post was hi-jacked a little but I think the subject was well covered .

Dave
:lol:

[bibs]

It's cordless, I've sorted it, thanks!

I was concerned that a review in a magazine stated the heli will hover pretty much on it's own in the right conditions with the right setup. Mine was far from doing this, pitching, rolling and yawing like a canoe in a force 10, but thanks to some patience and fiddling, it's stable as a err, rc heli can be, and I'm just progressing to flying circuits in my small lounge.