All about Auto

[s007]

Hello, im new to this Auto thing, can some one please explain to me how does it work, what is it for, and how do you set it in your Transmitter - what switch is responsible for Auto? Can it be done in DX6i?

Cheers,
Sergey

[xygax]

Auto...

Its not auto fly thats the bit you need a sim and loads a time for...

An Auto is the action of flying up to about as far as you can see and stoping the engine...... then applying negitive pitch to speed up the head until you are a few feet from the ground.... then give it loads of positive pitch just before landing.

too early and you loose all the head speed and it krashes....Too late and it drills its way into the floor either way a busted heli...

Steve..

[s007]

lol, Steve sounds like no win situation... ill stick to my normal way of landing at least i have more chances of landing it in one piece .

[forbsy]

that is until your engine cuts out then you will have to do an enforced auto,so its best to try and practice beforehand to give yourself a fighting chance

[richieclarkie]

autos are actually good fun and whilst there is a lttle bit of risk there are quite easy.

However we are talking about on 30-50 sized helis. Anything smaller is much harder to learn to auto with.

[Tim Procter]

However we are talking about on 30-50 sized helis. Anything smaller is much harder to learn to auto with.

You mean like you did pitching it down next to the barbecue in that garden in the video Richie..

The things you get up to when heckled by your mates..

[del19_82]

There is a cool video of Richie & Ade doing inverted auto's then landing on a table but i cant find a link to it!!!

[Boggy]

that'll be this one del

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/showth...le+top&page=10

[del19_82]

Cheers ron, had a look for it, but couldn't find it for the life of me!!

[moonmanflyer]

My first ever auto was due to a flame out, luckaly i had been praticing on the sim and all went well

[163phil]

Thanks Ron

I remember seeing it with disbelief before, and it's always worth seeing again.

Putting the table on Phoenix, now that's a good idea! It would make a good spot landing pad for us beginners too

As for autos, I don't know how you guys do it - I crash 90% of the time and the ones I do get down in one piece are never anywhere near the bulls eye.

If it ever happened for real I know I'd have alot of rebuilding to do

[Tim Procter]

As for autos, I don't know how you guys do it - I crash 90% of the time

Try the T-Rex 500 Phil..

[LipolyGone]

Dont try your first auto on the 500 in real life though.
I tried that one from 15 ish foot, at 3 foot the blades had stopped.
The rest is history and hads been put down to experience (a bad experience)
Martin

[163phil]

Try the T-Rex 500 Phil..

Have done - OK maybe crash that only 80% of the time!

[Tim Procter]

Dont try your first auto on the 500 in real life though.
I tried that one from 15 ish foot, at 3 foot the blades had stopped.
The rest is history and hads been put down to experience (a bad experience)
Martin

Cheers Martin, I was talking about Phoenix in which Phil was crashing all the time.
Choose how I try I can't crash the 500 on the sim..

Back to your 500 though what happened to make the blades stop mate..