Throttle-ratchet springy thingamjig

[gasgasbones]

How many of you take the ratchet spring thing from out your Tx throttle.
I have read a couple of times that heli people take them out so it gives a nice smooth movement and because they dont hold the throttle in one place like our fixed wing brothers.

Just curious, I kinda like a bit of friction but im a noob so might try it tother way too :-)

[David Drew]

I flatten the ratchet spring to give as smooth a feel as possible but retain some friction to keep the throttle in place

David

[Mike W]

mines pulled off the ratchet ... nicer and smooth .. only wayy to go hehe ...

[gasgasbones]

I have just taken the spring out and now the stick flaps about under its own weight. Though it does seem better on the pheonix when flying :-)


I think I will pop it back and just bend it up a tad to give just that tiny bit of stickshon . trial and error I guess.


EDIT: Just popped spring back and then backed off the screw so its just about free but has a tad of stickshon :-) will try that for a while

Ltr pt8rs

[mikeyp]

I have put some fuel tubing over the spring then adjusted the tension..


Mike

[Sqwidge]

i removed mine from my stock tx but my dx6i had it already removed and it still has a nice tension

[POLAR BEAR]

I have no ratchet on mine. 1 of my mates files a SMALL grove at mid stick and puts a SMALL centre punch mark on the metal bit at mid stick so he can feel where mid stick\zero pitch is.

[chemicalbro]

I turned the spring upside down so that the V of the ratchet points up..
then tightened it down again slightly... so theres still a little resistance but its smooth running.