What's your favourite pitch gauge?

[chugga-bug]

I've been giving myself brain ache trying to sort my collective and cyclic pitches out and finally realised that my gauge isn't reading correctly! .
I can't get eqaul +/- pitch.
I noticed that at zero the blades (by eye) look like there's a bit of negative so I zero'd them and then flipped the gauge round and find it now shows a load of positive pitch!!
It's a cheap JP gauge cos that's all my LHS had. Thought it would be good enough. WRONG!

What's the most accorate one on the market??

[robgt]

Pitch guages aren't all that accurate really - they'll get you somewhere pretty close - thats it.

I use one with a flat edge on top and 15 degrees pos and neg markings on it. I don't recall the make, but a K & S back plate looks quite similar - although mine has a metal backplate, not plastic.

It works ok.

Cheers,
Rob

[chugga-bug]

I know none of them are 100% accurate but it would be useful if mine at least read somewhere CLOSE to zero!

[robgt]

Thats true
Cheers,
Rob

[3dx]

Sounds like you need what I swear by-Robart pitch gauge- best one on the market( my opinion!) come's with flybar lock and basically does what it's supposed to do-reads up to plus or minus 10 and is metal and plastic construction-retail around £40, there's one on fleabay at the moment ,,,last price was £10( probably will go up )...

[Kwickkwack]

Sounds like you need what I swear by-Robart pitch gauge- best one on the market( my opinion!) come's with flybar lock and basically does what it's supposed to do-reads up to plus or minus 10 and is metal and plastic construction-retail around £40, there's one on fleabay at the moment ,,,last price was £10( probably will go up )...

I bought one of these from Aussieland
just trying to remember the place where I got, Delivered to UK was cheaper than buying it here, £29 springs to mind, I will post if I can find the details

[golddust]

Whats a 'pitch guage'. :-)

[robgt]

£40 and it only does 10 degrees
Thats silly money

Cheers,
Rob

[Jamez]

I use anybody's who says 'I have' when I say ' has anybody got a pitch gauge'

[moyesboy]

I've got the end of an old rotor blade with a cardboard triangle stuck on it!

[SRH990]

I've been using a Minature Aircraft pitch gauge I've had for around 15 years and probably paid a stupidly high price for in those days. I had to think a little about how to use it on the flybarless head on my Logo, at least zero degrees is easy without a pitch gauge, just fold the blades back at 90 degrees to the grips and move the collective stick, when the blades are in a straight line you are at zero

[Biggles]

£40 and it only does 10 degrees
Thats silly money

Cheers,
Rob

My robart goes + & -15!!!!!

[robgt]

You must have got the V2

LOL
Cheers,
Rob