Inverted Performance

[waveydavey]

Having had a good year with my flying I have decided it's now time to start inverted flight. I follow Russ Deakins book 3D flight religiously and it allowed me to concentrate on 1 mode of flight at a time. Now I can hover nose in inverted pretty well at the field and can position the heli left, right and I can bring the heli towards me or move it away. However, in Phoenix the TRex600 I just can't hover very well at all. I've tried changing the physics without any luck. Am I doing something obviously wrong, I get into the notorious over correction scenario, I don't do this at the field. It can even be blowing a hoolie and I cope. Any ideas?

[Richard H]

Have you got expo dialled in on your TX? I find it better than using the expo on phoenix. The models on phoenix wont react exactly the same as your real one. To many variables.

[Radbourne78]

Hi Dave,#
Try adding some expo or turning the dual rates down on the cyclic within your tx, You should be able to dull it down so as not to overcorrect.

[waveydavey]

I have copied my model to another memory and that is the one I use on the sim. Do you find it easier to fly inverted at the field Rich or on the sim?

[Richard H]

I have copied my model to another memory and that is the one I use on the sim. Do you find it easier to fly inverted at the field Rich or on the sim?

Easier on the sim really. I don't use the same settings for phoenix as I do for my 600 though. You need to adjust your settings on phoenix so it feels right for you.

[Radbourne78]

To be honest I find it a little easier to get it nice and stable at the field as the perception of depth is better and I can see the movements clearer. However I don't find Phoenix too bad and although the cyclics are alot quicker than on my 600 I can still fly it firly stable. However I just set up Phoenix for my brother and he really struggled with it despite being reasonably smooth in reality with his trex 450v2 . I pulled his dual rates down to 60% and he found it much easier and got on well with it.

[waveydavey]

I flew the 700 this after and I found that a bit more like my 600. I think I'll just bring it to the field.

[Andy from Sandy]

Just get a 700 and be done with it! lol.

[waveydavey]

Just get a 700 and be done with it! lol.

I couldn't do it justice Andy. They're not a weekend hack for a heavy handed Geordie. Maybe I'll see how I get on this year and maybe just maybe.

[rapidgaz]

I have copied my model to another memory and that is the one I use on the sim. Do you find it easier to fly inverted at the field Rich or on the sim?

when you copied your model over did you change it 2 90 degree single servo, daft question but easily forgot

[waveydavey]

when you copied your model over did you change it 2 90 degree single servo, daft question but easily forgot

Cheers, yes I did. I just found that the 600 is particularly twitchy. The 700 is defo more stable and feels a bit more like a real 600.