Real newbie question....

[smithap]

Hi there all,

Thinking of getting a Phoenix Sim and have a Multiplex 3010 radio. If I get the MPX connection cable, hopefully I'll be set, but I have a real dummies question. Does the throttle (left) stick need to be centre sprung, or just ratcheted?

Thanks in advance.

Adrian

[David Drew]

Welcome to the site

Neither.

Down is min throttle, up is full. Hover in the centre or just above.

Action needs to be smooth, not racheted

David

[easyRobin]

If your Tx is ratched, it is very easy to change that.
Just unscrew the back and look for the left stick assembly.
There is little metal piece pushing against the left stick assembly.
Just unscrew that piece and put it back on the other way around.
Then you'll have a nice smooth Throttle/rudder stick.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

[Ade_Law]

the 3030 is a great radio. getting help on the heli side of things as its mainly a glider radio i have only ever seen one 3030 on the circuit and that was mine!

the throttle wants to be a smooth brake rather than a ratchet.

Ade

[smithap]

Thanks for the replies - yes done over 20 years on Gliders after starting out with the intention of flying Helis and being told to try something easier!

So, now I am finally going to start!

[Axel40]

You could also slip a bit of fuel tubing over that metal thing to get rid of the ratchet, it just feels so much more precise that way.

[smithap]

Thanks everyone. I took the plunge and have it all up and running - brilliant fun! Prepare yourselves for a barrage of questions, well at least a few.

What's the main thing(s) I should be practising? I assume hovering? I have been already quite a bit and also getting tempted with all the other tutorials and, of course, just trying to fly and land etc.

All advice gratefully accepted.

[David Drew]

Hovering & landing properly to start with.

Side on hovering.

Figs of eight, eventually bringing the nose in as you complete the fig eight and keep the heli flying forwards, not sideways, (this is where I'm up to)

Then nose on hovering...difficult!! Nose on landings...that should do for a while

David

[Steve]

I used to use a Profi 4000 for planes and helis - fantastic bit of kit for flexibility, but it just did odd things to the tails of helis that I (nor the chap who owned it before me) could ever sort out. That's why it had to go.

Never anything serious, just a slight but constant creep in one direction all the time, even in heading hold, as if the Tx was telling the heli to turn all the while. At the time I had one of my helis set up on 2 transmitters, and when I flew it on the other one - no problem at all.

I think it was something to do with the slight difference in the servo centres between Multiplex servos, and all the others.