Phoenix and trim

[murph]

Hi all
Just a quick one, does anyone else have to use trim on their tx for using on Phoenix?
I have to put in some right trim on my DX8 (about 5 or 6 clicks) to get the helis to lift in a straight hover, otherwise they bank to the left quite quickly. I am using Phoenix on a laptop running Vista (if its any help!)
Cheers in advance :-)

[Spanner]

Nope, no trim whatsoever. Maybe recalibrate your Tx in Phoenix?

[murph]

Yeah I tried recalibrating, didn't affect anything ?? Starting to wonder if this is one of the issues others had with the DX8?

[Steve]

Worse case maybe - the Tx is out of calibration, or you have some sub trim applied in the Tx?

[Spanner]

could be, not had a DX8 so can't comment other than what has already been said on here.

[adamr]

I sometimes put 1 maybe 2 clicks of trim on my DX6i, but 5 or 6 seems loads ??

[murph]

Worse case maybe - the Tx is out of calibration, or you have some sub trim applied in the Tx?

Didn't think of sub trim, will have to check that cheers

[LaurenceGough]

No for the sim you should not use any sub trim or trims. Recalibrate your transmitter as mentioned above .

A slight drift to the left is normal as with real helis but there should not be active cyclic banking.

Check your monitor screen in your transmitter to make sure it is not outputting cyclic at midstick.

[sd330ml]

Hi have a dx8 on pheonix and have trim on to fly

[Chris Boughton]

Im using a dx7 and have used subtrim to keep it hovering still as it will always slowly drift off even after recalibrating, I trimmed it up with subtrim until it hovered still. Ive been doing tht for bout 2 yrs and its worked fine!

[Tim Procter]

Just a thought.

Are all your sub trims and flight trims level (neutral/zero) when you re-calibrated your TX.

No trim applied on my DX8 when using the sim, in-fact because I use a V-Bar I have inhibited all my trims.

[murph]

I checked the sub trim, it was zero. Centred trim and checked monitor, aileron showed an output of between 7 and 14%! Guess I will give Horizon a call then!

[Spanner]

aileron showed an output of between 7 and 14%!

That'd do it!