Training gear? Who needs it?? :)

[Cralis]

So, a few weeks back, I smashed my Trex 450... nicely. It had traing gear. Gear got smashed up bad. So, the replacement parts arrived and I fixed the heli.

But, no training gear, so I thought, what the hell!

I'm not Trex-ing 450-ing without training gear! And it's great!

Shots show some pretty ugly wireing in the back though....

[Cralis]

I have noticed something. When you're on the ground, about to take off, I tend to have to add right cyclic as we lift off, or else the helicopter tends to drift to the left as it takes off.

I'm thinking this has something to do with the tail rotor and the main rotor causing some effect that pushes the helicopter?

[ChrisB]

Very well done,i have found training gears to be a help but also a hindrance..

I remember how good it felt when i ditched mine from my first heli,a Hirobo Shuttle


Well done again

All helis seem to drift left a bit,its just an effect of the rotors,you will quickly come to not even noticing it

[Philimon]

I'm thinking this has something to do with the tail rotor and the main rotor causing some effect that pushes the helicopter?

You're spot on - its that little vertical fan at the back thats blowing the heli to one side. You'll notice, too, that when you get a perfectly stable hover that the main rotor is tilted slightly, too. Same thing.

[Cralis]

Thanks...
Yeah, removing them is great. But as soon as the heli isn't basically directly tail in to me, I start to panic a bit. I can do it OK on the sim, but with the real one, I get too scared. So the training gear will be used when I start sides hovering.

As with the drift, I'm basically taking off with some right cyclic as standard practise. Seems OK.

[Cralis]

You'll notice, too, that when you get a perfectly stable hover ....

That possible?????

[Nutz]

Well done mate, I learned the expensive way and never used to training skids, when you start to panic try and remember tail towards you and centre up.

[Cralis]

Thanks Nutz. Yeah, I try that. I also try and get it down for my own personal safty, and if it's me or the heli, the helis going in the trees! Or else, landing on it's side.

As soon as the tail isn't pointing at me, I try and stablise first, as in, bring it into a hover, and when I've nearly gained control, I try swing the tail towards me. That's worked - so far.

I made an absolute pigs ear of my safty this morning. Second battery, I started the TX, throttle down, LOCK. Plugged in the heli battery. Watched Gyro initialise. Placed heli flat. On TX, I switched to STD mode, and then back to HH mode to make sure the gyro doesn't try swing the heli.

Stood back, LOCK off, and throttle up. Waited for the blades to get to speed at 1/5 throttle (ESC set to spin up slowly), then more throttle to go up, and as it lifted, the heli seemed to drift and swing....

Full throttle down (-2 degrees at 0%), as ther heli wasn't high.

What I had forgotten to do was - pull the damn aerial out!

[Nutz]

What I had forgotten to do was - pull the damn aerial out!

Yes, this is a pain for me to as I use Spektrum and 35MHz, I think it has only happend on 2 occasions for me.

Don't get suckered into having the aerial half out when flying in a back gardens or close proximity, I got suckered into doing that and it is not good, always have the aerial fully out.

[moyesboy]

yuo need room to practise the nose and side in stuff.
down the park and in the field I could fly my heli arround and nose in hover etc no problem.
It took a lot more hours before I got happy to do slow pirrouette hovers in my garden close to obsticles.

You need enough room to blip the collective (to get a bit more height) and spin round tail in to recover. Trouble is the heli sets off a long way when you blip the collective if it is not level!

[Cralis]

Don't get suckered into having the aerial half out when flying in a back gardens or close proximity, I got suckered into doing that and it is not good, always have the aerial fully out.

Guity as charged, but I will change my ways. Never thought it would be a problem in a small garden.

Thanks.

[Nutz]

When the motor is running the RX has a hard time filtering the noise form the motor, the stronger signal the RX gets form the TX the better it will be, even at a few feet it can make the difference.

[HighlanderJC]

Hope it dont sound as if im being picky but are the gyro wires and tail servo wires secure? If not bunch them up and use a cable tie.

[Cralis]

Thanks Highlander. Yeah, they really need some tightening back there. Will get that sorted this week.