I got it!!!

[Stuey]

Hi All,
Well i finally bit the bullet and got a Stinger 30. Now i am new to all this gas heli stuff but have flown alot of fixed wing for around 10 years. I have flown small electric heli's for about 2 months and got bored with them and started to miss the smell of burning nitro.

I got the stinger last thursday and have spent alot of time doing the set up on the head and all and i must say it paid off big time , today was its maiden flight with no real dramas at all exept a blown glow plug (pilot error 12 volts dont help plugged the driver in the wrong plugs on the panel). But any way it flew first time after a few clicks in on the mix needle and committed it to the sky.

I was very surprised at how stable this heli is and the little JR G410T gyro held the back end in one spot. I had a training undercarage on it but seemed to shake the heli alot so i took it off and gave that a go. apart from having to be a bit more gentle with it felt heaps better.
I am only a newbie to helis and have no one to teach me and know only what i know from reading books and surfing the net. Does any one have any sugestions on learning to fly on your lonesome.

Thanks gohbee for a great heli.

Regards Stuey

[jgoodsell]

Congrats on the maiden and the upgrade in size

here is a link to littlerottors's web site with a liste of things to learn and in what order. thats the way i'm going and i'm now progressing real fast.

you've got a good advantage and that having experience flying a plane. your orientation is already good and your knowlege of engine touning. now all you have to do is burn some fuel

http://www.littlerotors.com/flyinglessons/

Good luck

[flyinfool]

Congrats on a successful maiden.
It is always a good feeling when a maiden come home in one piece.

If you don't already have one I would recommend that you get a Sim. A Sim will go a long way toward helping you progress with out a lot of crashes.

The best advice that I can give is to NOT try to impress anyone but yourself.
It is OK and good to gently push your comfort zone, that is how you learn new things.
Just get real comfortable with the last thing you learned and then push on.

Most important have fun, that is what this is all about.

Traveling to a Fun Fly is always a good place to learn new stuff, and meet like minded HeliFreaks.

[Stuey]

Thanks guys for your advice. Things could not be better with my new heli done a few adjustments today like adding some Expo to aileron and elevator adjusted the - pitch so the thing wasn't trying to dig a hole on the spool up and went for another fly even better again. Did my first full tank hover the thing is still slobering rich. 10% of the flight was spent walking around the side of the heli to see where it was and what it was doing :badair:
So what settings are good as far as pitch and throttle curve for the stinger 30? allthough it hovers nice and is very solid in the air it is still reving fairly hard or is that just its nature?
Thanks again
Stuey

[flyinfool]

Do you have a tach?
At your level a head speed of 1650-1750 would be a good place to start.
Your pitch should be around +/- 9 degrees.
Then adjust the throttle curve to get your head speed.
If it is reving really high, be careful because things can break with an excess head speed.

A tach is a great addition to your tool box, I like the one made by Model Avionics, it works just as good and and is half the price of the miniature tach.

[Stuey]

Ordered one today.
Stuey

[Stuey]

Just added some colour to my beastie.
Stuey

[heliengineering]

Hi Stuey:

You can use -4/9 for normal flight mode and +/-9 setup for Idle "when you're ready", maintain this enable during your learning period. Try to use your throttle linear 10,25,50,75,100 (10 in the first point to control your throttle trim in the middle and use of the throttle cut option) also verify your pitch for 6 degrees on the middle stick position and head speed recommended by Jeff (1650-1750). Use your motor rich in the first three tanks, after of that you can lean the motor and if possible need adjustment in your curves.

best regards and enjoy your model "nice color's"

best regards and enjoy your model

[Stuey]

Well have not been around much moving house and stuff and work, but this has not stopped me from flying.
My original Stinger 30 is still going has had over 200 flights a few minor crashes (nothing too bad) and it still keeps going as well as the day i bought it. I think from memory i have done a set of blades, replaced the ball links, added a boom mount for the servo and thats about it.
Any newbies out there considering a gasser go for a gohbee you wont regret it they are well made and fun to fly.
Thanks gohbee.
Regards Stuey

[Tyree]

That's great Stuey !!

I'm glad you stuck with it and are having fun.....did you wind up teaching yourself to fly??

Ty

[Stuey]

That's great Stuey !!

I'm glad you stuck with it and are having fun.....did you wind up teaching yourself to fly??

Ty

Thanks Ty. Yeah i did teach my self although i had acsess to a great sim. The experience i gained with flying fixed wing for alot of years helped alot with orientation. The rest was just playing around alot and trying new things as my confidence grew. But i must say it has been an exciting journey but very fulfilling and still learning
Next will be some upgrades for the stinger then try some 3D although i can do loops and rolls, inverted just the basic stuff i think these types of manouvers are about the limit for a stock stinger.

Cheers Stuey

[flyinfool]

You are the only limit of the stock Stinger.
The only thing You "need" to upgrade would be to go with composite main blades if you still have woodies. Once you start to get really aggressive then it will be time to get some On Edge dampers. Thats all you really "need" to upgrade on the Stinger to be fully 3D capable.
Of course there are a lot of "nice" things to have. :smokin: