Pipes
02-27-2007, 07:53 PM
Hi guy's I have not read all the posts on this thread but...I had the falcon and sold it...the guy who bought it wanted my 7 chp radio and 2100 mah lipo, so he sent it back to me, I put the correct xtal in the radio and went to set it up......he also sent me a list of the set up for that radio from a forum... more imprtantly these were the specs
Here is what I am running right now. Nothing fancy and some things may have changed since my initial setup.
Setup for the Falcon 3D
PARAMETER Menu:
Swash Type setting: HELICOPTER(H1)
MODUL: PPM
CH1: Front Right aileron servo
CH2: Front Left elevator servo
CH3: Throttle Electronic Speed Control (ESC)
CH4: Rudder
CH5: Gyro control
CH6: Center Bottom pitch servo
Servo Reversing:
CH1 = Aileron Reverse
CH2 = Elevator Normal
CH3 = Throttle Reverse
CH4 = Rudder Reverse
CH5 = Gyro Normal
CH6 = Pitch Normal
Throttle curves:
Normal: 0.0%, 36.0%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Idle1: 100.0%, 83.5%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Idle2: 100.0%, 83.5%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Pitch curves:
Normal: 40.0%, 55.0%, 65.0%, 75.0%, 100.0%
Idle1: 0.0%, 27.5%, 50.0%, 72.5%, 100.0%
Idle2: 0.0%, 27.5%, 50.0%, 72.5%, 100.0%
PROG - MIX1:
ELEV->THRO (Ch2 -> Ch3)
Down -20%, Up +20%
PROG - MIX2:
AILE->THRO (Ch1 -> Ch3)
Left +20%, Up -20%
Why mix throttle and aileron/elevator?
Cyclic movements take additional throttle to keep head-speed up, this is something I learned a while back from suggestions for the Hornet from Eric Larsen's home page.
Easiest way to test for yourself is to hover and just run the helicopter through some quick rocking motions, you'll be able to hear the head-speed drop.
The two mixes add throttle during cyclic simply to keep the maneuverability up, the stock radio doesn't do this, and it's why you hear so many people complain about a stock Falcon losing head-speed in their first loops.
Page 1 of the Gyro setup under the advanced features setup.
Gyro SW - D
UP>A 50%
DN>N 50%
Page 2 of the Gyro setup under the advanced features setup.
Gyro >ON
SW>D
MODE>GY
When you are in the GYRO menu, use the Down cursor key to get to the second page, here you will see, MODE>
STD mode has 0 to +100 also allowing for 1/2% increments.
GY setting is for heading hold/AVCS gyros - the GY series gyros from Futaba.
The GY programming acknowledges that left of center to 0 is 100 to 0 AVCS/HH (you will see an A beside the word Up and Down, and right of center is 0 to 100 normal mode (you will see the N beside the word Up and Down
So with these spec programed into the radio, I need to test it, plugged in the battery, waited for the gyro to initilise, spooled her up pushed the throttle not even half way, when pop bang crash..what the f**k, dust settled in the basement!!!!!!!!! a scene investigation showed the main blade had ripped out of the grip, sheared off the main shaft broke the main frame, bent the tail boom and drive shaft, and broke the tail fins....it was not even in the air!!!!!! I am no expert but I am saying excessive head speed????? please any experts out there guide me!!!!!!! I am going to order new parts and rebuild it but I could use a hand with the set up.....should I use the stock heli set up the radio !!!!????? sorry about not reading all the posts but I need to get the cuts to my arm seen too them woodies come sharp about the arm regions!!!!!!!!!! thanks for any advise you guys have Colin.
Here is what I am running right now. Nothing fancy and some things may have changed since my initial setup.
Setup for the Falcon 3D
PARAMETER Menu:
Swash Type setting: HELICOPTER(H1)
MODUL: PPM
CH1: Front Right aileron servo
CH2: Front Left elevator servo
CH3: Throttle Electronic Speed Control (ESC)
CH4: Rudder
CH5: Gyro control
CH6: Center Bottom pitch servo
Servo Reversing:
CH1 = Aileron Reverse
CH2 = Elevator Normal
CH3 = Throttle Reverse
CH4 = Rudder Reverse
CH5 = Gyro Normal
CH6 = Pitch Normal
Throttle curves:
Normal: 0.0%, 36.0%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Idle1: 100.0%, 83.5%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Idle2: 100.0%, 83.5%, 72.0%, 83.5%, 100%
Pitch curves:
Normal: 40.0%, 55.0%, 65.0%, 75.0%, 100.0%
Idle1: 0.0%, 27.5%, 50.0%, 72.5%, 100.0%
Idle2: 0.0%, 27.5%, 50.0%, 72.5%, 100.0%
PROG - MIX1:
ELEV->THRO (Ch2 -> Ch3)
Down -20%, Up +20%
PROG - MIX2:
AILE->THRO (Ch1 -> Ch3)
Left +20%, Up -20%
Why mix throttle and aileron/elevator?
Cyclic movements take additional throttle to keep head-speed up, this is something I learned a while back from suggestions for the Hornet from Eric Larsen's home page.
Easiest way to test for yourself is to hover and just run the helicopter through some quick rocking motions, you'll be able to hear the head-speed drop.
The two mixes add throttle during cyclic simply to keep the maneuverability up, the stock radio doesn't do this, and it's why you hear so many people complain about a stock Falcon losing head-speed in their first loops.
Page 1 of the Gyro setup under the advanced features setup.
Gyro SW - D
UP>A 50%
DN>N 50%
Page 2 of the Gyro setup under the advanced features setup.
Gyro >ON
SW>D
MODE>GY
When you are in the GYRO menu, use the Down cursor key to get to the second page, here you will see, MODE>
STD mode has 0 to +100 also allowing for 1/2% increments.
GY setting is for heading hold/AVCS gyros - the GY series gyros from Futaba.
The GY programming acknowledges that left of center to 0 is 100 to 0 AVCS/HH (you will see an A beside the word Up and Down, and right of center is 0 to 100 normal mode (you will see the N beside the word Up and Down
So with these spec programed into the radio, I need to test it, plugged in the battery, waited for the gyro to initilise, spooled her up pushed the throttle not even half way, when pop bang crash..what the f**k, dust settled in the basement!!!!!!!!! a scene investigation showed the main blade had ripped out of the grip, sheared off the main shaft broke the main frame, bent the tail boom and drive shaft, and broke the tail fins....it was not even in the air!!!!!! I am no expert but I am saying excessive head speed????? please any experts out there guide me!!!!!!! I am going to order new parts and rebuild it but I could use a hand with the set up.....should I use the stock heli set up the radio !!!!????? sorry about not reading all the posts but I need to get the cuts to my arm seen too them woodies come sharp about the arm regions!!!!!!!!!! thanks for any advise you guys have Colin.