firedude52
02-04-2012, 08:56 AM
Well when I first got it the little bugger was a handful. The tail was out of control and the thing had a mind of it's own. I did a lot of research on it in different places and came up with a few tweaks. It crashed more than it flew! I can say it'll take a beating though as the only thing I broke was a main blade and it was easily repaired with CA. I did have to replace the main board however it's fine now and has a couple dozen flights in. After a few more little teaks and trim adjustments I took it out back tonight at sunset and the little guy hovered hands off for a LONG time! I brought it back in and it now pulls straight up into a nice transitional hover. No more lurching to the left on t/o. It can now even be easily flown inside the RV if I choose. Below are the things I did besides some weird trim settings on the Tx.
1. Put an msr tail blade on and cured the twitchy erratic tail (along with some trim).
2. Servo linkage is on the inner holes on the servo horns.
3. Moved vertical tail fin forward about a half inch or more. Not critical, just needs to be moved forward of the tail rotor wash.
4. I'm using the long ball links on the swash plate.
5. I bind it each time I fly by putting the battery in first then turn on the Tx. This somehow makes a difference.
Again it'll hover hands off providing no wind. It now flies like a dream. I fly it out back and over grass so there's no hard impacts to break anything. The only drawback is the weak canopy which cracks at the slightest crash/contact. Solved by using packing tape to line the inside of canopy before even using it. The new canopy has not a single crack in it and no longer an issue if it does go down out back.
It flies very smooth and like a dream now. Just took a bit to get it there.
Bottom line Align could have done a LOT better for an RTF out of the box, but in the end? It's a perfect little FP micro now. Too many gave up too soon on this little guy. See You Tube video link and below... Also pic of the magical trim settings as weird as it may look.
On edit....Oh and forgot to mention the stock batteries aren't too swift. The heli works extremely well with the Turnigy 3.7v 160 mah batteries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gbdu8zFhk
http://www.rcdiscuss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2515&d=1328198301
1. Put an msr tail blade on and cured the twitchy erratic tail (along with some trim).
2. Servo linkage is on the inner holes on the servo horns.
3. Moved vertical tail fin forward about a half inch or more. Not critical, just needs to be moved forward of the tail rotor wash.
4. I'm using the long ball links on the swash plate.
5. I bind it each time I fly by putting the battery in first then turn on the Tx. This somehow makes a difference.
Again it'll hover hands off providing no wind. It now flies like a dream. I fly it out back and over grass so there's no hard impacts to break anything. The only drawback is the weak canopy which cracks at the slightest crash/contact. Solved by using packing tape to line the inside of canopy before even using it. The new canopy has not a single crack in it and no longer an issue if it does go down out back.
It flies very smooth and like a dream now. Just took a bit to get it there.
Bottom line Align could have done a LOT better for an RTF out of the box, but in the end? It's a perfect little FP micro now. Too many gave up too soon on this little guy. See You Tube video link and below... Also pic of the magical trim settings as weird as it may look.
On edit....Oh and forgot to mention the stock batteries aren't too swift. The heli works extremely well with the Turnigy 3.7v 160 mah batteries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gbdu8zFhk
http://www.rcdiscuss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2515&d=1328198301