sparx-
04-11-2008, 09:26 PM
For all those that were waiting, sorry for the delay. Been a little busy and I wanted to make sure I had it tuned up to how I feel my Blade 400 flys.
Some Notes.
1. HeadSpeed: I run my Blade 400 at 2700 RPM when I am flying circuits and aeros. When I am doing close in precision flying, I run my HeadSpeed in the 2400-2500 rpm range. You can adjust this in the sim. I suggest you try it, you will be suprised how much more in control you will feel when hovering in close and flying in close when you are running 2500 rpm
2. Tail/Gyro: I have this setup with a slight tail kick on hard collective changes. Most people are still running the Stock Gyro and this is accurate as far as I know. If you want to tune it out to have a solid tail, which I suggest you do not do, then change tail servo speed to 1.0, Tail Servo Delay to 0%. I fly my Blade 400 with a Futaba 401, but I still leave the tail kick in the sim because it forces me to watch the tail.
3. Motor Bog: I am not 100% sure what the actual wattage rating is for the Stock Motor. I made my best guess. What I have set seems to be pretty close. Some tips on this. Pay attention to the motor bog. You should be able to fly most all moves without boggin down the motor. If you are bogging the motor down, then you are not managing your collective properly. This is a GREAT training aid.
Thats about it. I have also attached a recorded flight I did with this variant so you can see what it can do.
Hope you guys enjoy it. This is as close to my actual Blade 400 I can get currently. I "simulates" my model pretty good
SPaRX
Unzip blade400_SPaRX_Blade_400.zip to ......\My Documents\PhoenixRC\Variants\helicopters
Unzip Sparx_Blade_400_recording.zip to ........ \My Documents\PhoenixRC\Recordings
Some Notes.
1. HeadSpeed: I run my Blade 400 at 2700 RPM when I am flying circuits and aeros. When I am doing close in precision flying, I run my HeadSpeed in the 2400-2500 rpm range. You can adjust this in the sim. I suggest you try it, you will be suprised how much more in control you will feel when hovering in close and flying in close when you are running 2500 rpm
2. Tail/Gyro: I have this setup with a slight tail kick on hard collective changes. Most people are still running the Stock Gyro and this is accurate as far as I know. If you want to tune it out to have a solid tail, which I suggest you do not do, then change tail servo speed to 1.0, Tail Servo Delay to 0%. I fly my Blade 400 with a Futaba 401, but I still leave the tail kick in the sim because it forces me to watch the tail.
3. Motor Bog: I am not 100% sure what the actual wattage rating is for the Stock Motor. I made my best guess. What I have set seems to be pretty close. Some tips on this. Pay attention to the motor bog. You should be able to fly most all moves without boggin down the motor. If you are bogging the motor down, then you are not managing your collective properly. This is a GREAT training aid.
Thats about it. I have also attached a recorded flight I did with this variant so you can see what it can do.
Hope you guys enjoy it. This is as close to my actual Blade 400 I can get currently. I "simulates" my model pretty good
SPaRX
Unzip blade400_SPaRX_Blade_400.zip to ......\My Documents\PhoenixRC\Variants\helicopters
Unzip Sparx_Blade_400_recording.zip to ........ \My Documents\PhoenixRC\Recordings