WayneBrown
12-01-2005, 07:54 PM
Setup is a Stratus.
83mm long (aileron rods)
17mm elevator rod
3 x 25 mm bellcrank to swash (elevator is 1/4 turn longet than others)
All linkage reworked from servos out to MA manual lengths and 90* at wheels and bellcranks. (measured with Zona "L" square off main gear and top of frame for elev.)
Levelling tool used on swash, level at mid, high and low with no apparent interaction or lag.
+10, 0 mid, -10, paddles zero at mid.
cyclic measured at mains 7* fore/aft 7* right/left.
balance with canopy on, no fuel is tail down? (approximately 1" lower than blocks in frame)
YS 80, SB16, 690 V's 95mm V tail, V paddles, duralite 4400mAh, yada,yada, yada..
I'm still seeing 1+ degrees of roll (left) at midstick cyclic, measured at the main blade @ fore/aft that is immeasurable at high/low pitch.
Either I'm dead nuts, or I screwed it up real bad, I need input to determine my state of mind.
What promted me to give this a look it while inverted FF the tail dropped, and I had to trim to hover hands off.
Found I had rushed too much and had rod lengths close, but not dead on.
83mm long (aileron rods)
17mm elevator rod
3 x 25 mm bellcrank to swash (elevator is 1/4 turn longet than others)
All linkage reworked from servos out to MA manual lengths and 90* at wheels and bellcranks. (measured with Zona "L" square off main gear and top of frame for elev.)
Levelling tool used on swash, level at mid, high and low with no apparent interaction or lag.
+10, 0 mid, -10, paddles zero at mid.
cyclic measured at mains 7* fore/aft 7* right/left.
balance with canopy on, no fuel is tail down? (approximately 1" lower than blocks in frame)
YS 80, SB16, 690 V's 95mm V tail, V paddles, duralite 4400mAh, yada,yada, yada..
I'm still seeing 1+ degrees of roll (left) at midstick cyclic, measured at the main blade @ fore/aft that is immeasurable at high/low pitch.
Either I'm dead nuts, or I screwed it up real bad, I need input to determine my state of mind.
What promted me to give this a look it while inverted FF the tail dropped, and I had to trim to hover hands off.
Found I had rushed too much and had rod lengths close, but not dead on.