Steady as she goes
Posted 06-24-2012 at 01:54 PM by Jermo
It's been a while since I've flow anything other than a sim.
On my Pantera I lowered my swash pitch down to +- 8 degress rather than the 11 or 12 degrees I had and lowered the others to +- 6 degrees.
On startup the Pantera went WOT, killed throttle, not sure how but my throttle servo was reversed. Fixed that and restarted, started right up
. It was 90ish degrees outside and my engine was running rich. I like it that way so left it. A few test hovers gave me the answer I wanted. I now have a much more steady and level hover with better response and precision. I'm getting where I want to go with her.... I did some basic hovering around tail - in circles and a few punch outs to test tail hold. All looked good. I tested idle up which also looked good albiet I have the end points lowered to prevent an overspeed due to gearing (probably wouldn't happen due to the pitch but never hurts to be safe)....
I plan to stay gov free and might change when I start inverted. I need to get more flight time.
I got a few flights on my MCPX, circles, figure 8's, then hit some wind and had a rough landing. Lost a grip link.
On the way home I stopped by the LHS to pick up some MCPX grip links. Their computer shows 6 packs in stock but we can't find 1 on the shelf. It's not organized very well. Guy at the LHS said it's possible someone pocketed them as it's normally not hard to find at least 1 pack... I ordered two packs and will wait for them to call. I have 2 spares at home so I'm ok...
The heat was a bit too much for me so I called it a day.
Jer
On my Pantera I lowered my swash pitch down to +- 8 degress rather than the 11 or 12 degrees I had and lowered the others to +- 6 degrees.
On startup the Pantera went WOT, killed throttle, not sure how but my throttle servo was reversed. Fixed that and restarted, started right up
. It was 90ish degrees outside and my engine was running rich. I like it that way so left it. A few test hovers gave me the answer I wanted. I now have a much more steady and level hover with better response and precision. I'm getting where I want to go with her.... I did some basic hovering around tail - in circles and a few punch outs to test tail hold. All looked good. I tested idle up which also looked good albiet I have the end points lowered to prevent an overspeed due to gearing (probably wouldn't happen due to the pitch but never hurts to be safe)....I plan to stay gov free and might change when I start inverted. I need to get more flight time.
I got a few flights on my MCPX, circles, figure 8's, then hit some wind and had a rough landing. Lost a grip link.
On the way home I stopped by the LHS to pick up some MCPX grip links. Their computer shows 6 packs in stock but we can't find 1 on the shelf. It's not organized very well. Guy at the LHS said it's possible someone pocketed them as it's normally not hard to find at least 1 pack... I ordered two packs and will wait for them to call. I have 2 spares at home so I'm ok...
The heat was a bit too much for me so I called it a day.
Jer
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