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04-07-2008, 10:00 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Setting up the swash plate on a Lama
Thanks to Dierwolf, this is actually an older post of his -
Step 1. Remove Servo Arm links from swash (if you put them on the CNC Swash already) Step 2. Turn ON your TX and make sure Throttle is to Zero as well as its Trim turned all the way down. Step 3. Set all the trims for Rudder/Aileron and Elevator to their midpoints Step 4. Plug in your Helicopter and let the 4 in 1 initialize and servo's go to their neutral position. Step 5. After 4 in 1 shows green unplug the Helicopter and turn off the TX (if you have servos that move very easily without power to them skip this step and keep TX away from kids that might throttle up on it while your working) Ok now all your servo's should be at their centers... Check your Servo arms and make sure they are at 90 degrees to the Servo itself.. if they are not loosen the servo horn screw and adjust it as close to 90 degrees as you can and screw back on tight. Picture will follow next with more instructions below. At the center of this picture shows the 90 degree angle your swash plate should be set at once it is set properly... Swash should be as close as possible to 90 degrees from the main shaft looking both from the rear/front of the helicopter as well as from the side... Once it is set this way it will hover with no drifting... To get it at 90 degrees its very simple.... Looking from the back of the heli. Left servo is your Elevator Servo... A. Turn out (unscrew) to lengthen the rod making the swash plate tilt forward or B. Turn In (tighten) to shorten the rod making the swash plate tilt Backwards Same goes for your Right servo (looking from the back) Which is your Aileron... C. Turn out (unscrew) to length the rod making the swash plate tilt forward (YES I SAID FORWARD) or D. Turn in (tighten) to shorten the rod making the swash tilt backwards (YES I SAID BACKWARDS) This is not your typical 3 servo swash where things are nice and neat so yes each servo actually tilts the swash up and back from its position in one corner at the ball.... which is why i said tilts foward/backwards so you can grasp the movement better. That being said, if the swash tilting backwards after the cnc upgrade which it will because the CNC swash balls sit higher than the stock you will need to adjust both links gradually at the same time, at equal turns. I have found that 6 turns out on both servo arms brings it level, maybe different on yours.. you dont have to keep clicking the ball ends onto the swash balls each time, simply position them both against the balls with some pressure and you will get a good view if you have to move them in or out more.. Do this until it looks pretty straight at 90 degrees.. Then click on the arms to the swash... turn on TX and do a test flight.... CNC Swash is much more sensative than the plastic low tollerance "Thing" that was in there so dont go panicing if it vears a bit... in other words dont take it slow and go up slowly get up there to 3 ft quick and see what it does with no stick (Cyclic) movements.... If you eye balled it correctly it should hover just fine with very little forward/backward or side to side movements... any movements that may happen you cant just jump to the conclusion that the swash isnt set right. 1. is there a fan on in the room? 2. is there an a/c vent blowing in the room? 3. are you hovering over obsticles or too low?? if no to all 3 questions up there, then OK you can say its not set perfect yet... try getting rid of the movement by using the servo trims.. once you get it trimmed out.. leave trims as is and bring it down. Now look at your trims.... Hmmmm aileron trim is to the right, meaning its compensating for Left aileron... This means swash is leaning too much to the left looking from back... meaning the right servo (looking from back) needs its servo arm shorted a tad bit (depending on how much you had to compensate with the trim.. i find 1 turn for every 2 lines on the transmitter trim is correct) Same for if trim was to the left just visa versa (lengthen right servo arm) Same for Elevator, if trim is up means you need to lengthen servo arm on left servo and if trim was down shorten the left servo arm. once you made those adjustments the amount you think it should be set the TX trims back to zero again and test... And this is how it goes.. |
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07-31-2008, 03:41 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Join Date: Jul 2008
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that was great tips u have gave . glad i read this page . many tnx
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01-01-2010, 02:26 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Clockwise toilet motion
I have a lama 4, just put on a full metal upgrade / extended shaft 2.0/xtream blades and a set of xtream 180s SE motors. Now i cant stop the lama from flying a clockwise toilet bowl motion. Any info would be greatly appreated.
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01-02-2010, 10:03 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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i am looking at some upgrades also, if you have any tips lmk.. thanks and good luck
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Hmmmm... why dit do that...LOL Well it knida flew slo-stick// Blade CFX300 // Blade 120SR// DX6I// |
02-25-2010, 07:19 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Thanks so much for that Wizard. New to the site because I am having alot of trouble with these stupid CNC parts. I will leave the extreme motors and switch the mast and blade holders back to stock. I liked the way it was flying before all this "upgrade". I just want my Lama back! I'll go get a Belt CP2 for outside fun. Thanks again. I will let you know how it turns out. Should be an adventure.
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02-28-2010, 02:23 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Flies like a dream again when I got rid of the blue CNC bits. Looked really cool but the TBE was persistent. I would rather fly than mess around with those things anymore. I really like the look and sound of the SE180 motors. I have a Boomtown flybar on the way. Thanks again. Your information got me flying and happy again.
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01-01-2012, 09:08 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Excellent info
Just got a Lama V3, and hoping to convert to CNC parts, what a great bit of info, will help me a lot in setting up new parts etc.
Noticed as this is an old thread, the pics are removed, would there be any chance of seeing the pictures. Welshy |
01-07-2012, 02:26 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Umm. So a question on the swash on the Lama V4. Using the stock radio, when giving forward elevator, only 1 servo moves (left one) and tilts the swash not straight forward but a bit to the side. Im setting up my mixing and gyro part of the 4 in 1 for use with a Hitec receiver, and before noticin the above, i added mixing to both ELEV-> AIL and AIL->ELEV so that fwd elevator moves both servos up -> swash straight forward tilt, and left/right aileron mix to alt move left/right servo up/down so that no matter what i do, both servos move, and the swash always moves in the same direction as the stick on the tx. Is this correct as well or should i set it up as the stock tx controls the ail/elev? I know it works but it just doesnt make sens to me.
Now, before someone says gyroscopic precession, i still don't buy it since the precession acts at 90 degs in the rotation direction, and the servos are at 45 degs or something. Plz explain im so confused... |
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