How does on fly in circles?

[cp11]

I'm having a blast with my mSRX, but I just can't get it to fly in circles around me. I start with forward flight and then give it right or left rudder and no matter what combination of elevator and aileron I try it either: 1. Spirals inward and does a slow pirouette 2. Speeds up too fast and spirals outward I need to find a way to keep it turning without pirouetting, but not have it speed up to mach 5 and hit the walls. Any tips? I've got the heli setup pretty well so that I can do several pirouettes in place (well pretty close to in place).

[tchilds]

Hello!

I have been trying to get my MSRX to fly that way too. I have come to the conclusion that the msrx is just too far for a fixed pitch, too small for a single rotor w/electric tail, etc etc

Basically what you are asking for is another helicopter. My mcp X I just upgraded to flies in a lot of ways like the MSRX does, just maintains a certain attitude better smoother than the MSRX but still does the same stuff pretty much.

What I'm getting at here is if you've tuned the links and can do a few piro's in any direction, that's as good as it gets on the tiny MSRX because its just too small. I got the hang of mine and can fly it in circuits around my living room or a tennis court now. Just hang in there, practice, and use fresh batteries you'll get the hang of it.

[AcidDrink]

Don't fly around you. it's frowned upon at the clubs, dangerous and will teach you bad habits.
If you just want to fly circles, get some speed (not much) give a bit of left rudder and a bit of left aileron. Heli will start to fly in circles. You may need to add some up elevator to prevent it from pitching down.

There is 3 sticky threads in this forum which explain it much better than I do too

[cp11]

I figured that flying around me I could turn with the helicopter and would have an easier time with it, but I certainly don't want to develop bad habits. I've also tried doing circles in front of me, and the results are the same. It seems that if I give it any left aileron it spirals inward. I'll keep working on it, maybe turning down my dual rates and see how it goes.

[deca]

The msrx has some weird habits when you try to turn it, I had issues with my friends. Certain control inputs make it do weird things, but they're consistent. Pay attention to what it's doing and be ready to correct.

[cp11]

Thanks, I eventually got pretty good at right turns on the mSRX, but left turns were very difficult. I moved up to an mCPX and am working on my left turns, seems that it turns a lot smoother than the mSRX, but it's so much faster that it freaks me out a bit more indoors!

[Flesher]

Originally Posted by AcidDrink

Don't fly around you. it's frowned upon at the clubs, dangerous and will teach you bad habits.

Why is frowned upon and dangerous? I like to fly circles in the house with the smaller blades. Only in front of me though, I'm not fond of spinning around as the heli is going around me,