Goblin 700 Comp and confidence

[dominoedge]

I maidened my Goblin 700 comp for real today. I've done some setup flights to get the vbar dialed in, but I don't really count those. Today I took it out and it was awesome. It still needs some tweaking on the tail, but wow does this heli fly well. I had a G700 before and it was good too, but I've also progressed from my (mostly sport) flying before.

So for the first time today I had the confidence to do: a complete hurricane, inverted reverse 8s, elevator tic-tocs, aileron tic-tocs, rainbows, and was going to try funnels but chickened out. I've done all these forever in the sim and was able to do most of them IRL today. Happy camper.

Question for the advanced flyers: are you guys able to dial in your setup instantly after one flight or do you spend days/weeks tweaking it? I've started tweaking with all my settings and it's easier with the VControl, but still requires lots of trial and error.

[ah_liang]

I dun really try to tweak to perfection and had vbar express on most of my machines. Just play with the express settings. The goblins had been able to behave well with vbar default settings.

[aaronp97]

The better u get the more u tube. It took about 20 flights for me and left it for a few months. This past weekend I made the first few changes in a while cause I started flying harder so I had to lower gains.

[tdf1946]

This what's a 700 Comp and Confidence will do for you it makes you wanna go faster

[Shogun71]

Dang, you flew so fast the rest of the heli disintegrated....

[tdf1946]

Pretty much what happened ,the kit was 2 weeks old I was babying it till my friend said I'll spot for you so open it up,well my day my dumb but got it moving bout 90mph and lost iSight of it until it was inverted going for earth. It hit like a scud missel hitting its target 2K up in dust

[tdf1946]

I'm so shell scocked my G Speed is still in plastic

[dominoedge]

Originally Posted by tdf1946

This what's a 700 Comp and Confidence will do for you it makes you wanna go faster

Originally Posted by tdf1946

I'm so shell scocked my G Speed is still in plastic

Oh man, I feel for you. I know crashing is part of the hobby so hopefully electronics are ok and it's not a full rekit for you. I went out again last weekend and had another six good flights on the 700c. Tuned it some more and the tail is holding better. I almost had a dumb, but pulled it out at the last moment.

Good luck on your rebuild.

[tdf1946]

it was a total rekit the only thing that survived was the Scorpion motor

[Joe Bailey]

In answer to the op's original post.
I tend to spend about 5 flights tweaking the fbl system and then leave it well alone.

It's great when you find a heli your 100% comfortable with, it allows you to fly so much better and learn new moves easier.

[Shogun71]

After getting my 700c dialed in with the batts in perfect cog the flights were akin to a religious experience.

After just a couple of tuning flights it flys way better than my 7hv did after lots of work.