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05-08-2012, 10:51 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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seldredg
Hey man,
You had ask me a question about trims but then you closed your thread were nobody could respond....LOL ! I don't know if you meant to do that or not. It could give a guy a complex after the long winded answer i gave before...LOL ! But the trims we are all talking about on the DX6i are the trim buttons next to your thumb controls. The throttle, rudder, Alie, Elev.. the buttons that control the trims for those have to be in the neutral position when you hook up your battery to your heli. If any of those trims are not in neutral, it will be hard to control. So if you trim it while you are flying, make sure you return all trims to neutral before you fly again.
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05-08-2012, 11:19 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Thanks. I figure out my reply wasn't likely to get answered. Thanks for tracking me down.
I had used the trims and not zeroed them, so that was an issue. I tried hand launch outside this AM a few times and that worked better than lifting off the ground. Still, it quickly flies off to the side but I can catch it...some times. Going to a larger area, then the MMM mod if necessary. |
05-08-2012, 12:01 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
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The MM mod will help with the lift off the ground and the flying off to one side. You can also put the connecting links on the shorter balls on the swash and it will slow the response down some until you get better use to it.
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05-08-2012, 01:09 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I checked it out in the park, achieving a "first-flight" stable hover, which I believe is keeping it within a 50-foot sphere. I did get it stable enough to confirm it quickly flys off to the left and backward. I applied the MMM mod and was then easily able to pop it straight up to a hover (well, pretty close). I tried the "learning to hover" slow indoor settings as well as some faster ones. I'll have to play around, but I think I like the faster settings. The heli seems to be able to gain speed too fast to correct with slow settings.
I don't think this is an indoor heli for me yet, but the park is one house down and empty (a nice 100 ft circle defined by 200 ft redwoods). MCX2 for inside. |
05-08-2012, 01:18 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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A little something about "slow" settings for you to consider:
The issue with the slow settings I have is it can instill the habit of doing big stick corrections, because, like you said the heli likes to go and when it goes, it really goes. If I were you, I'd probably stick with the faster settings so you don't run the risk of being in for a little surprise when you start to move on to more "advanced" settings and try to fly it like you normally would with the slow settings.
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05-08-2012, 02:28 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Good point. What standard settings to do you use/recommend? I think I've seen three different sets so far, not counting the 100% 0% DR.
What does 'exponential" refer to in the D/R setting? |
05-09-2012, 12:55 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Expo is a feature that lowers the sticks sensitivity at the middle rest position. This allows you to control how sensitive the heli will be to tiny movements. My suggestion to you is to raise the expo pretty high and work your way down to where you can do accurate hover corrections in a timely matter for your skill level but it isnt so sensitive that you self-induce TBE (toilet bowl effect). I dont have a computerized radio for planes (I do have one for my truggies though), only a DX5e that I leave the dual rates on high. Your best bet is to find a good guide on what settings do what and play around until you find what you like. John Salt's ebook has a fantastic DX6i guide that goes through each feature and what it will do along with some suggested settings. One warning about settings though, don't get caught up in trying all these different settings because you will never get used to flying with any of them, instead you will think they all don't work. Pick some standard settings and go from there. Use expo and maybe some lower DR (dual rates determine how far a servo will travel in positive and negative position in % of travel. 70% dual rate means the servo will only go 70% of its travel in either direction) to find where you aren't flying crazy all over the place and every so often return DR back to 100% slowly over time as you get used to the helis reaction. Expo isnt a newb setting so dont think that because you crank up the expo means you are a bad pilot. Hell, Ive been racing truggies for 5 years and I use expo on my throttle and steering channels because I want my ride to react the way I expect it to. Expo is almost purely a personal preference.
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