How to program a pitch curve for scale flying

[blade77]

How did this pitch range work out for you in the end?

[emederos]

I guess he never flew it or we'll never know

[prophead]

so can i set it up at -11, 0@mid, +11. then trim it in the Tx to go -3, 5@mid, 9? how does this affect the fbl controller? or trim it at the fbl controller?
sorry, so noob here.
my ikon and fbl head for my swift nx are en route.
my jet ranger is waiting to mate.
was thinking of trimming it in the Tx/fbl controller to, say, -3, 0@mid, ++.
this will still work right?
thanks.

[Keyrigger]

This is kind of a dead thread, lol. However, traditionally, a scale setup is mechanically set to about +5 degrees at mid stick, 9 degrees at high and about -4 degrees at low. The total range is about 18 degrees. I have set my SK720's up from day one with a total range of 24 degrees (or in one case, 26) and then set the pitch curve so that at mid stick, I am around +5 degrees pitch. I run as high as 12 degrees pitch on my TOW Defender and 11 degrees on my CH-139 (Jet Ranger). Most will say that the advantages are mechanical and I guess it is right but in four years of flying, I really have not seen any degradation in performance. My usual setup is to have 8 degrees of cyclic motion but when you talk to guys that fly F3C, they use as low as 5 degrees. I still have lots to learn, trust me, but I am getting a handle on things very quickly these days. Hope this helps.

Don

PS. I would add more slightly more pitch both positive and negative but don't go too far.

[prophead]

Originally Posted by Keyrigger

This is kind of a dead thread, lol. However, traditionally, a scale setup is mechanically set to about +5 degrees at mid stick, 9 degrees at high and about -4 degrees at low. The total range is about 18 degrees. I have set my SK720's up from day one with a total range of 24 degrees (or in one case, 26) and then set the pitch curve so that at mid stick, I am around +5 degrees pitch. I run as high as 12 degrees pitch on my TOW Defender and 11 degrees on my CH-139 (Jet Ranger). Most will say that the advantages are mechanical and I guess it is right but in four years of flying, I really have not seen any degradation in performance. My usual setup is to have 8 degrees of cyclic motion but when you talk to guys that fly F3C, they use as low as 5 degrees. I still have lots to learn, trust me, but I am getting a handle on things very quickly these days. Hope this helps.

Don

PS. I would add more slightly more pitch both positive and negative but don't go too far.

HI Don,
thanks. lots of help there.
so i got everything in working order now.
Q: all this pitch curve setting were done in the Tx?
thanks again.

Ernest0

[Keyrigger]

The traditional setup was done mechanically so that with the servo arms in the horizontal position, you had about 5 degrees of pitch and your positive pitch would end up around 10 to 12 and your negative from 0 to -4. With today's modern radio and the very heavy duty servos that are standard now with a lot of full kits, that is no longer the requirement. I used the pitch curve in the radio to create the same curve. Hope this helps.

Don