Swash plate leveling for Trex 150x

[#!kaerfileh]

My 150x was working great and under control with my DX20 Spektrum until i tried to practice some 3D move and crashed big time.
Since then, i was no longer being able to control the Rc heli like i used to.
i have a hard time to adjust the servos to balance out the swash plate again.
i did buy the swash plate tool and use it to change it but was no luck.
Can someone help out and suggest the best and easiest way to fix the swash plate on this Trex 150x model?
Appreciated your time.
Regards,

[joanpeca]

Hi! Swashplate leveling in this little bird is a quite straightforward process since the links from the servos to the swashplate are not adjustable. So, the process you should follow is:

- Set a straight 0-50-100 pitch curve at your transmitter. Or, even better, a 0, 50, 50, 50, 100 pitch curve will ease the process.

- Center your pitch stick. In the app, enter the swashplate section and center the three servos (set them to 0%).

- Check that all servo arms are at 90º or very close to it. If any of them is not centered (very) close to 90º, remove the arm and place it as close to 90º as you can.

- Remove the rotorhead and put the swash leveler. Now, using the app, enter the "swashplate" section and raise or lower every servo until the swash is leveled (it touches the three points of the leveler).

- Remove the leveler and put the rotorhead again. Enter "Collective" section in the app, touch "0º Pitch", and raise or lower the swash until you get 0º there. You may need a pitch gauge to do this. Otherwise, folding both blades over their bladegrips setting them parallel will make the trick. You get 0º when both blades are perfectly aligned.

- Touch "Collective" button now in the app. With "Positive" and "Negative" slidebars you set the maximum and mininum pitch values. Set them to +11 degrees and -11 degrees, respectively. If you don't have a pitch gauge, an application such RC Heli Pitch will make the trick.

Once you followed this procedure, your swashplate setup is done. If you keep having problems, it should be due to anything else, maybe a stripped servo gear? Check them first at all, because this helicopter is very prone to stripping servo gears every time it crash.

Good luck!

[ic-racer]

Check for stripped gears in one or more servos.

[prairie ville]

Also after I`ve had a few bad crashes, I`ve had to do a Gyro Calibration which is on the top of page 29 of the PDF manual I have. And make sure the GRS board is still firmly attached and not loose........my .02$


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[johnniechang]

Hard time to level the swash?
No servo movement in APP adjust function?
If servos are ok and swash is level by eye and still fly unstable, than maybe is something related to vib.

[#!kaerfileh]

Hi Joanpeca and all,
I followed what you guided and I almost got there. I swash plate is now leveled but I observed a weird one. I can't lift the heli up and if I raised the throttle up, it seems there is a force to push the heli down and it likes to jump. The higher I tried to raise the throttle, the stronger force it is. Then if I pushed the throttle stick down after I raised it, the heli is about to flying up.
I am not sure what I missed that I can't bring the heli on the air again and I used to hover and flying in sport mode around with no problem.

Really appreciated if you can provide further help.

Thanks again.

[#!kaerfileh]

Well..It was my bad and now I learned more from this forum. I guessed i did not fully understand how collective pitch (negative vs positive) works, and I overlooked that setup. Once I changed around the reversed pitch box using the Grs app on my phone, the 150x behaved like it used to be and i am back to business. Thanks for all your help, Joanpeca and others.

[joanpeca]

Glad to now you sorted out your issues. You're welcome!

[RC/DC_5000]

I'd never say this for a big helicopter... but I level the swashplate on the Trex 150 by eye sight alone. I have the swashplate tool and it just doesn't work as well.

I've had the best success with just eyeballing the swash level... click, click until it looks good.

By success, I mean a perfect flying 150. This thing can be incredible.

[joanpeca]

Well... I'll share a little secret here... me too! Yes, although I bought the swash leveler, I felt to lazy to remove that tiny rotor head and did the leveling by eye. But it's something I never suggest to do. You know, something like that of "hey guys, never try this at home" ;-)