Nice crisp morning with loads of fog meant a slow start to flying.Was a chilly 2 degrees when I got to the field (and only 7 when I left at 11:30 lol)
The adjustments to the stop gains I have finally got them sorted. Nice crisp stops cw and ccw without any bounce :) I still have a slow 1Hz wag to contend with, but getting better.
I think I am on the lower limit of the Vbar head gains as the heli wasn't locked in like it normally is.
The heli still has the shakes in Idle 1 and 2. As I have adjusted the head speed for both to be 1800, but the RPM telemetry is reporting up to 2100. I have checked the gear ratio settings and they are all correct. On the second flight I did some tests so as to not overspeed the blades and I also changed the throttle curve on Idle 2 dropping it down to 70-40-70. This definitely dropped the head speed, but I still saw 1970 RPM on a full pitch climb out. Idle 1 was just over 2000 for the same sort of climb out. So still some checks to do!
Second flight was short as I only had the fuel left in the tank (forgot to mix up fuel before I left)
Two flights of nine and four minutes each
Nigel has been involved in the IT industry for over 35 years, during this time, he has been involved in most facets of the industry. These include, Software engineering and Analysis, networking, software development, PC and server assembly, Systems Engineering.
Outside of his career, his main hobby is Radio Controlled vehicles. Starting in 2002 with his first Nitro car - A Traxxas Nitro Rustler, progressing to 4wd off-road buggies, Helicopters, boats, planes, gliders and most recently, quad copters. He was one of the founding "resurrectors" of the Radio Controlled Off-road track in Morphett Vale, South Australia where he raced for seeral years.
Currently (besides flying planes, gliders and helicopters), he is building a 77" PT17 Stearman based of plans drawn by Nick Ziroli.