Roger Hamilton
Senior Heliman
Location: Surrey, England
| Blair,
I did the same thing to my Futura SE, and whilst I could see there was less interaction on the swashplate, I'm not sure how much difference it made.
Like you noted, I think it improved hover stability being more accurate and sensitive but I found loops weren't as clean?? Maybe I was just analysing it too much and maybe it now does it less than it used to.
FWIW, I drew up the whole linkage scheme and calculated the impact of the angles. On paper it should be better, but the horizontals need sorting also... this is not so easy on the Futura as really the pivot points of the servos need to be raised. I tried raising the ball links but wasn't happy with my solution so reverted to standard height.
Unless its my imagination the Millenium and Conquest have a straighter set up. Is this one of the reasons why it flies a bit sharper than the SE I wonder or is it all down to weight and distribution?
Roger H |
