Dr.Ben
Elite Veteran
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
| Bad out of the box is one thing, but..............................
this hover trimming to get the gyro centered with the RED/GREEN LEDs flickering together is really critical to keep one motor from overworking. My model hovered hands off out of the box just like most do, but the LED glowed a solid red even after the rudder trim was set to neutral on the ground. I needed to go through the effort to tweak on the screws on the head to get the flickering green/red LED's to appear. The model just works better this way, and you can hear the motors working easier as the model sits in hover. My fear is that some folks take the fact that the model hovers in trim out of the box as evidence that nothing can be improved, when in reality is can be a lot better with about 10 minutes of work.
These little motors seem to hang in there pretty well given modest 5 minute flights, adequate cool down, and good model trim.
If the model was bad out of the box, that's a warranty issue that I'm sure Jeff Green would be happy to help resolve. I'd call him before you open things up and risk voiding the warranty.
Ben Minor |
