tean
Senior Heliman
Location: Gloucestershire,UK
| An update.
First, here's a photo of the mod to front end of the tail control tube.
I can't see how a heading hold gyro that does not have adjustable end stops, can be used without a mod simillar to this. This mod greatly improved the tail control. Without it, I had to reduce the ATV to below 30% each way to prevent overdriving the slider.
The screwdriver tail shaft is working well. Here's the temporary nylon washer I made to cure the brass sleeve wearing away on the roller bearing cage problem. It seems to be working perfectly so I think it can become a permenant fix.
And here's a view of the right side. Note the CF frame stiffener rod beside the maingear. The screws are cyanoed into the rod. It has stopped much of the bending of the upper frames.
I have now tried the model with the flybar weights. They're really heavy for a model this size. They have reduced the cyclic control a little, but have not had much effect on the overall feel. At the moment, I don't think they're worth the weight, and I intend to remove them again.
I have now fitted aheading hold gyro, but the only flying it has done has been in conditions too windy for any serious evaluation. It does seem to have improved the heading through loops considerably.
I like to think of myself as a vaguely decent 3D pilot. With my two top models, the Logo10 and the ERaptor, I can do most of the usual non pirouetting 3d stuff with varying degrees of tidyness and can fly around inverted comfortably till the cows come home. I can hover inverted, nose and tail in, and on a good day, I can manage high speed, backwards, inverted circiuts.
However I can't get anywhere near close to this sort of stuff with the Viper. The best I can generally do is some loops and rolls and some dodgy flip type stuff. I have great fun blasting around at full speed, (it's really very, very fast) but don't really feel comfortable doing much else. There's nothing I can pinpoint to say why. The Viper seems pretty vice free really, but it's not easy to make it go EXACTLY where you want it. It's obviously a bit unfair to compare it to the likes of a Logo10, but I would like to feel more at home with it. I should say that this is my first micro heli. My previous smallest is a VoyagerE. At the other end of the flight spectrum, I feel much happier weaving the Voyager around the many trees and bushes in my garden than I do the Viper.
I think the Viper has great potential. It's got loads of go; in fast flight it's a peach; and it makes a great sound. If I can improve its acuracy, it's going to be a winner. The flimsy swashplate and maybe some posey blades might be a start point.
Anyone else got a view?
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