Chopper
Key Veteran
Location: Stow,Oh- oops, I mean St Louis, nope Stow again
| Hey guys, remember now that the gear ratio that you use is entirely dependent on the type of flying you do. If you run the lower ratios, you can turn up the head speed and get some great forward speed and big loops, good rolls and the like. If you want to do continual collective pumps and tumbles at a fast rate, you need to gear up more to handle the continuous loading.
Remember that most of the people answering you here have never tried other ratios, and they probably do not fly like you do, but they are parroting what they have heard from others. I ran a YS at a lower ratio and it was my best running machine. I "tuned" the heli to the engine and gear ratio. That means that you set the pitch and cyclic rates to load the engine like you want it loaded. You then learn to fly the machine with that available pitch and speed. You can do some great maneuvers, and look really smooth with this kind of flying. If you want more continuous maneuvers, you might want to change your ratios.
So many times I see guys that have the heli set up for extreme 3D, and they don't do extreme 3D. They do good 3D and some good forward flight and sport flying. They would actually have better results if they dropped the ratio down, spun the rotor up a little, and get some awesome forward flight and some really great hurricanes and loops. It will still do tick tocks, but you need to do them a little less aggressively to avoid overloading the motor. Don't fall into believing that you "have to have" a certain ratio to fly. Your style of flying may demand something entirely different.
Good luck..
Paul Soha is a Futaba Team Pilot , Aurora Team Pilot, Wildcat Team Pilot, SAB blades |
