Simmer Key Veteran Location: Massachusetts
| I have now gotten about 8 tanks thru my new 770/8900 combo. I see some of the benifits, but I am still trying to figure this one out.
I have the expo set for +50 in all flight modes. I have the dual rate set for 85% These are the initial settings the manual tells you to start at.
I have been able to get it trimmed for no drift. My Gain is at 55% HH and 39% non HH My rudder ATV is at 116 +/- (tried 120 and it was REALLY fast at full deflection)
When I switch to non HH the tail feels very wishy washy, a little stick movement and the tail starts to go! (maybe gain up more?) I keep thinking like the 401s that you need a difference between HH and NON HH so the gyro KNOWS which mode its in. I may be wrong here not sure.
When I am in HH (most all the time anyway) the tail holds well, but if I piro then let the stick come back to center the heli stops, and has a bounce back. I find I need to move the rudder stick back controling it all the way to center, gently, to prevent this. Not sure I like this, its taking more work to manage this way. With my 401 I could simply come back to center, no thinking about it, never such an abrupt stop or bounce, thats unheard of with 401.
Is it normal to have to baby it back to home position?
I still do not know what the Dual rate set to 85% is all about. This is all setup in the Gyro function of my X9303 TX.
Any help in smoothing out this gyro would be helpful. I tried moving the gain down (HH) to 50% and it started to drift (nose to the right)
I retested in normal mode to make sure it did not drift and it looks pretty good there, no subtrim, no regular trim but again, this is in non-HH.
I also moved the Expo to 60% and felt no change Tried changing Dual rate to 75% (from 85%) could not feel a change there either.
Some of you find this is a great gyro, once setup, I cant find the sweet spot, or I may simply need to change my flying style?
Suggestions?
I would like to get this thing tuned in. |