Shoo Heliman Location: Eastern MA
| Aashu, sorry for the delay. When I was running 8 cells I wasn't really impressed with the performance of the stock setup. I ended up going to 10 cells to get it to fly well. I have a video of my all stock Eolo with 10 cells at I was running +7 at hover (I hover at 3/4 stick) with +11 at the top end. I had a similar throttle curve but since I hover (+7 degrees) at 3/4 stick my throttle point at hover is 75%. If you want to stay with mid stick hover I'd bump the throttle points up to 0, 40, 75, 85, 100 so you are getting a higher head speed at hover.
I'm not sure if you have mini servos, rx, etc. but on 8 cells weight is a big factor. My 10 cell 1700nicds weighed in around 420grams. The Sanyo 3000nimh 8 cell pack weighs about 480, I believe. If the change in throttle curve doesn't help and if your esc can take it I'd add 2 more cells to the pack. I think it'd be the biggest bang for your buck. Let me know how it works out.
I'm testing a Hacker 9L with a Kontronic Smile controller on 8 cells. With the 18 tooth pinion it can run between 1500 and 2000 rpm head speed which gives excellent sport performance, IMO. This is another option though more costly.
jmwolters, which cells, esc, motor combo are you running now and how does it fly?
Shawn |