newbie needs help setting up heli

finally found a forum from singapore...hmmmz.

anyway , sinced young i always wanted to fly a heli and after donkey years, i finally got myself one.

i just finish fixing up the raptor 50V2 but i'm having issue understanding the manual on the settings.

i dont have a pitch gauge yet but the raptor is suppose to have some marking on the body to indicate the pitch. so can i just use
them? by the way, how do you use a piccht gauge too.. can anyone explain. thanks.


now another question is servos. what kind of servos are required? digital? or just normal ones like the nes 591 which came with the x3810. i also notice that the receiver battery is only 1100mah and only 4.8v --wonder how long can it last if i place in 5 digi servo and a gyro?


next question is how to setup a stable , gentle heli just to fly around... i wish to learn the skill of smooth flying then onwards i will move to scale ship ( my main interest in heli )

last question..does anyone have a raptor 50 csm sim data?


please advise.

thanks


very very new to this hobby ... but i can drive a touring 1/10 gas pretty well.

[colin]

Hi Alvin,

Welcome aboard. Well, I don't know much about Raptors, but I do know that a 1100mAh 4.8v receiver battery can last you for perhaps an hour or so.

As for pitch gauge, I highly recommend getting one. You measure the pitch by clamping the gauge on the blades, and ensuring that the sides of the gauge is parallel to the flybar. You then read off the gauge.

Oh yes, get a TRANSPARENT gauge, so that you can see thru the gauge onto the flybar.

Hmmm...setting up the heli takes a bit of experience. If you're the kind who likes to fly with people, I suggest you pop down to one of the shops like Rotor Hobby, and get them to look over your setup. Even without flying, they probably will be able to tell if your settings is within parameters.

Otherwise, if you're like me, who prefers to fly with no one around (and no frequency to compete with...), then take your time to setup the heli while you're learning to hover it steadily.

[Andrew]

I agree with colin. Get a pitch guage. I use mine as follows:

I attached a small bubble level to my pitch guage. My buddy holds another buble level on the flybar to keep it level. Then I set the pitch guage to the angle I want for low stick and then adjust the radio pitch curve until the bubble hits between the marks. then I repeat the process at mid and high radio stick. I then adjust the pitch curve in-between points so I have a nice smooth pitch curve.

thanks for all the advise.

i kind of fly alone... as i dont drive transporting a heli is an issue and those air fields are rather far away.


i'm learning heli all by myself via internet and sim. so have not much experience in it. i can hover a heli but i cant fly forward and turn.. it scary... i have tried to do a simple forward flight in CSM 10 and tried doing a U turn to learn figure 8 and 99 percent of the time i crash... so how do you guys make a heli turn?

rudder little, roll little and power up little and pull stick back little and crash.


i know planes just roll over and pull back the stick and it will turn .. heli feels funny...

[colin]

Hi Alvin

Turning a RC Heli in forward flight is the same as turning a plane.

Bank, and pull back on the stick.

If it feels funny on the Sim, it's most likely because you got your
heading lock GYRO turned on. This prevents the heli tail from
'weather-vaning' in forward flight, and you need a good deal of
rudder to make the heli bank nicely this way.

One of the ways I like to turn my heli is to do a cliimb, then 180
rudder kick at the top of the climb.