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The Skylark is cool but.... - 3/31/2003 7:58:55 AM   
visualdave


 

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From: Miami, FL
Status: offline 		I just got my Skylark from a guy in Hong Kong. It arrived just fine and I have no complaints about the seller but....

The manual is worthless. It has the correct pic of the Skylark on the cover but doesn't refer to anything else relative inside ! Seems more like the manufacturer is a little confused.

Could anyone who has bought one of these helis help me out with the initial setup? I basically set it up myself out of just pure logic and luck but could use a little help of any kind. Like...

1. The two pots on the gyro....which does what?

2. Which way should the blades of the center smaller rotor be facing?

I think I have everything somewhat under control. I was able to gun the throttle and get it up in the air momentarily but I'd like to start with a normal hover like normal pilots.

Greetings and salutations to all Skylark pilots out there !!
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The Skylark is cool but.... - 3/31/2003 9:20:57 AM   
jeffs555


 

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From: Raleigh,NC
Status: offline 		Dave,
You can go to this page and see the manual for the hummingbird which is basically the same heli. It doesn't have much info, but maybe more than the skylark manual.
http://www.centuryheli.com/products/helikits/cn1020_hummingbird/index.htm

Yours probably has the GWS PG-03 gyro, and you can go to this page to see the GWS manuals.
http://www.gws.com.tw/english/service/service.htm

The following page has a lot of info about setting up the Ikarus Piccolo from which HB/Feda/Skylark were copied. It is where I got most of the info I used to set up my HB.
http://www.pgoelz.com/piccolo_faq.html

Good luck,

Jeff

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Re: The Skylark is cool but.... - 3/31/2003 2:53:52 PM   
e_lm_70


 

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From: Vienna, AUSTRIA
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by visualdave


1. The two pots on the gyro....which does what?

2. Which way should the blades of the center smaller rotor be facing?

[/QUOTE]

1 - One pot is the Gain the other is Neutral Position (on my SkyLark these two pots are behind a transparent plastic, I should have to cut this plastic in case I would like to mod them ! By Default they should be already almost OK.

2- The tail baldes can just be position in only one way, facing outside, these balde have to blow air against the rotation of the main blade.

Happy hovering.

e_lm_70

P.S: I got my SkyLark with just 2 pages of instructions in chinese ... 100% useless !

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The Skylark is cool but.... - 3/31/2003 8:57:47 PM   
visualdave


 

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From: Miami, FL
Status: offline 		Thank you so much !!!

All this info really helped out alot.

Thanks again,
Dave

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The Skylark is cool but.... - 4/10/2003 12:18:47 AM   
SlyLark Dude-delete


 

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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by thrustline
The one on the right is the gain, if you reduce it (countr-clockwise) it will lower the speed of the tail rotor. [/QUOTE]

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/tm.asp?m=601642]

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skylark video - 4/13/2003 7:36:55 AM   
SlyLark Dude-delete


 

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Status: offline 		Well, I've never flown anything rc before. One thing is for sure, the Skylark does fly.

Here is a VERY short video. You might need windows to play it.

[URL=http://expert.ics.purdue.edu/~estubbs/movies/skylark.wmv]http://expert.ics.purdue.edu/~estubbs/movies/skylark.wmv[/URL]

Don't laugh at my homemade training gear...

< Message edited by SlyLark Dude -- Apr 13 2003 3:20AM >

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The Skylark is cool but.... - 4/13/2003 2:17:02 PM   
cebrey


 

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From: Nottingham,
Status: offline 		Hmph, that's got to be longer than any flights I've had with my Skylark! And I've been flying planes for ages too. Bah humbug and all that

Carl

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