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AirmanBob ,
If you are talking about the Co Pilot there is no way you can set the transmiter down. If you are lucky and the darn thing calibrates right then it might key word being might try to level the Heli. Here I think the old saying you get what you pay for applies.
BTW I own and have used a Co Pilot.
I have an FMA Co-pilot installed on a plank. I can and have cranked full rudder and held it there while I turned around and had a conversation with the other pilots at the field. The airplane held altitude and level flight even tho I was applying full rudder to keep it flying in a circle. I have not tried it with a helicopter, but the reports I've gotten indicate that it works very good at neutralizing the helicopter from any attitude, but it will not stop it from sinking or climbing. The autopilot DOES NOT control the collective pitch, so it will not hover hands off unless the pitch stick is dead on at the hover point. I do believe that the FMA Autopilot is a great tool.
But i believe that the OP was commenting about the $600 autopilot on a $200 helicopter. I do get the irony on that.
Rafael