ORIGINAL: wolfman01
...I'm really thinking of taking the gyro out, and flying like I used to. I see my Futaba Heli radio has a throttle/ tail rotor ''mix'' mode. Maybe I'll just use that.
You are a brave man! I tried to hover without a gyro back in 1989 and learned my lesson really quick.
The "skeleton" carbon fiber tail fin of the newer helicopters will not help you much with weathervaning the helicopter like you may be used to. That is the exact purpose of them, to allow air to flow thru to make aerobatics easier on the tail control system. The biggest drawback? You can only use them as tail rotor protection against ground contact. They are worthless in "directing" the tail.
In any case, if you decide to fly that TRex 700 without a gyro, make sure you get somebody to film the attempt and post the video on here. I can't recall the last time I saw somebody flying without a gyro.
Rafael