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Old 11-18-2012 | 11:11 AM
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Default RE: New 3 axis stabilization in testing

HI Eddie (edit to add MB info)

I'm flying the Guardian in my MB339 (not needed for testing purposes mainly) It really makes fly more smooth, which is overkill with the MB as I have a Gen1 one that
weighs 43 lbs dry so wind is not a issue at all. I have flown it in 3D heading hold which has also been very interesting, being able to do 4 point rolls with out doing any rudder input just feels lazy lol.

The Guardian did stop a slight yaw waggle that the MB339 had if you flew while really banging the sticks around without correcting rudder. Had the same issue with my Global F-9F it had really bad dutch roll, so I put a Futaba 240 gyro on the yaw, that really helped smooth it out.

Id like to try moving the CG back to try relaxed stablity ie unflyable with out the gyro to see how it flys like that. Might be able to Knife edge much better like that!

RE: Power lead (edit add comment) Great idea on the Smart fly!, after my post on this I was thinking about what you said bout that nice thinking!. I have a bunch of planes with Smart flys that would be a really good way to do it just solder a longer lead to the smartfly input lead.

Ill show you what im doing for the Mig21, tried to save some wire by cutting the power leads comming from the servo and moving them to the connector that would normaly just be used for the rudder signal only.

I used the connector making kits from maxxproducts for JR type connectors for the metal female inserts.

I would have had this Mig21 done already but I have been delayed from work. We are moving to a new office in Dec and its been a bit busy so im slowly getting it done sorry Rich,
Ill report how it works with the Guardian hopefully next week.

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