ORIGINAL: Motions
Damn tippy, can I pull the knives out of my back now?
I just mean, IMO, it's best to start with a certain setup and stick with that. if you learn to hover at 50% for 2-3 months then switch to 75%, there's going to be a learning curve to readjust.
I personally use 5/8 as my hover point. It brings your +/- hovering pitch closer together and still gives better resolution on the rest of the curve.
This is only my opinion.... don't flame me please. [:@]
Not "arguing" settings, just disagree that it's a major hassle to re-learn a different hover location on the stick. Image the first time someone was flying around in normal and switched to idle up in flight. How long do you think it took that pilot to learn a different curve response? Probably just one flight ...
Hover near 75% only assumes a near linear curve (huh?).
IOW, hovering at 50% stick, in order to get from 6 degrees (starting hover pitch for the R30) to 9 degrees (just a guess) is a 3 degree change. 75% stick would be half the change or 7.5 degrees.
Now if 0 degrees is at 50% stick, you would have 9 degrees of change. Half of the change (4.5 degrees) would land on 75% stick (still assuming linear curves and servo movements). So, without inducing a curve (non-linear), hover pitch would be well past 75% stick.
Of course, if one should envoke their pilot's perogative to make their curves the way want, then my position goes out the window ... doesn't it?
Motions ... sorry, I didn't mean to sound so gruff ... my bad.
Good Luck,
d.tipton