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Old 08-11-2006 | 06:21 PM
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Default Setting gain and prop'l on CP

Well I decided to reset the proportional and gain on my CP today using the method I seen on Runryder and heard a couple others talk about.
They say to turn your gain all the way down and set the prop'l with no gain. I did this and had it sitting perfectly straight BUT, when I then started turning up the gain the wash from the tail rotor started spinning the heli. No amount of gain adjustment could or CAN fix this. Prop'l is the only fix. Or trim adjustment obviously but in my oppinion trim is a last resort.
Before I started my gain was only a third of the way up.(using DD tail) and it was pretty good. Slight spinning but I could correct with trim and or a little right stick but I wanted it close to perfect and thats why I tried resetting it.
I havent yet done this, cuz Im taking a break or Ill lose it but Im going to set it again. This time Ill et my gain at about half, THEN adjust the proportional to get it as close as humanly possible.
I could be wrong because Im no heli expert (planes is my thing) but I believe that the gain should be set about 3quarters for a stock tail THEN straighten out the heli with prop'l.
Again Im not sure about this but I think turning up the gain sends more power to the tail motor,which is bad because this would also make kill your motor faster.