ORIGINAL: Heli Bat
ONe thing UKIE is to check your TRIMS on the Transmitter. Those TRIMS are not going to be perfectly centered. THey are to be used to adjust slight problems with the machine drifting off. It is somewhat normal to have the trims adjusted about 1/4 left or right of center. Anymore than this would have to be corrected in the mechanical.
By the Way, I guess the purist try to set up their Heli Mechanics so that they have all centered TRIMS, but that takes alot of time. If you machine is drifting up to the right, well lets see. To me it is good to have some "forward" trim and to hold back on the elevator (pulling back on right hand stick). To solve the other, I would add some trim on the right stick (bottom TRIM) to the left to bring the machine back to center.
Remember that due to "Ground Effect" the machine is going to wander all over the place. Also the gyro in some ways has not had a chance to stabalize due to the Main Rotor has not reached a certain RPM. It gets complicated.
You are doing fine - just stay on top of the cyclic and rudder to keep it stable. If it has a constant bad habit of wandering "really quick" to the way that you say, then adjust your trims.
Heli Bat
I hope this helps.
I have centered the trim tabs as this is the way I like my radios set up. But If I leave it the AXE just isn't right. Not going where I want it to go , but where IT wants to go. So the only thing I can do is too mechanically move the links (disconnect them and give a twist) until I have centered trim tabs I guess. Not sure how to disconnect the links on the swash plate? Usually there is a tiny capscrew holding these on to whatever they are controlling. I don't see that on the AXE.
Yes I have considered the ground effects also HeliBat. I went from my concrete floor to my rug in the family room. I swear it is easier to get going on the rug vs. the concrete. Maybe the ground effects are different form one surface to another. For now the stock battery seems to work pretty good for me. Only short flight times, but feel this is the best for now. I know when I do things for long periods of time, I get very confident and cocky which ususally results in a disaster cause I "pushed it too much". This short battery cycle is keeping my confidence under control. Maybe the reason I haven't had a accident yet. lol..
Thanks for the help and will continue to tune.