i just got a nice 17min flight in today with the 910 battery, and changed settings for start power to 89 and the brake power to 30. the tail held solid, and instead of bounce back i got a slight wag that i was easily able to fly around. after the flight my main/tail temps were 115F/85F, so i'm sure the tail has room for more advance (at least during winter). this was my first fun flight in a while. i got some fff in and liked how the tail held exactly where it was pointed coming in and out of the turns. i even got some backwards and sideways flight in. it will take me some practice to get used to the way the phx10 governor responds. during my flight i dropped out fast from a tight turn and bounced the tail off the tailgate of my truck. fortunately there was no damage to either vehicle, but i still need to practice adding collective later than normal in tight turns.

i haven't had any problems with the firm/software yet. so far i like using airplane:auto to calibrate epa's correctly; i'm satisfied with how symmetrical the yaw performance is too. of course this means i have to do a fairly easy startup dance to get both phx10 esc's initialized & calibrated: plug in with throttle hold off, apply full left rudder till beep, hold tail firm, apply full right rudder for 2 or more seconds, turn throttle hold on, place heli on ground, and turn throttle hold off. the heli then spools up smoothly for about 15 seconds and i'm ready to go. when i'm done flying, i simply turn throttle hold on to kill both motors then unplug the battery.