ORIGINAL: strtykrincognito
Problem:
After handling the Axe CP for about a month now I've been hovering and floating along with some easy circles and the like. I got a little greedy after a time and started going a little harder into the constant heading turns. SPLUT! [:@] Blew out a blade grip. [
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Repaired the bird, and now the tail is all over the place when just trying to hover. Mind the fact that it was the bigest pain to get the pitch reset, and then tracking after that (and rebalancing the chipped blades), it seems like the tail gain is now WAY too high. (I think I may have warped the feathering spindle)
I reviewed the thread here, and the manual about the Gyro, and was able to reduce the gain and make it 'better', but it still seems like the gyro doesn't want to hold. It just keeps letting go no matter how much I trim it or screw with the pots on the E-Board. I can get it off the ground after a fashion, but after 5 seconds in the air the tail takes off and becomes over sensitive. [sm=confused.gif]
At this point I've only had my axe for less than two months, and I've read through the options for upgrading the Gyro to a HH unit (either the GY2xx or the GY4xx), which, based on my reviews, both require the micro ESC that Heli-Max lists.
Question: If the E-Board took a hit or just had an overall mechanical warranty failure (and Hobbico/Heli-Max won't replace it), does it make sense that I can just wire up one of the aforementioned HH Gyros as spec'd and move on? Which Gyro should I choose? I see that the GY4xx unit has an option for transmitter variable gain control, however the stock Heli-Max radio has no such channel (obviously for a better radio). What are the PRO/CONs to either the GY4xx or GY2xx solutions when thinking of the AxeCP or moving the HH Gyro to a different copter in the future?
TIA!
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UPDATE: ( a few hours later)
Perhaps I have answered my own questions, however I have gone forward and purchased a GY401 and micro ESC from Tower, and am now awaiting their expedited arrival. I contacted Hobbico/Heli-Max, and was given a pretty gruff response from a tech there, basically send in the board, and wait two weeks +/-. [:@] That's of course if I UPS Red it to them. They won't even return ship 2-day. Grrr... At this point my new Gyro probably won't be here until first thing next week, but if I send out my E-Board it'll get there about the same time 2-day, and then two weeks from that. [>:]
Considering the statements from many that say as long as the E-Board itself is stable for servo operation, I'll let the new Gyro do the rest of the work. My biggest worry now? Finding out the E-Board is more fried than I expect.
'A waiting I will go, a waiting I will go.. Hi ho.. '