Hi Jim,

I also use the JR G500A rate gyro in my Hangar 9 Showtime 90 and it works fine. Being a rate gyro it will not perform like a good heading hold gyro like the Futaba GY401. The G500T is the JR heading hold Heli gyro and probably as good as the Futaba GY401 but I've never used it.

As you know when you move the tail on an airplane equipped with a rate gyro the rudder will try to correct and then go back to center even with the tail has moved from the original heading. The heading hold gyro will not return to neutral automatically unless the airplane returns to the original heading. This is a big difference and why heading hold gyros work for take offs of jets and other scale airplanes where the rate gyros won't.

Don't be too hard on Futaba's instruction writing. The instruction's for the JR G500A leave a lot to be desired also.

It must be nice to be retired and get to fly when you want.

Hank