Son of Franken Axe hovered last night!! First time with BL main and tail!

The tail was super washy so I upped the Gy240 Gain from 30 to 60. Much better! She was able to hover smooth as glass. Control seemed ok, but my space was limited in the clubhouse. She was very easy to hover with just a couple clicks of trim here and there. Smooth running!! That roughness of the brushed motors is happily gone!

My headspeed was way to high at first, so I went all the way down on Hover Throttle Trim and all the way up on Hover Pitch Trim and she was still just a bit fast, I think. But nice!

The Ammo 3850 on the tail stayed under 140 deg F. The whole time. Acceptable!! Later, I'll add a bit more heat sink and it should be fine.

Unfortunately, even with the e-Flight heat sink properly installed, the Park 370 got up to 180 deg. F and that's a bit high. The good news is if I tweak the main Normal Mode Pitch and Throttle Curves, I can reduce the heat a bit. We'll see... I also might be able to slide the heat sink all the way up, then cut another heatsink to cover the motor's remaining area.

Excellent progress anyway! This has been a fun project! The Axe runs much smoother and the LiPo pack seemed cooler. After the test it was only 104 deg. F.

Once I get the hover nailed down with the stick at about 65% up I can get a good headspeed measurement with my tach and a good current / watts / temp profile of the power train.

btw as expected the CC9A tail ESC and the 20A main ESC were just barely warm to the touch. They have easy jobs, which is what I wanted. Less heat is more efficiency. Less heat on the ESC should translate to less heat on the LiPo.

Looking forward to re-learning my Forward Flight skills! [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5211910/anchors_5544848/mpage_22/key_/anchor/tm.htm#5544848]They have been long untried![/link]