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Old 12-21-2003 | 08:40 PM
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Default Piccolo will not hover

It is always rising or falling. Increase pitch or decrease it?
Piccolo Fun with all mods, FP, Hacker B20-31S, CF blades, high authority tail motor, LIPO 3 cell,
What do i do to get a steady throttle? I've trimmed all the way from off to full. Nothing seems to help.
Old 12-22-2003 | 07:57 AM
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Hi FW,
That is a sweet bird you have there. Out of curiousity, what transmitter are you using? Is the throttle ratcheted, with clicks in it? If so, the stable hover is always right between 2 clicks. That is why heli transmitters use smooth friction, rather than ratchets.
Old 12-22-2003 | 05:07 PM
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GWS with ratchet. Thanks! I'll take it out.
Old 12-23-2003 | 09:42 AM
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I slid a piece of plastic tubing over the leaf spring. Still has the drag without the ratchet.
Old 12-23-2003 | 05:14 PM
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Vince,
The Flying Weasel called me last night bragging about his hover abilities.. thanx to your reccomendation.
He saustained an "incident free" flight for 1.1 Minutes.. longest flight yet!!

KB
Old 12-24-2003 | 01:21 AM
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Heh, took me two weeks to get to that point. That was the best mod i've made so far. I took it apart and sanded the teeth down on the back of the arm and bent the copper tension bar to give a little more tention and that made all the difference in the world. After 2 weeks of fighting the ups and downs, i can finally hover.

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