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Old 02-18-2004 | 07:06 PM
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Heres what I have...
Piccolo F\P
GWS 4 ch rx
GWS 100&50 esc
PG-03
JR10z

My problem is getting the esc's to arm. When I do, I have no tail motor. I have held rudder L and R with no luck in arming. I have been to Helihobbies tips site and Paul G's and I can't figuire it out. I have run out of ideas....Need help!
Old 02-18-2004 | 07:26 PM
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I have a Hummingbird with almost the same equip. GWS 4 ch rx, GWS ICS 300 on the main, ICS 50 on the tail and a Futaba GY 240 gyro and Futaba 9C. The way mine works is: plug the battery in, wait a few seconds for the gyro to initialize and then hold the rudder hard left for a few seconds. When the stick comes back to center the heli is ready to go. The tail motor will be off until I give it a right command or the heli yaws due to main rotor torque. Everything seems to work OK. I used my HH gyro because I wasn't sure how to set it up with a rate gyro.

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Old 02-18-2004 | 07:30 PM
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Thanks Mike I'll give it a try. Maybe I was rushing to much.
Old 02-18-2004 | 09:03 PM
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Got arm ing figuired out..... now when i plug in the battery, servos go haywire and the motors kick in for a second then off agian is this normal? I do not turn on Tx until the battery is plugged in. But when its on(Tx) everything smooths out.
Old 02-18-2004 | 09:11 PM
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The rx should never be on by itself. Tx is always first on, last off. Otherwise the rx will respond to any and all RF present.

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Old 02-19-2004 | 12:47 AM
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Ok Got it......

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