Beginner Question on the TX
 

Honey Bee FP

I started my training with the "skid" floor training just powering enought to keep it light on the skids. The transmitters has reverse switches for the two servos, throttle and rudder. When I recieved it had the two servo switches set to reverse and the rudder. Only the throttle was set to normal.

The servo settings make sense in reverse to me as they seem to make the helicopter respond in a more natural (natural to me anyway) plane like way. I fought the rudder almost immediatealy because it seemed backwards to me (push right to get clockwise thrust).

I finally switched the rudder to normal. What would be standard set-up for these reverse switches on the TX?

RE: Beginner Question on the TX
 

The "standard" setting for rudder is that the rudder stick will rotate the heli in the direction the stick is moved. Think of the stick as touching the top of the circle of rotation, so pushing the stick to the right is a clockwise rotation. What you're likely seeing is that pushing the rudder right is moving the tail to the left, which can be disorienting at first. This would be pretty standard in the tail-in orientation to the heli. When the heli is nose-in to you, then the tail (away from you) would be moving to the right, just like the rudder stick.

Now, I put the word standard in quotes because I think you should fly with your controls set up in such a way that makes sense to your brain. I've definitely read folks here who do set up their rudder to follow the tail in a tail-in orientation and that's how they're comfortable. If you can fly the heli in multiple orientations with the rudder set so right stick produces counter-clockwise rotation, then by all means, fly that way. No one's going to give you a hard time. well, maybe teensy little bit. :) Seriously, though, set your control reversals so that you're comfortable flying.

RE: Beginner Question on the TX
 

Ahhh, Now that makes sense. I'm new at this so finding the proper focus point for linking my control action with the helicopter action isn't engrained yet.

I'm flying from behind to maintain proper left/right orientation, but for the rudder I need to be thinking about the heli from "front" or nose. I'm focusing too much on the tail.


Thanks
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RE: Beginner Question on the TX
 

Ive read that your suppose to fly the nose,rudder stick towards right =the front of the heli turns right, while flying tail in of course.