Avidflyer47

I'm attemping to make the transisition from airplanes to Heli's. I've flown several friends Coaxs with no issues so I decided to get a Novus FP as my first real heli (had lots of airhogs and cheap coax's from the mall and such). I've found a ton of info on converting these to brushless and other mods but not much on actual tuning. I'm getting pretty frustrated with this heli because I"ve never not been able to fly anything before. I realize this isn't an airplane but sheesh. I was trimmed all the way to one side and still drifting so I removed one of the pushrods and screwed the end down and this helped to get the trim back towards center. I have some more questions about tuning these little birds.

I noticed that the flybar paddles can be twisted a little bit. I found another thread where they need to parallel with the tail boom is this correct? How should these track? I've smacked the ground about 200 times in the two days I've owned it.. I'd be surprised if it's all still tracking like it was out of the box.

The book says the exp adjustment limits servo throw. Iheld the stick over and moved the screw and the servos's did not move. On the CX model it appears that adjustment is a gyro gain. Any insight on what the results are from turning the exp screw would be great.

I was a little disappointed that the book has two pages that actually talk about flying that is so simple I laughed and about 20 pages on changing parts. Perhaps if they put forth a little more effort on how to properly set up and trim this heli you would not need so many spare parts. I sure wish this thing had dual rates because my number one issue is overcontrolling it. I can get it into a solid hover but then as soon as Imake one correction too big I end up in an oscillation..usually forward and backward. It normally results in chopping the throttle and a wipeout. I'm shocked at how responsive this little thing is.

Sorry for the noobish post..I know this info is on here someplace but I ran out of patience while searching. If someone could answer my questions or link me to a thread where it's already been discussed would be great.

I was doing pretty good carnage wise till this afternoon when I smacked the tail hard and the plastic end on the tail rotor motor broke in half and pulled out of the motor and the tail stand broke off. Guess it's try about heli's...you need lots of parts when your learning.

Thanks

Avidflyer47

Nothing from the Heli Gurus?? Iordered a spare set of flybar blades while I was ordering other parts and they came with a small square.. DoI set my trims to center and set up the flybars level?

RWT

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earlwb

Exponential makes the plane less sensitive around the center stick position. Generally a + positive number is less sensitive and a - negative number is more sensitive.
Dual rates is where you can set the sticks/servos for a reduced throw or movement versus full throw or movement.
I never tried adjusting the gyro or other screw adjustments on the receiver or gyro.
Mine was fine as is.

AmishWarlord

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Hows the little Novus doing? You still flying it?

I enjoy mine. They really give you apreasation for larger helies!

dragus359

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In my opinion, it was a mistake trying to learn on a tiny and twitchy heli. Those things are maketed to beginners and they really shouldn't be. It's best to learn on a heli that's stable and has a good weight to it. Anyway, I'm sure you've found your answer by now, but yes, the paddles should be set flat on the plane parallel to the tail boom/ground. Another tip about the paddles: The further out they are, the more stable your heli will be; the more inward they are, the more responsive your heli will be.

AmishWarlord

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Yeah it's just like the difference on learning to fly a 40 size trainer vrs a 10 size one.