masonman

I have a Funtana and I am thinking about using a Gyro to make it more stable in a hover. My question is does one Gyro just operate one flight surface because I am wanting to put both rutter and elevator on a Gyro. Will I need one Gyro for that or two?

broke_n_bummin

I tried a gyro on the rudder of a Somethin Extra and it didn't work so well. As soon as I came out of a turn and let go of the rudder stick, it fishtailed kinda bad over compensating. I had the sensitivity turned way down and it calmed down a bit, but it still didn't act like I had envisioned. I have no idea how it would act on the elevator or ailerons, I scrapped the idea.

BarracudaHockey

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Futaba makes or used to make a multiaxis gyro for that but being a helicopter guy and having a spare or two I tried one in my Funtana. About the only advantage I saw was you could slam full power on the run way and it would roll straight as an arrow. As for hovering or torque rolling I found very little help from the gyro.

Barring obtaining a multi axis gyro you would need one on each axis.

rc-sport

My Feedback: (12)

A friend had a gyro on his DP ultimate, he assigned a switch on his radio to activate the gyro. He would pull into a hover hit the switch and the plane would hold rock solid. The rudder would be wagging like a fish tail to hold the heading, it was realy cool. He would pull out, turn of the gyro and continue to fly normally. He only had a gyro on the rudder.

masonman

If I put a gyro on the rudder only will it still be able to do a rock solid torque roll? Is that what most people use the gyro on there rudder instead of the elavator?

rc-sport

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I would put it on the rudder. The elevator doesn't reverse on you as the plane spins.

exeter_acres

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Most people don't use gyros in airplanes.......

WRM

But they do work nice. I have one on my u-can-do .

masonman

Thanks for the feedback guys