Porpoising hover
11-17-2011, 10:37 PM
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Porpoising hover
I notice that when I hover my heli porpoises up and down. Is this normal? Obviously im steady on the throttle. Is this a setup issue, maybe the battery etc?
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RE: Porpoising hover
450 size. Prob about 12-18 inches.
Probably cause im still in the wash as I was only hovering 1-3 feet off the ground.
Probably cause im still in the wash as I was only hovering 1-3 feet off the ground.
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RE: Porpoising hover
ORIGINAL: ro347
450 size. Prob about 12-18 inches.
Probably cause im still in the wash as I was only hovering 1-3 feet off the ground.
450 size. Prob about 12-18 inches.
Probably cause im still in the wash as I was only hovering 1-3 feet off the ground.
One foot or more off ground is enough to be out of wash. Could be any of a variety of things:
Are you hovering inmid stick ? Wasit windy ?How are your pitch curves, sometimes and aggresive neg. pitchwill dothis when youslow the throttle stickjust a bit,
sinks to the ground and instictively yourev up again.
How is your battery, weak or defective batt. will cause all kinds of weird things.
Glitchy servos ?
Worn, too stiff or non lubricateddampers, but usually they induce nose bobbing.
Hope this helps.
