Drifting copter
03-25-2010, 07:15 PM
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RE: Drifting copter
need a little more information to be able to help!
what do you mean, exactly, when you say 'with the controls corrected' ? is it happening at take off, in the hover? are you meaning roll or yaw?
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what do you mean, exactly, when you say 'with the controls corrected' ? is it happening at take off, in the hover? are you meaning roll or yaw?
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03-25-2010, 08:31 PM
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RE: Drifting copter
at take off once in in the air it drifts to the left and i cannot correct it
what i meant by controls i will push the lever at the gimble to the right but it dooes not stablelize the copter
what i meant by controls i will push the lever at the gimble to the right but it dooes not stablelize the copter
03-25-2010, 09:59 PM
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RE: Drifting copter
Never flown one, but looking at pictures, it lookes like the main rotor turns clockwise(looking top-down) this in turn will cause the tail to want to torque to the right(nose left). What happens with most heli's is this, the sidewash(wind created from the tail rotor) is wanting to push the tail left to correct for the torque of the head to hold the tail in place. This in return causes the heli to drift left which must be corrected by adding right cyclic and placing the heli in a right hand lean. It's a matter of finding the right amount of right cyclic to prevent the heli from drifting left. Just don't go to far or you'll risk rolling it.
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03-26-2010, 07:58 AM
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RE: Drifting copter
as Chad mentioned there will be some 'push' to the left from the tail rotor whilst in close proximity to the ground (ground effect) but if your cyclic isn't responding enough to correct this then have a thorough look at the swash to make sure everything is level * ! if possible, disconnect the motor plug and plug your battery in (after turning your Tx on, of course 
) and move your controls around to check correct operation! [you should do a control check before every flight (doesn't involve disconnecting motor though!) just so there isn't any chance of getting airborne with a switch in the wrong postion!]
* - there might be a slight tilt of the swash to compensate for the gyroscopic effect of the main rotor (why helis seem to lean over to one side in the hover)!!!
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) and move your controls around to check correct operation! [you should do a control check before every flight (doesn't involve disconnecting motor though!) just so there isn't any chance of getting airborne with a switch in the wrong postion!]* - there might be a slight tilt of the swash to compensate for the gyroscopic effect of the main rotor (why helis seem to lean over to one side in the hover)!!!
Matty )
