Hk600 tail not holding
 

At a hover if I punch it the tail does not hold. I am using a align 780 gyro with a futuba 9254 servo. I have an align 650 servo that I am thinking of trying but I don't think this will solve the problem. Any help with what I should look for as a problem. Are the 780 junk?
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RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

The 780 are good servos. I have them on 500 and 600 helis. I don't know if your 600 is belt or torque tube, but you might have some slippage somewhere. I had the tail gear slip on my HK 500. Also make sure your servo rod is not bending. It must be supported.

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Are you saying the 780 gyro are good? The 600 is belt driven.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Sorry, 780 are good gyros. Too fast on my iPad. I have used them with many digital servos. Chech the tail gear (front) I had some slip on smaller size HK helis

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

What am looking for in slippage? You talking belt or gears?

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Check your belt tension for slippage. The tail gear will be harder to identify. Try to turn the main blades when you hold the tail.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Belt seem looses but can not turn the head when holding the tail. I don't know how much pressure to put on it but it seem good. I am using a jr9303 2.4 with a ar7000 receiver. The rudder seem slow with response from the stick. The remote is pluged into aux2 for the gyros. The travel adjust is at 150 each way. No sub trim. The gain on the gyros is at 49 and is still in rate mode. The heading hold is set at 99 with no tail wag. I have try difference expo doesn't really make any difference in speed. Is there any setting I am missing?

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

You never said if your heli is electric or IC ?

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Try moving the control rod on the servo horn out to the next hole. This will give you more stroke and may solve your problem.

Joaquin

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Hk600 with a 600mx

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I do apoligise, i should have made my question a bit clearer....the reason i asked is your heli IC (internal combustion or nitro as it's known in your part of the world) is that the oil residue from the exhaust can make the tail pitch slider very stiff to move over a period of time. I've got a funny feeling that your heli is electric so thats probably not the issue but i would pop the ball links off anyway to make sure the whole tail pitch mechanism is silky smooth with no tight spots.

Once i was happy with that i would move the ball on the servo arm to a position that would all ow me to run the gyro gain at about 70% without the tail wagging.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Thanks for all the advise. I will check thing and try to move the ball link out one hole on the servo arm when I get back in town.<div>Thanks again. 
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RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Are you flying it in rate mode?


Two things, the belt gears are too shallow and are known to skip when applying strong power. If it makes a noise and the tail kicks out, then it is your belt slipping. Replace the two belt gears with Align and adjust it properly. That problem will go away. As far as Align gyros goes, I don't like them or trust them myself. I've had issues with them in the past and don't want to deal with any gyro that is made by Align. Another problem may be that your gain is too low if the belt isn't your issue or your setup may be partially responsible. Did you set up the tail in rate mode? BTW, moving the ball link out further typically isn't a correct fix on the tail servo.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

HH mode. When I punch it the tail wants to move to the right. Not holding the heli straight. Set it in rate mode but moved the rate up. I can set the rate in HH mode to 99 and it still does not hunt.

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My opinion on Align gyros are not good. I would trash the gyro and get something better. If you want to go the cheap route, I use the Asan GA250 which is a spartan clone. I've had great success with it and is very affordable. For the more expensive gyro's, my choice would be the Spartan Quark. I used to really like the Futaba GY520, but I've had two failures and replaced it once.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

What do think about the Jr gyros on a 600 size heli? I have two Jr770 on two difference Trex450 and they hold great. I have one gy401 on another heli and it ok. Nothing like the JR's

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I don't like JR gyro's either. I have a friend who has one on his 500 and he still hasn't dialed it in.

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Leader Hobby has probably the best Futaba GY-520 clone out there. It's cheap, usually about $20.00 US but sometimes it's hard to get stuff from them. I use one on my HK-500 and two 450s and it works great.

Joaquin

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

check for binding.. most likely its just mechanical binding that is causing the hold problems.... or the bearing on the tail grips are not good.. when loaded the bearing just stuck up but without load is looks silky smooth...

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RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Solman is correct...With any heli when a tail blows out, this is due to the tail not being able to keep up with the sudden increase in main head speed. Happens with t.t helis as well. Lower your head speed. dial in your gyro again to wher its a rock solid holding. ( gp780 is an excellent gyro) And from ther just tweak your head speed back up and gyro settings to match. Again a sudden thrust in headspeed will blow a tail out if not properly dialed in.

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

There is no reason to lower your headspeed. If you do that, then your setting might be off again when you bring it back up. I still don't think much of the GP780 from my experience. BTW, what tail servo are you running?<br type="_moz" />

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Was using futuba 9254 tail servo, now I am using the ds650 with little or no change. I have tried holding the rotor head and turning the tail rotor. It take a. Lot of pressure to make the belt slip. I don't thing this is the problem?

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

Is it possible for you to post a video of the problem you are having and maybe some close-up pictures of the mechanical set-up ?

If i had your helicopter in front of me i would be able to diagnose the problem in half an hour, but it's very difficult to do it from a few posts on a forum as i'm sure you can appreciate.

cheers
john

RE: Hk600 tail not holding
 

I personally dealt with that issue with the HK having a faulty belt gears. If you don't want to try it, then I don't know what else to tell you.