| RC Helicopter tail setup can be frustrating if you let it. | | | | the helicopter. Then just keep moving the arm or |
| After reading this article you will have a better | | | | switching arms until you find one that is close to center. |
| understanding on the procedures of the setup process. | | | | · Next we adjust the linkage on 450 |
| A tip that I have found for 450 size helicopters or | | | | helicopters you can just slide the servo up and down |
| smaller is to take a old turntable you know the one | | | | the boom with the linkage attached but one thing to |
| that played vinyl records. Then mount my helicopter to | | | | make sure of there is no binding and rod is not to long |
| the part that spins I used a 1x2 drill some holes then | | | | or to short. What we want to accomplish is that the |
| put in some wing bolts to hold the board slide the | | | | tail slider has a little pitch pushing the nose right to allow |
| board threw the skids then tighten it down This allows | | | | for main motor torque in a hover. If just a little left of |
| the tail to swing side to side. This way I can make the | | | | center works well. |
| adjustments needed on the bench. | | | | · Now we need to go in to the radio some |
| 1. First thing we want to do is make sure all the parts | | | | types cannot get all the details of how to get there for |
| are moving in the right direction | | | | so many radios out there but we need to find the gyro |
| · Looking form the tail when we move the | | | | menu and set first to setting to -50 and the 3rd switch |
| nose of the helicopter to the right the tail slider should | | | | setting to +50 for are gain this is a good place to start |
| move toward the tail or to the left. If we are flying by | | | | · Now we are ready to spool up and see if |
| the nose this is the way most pilots learn. If the tail | | | | are tail holds If is spins counterclockwise we need to |
| slider moves the wrong way we need to reverse the | | | | shorten the tail linkage rod. Or if is spins clockwise we |
| gyro this is best done at the gyro itself not with the | | | | need to lengthen the tail linkage rod. |
| radio. | | | | · Next we need to get the helicopter in a |
| · Next we need to make sure servo arm is | | | | hover and check the gain whit the helicopter in a hover |
| centered when doing this we want the gyro in rate | | | | if the tail wags a little the gain is to high I found on my |
| mode the stick center radio on and power supplied to | | | | 450 I set at 32%. |