> On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:52:08 -0700 (PDT), 11dustoff
> <dukelifefligh
...@aol.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 8, 2:10 pm, Lee Tollett <leetolle...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know anything about the Storm 450??
>>> New to helicopters, flown planes for years, but
>>> would like to fly helis on my property. My son
>>> bought me this copter for birthday. I have played
>>> around with the FS-one simulator enough to fly
>>> pretty good, but have a problem with the gyro not
>>> keeping the tail stable. Wants to spin
>>> counterclockwise all the time. The Chinese
>>> directions are not real clear one the adjustments.
> The majority of the time the gyro direction is reversed with these
> situations. NOT the rudder channel, the actual gyro.
> To test this, set the heli on the bench with the tail rotor(TR)
> towards you, (i.e. nose to the right, TR on the side of the boom
> closest to you), throttle all the way down (or even better, disconnect
> the motor) and power up the Tx then the heli.
> Pull the boom towards you and watch the TR blades. The trailing edge
> of the blades should move in the same direction as the boom. If not,
> your gyro's direction is backwards and needs to be reversed.
> If the blades are moving the proper direction, your headspeed could be
> too slow, a belt pulley is slipping or broken, TR hub is slipping on
> the shaft etc...
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