13Jan/110
Tricopter configuration for Futaba 10C
With a few flights under my belt now I'm starting to get a feel for what needs adjusting. Below are photos of my current config. They may not be the final and best but it's better than my initial settings where pitch and bank were way too sensitive and I dialled back the gyro gain / throttle curve.
Here are a few points garnered from rcgroups worth considering for optimising balance of the tri;
- I have weighed my tri at each boom and moved things things to suit.This balancing made a big difference.
- I found it really important to get the swash mix for the elevator and aileron right. As with a heli the higher the value for these two will make it more touchy. This will change from model to model but mine are set fairly low. There is definatley a "sweet spot" for the setting. I went too low and it became tough to fly.
- Also I powered my tri up ready to fly then increased my gyro limits one at a time with my throttle at zero until my motors just started to turn then backed them off until the motor stopped.
- And, of course, dialled in some expo on the elevator and aileron.
- Also some expo on the pitch helped with hover maintenance.
- Then it was suggested that I balance the props.
- The numbers in the SWASH MIX menu do nothing more than control HOW MUCH TOTAL MOVEMENT you will get for AILERON CYCLIC, ELEVATOR CYCLIC, and COLLECTIVE PITCH.
