Hi Guys, I have some queries that I hope you can shed some light on
Headspeed:
The manual advocates a max throttle of 72.5% in the intermediate setting. Assuming that the max headspeed for the B450 is 3000 rpm, that would translate to 2175 rpm. Do you feel a higher headspeed would actually be better? Wouldn't a higher headspeed induce more gyroscopic stability as well as give better tail authority?
Flybar weights:
It has always been said that beginners should keep the flybar weights on and at the outer edges, slowly moving them towards the rotor mast and finally removing them when starting 3d to get better cyclic response. Well, isnt it possible that having the flybar weights on and at the edge dull the cyclic responses too much for the beginner? (e.g. The beginner reacts to a movement in the heli correctly but the heli is unable to keep up becoz of the cyclic lag caused by the flybar weights.)
Main blade and flybar paddle tracking/dynamic balancing:
How important do you think it is to get these perfect? Other than eliminating vibration?
Tail belt tension and tail control rod length:
Thalio's blade 450 bible states that if you can only push the belt down by 25% max, that means the tension is enough. Do you think otherwise?
Some old school pilots advocate trimming the tail in rate mode first by adjusting the control rod length, doesn't this mean the servo travel would be skewed towards one side?
Headspeed:
The manual advocates a max throttle of 72.5% in the intermediate setting. Assuming that the max headspeed for the B450 is 3000 rpm, that would translate to 2175 rpm. Do you feel a higher headspeed would actually be better? Wouldn't a higher headspeed induce more gyroscopic stability as well as give better tail authority?
Flybar weights:
It has always been said that beginners should keep the flybar weights on and at the outer edges, slowly moving them towards the rotor mast and finally removing them when starting 3d to get better cyclic response. Well, isnt it possible that having the flybar weights on and at the edge dull the cyclic responses too much for the beginner? (e.g. The beginner reacts to a movement in the heli correctly but the heli is unable to keep up becoz of the cyclic lag caused by the flybar weights.)
Main blade and flybar paddle tracking/dynamic balancing:
How important do you think it is to get these perfect? Other than eliminating vibration?
Tail belt tension and tail control rod length:
Thalio's blade 450 bible states that if you can only push the belt down by 25% max, that means the tension is enough. Do you think otherwise?
Some old school pilots advocate trimming the tail in rate mode first by adjusting the control rod length, doesn't this mean the servo travel would be skewed towards one side?