anyone have problems with twitchy flying with red dampers?

[Brandon Chng]

i recently changed my dampers from the blues to the reds on my r50...kao the hovering performance is damned twitchy. i somehow prefer the blues for smoother flying and to practice hovering in all directions and forward flight. since i've not been flying for some time, my hovering is just like a newbie now i think, serious! i'm thinking of changing back to the blues for a while to brush up my skills. luckily i'm not using a metal head yet, only the plastic one. i would think the stiffness of the metal would make the damping even harder and make it harder literally to learn basic manueveres and getting smooth flying.

[ammo]

Change back to the blue dampers.
Flying with too hard dampers than one is comfortable will bring about a lot of flying and safety issues. stability will affect one's confidence in more way than expected. with hard dampers, not too appropriate controls MAY result in blade flutter and repetitive oscillations, severly affecting safe flight.
The same apply to cnc parts as well

[yC86]

wow... chim

red dampers with plastic head can cause blade flutter?

[Larren]

i recently changed my dampers from the blues to the reds on my r50...kao the hovering performance is damned twitchy. i somehow prefer the blues for smoother flying and to practice hovering in all directions and forward flight. since i've not been flying for some time, my hovering is just like a newbie now i think, serious! i'm thinking of changing back to the blues for a while to brush up my skills. luckily i'm not using a metal head yet, only the plastic one. i would think the stiffness of the metal would make the damping even harder and make it harder literally to learn basic manueveres and getting smooth flying.

Hi,

You may need to reduce your expo.

[X34]

Dampers are used for reducing vibration etc. The side effect is reduced sensitivity.

In model heli - it delays the reaction of the control input and isolating rotor head and tail rotor vibes. By dialing in expo will create a dampered feel - like a soft damper but it doesn't takeaway the bad built quality.

To use hard damper - your heli must be in tip top condition otherwise every inperfection will be felt. The entire power system must be well balanced and control linkages are well adjusted.

[Birds]

Red Dampers

Hi Brandon!

I also just changed from blue to red dampers.

Its more pitchy in forward flight requiring constant pushing of nose down as it kept pitching up in flight.

But loops, flips and rolls are much more responsive.

So I guess at the end of the day, it depends on what you wanna do with your heli.

Put whatever makes you happy, which is why we are all flying helis in the first place!

[Brandon Chng]

yup, i've since added expo, it now hovers ok...although i'll never recommend it to any newbie until they get past FF