Idle Ups

[Brandon Chng]

when would be a good time to start setting idle ups? i'm currently in the stage of learning stall turns right now. for up till loops and rolls, should a less extreme idle up be used? like -5,0,9 instead of -9,0,9? do share your settings too

[ammo]

Using the +-9 now will let u get used to the mid point position. why would u want to use something less extreme? unless u have lots of time and wants to lengthen your learning process.

[Brandon Chng]

how do you keep the heli from jumping or dropping when changing flight modes? do you set your normal hover setting to about 3/4 stick?

[Art]

some people do normal hovers at 3/4 stick...I prefer normal hover when 1/2 stick...no problems if you idle up prior to lifting off....

[HZM]

Yeah.... me too is interested to know ...

I saw ppl hovering point is the same at normal mode and idle up mode ~ 3/4 point. Then literally, are not utilising the entire stick range available

Like Art mentioned, he hover at half stick in normal mode, the moment u flick to idle up, heli will kiss ground?

Mike

[ammo]

I hover at 3/4 stick for all modes.

it doesn't really matter actually. when you get into forward flight, u will be using idle up to lift off as well. at least for me(idle up 2).

[MicroHeli-Nut]

Yeah.... me too is interested to know ...

I saw ppl hovering point is the same at normal mode and idle up mode ~ 3/4 point. Then literally, are not utilising the entire stick range available

Like Art mentioned, he hover at half stick in normal mode, the moment u flick to idle up, heli will kiss ground?

Mike

Nope we're not... that leaves us with the max point to throttle out before the heli kiss the ground...

[fuse]

power up the blades and switch to idle1 for hover then idle 2 to fly around..land in idle1 and switch to n mode to spool down.

[Brandon Chng]

fuse, i'm confused...

normal mode, then idle up1 is -5,0,9? then idle up 2 is -9,0,9?

[fuse]

nmode -5 0 9 -- only use for take off and landing
idle 1 -5 0 9-- 1800 rpm
idle 2 -9 0 9 --1900 rpm

[Brandon Chng]

fuse, how would your throttle curve be for both idle 1 and 2? is 1 a flat V and 2 a full V curve? how would you estimate the RPMs?

[fuse]

i'm using throttle jockey pro for rpm..

[9VDXN]

Brandon, my settings is normal & idle1 mode, 50% stick hover, so switching between normal and idle 1 no change in pitch during midstick. My idle1's negative pitch is a little bit more for looping & rolls & to get out of trouble...

For idle2, hovering is point is about 3/4 stick, and I'm pretty used to that coz b4 a stunt, I'd be punching the heli up to gain alti. so during the climb, my flick to idle2 seems to be seamless.....then when finishing with idle2 stunt mode, normally I'd be descending....so when the heli is high up, descending at midstick, , i flick back to idle 1, and it will slow my descend....

Just a personal pref.... It'll be totally up to u to config your heli to suit your flying preference...

[probasz]

do you guys decend using negative pitch before flicking to normal?

[fuse]

without neg pitch you cant decend!!!!! you will float down but not decend

need at least -4 to decend...