It’s good that I enjoy fixing things…
It seems like as soon as I fix one thing, something else goes haywire. I haven’t flown for the last two weeks, instead, I’ve been chasing one problem after another.
So, I get home yesterday, and the heli is still setup from the night before, and the (stock) battery is fully charged, so I thought I’d give it a try before changing anything. I took it outside, anchored it down using a couple of heavy pry-bars across the training gear, powered up the Tx, double checked the controls (made that mistake before!), and connected the battery. As expected, the esc sang it’s little startup song, while I reassured myself that the controls were not reversed. I started to add power, and got nothing… Half throttle, and no joy… three quarters, and nothing… full throttle, and nothing… Hmmm. It looks like Flossie was definitely right about the battery - not that I doubted it! Then, without warning, the silly thing *jumped* to life! I was really glad that I had it firmly anchored down, and had my hands & other parts well clear of the blades’ arc!
Here’s the strange thing… The problem that I’ve been trying to solve has mysteriously disappeared, but strange things are afoot… The throttle and collective controls seem to be at odds with each other; full throttle (in training mode) gives me full *negative* pitch, pushing the heli down, while reducing throttle lets the heli rise back up to a ‘normal’ stance. I’m hoping that the new battery will solve this latest problem…
I’d really like to fly this thing again someday!
At least I got to see the rotors go around, and test the cyclic controls… Maybe my battery will arrive tomorrow…
A more powerful King!