nvhlvnop

I took my Shuttle into forward flight for the first time yesterday and I was
wondering why the tail started swinging around. Does the gyro need to be
more or less sensitive? I think I have my rev. mixing set up okay. During
hover I can give it full throttle suddenly and it rises without yawing at
all and then if I drop the throttle quickly, it descends without yawing
either. But when it picks up enough forward speed, it just wants to turn
and fights the weather**** stability of the heli. What should be done?
Thanks!

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-Jonathan-

alan rait

It's normal to have a bit less gain when in forward flight as the tail rotor
becomes more efficient.

Again, he "turn" you are experiencing is caused by the tail rotor becoming
more aerodynamically efficient in the flow of air caused by forward flight.
You can trim it out with your rudder trim, or fly around in Heading Hold
Mode.

This is another reason to hover in Normal mode, and have the heli trimmed
properly, then to fly around in Idleup 1 and have the trims set for this
mode of flight. Most trannys with digital trims will save the trims in both
modes.


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Alan

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