Blade CP 4in1 gyro output ?

[chimchim]

Hey guys!

I have spent the morning searching ( unsuccessfully ) for the answer to the following question.

I'm looking for the point on the Blade CP 4in1 board which could be used to control an ESC for the tail rotor. I found many examples of simply taping into the channel 3 and 4 outputs from the RX, but I can't find examples of taping the output of the gyro.

I did find an example for the ESKY 3in1 but it is not similar in board layout.

I do not have a scope so I won't be able to contribute test info. However, my brother has access to a scope and if I was armed with the right questions to ask him or examples of what to look for I could perhaps track this down with his help. At which point details could be posted for all to share.

Thanks in advance for your assistance,
Steve

[Mr.RC-CAM]

My gut feeling is that the output of the gyro would be a tail motor drive signal, not a common servo PWM pulse that an ESC would need. But I could be wrong and it would definately be convenient if one is in there somewhere.

Have you seen Tom-in-Cincy's Blade brushless conversion discussion? He converted his T/R to brushless using my PowerZone board. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434477

[chimchim]

Yes, I did read Tom-in-Cincy's thread using your module, lots of good info there. I would hate to spend money going down the wrong path to determine that I want a different gyro. So far I'm not very impressed with the performance of the tail/gyro with the existing brushed motor. I would like to see the gyro's abilities with a direct drive brushless setup before deciding to switch to a GY240 or 401. I will keep your PowerZone board in mind though.

Thanks,
Steve