Silverlit Gyrotor revealed...

[anestho]

I finally got a gyrotor and couldn't fly it well, mainly because of instability of yaw. I took it apart to look for the gyro.. and guess what there is NO gyro. It seems to employ a hall type sensor and magnet which is mounted on the tail rotor. The tail rotor is mounted on a hinge swing so that it changes the distance between the magnet and the hall sensor by rocking the tail up or down.

I assume that when the tail is spinning it acts like a gyro, any attempt to displace the tail by yawing left or right also displaces the hall sensor.

So its not really a gyro in the gyrotor.... I guess it should be called a hallrotor... :P

It should still be easier to modify than the picco Z because of the increased power plant.

It uses an n20 motor, with 2 stage gearing.

[biznitch]

An N20 hey! Much power it has! I was too scared to open my one as it flys so well. The instructions say it has 2 li-po's with 130mah capacity. Does that mean 2 130 mah batteries or 2 batteries that add up to 130mah when run in parallel?
Could you please take a photo of the inside?

[anestho]

Sure... My first mod will be to replace the N20 high voltage with a ULV N20 that runs on 1 cell. There is quiet a bit of heavy junk that can be cut off on the frame. The boom can be replaced with a CF tube.

It does use 2 cell of 130, so its a 7.4V 130 mah 2-cell. If I can get my hands on a small gyro, I'd replace that contraption on the rear of the tail.

[leipold]

It doesn't look like the Gyrotor is widely available (in the US, anyway). Where did you guys buy yours?

[anestho]

I bought mine off ebay, just do a search for gyrotor. Also hobbytron.com carries it and a few other websites.

I think it will be much easier to mod since everything is so much larger. I will probably turn it into a pixelito with 4 channels. Will use a 6 mm motor actuator for the fly bar. Will post details as I have them.

SInce I will be running it off of 1 cell using the ULV motor, I will already shed quiet a bit of weight.