Ground effect or setup?

[Paul]

Got my Piccolo together with a collective pitch and pico plus board but it
seems a bit unstable. The tail rotor is not bad but the heli wonders quite
a bit and I can't hold it steady in one spot. Of course it's been years
since I flew helicopters so I'm really rusty. Anyone got any perspective
on the situation?

[Beav]

"Paul" <sine@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:gNc6a.39904$75.27050@fe10.atl2.webusenet.com. ..
> Got my Piccolo together with a collective pitch and pico plus board but it
> seems a bit unstable. The tail rotor is not bad but the heli wonders
quite
> a bit and I can't hold it steady in one spot. Of course it's been years
> since I flew helicopters so I'm really rusty. Anyone got any perspective
> on the situation?

Sticky ball links, or sticky swashplate, or sticky servo links. They ALL
need to be friction free.

Goes for ALL heli's too, not just the Pic type.


--
Beav


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(with the obvious changes)

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www.beavisoriginal.co.uk

[Martin Round]

"Paul" <sine@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:gNc6a.39904$75.27050@fe10.atl2.webusenet.com. ..
> Got my Piccolo together with a collective pitch and pico plus board but it
> seems a bit unstable. The tail rotor is not bad but the heli wonders
quite
> a bit and I can't hold it steady in one spot. Of course it's been years
> since I flew helicopters so I'm really rusty. Anyone got any perspective
> on the situation?

Piccolos are like that - much harder to fly than a 'real' model heli.

I wish I'd never bought mine, but I've had some fun with it. See:

http://www.mround.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/models/videos/piccolo.htm

Martin.

[Mikespruce99]

Look on it as a good training aid...once you can master one of those things you
are ready for anything!
I had one too, and had some good times with it.

[Neil Patmore]

Paul,
check out the ikarus message boards.
http://www.ikarus-modellbau.de/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=&C=1

There's loads of good information there that will get your Piccolo flying
rock solid.
The thing with the Piccolo is they fly OK out of the box, but need a few
mods to get them flying well.

Neil



"Paul" <sine@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:gNc6a.39904$75.27050@fe10.atl2.webusenet.com. ..
> Got my Piccolo together with a collective pitch and pico plus board but it
> seems a bit unstable. The tail rotor is not bad but the heli wonders
quite
> a bit and I can't hold it steady in one spot. Of course it's been years
> since I flew helicopters so I'm really rusty. Anyone got any perspective
> on the situation?
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