baby_zyklon
Key Veteran
Location: Singapore
| sab-rc,
this mod is not only about increasing the pitch range, but also to lower the flybar ratio. I would think how much pitch to run for 3d will also depend a lot on what blades and engine/muffler you are using. IMHO, if you are running anything along the line of funkey/Rotor tech blades, 10degree of pitch is only enough for very basic flip flop flying. Can't speak for other blades though, except the GCT that worked pretty ok with lesser collective pitch. When I was running +/-10.5(on the stock mechanism), my raptor felt slow, disconnected and just not biting the air. For instance, if you are doing something like "the wall", the heli doesn't quite stop at the instance you want it to. Maybe its because of a lousy pilot(me ), but increasing the pitch range made a BIG difference for me.
12degree is good, 12.5-13 is perfect. I haven't had the chance to try +/-14, but I think it might be too much to manage. At 12degree of collective and 7.5 on the cyclic running the 8.5 ratio with RT610mm, you really need to push both sticks together to the extreme to bog the heli.
I have tried both the 8.72 and 8.5 gearing and tbh, I prefer the 8.5. The 8.72 was great for stuff that continously load the engine like 4point tic-toc, but the 8.5 gives much more headspeed w/o reving the engine off it arse. That extra headspeed @ the same engine rpm gives a weekend stick banger that "pop" feeling. Just takes a bit more management in other manuveurs. But of course, its all just down to personal preference. |
