Okay, so I couldn't help it and had to take the heli out to make sure everything was working and see if the tail has settled down. So, I put two drops of bushing oil in the bearings (just a little thicker) and out we went.
Just to update you guys, I had a Hobbywing 30a ESC in this heli. Soft start? HAHAHAHA, NOT!!! So, I started testing the ESC's that I had. Turns out that none of my 30a ESC's have a soft start even though they state they do and you can program then with it. It just doesn't work. So, since I pulled the motor out of my Extra, I snatched the 40a ESC out of there and tested it. Now, it's not as smooth as Align, but it did start up softer. The issue is, it's not a gradual start up, it's jerky. But still, it's a soft start and I wanted to test it.
Now that we are outside, the Tx is on, heli is on and we are ready to test. Now, it was about midnight when I did this and the wind is howling. Don't care, need to test the heli lmao. So, I set it on the ground and raise the throttle to 50% and click off T-Hold. She does her best to spool up slowly and just before 50% power (75% head speed actually) she starts to tip to the right. I cut the power, give full left aileron but it's not enough to save it. I'm no a side walk so got lucky there. It tipped over, blades hit the grass and she was done.
I picked it up and tried to find out why it tipped over. The thing flew great the day before. That is when I noticed it, the Pitch servo was not working. Oh goodie. So I take it in the house, blades all folded up and have a look at it. Turns out the plastic plug that goes into the Rx had been messed up somehow. This didn't allow it to hold the pins in. So when you plug it into the Rx, it would push the pins out making very little contact.
I knew that I had other wires laying around so I pulled off the plastic plug off one of them and swapped them out. Yeah... Something is different with the mg90s servos and the way the pins lock into the plugs. My other plugs would not work. Go figure! So, I just stuck it back in the original plug, put it into the Rx and used my exacto to push them in to the plug. Plugged the battery back in and everything is working as it should.
Back out we go, this thing is going to see some air. Now, the wind is even higher lol. Oh goodie. Oh well, it's going up. Spool it up and the only thing I can think about is that tip over. Did I hurt the main shaft, did I hurt the feathering shaft? Only one way to find out now.
At just over 50% stick, she lifts off into the air and the tail is wagging slowly "NO NO NO NO NO" lmao. It's not the gain, the tail is as free as you can get a clone, that only leaves one thing, need to find a better tail setup. Servo and gyro. I think Derek is fixing to lose his doubles hahahaha. But, it flew after all of the work. Sadly, it's still as unstable as it was even with everything being clean. Ah well, this is a beater clone. What can you expect...
