DYNAMIC HELI STABILIZERS & GYRO Failure!
Dynamic Stabilizers (simply put) direct the down flow of the air from the main rotor in such a way as to make the heli fly faster in forward or reverse flight, inverted or not. They really smooth out the flying and even make it go quite a bit faster in forward flight. I was skeptical at first, but Xraptor10 has a patent pending on these stabilizers for RC helicopters. ( www.youtube.com ) It could change the entire heli scene, as I see it. Second, I had an in-flight GYRO failure. One side was not returning fast enough, so I completely eliminated the gyro and plugged the Tail rotor servo directly into the receiver to check it to make sure the servo wasnt the problem. In fact, it is a failed gyro. But still wanting to take advantage of the low winds (8-12 MPH) today, I flew it without the gyro. I wonder how I ever did it with out it in the pioneering days, cause the tail is so much more sensitive. I reduced the tail rotor throw, and was able to fly the dynamic stabilizers anyway for a second flight. I am impressed. Thanks Xraptor 10. Im sure this is a winner. I put my approval stamp on it. E Flite Blade 400 is from Horizon Hobbies. www.horizonhobby.com Thanks for watching. Dave Herbert
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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This guy is really good. I couldn’t imagine flying without a HH gyro. I would crash just trying to hover in rate mode. lol. I use rate mode only to setup my gyro properly before switching to HH mode.
i think these might add stability in forward flight much like an plane flys but ask for speed it looks quicker but im unsure in theory these would boost forward flight other than slow the roll rate and perhaps increase lift at faster speeds
they should put this under test in a wind tunnel to see if it creates drag or swirly air
im only flying slow forward flight on my b400 but im interested to see if something like this will help in getting faster flight more stable hmm interesting device
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I agree completely, it is certainly out there!
Those ‘stabilizers’ won’t be doing anything to increase the speed of the heli. They will be pointing in the direction of the wind. The bearing joint can only support vertical and horizontal forces, but no moment. This means the only forces they exert will be drag forces on the helicopter, slowing it down if anything.
lol well get use to it part of the hobby until u get better
sim sim sim! im from canada to probley gonna put mine away soon then bring out in spring
fab vid dave bet you was well working your fingers hard with no gyro on way to go 🙂
Surely the only time those “wings” will be at 45 degrees is when the wind from forward airspeed is EQUAL to the rotor thrust so redirecting rotor thrust is then useless as the machine would already be travelling at the speed of that thrust!
I cant fly for shit…… i give it power its like gentle to take of slowly it starts hovering left to right or spinning then if i hold it one way a sec or gently it flys at an angle it doesn’t lean forward.. it hovers and moves xD
but thanks you soo much for making them , as you may know there is not much on youtube for the blade 400, so thanks again’
hey man , im from canada i have been watching your vids on you tube for a few weeks now, and i bought the blade 400, i am sooo choked …. the first helli i bought was the mcx (works great) but i think i may have to take a second motgage out from having to replace part after part and trip after trip back to the freaking hobby store to get more parts i have spent sooo much time repairing boom strikes and bacicaly rebulding this thing from the ground up and i have had it about a foot of the groud
Yeh just have the stick dead center
One question.. Can i turn the 3d switch on when the heli is on the ground. And just add a bit throttle so it’s not pushed to much down?
Thanks very kindly. It was a wake up call for sure.
WOW! Flying the blade with no Gyro! Impressive skill!! Tks for the stabilizer review!
yeah true that makes sense. thanks.
I dont think you would see any difference, in fact it would be not good, as they have to go fast to work and Havocs have no cyclic head steering to make it go forward. They only work on bigger helicopters, but bet they would look cool. LOL.
do you think it would be possible to apply something like this to micro helis like the Havocs? i know they don’t have any forward movement but with these plus some nose weights i think you would get some decent forward flight.
Thanks. I don’t think you would see much difference on a coaxial, as they don’t go fast enough and are already very stable. Thanks again.
hi dave. a good video woulfd be the blue ray heli with dinamic stabilizers and see how fast can it go. a question right here too. would they work on an esky co-manche coaxial? good luck, nice flying and keep making this cool videos. rolando
Thanks much. I think your right about the Gyro too.
nice flying …….i flew my blade 400 for several weeks withs a failed gyro…just went out and put the 401 on it now its flying better then ever….. i think that stock gyro seems to fail a lot for people….
Yes. I put the grommets on the outside of the canopy