Helicopter Pitch Gauge for use with a Smartphone

Started by rcpilotacro, July 23, 2012, 10:16:49 AM

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rcpilotacro

HK has come out with this cool product to measure heli pitch both for Flybar & for Flybarless.

Though the name of the product says for Flybarless, could be used with ones with Flybar as well.

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raja_mastana

If this thing works, then its a boon for heli users. The traditional method is a pain.
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rcpilotacro

i found you eyes are as good if not better, no ?
Gusty's Hangar and Introduction.

A Good pilot will practice until he gets it right,
A Great pilot will practice until he can't get it wrong.

raja_mastana

In the traditional method, the constant measuring (after adjusting linkage), starts hurting the eyes.
And i could never get perfect tracking after what i assume was 0 pitch on both the blades. I always had to spin it up on the bench, to confirm if blades were tracking perfect. Blade tracking and getting the pitch setup (+11 and -11) is the worst part of a heli set up!

I hope, when this tool shows 0 degrees on both blades, they do indeed track.
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anwar

Quote from: rcpilotacro on July 23, 2012, 10:16:49 AM
HK has come out with this cool product to measure heli pitch both for Flybar & for Flybarless.

I go to HK "New Items" link like once a week, and pretty much every week, they have something that makes me go "Oh.. that is pretty useful!".  Here is another one :

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__24525__Feathering_Shaft_Wrench_for_RC_Helicopter.html
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