Fly straight! No, I said straight!
I got one of those little R/C helicopters from woot.com.
I finally got it trimmed (there are left/right trim buttons on the remote) so that it takes off without spinning out of control, but I can't figure out how to make it go straight or turn reliably. Mostly, it just circles to the right in a big arc. I know the tail rotor is actually doing something, because I can hold it in my hand and hear the tail rotor going faster/slower when I press the stick left/right. When it's airborne, however, the helicopter doesn't seem to respond. So, I can't get it to fly straight or turn left, for example. In any case, it seems like the helicopter should at least respond in some noticeable way when I use the steering stick. Any idea what's going on here?
I finally got it trimmed (there are left/right trim buttons on the remote) so that it takes off without spinning out of control, but I can't figure out how to make it go straight or turn reliably. Mostly, it just circles to the right in a big arc. I know the tail rotor is actually doing something, because I can hold it in my hand and hear the tail rotor going faster/slower when I press the stick left/right. When it's airborne, however, the helicopter doesn't seem to respond. So, I can't get it to fly straight or turn left, for example. In any case, it seems like the helicopter should at least respond in some noticeable way when I use the steering stick. Any idea what's going on here?