Tornado OSD setup issues maintaininng height

Started by helimadness, May 04, 2015, 07:14:44 AM

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mutley2

Hey guys, I've a Tornado in a Ritewing Z3 and it works really well.
Set-up was to fly it in manual and make sure EVERYTHING was correct before trying PA or RTH, ie it was trimmed level in pitch and roll and did not climb with power, dropped the gains to 20% and slowly increased till it started porpoising in PA mode, then backed off 5%.
I waited till it was in still air to do this but it was worth it.
The only issue I had was the pitch, it was very very sensitive and I put 35mm horns to mechanically reduce the sensitivity and even with this the pitch is on 30% gain, it a well know issue with the Tornado and wings I believe.
Worth sticking with it, my Tornado is on 1.09 FW and I've no plans to change as it does what I want and its not broken so why fix it?
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helimadness

Yep I hear what you are saying about slowing down the mechanically side.

I made a versa wing and since its very lively maiden I have been trying to slow it down. It looped and rolled on a dime but :-)

Guess the wings are designed for more sport aerobatic style flying. Using them for FPV is maybe not the most suitable when you are trying to get stable smooth flight like in PA mode.

But heck I love the look of wings and they have to be more efficient with 99% of the plane a lifting surface. No fuselage or tail booms to drag around.

I'm certainly going to persevere with it.

Cheers