T-Rex Gyro failure

Electrical failure (water in BEC causing gyro/tail servo problems) after being caught in a serious downpour about 15 mins before this flight. Something tells me I should have given it a second preflight...

It worked fine after it dried out.

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• t-rex
• futaba
• failure
• rc
• heli
• crash

[mrhaydon]

my rc helicopter just spins around clockwise, i've tried trimming but it doesn't work any ideas on how to fix it?

[Rogzy]

Probably has the gyro direction reversed.

[mrhaydon]

i don't suppose you know how to change the direction of it?

[Rogzy]

Not without knowing the gyro. There should be a switch on the gryo casing labelled DIR or something. It will be in the manual.

[Edgecrusher28]

LOl, Yes

[Rogzy]

lol no. ;)

Power related gyro failure due to water in the BEC.

I keep forgetting the explanatory comment is 3 pages back. D:

[dukebats]

Blaze1024, Your just what we need in this sport. A positive role model for younger flyers to look up to and learn from. Go fuck yourself, with your 4 channel radio.

[reanimate280]

yeah and blaze1024 you can take a new gyro and stick it where you smell bad!

[MrSilverfox333]

@mrhaydon Yeah, Smash it into tiny pieces, then chuck it in the bin. Sorted

[ClearedToLand7]

nice save!!!!! or just a fluke? Should of just covered it up and said watch this trick.

[msbelezia]

Finger failure!

[connell256]

you coulda just said that was a stunt :) nice save!

[PHeMoX]

@Nomoreidsleft Yep, that usually works great indeed. But I did experience that some gyros are actually pretty picky about their orientation when it comes to 3D flight if you decide not to reverse it by on-gyro switch or digital programming.

I'm by far no gyro guru, so perhaps other things messed its performance up while flying inverted (it worked great upright, but actually started to compensate in the wrong direction when inverted, perhaps it was simply a non-3D flight capable HH gyro).

[Nomoreidsleft]

@PHeMoX I was just answering mrhaydon . He wanted to know how to reverse the direction. If the gyro had no switch to flip orientation, I was recommending to just just flip it physically instead.

[PHeMoX]

@Nomoreidsleft Why would you want to mount it the other way around?

I'd say the best orientation is the one where the text and logo is perpendicular to the heli's axis. Unfortunately with this gyro this means cables are both in front and at the back of the gyro along the length of the heli.

Perhaps I'm missing something vital here about gyro orientations though, so holla back please. :)

[Nomoreidsleft]

@mrhaydon Ha ha. It's been a year, but hope you already figured it out. If not, my suggestion if to flip the gyro around, so that it oriented in the opposite direction. (i.e. if the label is facing the left, flip it so that the label faces the right) Amazing this video is so old people are debating whether gyros are needed or not. I don't think that's debate anymore. Gyros open up the hobby to more people for sure.

[azezrtyuuiopqsdfghjk]

I told you that the gyro better install in the heli then in your pocket.

[azezrtyuuiopqsdfghjk]

I told you that the gyro better install in the heli then in your pocket.