"Kevin" <dontemailme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I would have thought the same as the hobby shop and revo mix goes back
to
> the days before gyros
Actually, when I learned to fly in 1982, I didn't have a gyro because I
didn't know they existed. I also hadn't heard of any helicopter specific
transmitters on the market at that time either and looking back at it,
there weren't very many of them anyway and what was there was "really"
basic. Besides, the model helicopter I was learning to fly on had a
"mechanical" tail compensation built into the base mechanics anyway so it
wasn't too much of a problem.
Having said that, even the best mechanical gyros back then weren't
anywhere
near as good as today's electronic gyros and you still wanted that tail
compensation if it was available on your radio. A gyro like the Futaba
401
will adequately hold the tail in rate mode without the revo mix turned on,
much better than the old mechanical versions ever would, but the tail will
still swing without the revo mix activated and properly setup. If you
insist in running the 401 in rate mode all the time, it's worth
programming
up the revo mix but I agree with "the other Kevin," there's no real reason
not just leave it in HH mode and leave the revo mix inhibited.
The Futaba 6EX is a fine little transmitter but it is rather limited in
it's
programming capabilities. I'm certain there's no way to enable and
disable
the revo mix at the same time you change gyro modes. The best you might
do
is forget about the revo mix and simply use a program mix assigned to the
same switch the gyro is using, assuming the system will let you (I've not
tried this so I don't know for sure), to achieve the same results.
Good luck,
Steve R.
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