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#21 peabody124

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 03:38 AM

View PostVassilis, on 08 September 2010 - 02:25 AM, said:

First of all well done! Looking forward to more.



I agree, for stabilized flight the bias is effectively controlled by the pilot, so if your pitch bias is -15 degrees your pitch command will need to be +15 degrees to keep the model flying level. So one could trim through the radio until the model is flying level, then when you land you check the AttitideDesired object and use those values for the bias (with the sign reversed).

Accessory channels are already added for fine tuning this although I don't love the interface.  Accessory 3 enables it then Accessory 1/2 set the bias correction.

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 07:26 AM

Or just cut a level shelf out of the foam! The Firecracker is designed with a level shelf inside for just such reasons.