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Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Wed 30. Mar 2016 22:09:46
by rgbsr1
Hi.
Is there a way of setting governor RPM lower than 1500. I have several large scale helis that require 1000 to 1400 RPM head speed.
I have used several Spirit gyros in large scale models with great success and I would like to use the governor function.
Regards.
Roger
Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Wed 30. Mar 2016 22:11:31
by jgiannakas
Halve the sensing divider and double the max headspeed. Or double the gear ratio and double the headspeed

Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Wed 30. Mar 2016 22:54:30
by Coco66
jgiannakas wrote:Halve the sensing divider and double the max headspeed. Or double the gear ratio and double the headspeed

(do you also wonder why they do not want to fix those minimum and maximum values and they suggest these crazy workarounds?)
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Wed 30. Mar 2016 22:57:53
by jgiannakas
Yeah not sure why really.... Maybe some number / code limitation but still
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Wed 30. Mar 2016 23:43:44
by rgbsr1
OK I'll give that a try. I guess the command and the measured values will be (2) twice the real RPM.
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Thu 31. Mar 2016 7:24:15
by jgiannakas
Yeap correct
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Thu 31. Mar 2016 7:29:34
by ZeXx86
Hi,
if you need 1000 - 1400 RPM, you can set 1500 as Max Head Speed without any problem.
To achieve 1400 RPM, just set 93,5% TC. To achieve 1000 RPM it should be 67%.
Nothing else needed to change, so all can be configured properly.
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Thu 31. Mar 2016 8:32:51
by velocity90
Slightly off but what is the formula to calulate headspeed % for instance with 3200 max?
Re: Need lower governor speed setting for large scale helis
Posted: Thu 31. Mar 2016 8:40:19
by ZeXx86
Formula is quite simple: Requested RPM = Max Head Speed * Throttle Curve
Throttle Curve is usually in % so you have to divide value by 100.