Really like your videos. I’m 66 and just got my first computer transmitter. NX6. I know im probably not your target demographic but im learning so much from you. Thanks so much.
@@kluper1157 so I have a full flight video/review video coming out on Friday. It took some work! But I got it to fly great! I really like it now! There was a big issue and a small one. I go over all of it in my video.
Dear WestHobbiesRC, thank you very much for this great video. I own a Blade Infusion 180 smart and a Spektrum NX8. I love this heli very much and after some flights I'm starting to explore the forward programming. May I ask you a question regarding the sub-menu throttle? There's a value of 65 at Hover. According to my opinion this value means that at 65% of pitch the heli will hover. So I have 65% of pitch for descending and "only" 35% for ascending. Is my opinion right or can you explain this value Hover: 65? I've changed this value to 50 to have equal values for descending and ascending. Thank you very much and have a nice day. Best regards, Markus.
Thank you for watching and I’m glad the video was helpful! So that value is throttle percentage for head speed not for pitch. Your pitch is done in the pitch curve. A linear pitch curve would be an equal amount of positive and negative pitch with a 0° pitch in the middle you can adjust curve to have more or less pitch to your liking. But the 65% value in the throttle submenu in forward programming is for RPM of the rotor speed.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Okay, got it. Thank you very much. But if the value "Hover: 65" is throttle percentage for head speed, this is only for Normal Mode, because in Flight Mode 1 and Flight Mode 2 the throttle percentage for head speed is fixed f.e. to 80% or 100%. Am I right or am I confusing everything? May I ask you another question: In the same sub-menu "throttle" there's an offset for each flight mode (0 for Hold, -12 for Normal, - 18 for Flight Mode 1 and - 32 for Flight Mode 2). What's the meaning of this offset, what's its function? Thank you very much and have a nice day. Best regards, Markus.
Nice video, to find your battery voltage simply click Telemetry, Auto config. Then you should be battery voltage on your main page. Looking forward to see a review on the infusion vs M2.
Thanks! So my IX12 auto configure telemetry packets. I guess because I’m not using the G2 packs I don’t get individual cell voltage? I’ll check and try that but it already found all the telemetry packs that are available.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. It is definitely a cool model. I can’t wait to get some actual flights on it weather has been absolute crap. What bigger model are you looking at?
Hello! Fine Videos you made for Infusion 180! Thanks a lot. May I ask you a question for tail setup? Settings normal mode: Proportional: 80 Integral: 40 Derivative: 80 During start the heli rotates counter clockwise and has hard tendency to tip to the right side. During flight there is only a slight rotation left counter clockwise. Settings stunt mode 1: Proportional: 65 Integral: 45 Derivative: 80 During flight the heli has a hard rotation counter clockwise Start at the moment I cannot say. Settings stunt mode 2: Proportional: 60 Integral: 50 Derivative: 80 During flight the heli has a slight rotation counter clockwise Start at the moment I cannot say. Can you explain what proportional, integral and derivative settings influence? Do you have a recommendation to correct that behaviour? Yours Holger
okay, so are you using Auto level? does the tail seem to be working properly? sounds more like a tail motor issue. turn off auto level and that will help with the tip on take off and might fix the tail issue. also are you running the stock head? the head block has vibrations and causes the tail to have erratic behavior.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Good morning! Tanks for your answer. Hmmm, die Heli is brandnew. Autolevel is only in Mode 1 activated. In that level it is not so bad. Worse especially is mode 2. I will check your recommendations.
i like that battery you have ,,its my go too for my 230 but i took it off and just solderd a jst connector on my smart 230,,,probly the wrong thing to do because the ic2 can carry more amps but seems fine with the little conector for now, they out of smart batterys so i could not get one
My opinion JST connectors are absolute garbage. I have seen and personally had them melt with 10 A of power being pulled through them. I had one battery melted the connector and killed the battery because the positive and negative shorted which entailed killed the ESC so ever since then I refuse to use anything with JST on them. XT30 or IC2 all day over JST
@@westhobbiesrc8051 there good on the spekrum batteries,,look at the plastic they use it's like darker or something,,..then I have a small supply of good female ends,,but il run the heli and land and take my fingers and feel it,,,if it's hot at where it plugs ,,it's no good ,,,ya I know I've gotten plenty of bad ones
@@westhobbiesrc8051 ive had some junk ones for sure,,crashed me burnt up my motor ,,a xt30 is the best I think or them ic2 connectors but I fly a drone that has the jst with the same 800s , I need to order some connections
wait, if you change the connector on your battery don't you also have to change the heli's connector to IC2? Oh wait, you got this first-gen? so they sent a battery with a connector that was incompatible with the heli? so they included an adapter cable AND the IC2 connector if you wanted to solder it yourself? I just ordered a 180 Infusion and the batteries I ordered with it were already IC2 so all I needed was a couple IC2 -> IC3 adapters so the batteries can charge on my IC3 charger.
The heli comes factory with IC2 connectors, the packs I got were Gen 1 packs with JST connectors. So I changed then to IC2. They do make a adapter for JST to IC2 but I would rather just solder the right connectors on my packs so I don’t need to use adapters.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 well, thankfully I shouldn't have to solder anything. The batteries coming with mine are native IC2. I wonder if they fixed the tail and head vibration issues you pointed out?
I appreciate the video, I have a new Infusion 180 and IX 12 but I can't see the switch you are flipping, I have watched and paused along the way but my setup in not right. Any chance you can share the file of your setup??
My normal,Idle 1 and Idle 2 is on Switch B and hold is back right and rescue/safe is I bind button. But the switch placement is 100% user preference. You can put it on whatever switch you want. I can, what are you having an issue with? Just a flight mode switches or complete set up?
Thanks for the great video. There aren't many videos out there that are well put together like this one. I have a painful issue that I'm hoping you have some advice for. I set up my DX6 G2 according to the setup instructions. I did everything per the book but can't get the main rotor to spin in normal mode or stunt 1. All the other control surfaces move correctly. In stunt 2 mode, the main rotor spools up as it should. I reached out to Horizon Hobby, and the guy on chat support told me to create a new model and set it up from scratch. I did that and am still having the same issues. I checked the throttle curve, etc, and it's all correct. Any suggestions? The guy I bought it from had the same problem. I think it was never flown. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@davidpachkofsky Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, I try to make these videos as helpful and step by step as possible. Unfortunately can’t cover everything but I try! So in your radio under channel monitor, can you see that everything is reading out correctly? If you set up two different files and it’s still doing the exact same thing I would have a deal to say it’s either a FBL or ESC issue. What is your Idle up 2 throttle at? That’s the only percentage, it will spool up? Everything else works like it should In all three modes?
@@davidpachkofsky Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, I try to make these videos as helpful and step by step as possible. Unfortunately can’t cover everything but I try! So in your radio under channel monitor, can you see that everything is reading out correctly? If you set up two different files and it’s still doing the exact same thing I would have a deal to say it’s either a FBL or ESC issue. What is your Idle up 2 throttle at? That’s the only percentage, it will spool up? Everything else works like it should In all three modes?
I notice that you selected "switch B" as the input for "channel 5 gear" instead of "F-Mode" per the instructions. On my IX20 I assigned "F-Mode" to Gear. It does make a difference.
It’s the same switch, it doesn’t make a difference on anything. All flight mode does is select through your independent modes of self level Idle one Idle two. Everything still works the same both ways.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 when b switch is assigned gear output is N=100; 1=0; and 2 =-100 however when F-Mode is assigned then gear ouput is N=-50; 1=0; and 2=50 this does make a difference on my IX20
@@westhobbiesrc8051 when using switch B in IU2 position gear output is -100 however when assigning gear to F-mode then switch B in IU2 position gear output is +50. Try it and see for yourself.
I agree Tim I'm having similar questions about this. I believe this may have to do with the forward programming. When I set my channel 5 to B like Jeff did and went to adjust my forward programming on my fusion 180 smart my flight modes would not work properly. When I was in normal mode it thought I was in Flight mode 2 or 3. @@timflanagan1853
Hi dude! I've been fighting real hard to get this model to fly. Would say 40% is now micro heli parts.. anyways, ive been looking for PID settings that touches most of the frwrd programming menu. Because i believe there are some things to alter and tune to get way more out of it. By mistake, and a really tired brain that wasnt paying attention, i followed a video of PID settings for a blade FUSION 180, not the infusion mind you. But you'e familiar with both i think i heard you said in some video, and im wondering if these would be totally devastating and just render a crash first seconds, or if its quite the similarity to 'em... i got half a mind to try. But if i crash this again im giving up... been so many issues. Replaced ESC, trouble with compability, partrs not doing what they should and so on. Anyone else got an idea or input, holla. Thanks!
Sorry to hear you have been having so many problems! The Infusion 180 was definitely a flop to what it could of been. Mine is fully MicroHeli and flys pretty good but still lacks big time. One model I highly recommend is the Goosky S2. You will thank me later! But yes, the fusion 180 setting will work just fine on the Infusion. Gains might be a little high/low but it won’t cause a crash.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks a bunch for your answer! The video i followed was Helifreaks "Blade Fusion 180 Smart My PID settings for a Spektrum Transmitter Forward Programming Read Descripti" I best not link it, but you've might come across it or know the guy ... we're a marginalized group of nerds that are knee deep in this hobby so the world isn't that big for us. And as yoy say, the model flopped... i mean its basically you alone that do videos that are actually informative on the InFusion. The mainshaft and gain video was spot on, i was having those issues prior, massive vibrationns and FBL links came flying of mid flight. But recently i've flown 5-6 batteries without mishaps. Im not an advanced 3d flyer, but i wanna get there. Dude, you should do a video on that... i mean, the cogntitive movement in flying upside down, doing the loops and whatnot... i mean, how does it look if one were to watch the TX meanwhile? Im sure there are videos out there, but i bet many are curious and would like to learn. As myself. So i could push it! Gonna try with MH's carbon blades now, haven't tried em. Its 04,20 in the morning here in sweden and im a bit tipsy, so im just gonna go out and try it. Il reconnect if its not a total fail... i still believe this is a decent heli IF YOU do things exactly right, both mechanically and frwrd prgrming... thanks for the tips on the model. I got my eye on an OMP, seems like a breeze all of em. Just sell this one and put my mind at ease :X :') Keep up the good work!
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I'm Having problems getting the tail rotor dialed in. I'm trying to work it out in foreword programing. Not much luck. I do a punch out in mode 1 and mode 2 and the tail will not hold. Normal seems ok but with a 65% Head speed. Hovering there is no shaking. Seems like a good solid little Heli with 8 minutes flight time on a Tattoo 850 Lipo
@@wingman7774 i’m having the same issues come on I’m also getting a very fast side to side wag under input. I am working on getting settings as soon as I have a dial after perfect helicopter I will be making a flight video and a gain setting video.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I'm really wondering if the tail motor can handle this inline Main motor. Alot of torq for such a small tail motor. Its much smaller then my other blade heli's. First design like this for Eflite. Dose the OMP Have a bigger tail motor??? Sounds to my they pushed the Infusion out fast to compete with other companies. Who knows. I'm getting close,if I can help I will. Be safe and take care, Thanks for your great vid's been watching you fly for awhile :)
@@wingman7774 appreciate it! Unfortunately the last two days I haven’t been able to fly because of rain in nasty weather so I’m just sitting here twiddling my thumbs wanting to test some different adjustments and settings. OMP has the same size tail motor. Not sure what the exact issue is but definitely feel like it was rushed to production.
Did you have to go into forward programming to turn Stability on in normal mode? For some odd reason I had to on mine when I got it today. Plus at 65 percent throttle in normal it seems really underpowered. I bumped it up to 75 and it seems about perfect.
Yes I had to go in and turn on stability. Same with my fusion 180, I only turned it on for the video filming sake but for personal I don’t use stability (self level) yeah 65 Percent was a little low for normal mode but it did fly OK
@@westhobbiesrc8051 hmm.. interesting that it has to be turned on. I wonder what is going to happen when someone with little to no experience tries to fly this model and expects it to self level out of the box. If you look at the little blurb on the side of the box it says that safe can be enabled. The manual on the other hand reads as if it is enabled on pg 7 under flight mode and rate selection. Anyway thanks for answering.
Very good question! I know on my maiden flight video I’m definitely going to touch on the safe needing to be enabled. For someone like myself I prefer it to be off, I personally don’t believe in using auto level for any period of time. But for the absolute beginner it does help. But at the same time it can be very damaging to. Meaning that you can get too used to that auto level section and it can really mess you up as you progress. So it is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time in my opinion but I definitely think it should’ve been touched on in the manual and or released video somewhere. And it wasn’t just this model like I said the new fusion 180 Smart is the same way. Of course it is extremely easy to do but regardless it should’ve definitely have been active from the beginning or at least mentioned in a manual minimal
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I agree with you on safe being detrimental to learning to fly. I think it has taken longer for me to learn to properly fly a helicopter than if I had just learned without safe. The "get out of jail free" button is nice to have, But if I am not mistaken safe has to be enabled on the normal flight mode for it to work properly. Even then I honestly cannot remember the last time that I used it as I usually just flip back to normal mode if I mess up. That is why I like having safe available. I hope to eventually get to the point of no longer needing any electronic nannies.
@@Adamhc75 no matter how great of a pilot you are or become having a rescue switch is always nice! I still use it from time to time. If I am trying something new or flying a new model that I don’t know if set up is properly done or whatever it’s nice to know that if I get into trouble I can flip a switch and save it. Back when I learn how to fly we didn’t even have tail gyros LOL! I don’t miss those days.
I am driving the struggle bus with getting the settings properly programmed for this model on my DX8 radio. Not sure what to do with the mix settings. Also had quite a bit of tail wag. Tried to adjust the gain settings, and now somehow all 3 flight modes are stuck in stability/SAFE mode. Not sure what to do. This is the 2nd time attempting to program it and I seem to just be making things worse.
@@DaveJ-u5x I received good settings from HH, but my issue now is with blade spacing. Put everything away for now, but plan to look at it again this Fall.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks for your reply. I have a lot to learn about the features of current helicopters. Not really sure what I'll be missing. I'll see what it can do out of the box with the DX6i and go from there.
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Really like your videos. I’m 66 and just got my first computer transmitter. NX6. I know im probably not your target demographic but im learning so much from you. Thanks so much.
Thank you Tim! I’m glad you are learning. I want to help everyone at all ages! I don’t have a Target demographic. Thank you for watching!
Looking forward for next Kraken Video. Picking up my Raw 580 tomorrow.
Goblin build videos will be out every Monday.you will love the RAW 580!
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Can't wait for Monday. Yeah I only got the kit, electronics will come a bit later.
GREAT! I have just got on and put it on my ix12 Thank you for your time!!!
Awesome! Glad it helped! Let me know how’s the infusion flys!
@@westhobbiesrc8051 so far so good ? kind leery about the tail,
@@kluper1157 so I have a full flight video/review video coming out on Friday. It took some work! But I got it to fly great! I really like it now! There was a big issue and a small one. I go over all of it in my video.
Looking forward to seeing the flight!
Me too!! 😉
Nice video!
Just bought it, but mine arrived without binding plug😤
Luckily in the manual was described an alternative way to put the heli into bind
Thank you! Really!? That sucks, but yes there is a way to bind with out it.
Dear WestHobbiesRC, thank you very much for this great video. I own a Blade Infusion 180 smart and a Spektrum NX8. I love this heli very much and after some flights I'm starting to explore the forward programming. May I ask you a question regarding the sub-menu throttle? There's a value of 65 at Hover. According to my opinion this value means that at 65% of pitch the heli will hover. So I have 65% of pitch for descending and "only" 35% for ascending. Is my opinion right or can you explain this value Hover: 65? I've changed this value to 50 to have equal values for descending and ascending. Thank you very much and have a nice day. Best regards, Markus.
Thank you for watching and I’m glad the video was helpful! So that value is throttle percentage for head speed not for pitch. Your pitch is done in the pitch curve. A linear pitch curve would be an equal amount of positive and negative pitch with a 0° pitch in the middle you can adjust curve to have more or less pitch to your liking. But the 65% value in the throttle submenu in forward programming is for RPM of the rotor speed.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Okay, got it. Thank you very much. But if the value "Hover: 65" is throttle percentage for head speed, this is only for Normal Mode, because in Flight Mode 1 and Flight Mode 2 the throttle percentage for head speed is fixed f.e. to 80% or 100%. Am I right or am I confusing everything? May I ask you another question: In the same sub-menu "throttle" there's an offset for each flight mode (0 for Hold, -12 for Normal, - 18 for Flight Mode 1 and - 32 for Flight Mode 2). What's the meaning of this offset, what's its function? Thank you very much and have a nice day. Best regards, Markus.
Nice video, to find your battery voltage simply click Telemetry, Auto config. Then you should be battery voltage on your main page. Looking forward to see a review on the infusion vs M2.
Thanks! So my IX12 auto configure telemetry packets. I guess because I’m not using the G2 packs I don’t get individual cell voltage? I’ll check and try that but it already found all the telemetry packs that are available.
I Probly get one just to get one but i was hoping to go bigger this summer ..i like the looks of the motors, nice review man
Thanks man! Appreciate it. It is definitely a cool model. I can’t wait to get some actual flights on it weather has been absolute crap. What bigger model are you looking at?
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I don't know ,,I want to fix up a old 450 or something I thought,,can find them cheap
Hello! Fine Videos you made for Infusion 180! Thanks a lot.
May I ask you a question for tail setup?
Settings normal mode:
Proportional: 80
Integral: 40
Derivative: 80
During start the heli rotates counter clockwise and has hard tendency to tip to the right side.
During flight there is only a slight rotation left counter clockwise.
Settings stunt mode 1:
Proportional: 65
Integral: 45
Derivative: 80
During flight the heli has a hard rotation counter clockwise
Start at the moment I cannot say.
Settings stunt mode 2:
Proportional: 60
Integral: 50
Derivative: 80
During flight the heli has a slight rotation counter clockwise
Start at the moment I cannot say.
Can you explain what proportional, integral and derivative settings influence? Do you have a recommendation to correct that behaviour?
Yours Holger
okay, so are you using Auto level? does the tail seem to be working properly? sounds more like a tail motor issue. turn off auto level and that will help with the tip on take off and might fix the tail issue. also are you running the stock head? the head block has vibrations and causes the tail to have erratic behavior.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Good morning! Tanks for your answer. Hmmm, die Heli is brandnew. Autolevel is only in Mode 1 activated. In that level it is not so bad. Worse especially is mode 2. I will check your recommendations.
i like that battery you have ,,its my go too for my 230 but i took it off and just solderd a jst connector on my smart 230,,,probly the wrong thing to do because the ic2 can carry more amps but seems fine with the little conector for now, they out of smart batterys so i could not get one
My opinion JST connectors are absolute garbage. I have seen and personally had them melt with 10 A of power being pulled through them. I had one battery melted the connector and killed the battery because the positive and negative shorted which entailed killed the ESC so ever since then I refuse to use anything with JST on them. XT30 or IC2 all day over JST
@@westhobbiesrc8051 there good on the spekrum batteries,,look at the plastic they use it's like darker or something,,..then I have a small supply of good female ends,,but il run the heli and land and take my fingers and feel it,,,if it's hot at where it plugs ,,it's no good ,,,ya I know I've gotten plenty of bad ones
@@westhobbiesrc8051 ive had some junk ones for sure,,crashed me burnt up my motor ,,a xt30 is the best I think or them ic2 connectors but I fly a drone that has the jst with the same 800s , I need to order some connections
wait, if you change the connector on your battery don't you also have to change the heli's connector to IC2?
Oh wait, you got this first-gen? so they sent a battery with a connector that was incompatible with the heli? so they included an adapter cable AND the IC2 connector if you wanted to solder it yourself?
I just ordered a 180 Infusion and the batteries I ordered with it were already IC2 so all I needed was a couple IC2 -> IC3 adapters so the batteries can charge on my IC3 charger.
The heli comes factory with IC2 connectors, the packs I got were Gen 1 packs with JST connectors. So I changed then to IC2. They do make a adapter for JST to IC2 but I would rather just solder the right connectors on my packs so I don’t need to use adapters.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 well, thankfully I shouldn't have to solder anything. The batteries coming with mine are native IC2.
I wonder if they fixed the tail and head vibration issues you pointed out?
I appreciate the video, I have a new Infusion 180 and IX 12 but I can't see the switch you are flipping, I have watched and paused along the way but my setup in not right. Any chance you can share the file of your setup??
My normal,Idle 1 and Idle 2 is on Switch B and hold is back right and rescue/safe is I bind button. But the switch placement is 100% user preference. You can put it on whatever switch you want. I can, what are you having an issue with? Just a flight mode switches or complete set up?
Thanks for the great video. There aren't many videos out there that are well put together like this one. I have a painful issue that I'm hoping you have some advice for. I set up my DX6 G2 according to the setup instructions. I did everything per the book but can't get the main rotor to spin in normal mode or stunt 1. All the other control surfaces move correctly. In stunt 2 mode, the main rotor spools up as it should. I reached out to Horizon Hobby, and the guy on chat support told me to create a new model and set it up from scratch. I did that and am still having the same issues. I checked the throttle curve, etc, and it's all correct. Any suggestions? The guy I bought it from had the same problem. I think it was never flown. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@davidpachkofsky Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, I try to make these videos as helpful and step by step as possible. Unfortunately can’t cover everything but I try! So in your radio under channel monitor, can you see that everything is reading out correctly? If you set up two different files and it’s still doing the exact same thing I would have a deal to say it’s either a FBL or ESC issue. What is your Idle up 2 throttle at? That’s the only percentage, it will spool up? Everything else works like it should In all three modes?
@@davidpachkofsky Thank you! I greatly appreciate that, I try to make these videos as helpful and step by step as possible. Unfortunately can’t cover everything but I try! So in your radio under channel monitor, can you see that everything is reading out correctly? If you set up two different files and it’s still doing the exact same thing I would have a deal to say it’s either a FBL or ESC issue. What is your Idle up 2 throttle at? That’s the only percentage, it will spool up? Everything else works like it should In all three modes?
I notice that you selected "switch B" as the input for "channel 5 gear" instead of "F-Mode" per the instructions. On my IX20 I assigned "F-Mode" to Gear. It does make a difference.
It’s the same switch, it doesn’t make a difference on anything. All flight mode does is select through your independent modes of self level Idle one Idle two. Everything still works the same both ways.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 when b switch is assigned gear output is N=100; 1=0; and 2 =-100 however when F-Mode is assigned then gear ouput is N=-50; 1=0; and 2=50 this does make a difference on my IX20
@@timflanagan1853 not sure what difference your talking about, 100-0-100 is it flipping though the gyro modes.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 when using switch B in IU2 position gear output is -100 however when assigning gear to F-mode then switch B in IU2 position gear output is +50. Try it and see for yourself.
I agree Tim I'm having similar questions about this. I believe this may have to do with the forward programming. When I set my channel 5 to B like Jeff did and went to adjust my forward programming on my fusion 180 smart my flight modes would not work properly. When I was in normal mode it thought I was in Flight mode 2 or 3. @@timflanagan1853
Hi dude!
I've been fighting real hard to get this model to fly. Would say 40% is now micro heli parts.. anyways, ive been looking for PID settings that touches most of the frwrd programming menu. Because i believe there are some things to alter and tune to get way more out of it.
By mistake, and a really tired brain that wasnt paying attention, i followed a video of PID settings for a blade FUSION 180, not the infusion mind you. But you'e familiar with both i think i heard you said in some video, and im wondering if these would be totally devastating and just render a crash first seconds, or if its quite the similarity to 'em... i got half a mind to try. But if i crash this again im giving up... been so many issues. Replaced ESC, trouble with compability, partrs not doing what they should and so on. Anyone else got an idea or input, holla.
Thanks!
Sorry to hear you have been having so many problems! The Infusion 180 was definitely a flop to what it could of been. Mine is fully MicroHeli and flys pretty good but still lacks big time. One model I highly recommend is the Goosky S2. You will thank me later! But yes, the fusion 180 setting will work just fine on the Infusion. Gains might be a little high/low but it won’t cause a crash.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks a bunch for your answer! The video i followed was Helifreaks "Blade Fusion 180 Smart My PID settings for a Spektrum Transmitter Forward Programming Read Descripti"
I best not link it, but you've might come across it or know the guy ... we're a marginalized group of nerds that are knee deep in this hobby so the world isn't that big for us. And as yoy say, the model flopped... i mean its basically you alone that do videos that are actually informative on the InFusion. The mainshaft and gain video was spot on, i was having those issues prior, massive vibrationns and FBL links came flying of mid flight. But recently i've flown 5-6 batteries without mishaps. Im not an advanced 3d flyer, but i wanna get there. Dude, you should do a video on that... i mean, the cogntitive movement in flying upside down, doing the loops and whatnot... i mean, how does it look if one were to watch the TX meanwhile? Im sure there are videos out there, but i bet many are curious and would like to learn. As myself. So i could push it! Gonna try with MH's carbon blades now, haven't tried em.
Its 04,20 in the morning here in sweden and im a bit tipsy, so im just gonna go out and try it. Il reconnect if its not a total fail... i still believe this is a decent heli IF YOU do things exactly right, both mechanically and frwrd prgrming... thanks for the tips on the model. I got my eye on an OMP, seems like a breeze all of em. Just sell this one and put my mind at ease :X :')
Keep up the good work!
Will you be doing a flight on this Heli soon. I love your Video's Thanks Todd
Yes flight videos will be soon. Unfortunately I’m having a few issues and I want to get it dialed out so I can help everybody else.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I'm Having problems getting the tail rotor dialed in. I'm trying to work it out in foreword programing. Not much luck. I do a punch out in mode 1 and mode 2 and the tail will not hold. Normal seems ok but with a 65% Head speed. Hovering there is no shaking. Seems like a good solid little Heli with 8 minutes flight time on a Tattoo 850 Lipo
@@wingman7774 i’m having the same issues come on I’m also getting a very fast side to side wag under input. I am working on getting settings as soon as I have a dial after perfect helicopter I will be making a flight video and a gain setting video.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I'm really wondering if the tail motor can handle this inline Main motor. Alot of torq for such a small tail motor. Its much smaller then my other blade heli's. First design like this for Eflite. Dose the OMP Have a bigger tail motor??? Sounds to my they pushed the Infusion out fast to compete with other companies. Who knows. I'm getting close,if I can help I will. Be safe and take care, Thanks for your great vid's been watching you fly for awhile :)
@@wingman7774 appreciate it! Unfortunately the last two days I haven’t been able to fly because of rain in nasty weather so I’m just sitting here twiddling my thumbs wanting to test some different adjustments and settings. OMP has the same size tail motor. Not sure what the exact issue is but definitely feel like it was rushed to production.
Did you have to go into forward programming to turn Stability on in normal mode? For some odd reason I had to on mine when I got it today. Plus at 65 percent throttle in normal it seems really underpowered. I bumped it up to 75 and it seems about perfect.
Yes I had to go in and turn on stability. Same with my fusion 180, I only turned it on for the video filming sake but for personal I don’t use stability (self level) yeah 65 Percent was a little low for normal mode but it did fly OK
@@westhobbiesrc8051 hmm.. interesting that it has to be turned on. I wonder what is going to happen when someone with little to no experience tries to fly this model and expects it to self level out of the box. If you look at the little blurb on the side of the box it says that safe can be enabled. The manual on the other hand reads as if it is enabled on pg 7 under flight mode and rate selection. Anyway thanks for answering.
Very good question! I know on my maiden flight video I’m definitely going to touch on the safe needing to be enabled. For someone like myself I prefer it to be off, I personally don’t believe in using auto level for any period of time. But for the absolute beginner it does help. But at the same time it can be very damaging to. Meaning that you can get too used to that auto level section and it can really mess you up as you progress. So it is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time in my opinion but I definitely think it should’ve been touched on in the manual and or released video somewhere. And it wasn’t just this model like I said the new fusion 180 Smart is the same way. Of course it is extremely easy to do but regardless it should’ve definitely have been active from the beginning or at least mentioned in a manual minimal
@@westhobbiesrc8051 I agree with you on safe being detrimental to learning to fly. I think it has taken longer for me to learn to properly fly a helicopter than if I had just learned without safe. The "get out of jail free" button is nice to have, But if I am not mistaken safe has to be enabled on the normal flight mode for it to work properly. Even then I honestly cannot remember the last time that I used it as I usually just flip back to normal mode if I mess up. That is why I like having safe available. I hope to eventually get to the point of no longer needing any electronic nannies.
@@Adamhc75 no matter how great of a pilot you are or become having a rescue switch is always nice! I still use it from time to time. If I am trying something new or flying a new model that I don’t know if set up is properly done or whatever it’s nice to know that if I get into trouble I can flip a switch and save it. Back when I learn how to fly we didn’t even have tail gyros LOL! I don’t miss those days.
I am driving the struggle bus with getting the settings properly programmed for this model on my DX8 radio. Not sure what to do with the mix settings. Also had quite a bit of tail wag. Tried to adjust the gain settings, and now somehow all 3 flight modes are stuck in stability/SAFE mode. Not sure what to do. This is the 2nd time attempting to program it and I seem to just be making things worse.
Trying to set up with a DX8 and also having troubles with the mix settings for the Panic button. Did you ever get it going?
@@DaveJ-u5x I received good settings from HH, but my issue now is with blade spacing. Put everything away for now, but plan to look at it again this Fall.
I broke a servo arm and it looks like the only option is to buy a new servo. Are there any sources you know of where I can just get the arm?
Should be the same servos spline and arm as a fusion 180 servo. Let me double check for you give me a few minutes
Servo arm is the same as fusion 180 so you should be able to order the arms for the 180 and be just fine.
Hey Charles, I talked with Horizon and they said contact them and they will get your servos arms for the Infusion 180.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks, I'll give them a call. I really appreciate your help!
@@charlesmccullough7149 glad to help!
I have a DX6i transmitter. Does anyone know if it will work well with this model?
Yes, it will work but things like forward programming won’t be available.
@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks for your reply. I have a lot to learn about the features of current helicopters. Not really sure what I'll be missing. I'll see what it can do out of the box with the DX6i and go from there.
wish it was that easy for me..
Why was it not easy?
Have to say, I'm glad I skipped the iX series of TXs and jumped straight from DX6 to NX8. Touch screens are overrated. #buttonclickgang
I could never go back! Touch screen all the way. I have a NX8 as well and it sits in the box most of the time. IX14 for the win!
@@westhobbiesrc8051to each their own
So if I get a new transmitter for my blade 230s do I need to get a receiver for it so that it will bind??
No you will not, you can use any spektrum radio or any radio with DSMX/DSM2 protocol. You can bind the 230 right up.