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hummingbird helicopter: day 5

so today i got in a few flights that started to actually resemble flight. i’ve realized that many of my previous balance and trim settings have been off, because when i take off, i drift hard to the left and that’s a result of rotor wash, not trim settings. so after hopping around a bit and making the correct trim adjustments today, i was able to take off and hover in place for about 20 seconds. i’m still having some yaw issues that i need to adjust on the gyro and need to find the perfect cg with the battery, but after that’s done, i’ll hopefully be able to hover indefinitely and move on to actually flying around.

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