PFT Puma - Flight Model Settings?

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Hi everyone,
Had an amazing…ly short first flight - I managed to map the collective axis in its reverse sense!
So my poor helicopter just leapt into the air unexpectedly at which point I completely lost control…LOL

However, I am pleased to report things got better in subsequent flights.

So I am curious about everyone’s flight model settings…
Despite the fact that I’m using a PFT Puma which has a long cyclic allowing for fine inputs, my ‘sweet spot’ in terms of the settings is as follows:
Cyclic sensitivity 65
Helicopter stability 30
Tail stability 0

I noticed that these values in realistic mode are something like 80/5/0…

Realistic mode is waaay to sensitive for me - is this because I’m a crap helicopter pilot or are others struggling when using the realistic settings?

Cheers and thank God I don’t have to pay for repairs!
RBG

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Dan has a puma setup but he’s away for a bit…try medium settings for a while and get used to flying before bumping everything up :slight_smile:

But yes its blooming hard to get used too especially with “full” cyclic, you really want to think control inputs instead of big control throws.

Tony

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Nice to read.
Exactly for this controller (PFT Puma) and similar ones, I think the “realistic model” was created - I am using it on from the start.

Up until a month ago I even increased the sensitivity of the cyclical control to make the grinder a little livelier - but now I use the exact settings from the “realistic model” (without governor, of course).

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