FRUSTRATION!!! Tried to fly but all I managed to do was cause the thing to spin like some sort of evil weapon. Despite my best efforts to solve the gyro issue, it was just not stable! At least the P-51 was treating me well yesterday. Even few it behind a long row of trees (accidentally) and it was still upright in the same slight banking turn it was when it suddenly went out of view. Even managed to land it on it’s wheels. Finally some R/C success.

So, going to the oracles on helicopter setup, it looks like the death spin was due to either sub-functional gyro (great..) or some other reason unknown. The gyro is brand new, and it initializes, reads inputs, applies compensation on yaw.. but.. just not working ‘right’.

Here is video my daughter shot while I was trying to sort the thing out.

Not exactly impressive. :p