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Grunta13 (1 points) 1/7/2010
that means when one goes up the other goes down at the same time just to be clear

Grunta13 (1 points) 1/7/2010
do i need a special connector to connect the 2 rx outputs to the 2 aileron servos i want to control? ailerons are not independent of input as in one up one down on a left or right stick input so I'm not sure what to do

ibrahim (5 points) 1/4/2010
this unit can used anolog ore digital servo?

worldedit (42 points) 12/7/2009
Whats the single wire for? Gain adjustment or switching it on and off? Its not pictured nor mentioned in the manual.

Teddytimo (4 points) 11/9/2009
I can't realy beleave the single connector for Aileron.
I'm using different mixers in my TX ea. Aileron and flaps etc.
It will not help my to use a V-mixer because all other mixing an my glider ist obsolet then.
Why does the Gyro dont have 2 Outputs?
Overall a single Aileron Airplane does not make my nervos while starting or landing.

kaon01 (8 points) 10/23/2009
Hi,
I can understand how this would work for AILERON with a Y-cable for 2 servos.
But what if you want to use L and R ailerons on separate channels? (for flaperon/spoileron ability).

Please clarify if this can be used if one uses 2 separate channels for L & R ailerons.

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kaon01 (8 points);
Oh... not possible without using a mixer between the gyro and the aile servos. Nevermind then.

Shahab (3 points) 10/18/2009
Hi I set one on my plane and connected it to the ailerons it works find but I am not able to switch the Gyro off. I am using Futuba T7C and connected the single pin to the middle pin of Channel 5 (Landing Gear). I set the switch G (to turn it on and off) but nothing happens and the Gyro is always on- when I put a servo on the same channel it seems the switch works fine and the servo arm travels according. Please help...

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Shahab (3 points);
Hi everybody -I found my answer by reading others comments carefully the pin should not be connected to the middle pin the right pin on Futuba Rx is White and as recommended above - happy flying

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kaon01 (8 points);
I bought two TG380.
One of them turns off as expected. (green LED remains on, but movement stops)
The other one cannot be turned off.
I am connecting the single pin to the signal pin of my AUX1 channel of my AR6110.

martinl (11 points) 10/12/2009
I am reading mixed reviews here..I have tried it on pitch and roll with 2 units on a Y joint to turn it off and on, I have been testing it for 2 weeks, the response is pretty ***r even playing with the gain..too much gain actually changed the control surface trim??? This is the same result with 2 other club members. There is NO WAY u can use this to stabilize your plane like an autopilot.
It will come good after 3 -4 seconds..too late..crash$##&^
Can any of u guys who has tested it successfully tell me what servos are u using..how fast????

ishady (125 points) 10/7/2009
I bought this gyro 3 pcs.
Seem havent find a right way to installed it in my coaxial (I installed it cable to the front but led face left), seem a post noted that it dont cooperate well with mixer.
Installed it perfectly in my limbo plane's rudder thou* same as the heli I installed it cable to the front but led face left (I hope I am not installed it wrongly) but I test it first by turning the plane left and the rudder move right and vice versa.
TEst once in a very windy shore and the plane flew straight.
Need comments, guyz! Thanks ALL & HC.

SoMoney (15 points) 10/3/2009
-35 in stock?! When will you get your next shipment?!

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Sloperdude (67 points);
This is a discussion thread among users, not between you & HK.

Garuda (17 points) 10/2/2009
Where can I find the link for download manual? Please suggest. Thanks/kiat

supergps (71 points) 10/2/2009
HK, atre these coming back in stock? please get these in stock, or post an expected arrival date. I want my next order to include these (and 2218 motors). Thanks

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supergps (71 points);
thanks for bringing it bak

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Sloperdude (67 points);
So put in an order and wait for it to get in stock. HK does not monitor these discussions!

Robert (3 points) 9/19/2009
Does the Turnigy TG-380 Gyro have a reverse switch?

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kreot (347 points);
No, you reverse it by flipping it over

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Robert (3 points);
Thanks Kreot. That makes sense.

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polimof (13 points);
hahaha, I just realized that too..

Mksenno (1 points) 8/24/2009
Neutral point of control surface change modifing tha gain exactly as Yosemite wrote:
"I noticed when I change the gain on the gyro, it actually moves the surfaces, i.e., it changes the trim. The more gain there is, the more the surfaces become off"
Someone could show us how fix the neutral point switching on/off the gyro?
Thanks

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ishady (125 points);
This is weird, it dont happenned to me thou.

FreeStyle07 (243 points) 8/19/2009
Some people seem to use one gyro on the ailerons even using two different channels for left and right wing. How do you to that? Do correct just one aileron for stabilisation?

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kreot (347 points);
You connect the receiver to gyro, and gyro is connected to mixer (v-tail, elevon flying mixer) and aileron hooked in to mixer.

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kreot (347 points);
I tried to hook the wires as i said earlier and i get weird jitter on one servo and the other works fine, no matter if you change servos/channel the jitters continue. It has something to do with the gyros abilities to deal signal to mixer and there to servos. I quess you have to use 2 gyros for 2 servos in ailerons. I tried to reverse channels, add/remove mixes from radio but nothing seemed to help. Need to explore if someone has done it some other way..

pilot_dragonfly (1 points) 7/31/2009
Is it possible to use three of these gyro's for a three axis control on a vtol aircraft if setup correctly?

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FreeStyle07 (243 points);
yes of course. Every axes is independant from the other if you place the gyro exactly in a particular axes

laserist (0 points) 7/31/2009
I bought two of these as well as a GWS V-Tail Mixer II to stabilize the pitch and roll of my elevon delta wing FunJet.

Setup:

-Multiplex FunJet
-Spektrum DX5e / AR500
-Turnigy TG380 gyros
-GWS V-Tail Mixer II

Having trouble getting this mixer to co-operate with the gyros, disabled on-board mixing, when pulling down on the stick the elevons work correctly but pushing up on the stick causes the elevons to move erratically. Same problem when moving the stick left-right moving left the elevons perform normally but moving the stick right causes them to move all over the place.

Someone commented in the reviews of the GWS Mixer that gyros might introduce signal delay which confuses the mixer but I am unsure as to how to correct this problem.

Without gyros the mixer works perfectly. Also with only one gyro (either pitch or roll) it works perfectly, just not with both.

Anybody with any suggestions?

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SoMoney (15 points);
If you have Futaba PCM you might need a Digital Servo Buffer from FMA Part Number: 505SB

yosemite (18 points) 7/19/2009
I noticed when I change the gain on the gyro, it actually moves the surfaces, i.e., it changes the trim. The more gain there is, the more the surfaces become off. This causes a problem because if I try to turn the gyro on and off in mid-air, the trim is changed, sometimes drastically* obviously not a good thing.
Can someone tell me their thoughts on this? Is there a way to fix this problem?

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Brent (18 points);
Hi Yosemite. I ordered 2 of them, and one did the same thing you've just mentioned. I think it's faulty - the other one doesn't change the trim at all. Think you should send it back for replacement, or just order another one.

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Flying Goat (23 points);
Hi.
I have the same problem, gain can be altered on an Aux channel but the trim also moves as I increase the Gain. Would be interest to know if this is a definite fault. Can't remove this by mixing. Perhap HK could comment (please).

Levad (145 points) 6/27/2009
Can I use this also on my airplanes rudder to control yaw especialy during takeof and landing with a taildragger?

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Sloperdude (67 points);
Sure. just mount it so that it responds to yaw.

Motrax (72 points) 6/16/2009
Thanks Malfamartin ! I mess up when I entered my review and did not know how to go back.
Marco

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MKS 380 Airplane Gyro

Mike

Nice airplane gyro for the price. Very small and light. I used it to stabilize the ailerons (roll axis)on a couple of my foam park flyers and a pusher jet with excellent results, makes hand launching, flat turns and hovering much easier. Extra signal wire can be used to turn gyro on and off in flight using the gear channel and switch and adjust the gain of the gyro remotely using the ATV of the gear channel, or if you have a radio with a potentiometer on an auxilary channel you can adjust gain in flight. I had to turn up the master gain to about 75%, but that depends on your application. Mount gyro with Industrial Strength Velcro in case you need to remove it for service or rotate it 180 degrees for correct servo direction. Check out rcsuperpowers on youtube.com for tricks and ideas for using servos on airplanes.

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very light and exact

schubert Rainer

I tried this in my Glider for checking if it is working well and it performs very good! With a fast digital Servo you will get stable and well horizontal levelled fly performance on the elevator.

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Easy to install

I ordered the two of GY380 for the fun. This cyro is very light and small to fit anywhere in the plane. One for Elev, one for Ail. set gain approx 70%. There is one extral connector on Gy380 uses for remote on and off.

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Marco Motrassini

Contrary to the contents of the instructions, this is a dual rate piezo-gyro, i.e. it can be remotely adjusted from a transmitter featuring ATV (much better !). A non-remote gain adjustable gyro has only a trimmer you can use on ground with a screw driver to turn for more or less gain. A remote gain capable gyro has an extra plug (this one) that one can connect (signal pin) for example to the gear channel (CH 5) to change (on/off) the gain. The g

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Gene Fedorov

Installed 4 in 250g shockflyer (elevator, rudder, each aeleron). Some findings:

Gyro screw = sensitivity extra wire = maximum servo travel in response to axis rotation. So these two controls are NOT the same, but compliment each other. With AR6100 Rx, the control wire is channel-dependent. AUX1 controls AILE GEAR controls AILE & AUX1, RUDD is the only ch. that can control all others. Some Tx programming will be needed.

Good buy overall!!

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Amazing tiny thing!

I received three of those. The package arrived pretty fast (thanks HC), all intact. I installed the gyros on Calmato 40 one for the ailrons and one for the rudder. The plane flyes just great - Calmato is pretty stable even without any assist, but these little things make it fly, as we say, like "on the rails". Great stuff! No worries about side winds any more! The factory settings were a bit much sensitive for me but are easy to adjust!Great!

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MKS 380 Aeroplane Gyro

Michael Herke

it works quite well :)

got one in my little gws t6 texan. it can be also adjustet via the transmitter.

regards

michael

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Good gyro

Paul Willigan

The MKS 380 Aeroplane Gyro is the cheapest & smallest gyro I could find for an airplane (@ 3.5 gram with case removed). Took less than 10 minutes to to setup and adjust.

No complaints with product but like any gyro it is only as fast as the servos so I recommend using high speed digital servos for fast response.

I initially bought 2 and ordered 6 more to put in more of my planes.

:)

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Robert Stephen

GY380 GYRO GAIN CONTROL
This Gyro (GY380) has an extra pin. This may be connected to a spare channel on the receiver to give remote proportional gain control. However the timing of the gain control pulse relative to the control channel (Ail,Rud,Ele) must be correct . These are my findings with JR/Spektrum 2.4GHz systems.
PCM9Xii with Spektrum 2.4GHz module.

AR9000/RD921 Receivers

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felba

Added to roll axis of my Easy Glider: very very stable flight even with gusty wind! I suggest it. The 3rd connection is useful to disable its function and making the model more nervous.

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Nudge

I bought One of the 380 Gyros to try out on my 63"Yak54 to put on the rudder..Works great...Extra cable put on channel 5 to Switch on and off...
Great Item to help you learn Hovering...

Buying a few more for my new 25% Gasser Edge being built..

Dont think.. Just Buy it..Great Bang for the Buck

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Gyro

Fantastic gyro here, i've used it for my VTOL plane, and i must say it helps alot!!! keep it balanced with its quick response time. I thought a $20 gyro would be lousy but looks like i'm wrong!

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rcsebulba

I have buy 3 pieces of 380 Gyro , i ordered based on this rewiews, and i'm very pleased , the remote connection works fine, no drift at all , tested with an heat blower , fast init. , no time to spend at startup, and quite stable , i don't know the step resolution but for this price and weight it's very good , may be not very good for heli but for fixed wing are ok , with less than 76$ for all 3 axis comes very easy for the money

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tmc_2

Great product and vry light and compact.
Trailled on a hyperion sniper 3d and it made hovers slightly easier. Used it on aileron and elevator.
used about 50%gain.

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Customer

Delivery was very quick and so was the setup for the GY380s.. Using it in my25% plane to help me learn new tricks...Great value for money and it works great!!

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Ash

I found it to be an excellent product and plan to buy a few more.

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Benny CAC

Is it me who blind, or there is a change without notice here? If you see the first and the third review, it is said MKS 380 not TGY 380. I have MKS 380, and it has the same dimension and appearance with TGY 380. So it is MKS becoming TGY HC?

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Customer

I bought 3 of these gyros for my profile foamy but ended up putting 1 on them in my tamyia TT01d.

Drifting has improved alot and is much more fun to do now, high speed runs on road tyres has also improved.

Im running an EZ run 60 amp esc and EZ run 4300kv motor on 3s lipo.

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Customer

I am using this device on a 2.5m power glider. It's great when flying at altitude and you can let go the sticks and the glider levels out. You need to set the sensitivity to create smooth flight-trial and error. Great device which I highly recomend

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12/28/2009
unSane

Have only ground-tested these but they seem to work fine. The single wire gives proportional control using a spare channel (use a Y-lead to control 2 of them) but will sometimes change the neutral position so you have to be prepared to re-trim if necessary.

Response time seems pretty fast. Case is easy to remove if you are concerned about weight.

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