Thoughts on gt5?

[rz1a]

I have a gt5 I never setup at all. Is it easy to? Is it reliable?

[nbells]

Not as easy as an AR7200BX !

I guess its a case of the more you fiddle with it, the easier it becomes.

I ditched my GT5.1 in favor of an AR7200BX unit and was flying within 30 mins !

This by no means says the GT5 is rubbish .. its just not as easy to setup as other units.

I also found the finger slide, double tap, on the side not sensitive enough for me !

Reliable ? ..... imo, yes, a wee bit better than certain other units !

Nigel

[rz1a]

Should I make use of it? I have a 700 I'm going to put a beast x on since I already have one, and my 600e doesn't have a unit yet but I do have the GT5.

[nbells]

Originally Posted by rz1a

Should I make use of it? .

Yes of course..... never waste anything !

Nigel

[dophuc]

GT5 is an awesome flybarless system. Not easy setup and take more time to tunning, you should read manual carefully (manual for GT5.1) step by step.
Goodluck

[karlp]

Originally Posted by dophuc

GT5 is an awesome flybarless system. Not easy setup and take more time to tunning, you should read manual carefully (manual for GT5.1) step by step.
Goodluck

What he said
Once you understand it there is no better.

[Himilou]

Anyone using this on a Nitro? Seems like Thunder Tiger should be especially good at engineering a FBL unit for nitros.....

[rz1a]

Originally Posted by Himilou

Anyone using this on a Nitro? Seems like Thunder Tiger should be especially good at engineering a FBL unit for nitros.....

I'm gonna try mine on an electric but would have gone on my 600n if I didn't have a vbar.

[lowflyer101]

its good fbl system,, fly great... but no support of whatever, when GT5 fist come out they said its upgrade able firmware,, (fail safe ... et) but no whatever.. now GT5.1 they said the same thing ..???
I love my GT5 (v1) but i am not going to get another one. other FBL system like beatX and Vbar they got update like on monthly basic... make it better and better... but Thundertiger (

[1004ron]

Once setup it flies great and is reliable, but you wont have the peace of mind knowing that you have a failsafe feature.

Originally Posted by 1004ron

Out of all my FBL controllers, the flight characteristics of the GT5 V1 is about the best.

I really like the GT5, but would not buy another TT product because of the poor support and development - they must have know about the lack of failsafe and remained silent The setup is more complex.
I like having Rate Mode, which every other FBL controller has - not a deal breaker, put it's on the list of dislikes.

[Bladecpnitro]

Im guessing no failsafe means if you loose signal the FBL unit wont level the blades and zero the pitch?

[lowflyer101]

Originally Posted by Bladecpnitro

Im guessing no failsafe means if you loose signal the FBL unit wont level the blades and zero the pitch?

fail safe till turn off the motor when signal lost... with no failsafe the motor will go on and it kinda dangerou,, , when you lost while climb up,, then it will climb up till it land in moon

[Bladecpnitro]

Originally Posted by lowflyer101

fail safe till turn off the motor when signal lost... with no failsafe the motor will go on and it kinda dangerou,, , when you lost while climb up,, then it will climb up till it land in moon

Well I guess I'll strike this nice gyro off my list then. It sure is pretty though, dogonit.

[NitroAl]

Failsafe is only an issue if you don't use a reciever, even then failsafe is a croc of s4it! How often do you lose signal? I have not even seen it myself and loss of power will render failsafe useless!
Forget failsafe, it is for plankers and makes no difference to a helicoptor!

[1004ron]

Originally Posted by NitroAl

Failsafe is only an issue if you don't use a reciever, even then failsafe is a croc of s4it! How often do you lose signal? I have not even seen it myself and loss of power will render failsafe useless!
Forget failsafe, it is for plankers and makes no difference to a helicoptor!

The risk of the RX losing signal is low, however is does happen and when it does we should make sure that it's as safe as we can make it.

I had an issue with the Vibe alert on my DX8 TX which caused a loss of signal, and when that happened the motor power was cut, which I had selected as the failsafe action.

[Bladecpnitro]

Originally Posted by NitroAl

Failsafe is only an issue if you don't use a reciever, even then failsafe is a croc of s4it! How often do you lose signal? I have not even seen it myself and loss of power will render failsafe useless!
Forget failsafe, it is for plankers and makes no difference to a helicoptor!

Oh great! I'll just continue to use my RX then. I'm wanting to try the TT GT-5.1 one on my 450. That or a Microbeast, the Microbeast just looks bulky on a 450.

[MikeSmith]

I bout a used one off of a guy on here and it is junk, when I dubble tap the pad nothing happens, it I keep tapping and tapping then it might but by that time it has moved to a diffrent place up or down and I got no where, if it wasn"t for that it might not be to bad.

[NitroAl]

Don't worry Mike, it's not junk! You will develop a feel for the double tap in no time!

[Laurens]

I don't have any issues at all with double tapping.

[Bladecpnitro]

I have a Gt-5 on the way. I found it used here on Helifreak. Also ordered a FBL Head as well. I'm looking forward to trying it.

I've been so happy with my Futaba GY 520/S9257 I hated to part with it. I wouldn't have fooled with FBL but my FB head has a good bit of slop in it especially on the main shaft.
I hope the tail is as good as the GY 520. That's the best tail I've ever had.